In The Bet in Nocturne Alley by Lisa A. Moore, circumstances bring three unlikely strangers together on a treacherous quest. They meet in The Crooked Candle, a bar in the dark and foreboding Nocturne Alley, where the undead and a host of other nocturnal creatures...

The Lady of the Lighthouse is a historical novel by Terri Greening. The story is set in 1942 and follows the struggles of a young mother and lighthouse keeper named Loralei Lancaster. Loralei has been living a solitary life maintaining the beacon in the lighthouse...

The Apple That Fell Far From the Tree is a children’s picture book written by Trevor Crafts and Aaron Burakoff, featuring illustrations by Mister Hope. The story follows a young apple that grew in an orchard in the countryside. Although he looked like his family...

The Drowners by David A. Anderson is a raw and emotionally charged coming-of-age novel that follows Aaron, a disaffected teen struggling to make sense of a world that feels relentlessly hostile and confusing. Aaron was expelled from school and was trying to restart. Plagued by...

Troy R. Legette's The Objective Scholar: Poetic Wordplay is a vibrant collection of poetry that explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, love, societal challenges, and more. The poet's beautiful words are reflected and showcased in our everyday struggles. The inclusion of thematic sections like Moralistic Scope...

Do you feel you've not lived up to what you've got to offer to the world? Drawing from her over 25 years of experience as a drug counselor, psychotherapist, and Buddhist meditation teacher, Tara Springett introduces the nine stages of consciousness to help readers realize...

The Adventures of Bruce Dane is a children’s picture book written by Elma Chapa, with illustrations by Chris Sweet. The story follows a Great Dane named Bruce, who is incredibly protective of his family. Bruce met his family when he was just two months old...

Aria is a quiet, pensive, caring girl. Wandering through the dry forest, she discovers an old oak tree with a vibrating lantern glowing inside. In Joe Sarkic’s The Lantern of Whispering Leaves, this lantern will bring hope to the village, hope for some rain to...

The Amazing Adventures of Awesome the Opossum is a delightful children’s picture book written by Dee Bien, with illustrations by Athena Panthera. The story follows a curious and playful opossum who gets lost during a game of hide and seek with her rowdy brothers. The...

The Everling and the Acid King by J. Christie is a wildly inventive and emotionally charged science fantasy adventure that takes the beloved 'magical school' trope and electrifies it with sharp edges and adult stakes. We're with fourteen-year-old Chezzy, who is used to being passed...

The Vacation Bubble: To Barcelona with Love Trilogy, Book 1 by Marcella Steele starts off really funny, and that’s always a good sign for a romance, in my opinion. Sofia Drake has a quick wit, which she uses to introduce herself during a spin class...

The Flowers in Grandma’s Garden: A Bailey and Buttons Story by Dr. Julie McDonnell, EdD, is a heartwarming tale that beautifully captures the journey of self-discovery and acceptance through the eyes of a young girl named Bailey. Illustrated by Clarice Diamantino, the book combines vibrant...

The Mystery of the Haunted House is the first book in Willow Night's Sycamore Street Mysteries series. Noah Walker, a sixth-grader, and his younger brother, Josh, are obsessed with the abandoned haunted house down Sycamore Street. Upon discovering that the local real estate agent was...

Katharine Branham’s The Root of Everything examines the Root Chakra’s role in maintaining physical, emotional, and spiritual balance. Branham identifies the Root Chakra as the site where unresolved trauma and instability accumulate, affecting the entire energy system. She talks about the historical shift away from...

The Last of the Elvis Ninja Robots by Michael Stephens is a wildly imaginative and entertaining novel that blends humor, science fiction, and action into a unique narrative. The story follows Lexi Ames, a fifteen-year-old coding prodigy, as she inadvertently unleashes an alien AI into...

The New Girl by Zelmer Wilson follows Billie Carver, who moves from New Orleans to Boston to live with her father’s family and adjust to a new social environment. She leans on her older half-brother, Truman, as she tries to wade through unfamiliar social circles...

The Convergence Chronicles: Cyber Inference by Eric Yocam is about Cy Quinn, a cyber quantum researcher who, along with his team, JT and Tari, is working on an AI project. The team seems to be making great progress in artificial consciousness as they create Ramsey...

The Garden Friend by Mary Frances Baker is a fanciful, rhyming, beautifully illustrated story featuring an acorn-topped creature. The tale is in English, with a Spanish translation provided beneath each line of the poem. In the dark of night, the Garden Friend, through its senses,...

In The Artist Instance by Faruk Brbovic, during the winters, Anela Foster paints impossible patterns—doorways that threaten reality’s fabric, capturing loops with precision from angles that are hard to attain. She is under the illusion that she is painting a nightmare. Then Elysia Harrington enters...

The Balkan Escape by Suad Jakupovic follows Dino Tutic, whose short family visit to Bosnia leaves him with no means back to North Carolina when power, transport, and law enforcement fail across the region. As villages arm themselves and militia groups roam freely, Dino relies...