This Way Darkness is a trio of macabre stories written by Latashia Figueroa. While the stories can all be categorized as horror, each one stands alone as a complete tale. Wrapped in Small Flesh and Bone is a cautionary story about a couple who resort...

The Puppy Tales by R.C. Miller is a delightful collection of stories about his dogs, oops, “canine persons.” This storybook is fun, comical and witty, and full of “canine person” antics. When seven dogs (give or take a few) live with three humans (give or...

A Salute to Patriotism is the story of Howard Peckham, father of the author Jean Peckham Kavale. This is the story of a man who knew, from a young age, exactly what he wanted to do with his life. It is the story of a...

My Father's Keep: A Journey of Forgiveness through the Himalaya by Ed Abell is a heart-warming and remarkable memoir of forgiveness and personal triumph. The author speaks about his childhood of living with an alcoholic father whose problems with drinking could not be solved. The...

Get UNstuck ... Get Out of Status Quo and Get Past Go: 30 Easy Steps To Do It Now, Now, NOW! by Remy Chausse is a useful guide that will help readers to get out of situations in which they are not comfortable. What happens...

Strange Times in Yeehaw Junction: A Bizarre Journey Born of Unforeseen Circumstances and Questionable Decisions by Rick Sanders points out that the line between sanity and being just flat-out nuts is indeed a thin one. The best friends of the story, Thomas and Lee, find...

Night Sea Journey: A Tale of the Supernatural is a metaphysical literary fantasy by Paula Cappa. Father Raymond Kera is having doubts about his calling; if he ever had indeed been called. His friend and fellow priest, Garcia, lives a different life than Raymond does....

Zihaen: The Shadow of the Revenaunt Volume 2 by Paul E. Horsman is a fantastical tale of camaraderie. When a diabolical sorcerer delves deep into ancient realms of evil, fear and destruction hover over the kingdom of Rhidauna. Consequently, an epic group of Companions set...

If These Trees Could Only Talk by Theodore Kazimiroff is actually a prequel to his first book entitled The Last Algonquin. It is intended to clarify and add to the stories told in the first book. I liked the fact that the author has done...

In Neb the Great: Shadows of the Past, author A.K. Frailey offers the last in the Deliverance Trilogy. Not having read the first two books of the trilogy, I did not feel at all disadvantaged in reviewing this book on its own. The book is...

Once Upon a War by Joan Diehl is a true story of one woman’s account of the Vietnam War. Only this time, it’s told from the point of view of the wife left behind when her husband goes off to war. Joan and her husband,...

If you have a child with autism spectrum disorder, you may well find some helpful hints in Learning to Dance in the Rain. Author Melanie Bennett described her three years as an assistant to an autistic child in which the child went from being unable...

Emilia is getting to be an elderly woman now, but she wasn’t always. Now in her mid-seventies, she’s managed to create her own empire as a frozen food supplier after coming from a poor family that frequently found themselves dependent on the kindness of strangers....

Higgledy Piggledy: A Tale of Four Little Pigs is a retelling of the classic tale of the three little pigs written by B. Seymour Rabinovitch and his granddaughter, Rebecca S. Treger, and illustrated by Mari Gayatri Stein. Curly, Twirly and Whirly liked to tease their...

The Obsidian Pebble is Volume One of the Artefact Quintet, a Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy and Science Fiction series written by Rhys A. Jones. Oz Chambers lives with his mom at Number 2 Magnus Street, otherwise known as Penwurt, a huge ancient edifice that had...

New Tracks: Demystifying the Art of Writing Good Lyrics is a non-fiction instructional book for songwriters. Author Shel Craig explains how she creates her songs and breaks down the process into easy, understandable sections. She begins with timed free-writing, a process where one writes for...

The Ezekiel Connection: Temple of God, Nile River, Great Pyramid, and Flying Machines by Kenneth M. Waldrop is an interesting and well laid out book that will change the perspective of readers about Ezekiel and his visions, which are portrayed in the Bible. All...

When Lena broke up with her boyfriend and moved to Paris, her intention was to find a quiet place to write her thesis and then spend the rest of the year sightseeing and hopefully deciding on what she really wanted to do with her life...

In Kelly Kittel's Breathe: A Memoir of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Conflict, a woman understands the value of real family and the sacrifices you need to make to keep it safe. Kelly Kittel had learnt early on that family is everything. That has been the...

Journey to China: An Anthology of Love Poems by Nina Kedar is a thematic collection of love poems set against the exotic locale of China. The poems are based on the feelings of two lovers, their love, loss and discoveries in their journey of love....