In The Reading by Barbara Monier, we meet Esme, an established writer in her early sixties. Her lover Gino has asked her to live with him but she is reluctant to disrupt her carefully constructed cocoon. She subsequently suffers from writer’s block. As she performs...

The Black Queen by Jumata Emil commences with a confrontation between Nova Albright and Tinsley McArthur over the homecoming queen campaign. Tinsley feels it is unfair because the school has introduced “quotas” and attempts to perpetuate white privilege by bribing Nova to withdraw. Ironically, it...

I’ll be honest here: I like thrillers but not every thriller, especially conspiracy thrillers, are easy to follow. So many are description-heavy when it comes to settings or they are overloaded with backstories on too many characters. The result? A plot that gets bogged down...

The Wallace House of Pain: A Novelette centers around Xander and his estranged father, Jim. S.M. Stevens uses this short story to introduce us to Xander and his uncomfortable dinners with his father and his second wife, Kathy. Xander and Jim don’t seem to see...

Jean Joannis’ family has lived for generations in an ancient, small country tucked away in the corner of western Europe. Jean Joannis, son of Jean-Bernard and Marie Lachane, became the immigrant of the family and the first to be known as Bastarache dit Le Basque....

Who’s Afraid of the Chair? is an intriguing and eye-opening crime novel by E.C. O’Reilly. Audrey McNally is a counselor with a dream. She wishes to supervise the construction and operation of accessible mental health clinics for the disabled. This proves difficult for her to...

Mind the Gap by Thomas Maurstad is a novel with plenty of drama and action that will keep you entertained for hours. Justin Mayhaps was not over the death of his wife and the constant dreams about her being just out of his reach were...

Fan Mail by Joseph Lewis is a compelling coming-of-age tale that crosses the suspense genre with an LGBTQ theme. They say blood is thicker than water, but could it apply to Brian who is an adopted child? His foster siblings, Randy and Bobby, along with...

Return To Hardscrabble Road is a work of fiction in the historical and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and contains some scenes of violence and the use of explicit language. Penned by author George Weinstein, the story centers...

Based on real-life events, Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again is the story of the trials and tribulations of a Jewish family during World War II in Romania. Author Roni Rosenthal delves into her family history by following the life of Friddie Stoleru, a young...