A cab driving former English professor, an unpredictable alcoholic Vietnam veteran, an anti-war soldier, and a morbid mother in-law come together in this realistic, sensual, and darkly humorous semi-autobiographical tale of waiting through a war deployment. “I had never had a better understanding of the agony of military separation until I read Kristen Tsetsi’s haunting [...]

Edward, a young Minnesotan, is blessed with an abundance of “experience”–first when his mother dies and next when his father, an encyclopedia salesman, shoehorns Edward into a private boys school where he’s tortured and groomed. In nine chapters, the reader experiences Edward’s life from ages 14 to 45. This is the first novel from Christopher [...]

Eugene Myers is working on a novel about the end of the world. Meanwhile, he discovers his daughter doing porn online and his marriage is coming to an end. When he begins dreaming about people who turn out to be real, he begins to wonder if his novel is real as well. Which isn’t good [...]

Math professor plus romance novelist equals a marriage of heart and mind. He is writing a theory of inevitability. She reunites lovers who have been separated for decades. Sadly for her, she does that once too often. “Engages readers with a tone of sarcastic amusement that invites them to laugh at the easily sketched foibles [...]

When a haunting past – which has left a couple of dead bodies in its wake – becomes a too painful predictor of the future, Honey McGuinness moves to Skid Row. She hires on at the local Salvation Mission – serving food to the homeless. For a while, things go pretty good: No one seems [...]

A recently divorced woman trudges out of one small, Maine town and into an even smaller one, hoping to escape her pain. Instead she finds herself surrounded by people who are trudging on, just like her. Waiting for things to get better. Waiting for spring. RJ Keller takes readers beyond the lighthouses and rocky beaches [...]

Frank Fisher is nothing. He wants to be something. When a mysterious young woman named Bonnie offers assistance by injecting seeds of inspiration directly into his brain, Frank finds himself involved in a twisting mystery full of addiction, desperation and self-discovery. Broken Bulbs, a novella by Eddie Wright, tells the story of the lengths one [...]

When a mysterious spam email lands in his in-box, Denovo already is a world-famous detective, known for his aura of invincibility and A-list clients. What’s hidden in the email sets in motion his newest case – of technological wizardry, Fabergé eggs, defense secrets, and rhyming couplets. Attempting to thwart a crime not-yet-committed and elude its [...]

At 12, Vanessa Whittaker defied her family to save 17-year-old bad boy Eric Cipriani from wrongful imprisonment and, possibly, death. She’d hoped for a “thank you” from him, a kiss on the cheek, but before she could grow up and grow curves, he left town. Fourteen years later, Vanessa is a celebrity chef at the [...]

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