In You Can Never Go Back by Lamar D. Vine, John looks back on a decades-long connection with his first love, Tammy. He first knew her as a teen, and it took many years for them to reconnect. She’s in a seemingly unhappy marriage, and...

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Rick Donahoe follows the adventures of a man suffering from a terminal illness. With the doctor's diagnosis foretelling an uncertain future, Stewart Waldon arrives in the scenic forests of the Intermountain West, resigning himself to his fate....

The Blade Dancer Chronicles: Hummingbird by Daniel Díaz begins with Ohtli and his sister Metztli near the ruins of Cuicuilco, drawn into a conflict older than the Mēxihcah empire. A hidden dig ordered by Ahuani of the Iréchikwa uncovers a Gate bound to Mictlān and...

Souls Over The Hill by York Van Nixon III is a collection of short stories that all lean into slices of life that, while technically a blip in the span of an entire lifetime, still have a significant impact. Miz Sadie’s Boyz follows Sadie Johnson...

Freeman Smith's Nasparnival™ is a masterful look at the absurdities and contradictions in modern American culture, set in the fictional town of The Omega. The novel is a whirlwind of satire, chaos, and dark humor, offering a critique of societal dynamics, political corruption, and the...

Music Taste Better with Wine: Love Over Fear, Music Over Silence, and Hope Over Everything by Clara Arcucci is a suspenseful romance that starts when Jiho decides to end his career as an entertainment director on luxurious liners and buys a building in Seoul that...

Ashen Lands by Tess Manchester centers on Randall Colt, a seasoned military veteran who must travel across a civil war-ravaged America. Bombardments have fragmented and reduced it into chaotic regions characterized by mass burial grounds, burnt-out woodlands, and ruthless armed groups. He must deliver a...

Call Game by Graham Elder and Laura Cody is a stunning medical thriller with plenty of suspense. Dr. Rylan Fraser is the chief orthopedic resident, and when she gets called in during a blizzard the day before Thanksgiving, she knows she’s in for a tough...

Nicholas’s Story by Peter K. Young is a literary novel that follows Nicholas Carter from a Chicago childhood and his mother’s overdose into a group home and a car theft crew that ends in arrest and three years in juvenile custody. Months in solitary confinement...

The Lighthouse of Fools by Stephen Wayne begins with the collapse of Bradford-Wellington, which pushes Thomas Harker into relocating his family to desert land, where he starts the construction of a lighthouse. While the family starts anew, Thomas’s vision draws a small circle of unexpected...