Penumbra: The Unmaking of Earth by H.R. Graves is a riveting apocalyptic sci-fi novel. The story transports us to Geneva. The experiments undertaken by CERN scientists Dr. Martin Gillette and Dr. Revalina Clark result in major atmospheric anomalies on a scale never seen before. At...

Under the Mimosa Tree by S.R. Lewis follows the story of Elizabeth, the matriarch of a family who carries a secret she is determined to share with her beloved daughter, Rose, and her granddaughter, Candace, before she dies. With the help of her friend, Father...

Cosplay & Consequences (The Fandom Narratives) by J.C. Sato is a brilliantly written novella that could even be described as one long, shifting scene. The setting is an urban cosplay convention where performers, entrepreneurs, fans, and perverts assemble in this growing subculture to show off...

Side Hustle by Wendy Gee is the second book in the Carolina Crossfire series. Investigative TV reporter Sydney Quinn is back on the case, looking for the scoop of a lifetime, and she thinks she’s got it when two paramedics are taken hostage by an...

Freddy Lond's The Man from the Fridge follows Marek, a seventeen-year-old growing up in a small Pennsylvania town with a father who is more trouble than support. After his dad, Sven, gets kicked out of his apartment, they move in with Marek’s grandparents, creating constant...

The 1900 Galveston (Texas) Hurricane was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, although it’s much more distant than events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Lucy Davila Hakemack, in her novel, Remembering the Storm, shows the Galveston tragedy through a human-interest...

Death in the Long Shadows by Francis M. Flavin is about Paul Thayer, a middle-aged American hunter who goes to Namibia’s Caprivi Strip for a dangerous safari. Still grieving his wife, he hopes the hunt will give him something to focus on and a sense...

Give Me You by Kay Sloan tells the story of Hilda, an older Jewish woman who increasingly feels invisible. Living in her son Gabriel’s home, she notices the gradual ways her independence is diminished, such as the casual dismissals, the small exercises of control, and...

Sam’s Orchid by Daniel Soha moves between memory, imagination, and art with a confident, exploratory voice. At the center of the novel is Samantha Chadwick, a former actress whose past fame and present obscurity attract the attention of Péter, an academic and writer consumed by...

In Silent Oath by J.P. Brutus, Dr. Sarah Adams was trying to save Jacques Tramblay’s life at the Saint-Laurent University Hospital. Jacques was brought to the hospital after a motor vehicle accident. Nearly a year later, Sarah was accused of negligence during Jacques's surgical care...