When I was a kid, all fairy tales happened in a magical kingdom set in a forest, but “The Crystal Ship” by C. J. Carter-Stephenson brings us a modern day fairy tale with a sci-fi twist. King Axor first encounters the Storyteller during his birthday...

The Calaithian people are kind, proud, hardworking people. Many walk blindly through the Kingdom of Moeth without remembering or knowing of the Kingdom they walk on, a kingdom not of this world: Hammeril. It is said that a thousand years has passed since the magickal...

Rose Thorn opened an envelope addressed to her husband, Donovon. She was shocked to see it was a birthday card from a college student declaring her love for him. To say she is angry would be an understatement. Rose’s suspicions were confirmed; she had given...

"The Complete Mystery of Matthew Alcott" is so much more than your usual mystery! This novel is a loaded cannon you won’t want to miss! Matt Alcott is a journalist who works in the records department on archives for the Mormon Church when he discovers some...

Hakeem, a simple shepherd, discovered an incredible archeology find in a crevasse in Afghanistan. He had taken refuge in the fissure that had opened due to missile fire. The first thing that caught his attention was two steps leading to a flat stone that looked...

Reeshana is a Miracle Mixer, someone from another dimension who throws miracles. She is known to be one of the best, but something happens while throwing her latest miracle. She falls into the mix, and becomes someone else. Merri Dwyer has been plagued by odd...

African-American Duane Freeman has served a seven year prison term for assault and now works as a janitor for Sunnycrest Mental Hospital in Dinuba, California. He worked in the mental health buildings both at New Folsom prison and at Mule Creek State Prison. Competent at...

Sir Francis Drake, famed English explorer, dies in 1596 and is buried at sea near Portobelo Harbor in Panama. In 1976, Scout Master Robert Medvedic of Post 31 leads a group of boys named Herbs, Injun, Zach, Cub, Walt, Fritz and S-Man on the old...

Edited by Dena Clayton, the “Love Revealed” stories are collections of essays with a common theme. This particular volume features parent-child memories. A previous volume featured mother-daughter memories. Perhaps by design, perhaps by serendipity, all the stories in this collection also happen to be written...

Jeanne McElvaney begins her book "Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story" by defining three types of memories: Ordinary Memories - retention of experiences; Trauma Memories - memories themselves cannot be recalled at will; and Dissociation Memories - a biological response that separates awareness from consciousness. Abby was...

Newly divorced, Maggie lives a pretty mundane life. She learns the old customs and language of her ancestors, the Mi’kmag people, through her grandmother Maggie and they linger in her memories. After her grandmother’s death, Maggie finds solace in her dreams where her grandmother still...

Someone is leaving a trail of dead women across Chile, Peru, and Bolivia all seemingly killed in exactly the same vile way. Suspicions are that there may be a link to a small group of scientists who meet annually in different locations in the region....

In "Silent Think Time: How to Bring Virtues Back into Our Home, Schools, Counseling and Work" Karen Zalubowski Stryker cleverly uses her expertise as a teacher, systems analyst and business owner. Ms Stryker has five college degrees: in psychology, computer science, art and two in...

"Tribute: The Dark Side of the Mood" by Arthur Orfanos is a complicated and fascinating story of a man whose sole purpose was to start a Pink Floyd tribute band. Orfanos partners with a man who proves to be highly controlling and devious in his...

"Lemon Dot Town is happy to be surrounded by love by the Lemon Dot Tree." And the town loves it back. The mutual love and respect is taught here using simple terms geared towards young children. Lemon Dot Town lives by the action of treating...

When an undergraduate student steals an ancient ceremonial dagger to pay a gambling debt, all hell is unleashed on an unsuspecting and unprepared populace. Found under the ice in Antarctica, the dagger has been found to be many millions of years old. This is no...

Yvonne Pat Wright opens her cupboards, her kitchen, and her heart. She gives the reader descriptions and uses (historical and present day) of herbs and spices. The use of the spice or herb reminds her of a story about people she has known, places she...

The setting is Compton, California, in 1987 and Edith Hicks and her identical twin sister Edna are about to graduate from high school. Edith has full scholarships to several colleges lined up but Edna does not. Their mother and stepfather, Dave, care about the girls...

It was the prime of Janelle’s young life when heartbreak and love both came to her in quick succession. Her father died suddenly, leaving her a sizable amount of land, a thriving farming operation, and a tidy sum of money. She had barely walked away...

Brant Samson lost his wife and needed a mom for his three children, and there certainly wasn’t anyone in the small town of Two Rivers, Texas, that he was willing to marry, much less take care of his children, so he desperately decides to place...