The dead body of a U.S. Senator’s mistress – disinterred and stolen from its casket - is found grotesquely displayed at the horrific scene of a church’s satanic desecration. When the young woman’s family sues the Caring Oaks Cemetery/Mortuary for negligence in their blatant absence...

Denele Campbell’s novella, The Journal of Admiral Wade and Other Short Stories, is a nice collection of prose. In Parker’s Cross Roads, a sullen woman's life changes when she goes for a walk in the woods and finds herself back in time helping wounded soldiers...

Eleven by Paul Chandler deals with 52-year-old Edward Ellis who has been an art historian for 25 years. He is fascinated with an obscure, virtually unknown artist and his elusive paintings, that of Ethan Tanner. A few have surfaced briefly over the many years he...

On June 24, 1981, two Bosnian teenagers, Mirjana, then 16, and Ivanka, 15, were walking near their nondescript village of Medjugorje in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina, when Ivanka told her friend she could see an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mirjana told...

Michael Sprankle’s Love and Theft is an intensely absorbing and ‬excellently written blend of fiction with true events.‭ The protagonist,‭ ‬Michael Malone,‭ ‬has a series of encounters with the ‬law,‭ ‬but he doesn’t necessarily see that as a‭ ‬bad thing.‭ ‬At some ‬point,‭ ‬he even...

Glimpse, a superbly crafted speculative short story by Daniel P. Douglas, offers the reader a provocative future mystery on which to ponder: What happens when an older couple finally decides to leave their well-outfitted bomb shelter? First, the story must deal out a series of...

Geza Tatrallyay’s Twisted Reasons is not an easy read. While it is a work of fiction, it is fable interwoven with reality, a harsh, perhaps even prophetic reality at that. Greg Martens is an author of what was once called ‘penny dreadfuls’: crime novels devoid...

The High Yield Vector (Mark Savannah Espionage Series Book 2) is written by Baibin Nighthawk and Dominick Fencer. After foiling the corrupt activities of a powerful member of the CIA, Mark Savannah was now on the run for his life; and what better way for...

Calvus by Darryl Greer is an amazing story spanning two thousand years and many miles. As a young legionary, Calvus experiences the crucifixion of Jesus in Jerusalem and is profoundly moved by the feelings of love and brotherhood he perceives as they join glances. Later...

Sarai by Lilya Myers is an intelligent murder mystery that packs the punch of an exotic, well-made Turkish coffee. Fragrant, strong and intoxicating, it mesmerizes the senses like the wafting flame of a candle from the first page onward, leaving readers spellbound and unable to...