Jose Luis Mendoza is 53 years old and about to lose his job as a storeman at a Walmart in California. He’s also about to be kicked out of his shared apartment due to his marijuana habit. Jose Luis likes to blame everyone around him,...

In When Dreams Abound: A Return to Chambers Lane, book two of the Chambers Lane Series, the author gives readers a look back at Daniel’s early years, his struggles as the middle child of five, and his desperate need for a father figure as his...

Humbug by Sarah Whelan masterfully transforms Ebenezer Scrooge’s narrative in A Christmas Carol from the third person to first person point of view. The result is that Scrooge’s misanthropic and miserly nature is deconstructed for readers who will no doubt view the time-honored tale in...

Boy With Wings by Mark Mustian is a magical, highly imaginative tour de force featuring, as its title suggests, a boy whose unusual birthmark gradually turns into a set of functional wings as he approaches adulthood. As Johnny Cruel drifts through the Depression-Era deep South,...

Louie on the Rocks by Meredith O'Brien is a look into Louie Francis’s life, which is unraveling due to alcoholism and his relationship with Cristall Baldwin, a woman who is financially exploiting him. Louie’s estranged daughter, Lulu, seeking to protect her father, attempts to gain...

B. J. Sikes' The Archimedean Heart (Book 1 of the Roboticist of Versailles) is a fascinating, suspense-filled story that interweaves historical and steampunk science fiction. The story is set in 1880 in Paris. France is a prosperous country with weather control machines and abundant harvests....

Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea by Jim Gulledge will appeal to mature fans of drama, Southern, and literary fiction. The book has three interconnected parts set in various areas of North Carolina at different times. In the post-Civil War Saluda, Josiah Buckland meets the...

Michael, Daniel Mendoza's younger brother, has died, and most of his family members are heading to California for the funeral. Some have been estranged for years and aren’t looking forward to the pilgrimage. In each chapter, we meet a different person. Lucia, Michael, and Daniel’s...

The Tale of the Winding Willows by E. Hudson will appeal to fans of fantasy, social issues, literary fiction, fairy tales, and short stories with a supernatural twist. Goodwin Able is a hard worker in Appalachia, Eastern Kentucky. He tends his family farm and works...

In the novella Love Blooms in the Garden by Luis Ammerman, Lily, who has just arrived in Chicago for a fresh start, discovers an abandoned, overgrown community garden in an alleyway and decides to revive it. After obtaining permission from the community welfare office, Lily...