The Fortune Teller and Other Short Works is a collection of stories by author Nanette L. Avery. Featuring more than thirty stories which vary from short flashes to fuller tales, this collection hangs on a common theme of mystery and intrigue, with strong female narration...

It was a nice change to tackle a collection of short stories like those written by W. Royce Adams in Scar Songs: Stories. Once I finished reading these nine tales featuring male protagonists, each one of whom engaged me psychologically and moved me emotionally, I...

If stories involving Japanese mythology and folklore are among your favorites, grab a copy of Staff of Justice by Noelle Nichols. Ever since his father's death, Hayashi Kilo has trained as a Shadow under the tutelage of the three Phantoms of Vaiyene and vowed to...

In James P. Usavage’s thoughtful novella, On These Shores, a man reflects on his life and finds hope just when his life is about to fall apart. Burdened by excessive debt, Benedict Barns dreads going to work. His job has become an unfulfilling chore...

The Seers: Love and Terror on the Fourth of July is a paranormal novella of suspense written by J.R. Wirth. If it was the Fourth of July, Jess and his daughters would either be traveling from their Southern California home to visit his brother, Jim,...

Time Terminus: Expect the Unexpected is a work of fiction in the science fiction and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author David Gittlin. This fascinating and concise novella follows protagonist Issac Templeton through...

Operation: Running Brook by Alex A. Jameson is the first in a series of military-type stories titled The Sam Barrett Ops. Sam is short for Samantha, and in Running Brook, the tale opens as Sam has lost much of her memory. She wakes up in...

T.D. Wilson introduces audiences to a deep-space adventure filled with action in Smuggler's Valor. Reese Daniels finds himself in a precarious position during a daring and illicit delivery to Ariel, one of Uranus's moons. With his trusty spacecraft downed by warring alien forces, Reese must...

A new building was constructed in the small town of Daniels, Tennessee. Four teenagers, Wes, Eli, Brianna, and Clare, used to spend time at a gas station nearby. They complain to each other about the boring life in Daniels, where someone couldn't think of anything...

Can a truly good person commit an act of unforgivable evil? Do humans always use their best reasoning skills? Do people always do things that are in their best interest? Bahr Burr considers these questions in Tranquility Bight. Tranquility Bight is one of the many...

The Capitol Expressway by Richard Siciliano is a fictional look at the social issues of today, told through the eyes of a man trying to come to terms with the world around him and the current state of his life. The man starts out in...

Wheelboys is the debut, coming-of-age novel by Dd Jaseron set around the world of small-town karting and the dreams of adults and children alike as they imagine a life of professional racing stretching ahead of them. Chad and Gary-Lee had grown up together in Blue...

Baby Moses by John Cowlin is a historical fiction novel set in rural Claiborne County in the South. After seven years away, getting an education and serving in the military, Moses takes the Greyhound home to his adopted granny, Miss Clio, a woman who raised...

Edward “Skip” Walker is back in Perry Ashe’s Under a Basketball Moon. The story is written from Skip’s point of view. As a diarist, he recounts a historic moment in his life by coaching an African-American team in NCAA’s Final Four. He reveals his domestic...

The life of a star athlete is never easy. So much is expected of them and they are often in the limelight. Shut Up and Listen! by Reid Fischer is an intense story that delves into this premise. Ethan Hackett is the star point guard...

The Death and Resurrection of Baseball: Echoes From A Distant Past is a work of fiction in the sports and futuristic fiction subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author William R Douglas. We find ourselves in the year...

The Christmas Town Calls is a work of fascinating supernatural fiction penned by author J. R. Wirth, and it forms the fourth novel in The Town Beneath the Christmas Tree series. In this novella-length adventure, we return to Hailey, Isaiah, Harper and the rest of...

The Midas Effect has a very different premise, but it delivers. Author Manuel Dorado turns it into something that is a welcome alternative to the standard superhero and techno-thriller fare. The main protagonist, a young academic named Miguel Le Fablec, is formidable, yet he does...

Richter's War: Case of the Ghostly Séance by Daniel P. Douglas is the third book in the Richter’s War series. Detective Geno Richter is on the hunt for Nazi spies in WWII Los Angeles. Staking out the Central Library, Richter finds himself caught up in...

In Waltzing With The Wind by James P. Usavage, Raleigh Stover lives a humdrum life. Apart from owning a movie memorabilia store, Raleigh has an office job where he is very much appreciated by his boss, Ned. After securing himself a well-earned holiday on a...

