Here in the Dark is a collection of sixteen short stories by Meagan Lucas. Plagued by guilt over the death of an addict in her custody, a police officer must make a difficult choice. A woman desperately clings to the hope that her husband didn't...

In Naked Girl by Janna Brooke Wallack, Sienna “CeeCee” Jones and Siddharta “Siddhi” Jones live a life of complete insecurity. They are under the care, a term used quite loosely, of their dad, Jackson, who is their primary guardian since their mother is no longer...

I, Robot Soldier by Joel R. Dennstedt is hauntingly beautiful and poignant beyond compare. In a post-apocalyptic world, a solitary soldier robot calling itself One Shot awakens after the war. It comes across a young human girl, Amy. Its primary directive is to protect her....

A Good Day and Other (Mostly) Humorous Stories and Lists is a collection of short stories and other creative writing pieces by Radu Guiasu. An academic sees a way out of his monotonous everyday life when he finally finds the inspiration to write. A master's...

The Evolution of Nora O'Brien Pacheco by Kevin O'Flaherty is a coming-of-age story with themes of travel, friends and family, and peer influence. Teenage Nora goes from her home country Spain to a summer boarding school in Wales. She makes friends, discovers a mystery that...

The At-Your-Beck Felicity Conveyor by Dolly Gray Landon is an audaciously satirical novel that delves into the bizarre intersections of morality, justice, and the modern consumerist experience. At its core is Justyce Dreadmiller, a grocery store owner whose obsessive quest to bring a young kleptomaniac,...

In Alexandra Edmiston's The Immortal's Secret, Benjamin Mann, a curator at the Louvre, was recovering from cancer. Benjamin’s grandfather, Josiah Mann, came to visit him in the hospital until the day Josiah just vanished. Benjamin searched his grandfather’s apartment for clues and tore a painting...

Empire of Billions: The Quadrillion Brothers by E. Masson is a gripping novel about a prominent and elite family. The Roberts family has wealth, fame, looks, intellect, and prestige. Elizabeth Roberts and her four brothers don't know this yet, but their neighbor envies them immensely....

Tudor Alexander’s The Last Patient is a beautifully written story set against the backdrop of the historical upheaval of post-war Eastern Europe. The novel combines historical fiction with personal conflict, exploring a family’s struggles under communist oppression. The novel begins with the story of Kostea,...

Joel R. Dennstedt’s I, Robot Alien is a bold, immersive work of science fiction that echoes the spirit of the genre’s golden age while carving a path distinctly its own. The novel follows a robot designed by alien beings incapable of surviving Earth’s environment, whose...

Bittersweet as Angel's Fruit by Bennie Russchen documents Ethan's diary in the year 2090. The world is on the brink of collapse due to human activity, which has negatively impacted nature. Earth has become uninhabitable due to numerous disasters such as pollution, climate change, shortage...

While scripture tells us to forgive and forget, it isn’t easy. There are some hurts that just aren’t that easy to get over. Unfortunately, when we hang on to them, we only hurt ourselves. Anger can take over our lives preventing us from finding the...

The setting varies but begins in England in the 1860s. Martha was looking forward to the dancing, gowns, parties and balls. Her father had different plans. He forced Martha to marry Jebediah Whitaker. The man was a widow with 3 sons. Not only did Martha...

This book was once said, “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Peter Talbot Emerson could have said the same thing. His wife Terri had died the previous year. Shortly after the funeral Peter headed to Mexico. He tried to drink away...

Moving can be Murder is a well-written mystery with totally believable characters that anyone of any age, not just those facing retirement, will enjoy. Carol and Jim Andrews love their aging Victorian home in suburban Connecticut, but they understand, reluctantly, that it is time...

Hot Enough To Kill by Paula Boyd centers around Kickapoo, Texas. Jolene Jackson returned to Texas to get her mother Lucille, a female version of Dirty Harry, out of jail. After her boyfriend was murdered, she was the suspect. The mother and daughter teamed up...

Rico Austin's book My Bad Tequila is declared to be "a work of reality (80%) and fiction (20%)." As a student at Boise State University in Idaho, Rhet Austin decides to go on spring break with a busload of students to the Club Med...

"An Affinity for Shadows" by Liz R. Newman centers on the life of Kate Theodore, a talented and focused broadcast journalist who has made it to the top, only to find that office politics as well as national events may force her out of her...

"International Affairs" by Davis Thanjan covers every single world organization and then goes on to cover every area of the world, country by country, not omitting even one island grouping. Thanjan presents statistics on every world organization and every nation regarding natural resources, national debt,...

When the book cover read, “A Sam Jenkins Mystery Short,” it wasn’t kidding. At just 51 pages cover to cover, there was hardly enough time to provide a longer story. The main character is Sam Jenkins, who, like the author, is a retired New York...