Toni Wyatt Morrow’s book, Return to Rocky Gap, portrays one family’s hardships and triumphs during the Great Depression. Amelia Monroe’s personal story is one of joys and accomplishments in the backwoods of Arkansas, against seemingly impossible odds. In her later years, she experiences Alzheimer’s disease....

Across the River by Elaine Russell, is powerful reading. It is the harrowing tale of a family’s escape from the horrors of the Vietnam war. At the time, Nou is a child. It is her family's story. Freedom is when the Americans leave the country....

Tom Gillespie's Painting by Numbers is an intricate and elaborate illusion masterfully created to wrap around an ultimately classic plot. Dr. Boyce is a lecturer in Earth Sciences at Glasgow University who becomes obsessed with studying a lesser known baroque painting at the local museum....

This Could Have Been Our Song follows Lucia Mpobo-Riddel's life as she pursues her dream in music. She came from a family of dancers and was expected to continue the family tradition. On her birthday, she meets and falls for another musician whose family expected...

In Strays by Thomas A. Marks, Matt is thinking back on where it all began. His goal in life was to find a cure for cancer and to win the Noble Prize. However, he lost the funding for his cancer research due to dogmatic clashes....

Jay Antani’s “The Leaving of Things” is the story of Vikram, an eighteen-year-old Indian-born and American-raised high school senior, who is determined to make a bold move for his future. A rebellious Indian-American teenager, Vikram starts his compelling journey of culture shock, loneliness and self-discovery...

"Soda Springs" is a powerful story about American history and our struggle with civil rights. It is written by Terry Marshall, an award-winning writer who has written both short and long fiction and non-fiction. A Colorado native, Marshall’s experience as a community activist, teacher, and...

In Pamela Atherstone's novel ". . . Like Footprints in the Wind" the saga of a family torn apart takes us from unrest in a German-Russian village at the hands of Stalin to their separate destinies. Under Stalin's rule families are uprooted overnight and forced...

The book “The Clock of Life” by Nancy Klann-Moren is the powerful story of a boy, Jason Lee, growing up in the South where racism was still very common. Jason Lee, a strong-minded White boy, never conformed to the ideas which prevailed in Mississippi throughout...

"Vignettes & Postcards" edited by Erin Byrne and Anna Pook contains a collection of humorous, lyrical, and philosophical short stories that I found utterly engaging. The editors demonstrate keen literary instincts in anthologizing these fine pieces of short fiction. Anna Pook has led writer's workshops...