Through the Surface by Juliet Rose is a supernatural tale of destiny. On an island off the coast of Maine, evil lurks. It has been lying dormant since the previous owner of the property passed away. Now all of the carefully laid plans are finally...

Daniel is a teenager with an unusual talent: he can read people's thoughts. He's also a young Jewish boy living in 2015, one with a troubled past that is marred by disappearances and deaths of loved ones that ultimately sent him to a psychiatric facility...

Shadow Bound by A.L. Scarborough is the first book in the Shadow Bound Chronicles. Sarah made a deal with Avarice to pay back the half-million she owes her within three months, but she was not allowed to raise the funds by gambling. Someone else made...

Deck Runner's Gambit is a work of fiction in the supernatural, action, and thriller genres, and is the first novel of the Vegas Arcana series. Penned by author James Anderson Foster, the story introduces Malcolm Byrne, whose ordinary life in Las Vegas is shattered when...

Axiom: A Cardinal-Wood Story by AR Milton is a mind-twisting supernatural adventure that will have readers thinking about evolution, mutants, and genetic heredity. Julia has recently moved into her father’s small hometown and is about to be drawn into a world she had only visited...

Loyal to its title, The Warning Signs: Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy by M. Ainihi is simply that, ranging from the familiar and beloved horror themes to the fantastical and grim tales from the past, present, and of the near future. Part I is...

Susan Lynn Solomon’s What’s Past is Prologue follows the life of thirty-year-old Jessica Menotti. Jessica is a junior prosecutor who leaves her hometown of Syosset in Nassau County in pursuit of greener pastures and with the hope of a fresh start. From as far back...

Itchiwan by J.J. Cunis is an extraordinary book. We follow the adventures and misadventures of four young boys, Amos, Vernon, Brett, and Timmy. The four discover a hole in the ground that leads to a translucent orb. Amos is the first to enter and sees...

In The Spectacular Life of Benito Martin del Canto by David Towner, it is clear the author has studied the work of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. He then wrote a story about a boy who becomes a man and has the most...

Wrinkled Heartbeats: A Novel by Temple Emmet Williams is a thrilling read. Captain George McKlane is a war hero. He recently lost his wife Agnes, and his son is trying to persuade him to sell up. George calls in Martha Krumble, a real estate broker,...

Razormouth by Howard Butcher is 'A Novel of Blood in the Sea.' It’s 1984 and Seabrook and Aja are living in the Bimini Islands, renting a house overlooking a beautiful lagoon as they carry out their marine biology work. Suspecting they are onto a new...

The small town of Bergama, Turkey, is about to be brought to its knees when terrorist and Muslim convert Osama Flynn's mission of martyrdom is 'successful'. Tugce Iskan is sent by the Ministry of Culture in Ankara to investigate the motives behind the attack. When...

The Sinful: A Leroy Cutter Novel by G W Allison revolves around Leroy “Lee” Cutter, a former Detroit police officer turned private investigator who owes a lot of money to some really bad people. After being forced out of the police department by corrupt colleagues,...

The Voting Dead Project by Bill Smith is an entertaining fusion of dystopia, crime fiction, action thriller, and political satire. Caden and Ben had been best friends since school. In January 2019, Ben wrote to Caden that he was going dark to design user-testing protocols...

Vice by A. J. Lape is one of the most unusual but interesting books written about police work, especially detectives and undercover work. The main character is Detective Ruby Rivera who goes undercover with various aliases and crosses paths with Alejandro Gutierrez, the leader of...

Tabula Rasa: The End is Nigh by Gordon Bickerstaff is a fascinating tale that weaves together elements of thriller with mystery to deliver one of the best entertainments for readers. Two skilled agents from the Lambeth Group, Gavin Shawlens and Zoe Tampsin, are embroiled in...

Alaska Deadly is a work of fiction in the crime thriller, mystery, and suspense subgenres. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience for its theming and content and was penned by author J. L. Askew. In this excellent crime novel that packs...

Barely a day after being acquitted, David Flores made headlines after killing his wife and child. The reputable defense attorney for a New York law firm, Salvatore Amici, was having a hard time with the fact that he had helped acquit a murderer – David...

The Path of the Tapir by Michael Jarvis is an environmental thriller. Peyton Paddington and Chloe Summers decide to travel to Costa Rica for fun, two college girls trying to find themselves while living it up. Death wasn’t in their plans but a fire at...

In The Hainan Conflict by DM Coffman, the second book of The Net series, Yi and Sarah escape to Hainan Island to recuperate after Sarah has been viciously attacked by a corrupt judge. Yi notices some unusual activity on nearby Wild Boar Island from his...