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...

Born in the Aftermath by Ian Griffin follows the events toward the end of World War II in Germany. Gerd Huber, a young man who lives in Seelow, East Germany, leaves his home after an attack by the Soviet forces. He travels with Emilia Weber, who...

Princess Mommy is a chilling horror novel by Gitte Tamar. Lillie is a five-year-old child raised by her father, John. Prone to seeing visions, Lillie navigates her everyday life listening to stories about her mother being a princess. But she continues to be chased by...

Flashes of You by Lamar Vine is a moving story that follows Quan, a 45-year-old Korean woman in a loveless marriage. She travels to Bangkok to help her daughter, Cindy, in her first days of university life, and all her daughter asks for as a...

At 40, Joe Dunning had a heart attack in his cubicle at work, and nobody cared. At 59, he was forced into early retirement. He took that opportunity to turn his back on America, and with a small bag of clothes and his laptop, he...

The Resistance Suite: Stories that Refuse to be Silenced by Gene Scott is a dark, highly-charged, and deeply spiritual collection of linked stories that examines how ordinary people can make a difference in a world designed to suppress and oppose them. These stories examine both...