A collection of short stories by Matthew C. Woodruff, 26 Absurdities of Tragic Proportions explores the characters displayed in the illustrations by Edward Gorey. The chapters delve into the backstory behind each of the characters portrayed in The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Maria and her daughter move...

Tales from the Aether by Matthew Woodruff, a collection of 14 bizarre and thought-provoking short stories, will make you question your conditioned reality. What if the world is not how you have always perceived it to be? Imagine waking up in a strange, darkened room....

Leaf and Flame is a work of fiction in the fantasy, romance, and adventure subgenres, penned by author Veronica Dale. This fourth and concluding novel in the Coin of Rulve series is suitable for teen readers and adults alike due to its non-graphic action scenes...

An Ill Wind Blows by Lori R. Lopez is a combination of horror, fantasy, and adventure where Arletta Trimble, called Meezly, is an orphan who gets caught up in a whirlwind. While battling with the wretched wind, she loses the mysterious gem, The Cursed Eye,...

Since My Name is Tookie by Chariss K. Walker is aimed at young adults, and is a story of early childhood sexual abuse, readers need to be sure they can handle the material presented. While there is no doubt in my mind that there are,...

A Medium's Thanksgiving Table by Chariss K. Walker is book 2 in the North Carolina Medium’s Mystery series. Becky Tibbs is the real deal, a medium who only became aware of her powers when her parents died. Her brother and sister have the same powers...

Years after a traumatic event, orphaned siblings must finally address the alarming changes which occurred that fateful night in the charming paranormal novel, A Medium's Christmas Gift (Becky Tibbs: A North Carolina Medium's Mystery Series Book 3) by Chariss K. Walker. Becky Tibbs is a...

Spinner is another great book by the author Michael J Bowler, who also penned the Children of the Knight series. Spinner tells the story of a teenage boy, Alex, who suffers from Spina Bifida and has to use a wheelchair, and his gang of special-ed(ucation)...

Sinai Unhinged by Joanna Evans will keep you up at night. It's a science-fiction thriller about an experiment gone wrong. And isn't that the best kind in the world of entertainment? The main character is a therapist named Alexandra (Alex), who tries to get to...

"Fate’s Design" by Lola James is an intricately woven paranormal romance that is hard to put down. Twins Megan and Morgan travel to Italy after Morgan wins a prize that brings them to fashion school in Bologna. The girls are very different personality wise, but...

King Arthur of the Camelot legend was a dark-eyed, dark-haired Silurian as was his mother Igrain and her family before her. "The Silurian: Book One" begins with Arthur's teenage years as he, aged 15 and called The Bear, and his close friend, sixteen year old...

"Eternity’s Handmaiden" by R Peter Ubtrent is everything you would expect from this accomplished author. Yet again he creates an intriguing universe peopled by diverse, superbly drawn, unique characters. Alexis Locke, created by The Agency 65 years ago, is called back into service after fifteen...

Jeff Horton’s "Cybersp@ce" is a fast-paced technological thriller that acutely captures events which may unfold in the very near future. The United States has just suffered a chilling attack which has led to the wasting death of a hundred thousand people. And that is just...

A Job for Joe by Joe Paris Lee takes a humorous look at Joe's working life. Joe has had no less than 56 jobs in 60 years, something of a record perhaps. A Job for Joe takes us into the roller-coaster ride of his attempts...

Isis is a female German Shepherd. Often bred as guard dogs, these dogs can also be great pets, if consistently trained and well cared-for. German Shepherds have boundless energy, but given the right environment, they can demonstrate boundless love. Isis was full of love. It...

Alex in Femiland by Gonzalo Munevar is a novel following the stories of two college professors, Raul and Alex. Both coming from very high educational and familial backgrounds, they come to the Sound College to pursue their needs and desires. While at the Sound College,...

Undazzled by Chance Maree is about a dystopian world on another planet where humans have lost their humanity and the aliens are more human than we ever were. The story follows a set of humans who leave Earth behind and try to colonize a different...

Afaq: I'm Trapped in India by Timothy Reinhardt introduces us to Sid Lund who just woke up from a nightmare that was confusing, because when he wakes up he finds that real life is simply more complicated. The young American drug company executive has no...

What My Brain Told Me by Thom Kudla was an interesting read. The book is made up of a collection of short stories and poetry. All of the stories are about the author’s life growing up. The stories relate Kudla’s complex thoughts with humor and...

Thomas Kudla’s poetry is fresh, inventive, playful, wise, insightful, musical, revealing (in the particular way that only simple questions, simply asked, can be), and always engaging. In Commencement, Kudla leads his reader through an abecedary of poetic observations, followed by similar riffs based on numbers,...