Doug has been fired from yet another job. With the economy in bad shape, he had grown to expect this development and the feelings that flowed from it. Once again he will retire to his home, which needs repairs, and shrink into himself until he...

The Girl With Sad Green Eyes by Lee Wanaselja sets the bar high when it comes to fusing classic storytelling and contemporary fairy tales. A story of abuse and the power of forgiveness, this is a story of a young girl, who, despite having sad...

In the Middle is a paranormal young adult novel by Jamie Handling that tells the story of a teenager trapped in a puzzling purgatory. It takes Camille a while to accept that she died in the car crash, but when she is finally able to...

It is 1855 in Illinois, and tensions between slave abolitionists and those who were pro-slavery are at an all-time high. Even though this is a free state, bounty hunters get paid to retrieve people who have escaped. Sid Johnson, a young boy, is awakened by...

In Joey Paul's Cramping Chronicles: The Second Pang, Jessie Oliver, a disabled fifteen-year-old, tries to understand her new empathic talents as she communicates with other empaths in an empath online forum and strives to ease the loss and grief of a classmate. Jessie was ill...

Makin’ It Home: 10 Rules to Help You Make It Home Safely from a Police Encounter by A. L. Jaxan is a brief clear guide to making it home alive from an encounter with the police. The text and photos are directed toward young men,...

The Archivist by V S Nelson is a remarkable story about death. The Archivist is a human being like everyone else, but with a special ability to save someone’s essence before they are sucked into the Aether, the nothingness that consumes everyone in the end....

Young individuals face different obstacles every day. Most of them experience pressure to live up to societal demands that they perform well in school, complete their schoolwork, participate in extracurricular activities, and preserve friendships. Many teenagers may become anxious or even stressed out when dealing...

Squad Goals by Shequeta Smith, Qazzran Alamry, and Alivon Ortiz begins with four different young women who are arrested for crimes committed under complicated circumstances. After being sentenced to the Wiley Moon Juvenile Detention Center, they are forcibly united through an unorthodox rehabilitation project: competing...

The Saving of Verano is a sci-fi novel by Ken Helfer. It's the 27th century, and humanity has successfully colonized Mars and set up bases on Luna. Selby Ricks, an Earthian, is on his first trip to Mars when he is unexpectedly visited by a...