What Is Unseen: Texas Porch Stories by J. Andrew Rice tells the story of Kyle Luman, a corporate lawyer who loses his wife, Victoria, to cancer. Lost in depression and alcoholism, he decides to go back to his hometown, Three Oaks, Texas, with his two...

Bills by John Yelverton is an adventure story about friendship and the excitement of sport fishing. Set against the backdrop of the Gulf of America and the East Coast, the narrative follows Jason Baymont and his team aboard the Family Tradition as they face the...

Gary Hale, Darnell King, Peter “Newbs” Newburg, and Brenna Stanton forge an unlikely foursome. Gary is a wanderer, never fully present. Darnell is almost a stereotypical jock, but he has more depth. Newbs is a Rainman-type super-nerd, and Brenna, the token female, hides a secret...

In Soda Lake, author John C Hampsey follows a narrator whose life becomes entangled with a mysterious man named McCuade—or possibly the man’s invention—after witnessing a strange disappearance at the titular Soda Lake. The narrator alternates between observing, tracking, and interacting with people connected to...

In What Love Leaves Behind by Marian L. Thomas, Storm enters the world as her mother takes her last breath. Etta Harris, longing to be a mother, hopes to adopt Storm and provide her with the chance at a better life. Etta envisions building a...

Sleep Walkers by Ani Alanakian is an eclectic collection of fourteen short stories. An aging gardener must find a way to pass down a generational secret before a terrible calamity devours the village. A mother faces the impossible dilemma of having to choose between her...

When a Phoenix Rose Nevermore is the second book in the Cycles of the Phoenix series by C.A. Nicholas. This standalone book is an anthology featuring interconnected stories, poems, and comedy sketches. Dahlia Noelle has battled with anxiety and depression for most of her twenty-three...

STEAMed Off to China: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Adventure in a Foreign Land by E. B. Davidson is a well-written novel about Eleanor "Ellie" Brown, a senior engineer with a great skill for solving complex technical problems. A Chinese mobile company, Cphone, is...

Lippincott Street by Sharon A. Ewing tells the tale of an Irish family leaving their famine-stricken homeland to fulfill the American dream. Their quest begins on a crowded Liberty ship, where 17-year-old Cate Leary is responsible for caring for her ill little sister, 14-year-old Mary...

In Ysobel by John N. Crain, Connor loses his wife, which hurts him greatly, leading to his rapid deterioration. But luckily, Connor can relive his past experiences in an alternative universe, which has no repercussions in his home universe. Growing up, Connor had been a...