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Festival

by Chris Tomasini

While a student at the University of Toronto, Peter spends a summer working in England, at a hotel in Knightsbridge. Covent Gardens, Greenwich Park, the Thames itself, all become part of his life, as do coworkers who, like Peter, are mostly passing through London. When he returns to Toronto, the people he knew in London echo within him, especially Anne, who more than anyone, slipped behind his defenses and challenged him to hold onto life as though it meant something. Set in 1990s London and Tor... more

A Heart Lies Within Us

by Steven LaBree

Lucas Colby raised on lies and deception, discovers his heart has deceived him. After killing the man that created his misfortune, he leaves town and becomes successful despite his past. Lucas fails to learn his lesson and loses everything, along with his only true love. Does he surrender his heart, accept the imperfections of life and truth, and discover that giving of yourself entirely to another uncovers true love? Find out what happens in this epic love story of human frailty, life, and forg... more

Close Your Eyes: A Fairy Tale

by Chris Tomasini

Set in early 1400s Europe, Close Your Eyes is a sincere, yet light-hearted and lustful, ode to love. As Samuel, the court jester, struggles to describe why his friends, Agnieszka the cook, and Tycho the story-teller, fled the King of Gora's service, he learns that love was the beating heart behind everything that happened in the castle. He learns as well that more ghosts than he knew of walked the midnight halls, and that the spirit of Jeanne d'Arc haunted his friend, and once slid into bed wit... more

Make America Beautiful Again

by Bo Bancroft

Family loyalty and trusted friendships fight for survival when they battle with terrorists, law enforcement, political finagling, and a local militia in this taut satirical romp through Georgia. Suspected terrorists attack with a pre-dawn bomb spree, baffling law enforcement as the only targets are towering billboards lining the interstates. The laundry list of culprits include eco-terrorists, a notorious drug cartel, and disgruntled outdoor advertising employees. With Georgians on edge, p... more

The Janitor: or, dostoevsky in america

by Mark Beyer

At 16, Ernest Wain has a plan to murder his classmates, but a week before his Kill-Day Hour, three other boys let loose with their own murder spree, only to be killed themselves during the mayhem by Ernest, looking for revenge for missing his chance at murder glory. Ernest becomes the Town Hero for saving so many lives. Twenty-five years later, Ernest Wain is working as a janitor at McCormick University, and one day his past comes back to haunt him.

Yucca Mountain Exodus, The Search For Civilization

by Monty Nereim

Nine volunteers risk a daring escape from the Yucca Mountain Sanctuary seeking help to rescue their family and friends who are still imprisoned in the deep bunker complex. Their fifteen years trapped underground enabled their survival but left them totally unaware of the apocalyptic destruction of the world outside. Their quest for help turns into a disheartening search to even find civilization. Are they the Earth’s only survivors? They must decide whether to continue to search, or to return to... more

Daisy's Adventures in Love

by Nikki Sitch

Daisy’s Adventures in Love picks up where Love, Lust & WTF left off. Daisy’s finally found her match. Or has she? Is Brad really the one? Experience Daisy’s adventures, diving into love, family and fun. Daisy’s heart is on fire, for her girls, for Brad and for his kids. But as Daisy’s family potentially grows bigger, new unsettling—even terrifying—challenges arise. When you love more, you have more to lose. To triumph, Daisy must dive deeper into not only love, but diversity, acceptance and ... more

Charani's Gift

by Robert Nolin

Magic and science meet on the plains of Missouri, 1898, when two psychiatrists encounter a gypsy trance speaker who seems possessed...or psychic.

Coral Bay

by Debbie Cox

Dressed to kill and ready to land her dream job in the coastal town of Coral Bay, Faith Hemingway is beyond excited.

Thirty-six years old, divorced and stuck in a career she is no longer passionate about, Faith is ready to make some changes to her life. Having vacationed in Coral Bay as a child, Faith never imagined that someday she might actually live and work in this tropical paradise. She envisions moving into a charming seaside cottage, taking long... more

The Porcelain Vase

by Gordon Duff

This story is told through the lens of a grandmother who retells the origins of an ancient porcelain vase through the lives of Afonso and a pottery family from Funchal, Madeira. The entire story is related during the grandmother's daily walks with her school-aged granddaughter in a city park that they have nicknamed Story Park. With the city park as the novel's backdrop and her grandmother's storytelling as the soundtrack, the granddaughter reflects on life and its impenetrable mysteries: fro... more

People of the Sun

by Jan Kelly

People of the Sun follows Guy Thornton's adventure-packed horseback journey across Arizona's Mogollon Rim to claim his young son, Trick, who he's never met., at a school near Prescott. The life and stories of Trick's Yavapai mother interweave with the present-time narrative of Trick's rebellion, and recounts how Star, a Sedona-based life coach and healer, helps Guy reconcile with a suddenly altered future.

Lyrical Voices

by Lakella L. Taylor and Frankie L. Fipps

This book is filled with a collection of poems and lyrics about pain, spirituality, love and life's joys. When you are down you can flip to one of the poems or lyrics on spirituality. Most of the lyrics and poems are based upon feelings and emotions we have experienced when going through different situations in our lives. Lyrical Voices speaks to the inner man and ministers to the heart. It is a great book for those who enjoy poetry themes of various genres.

Midwestern Pulp: A Love Letter to Lake Erie

by Mic Fox

The framework and functionality of the modern [male] millennial appears to be based entirely upon narrative. There is no better example of this than in the cumbersome, non-coastal interior of the United States, where without the cultural distractions of a coastal city or the cultural heritage that comes with living somewhere that seasons its food, a Midwesterner can act and react to life's simple variables as they come and go. This pace of living creates a divide where one either submits to the ... more

Bag O' Goodies

by Jolly Walker Bittick

Bag O' Goodies is a collection of short stories and poems, some based on true events, that showcase an array of topics and themes. These pages contain tales of where late nights go wrong, scary neighbors prove their scariness, motorcycles rule, and deep arguments hit deeper topics while in the line of duty. This proverbial bag has quite a scent. Poems are included for added aroma!

The Plagues of Pharaoh ISBN 978-1-64719-554-0

by David Shaw

The Plagues of Pharaoh is a clever and thought-provoking retelling of the story of Passover. Witness the plagues and the tragic results through the eyes of Hannu, a high-ranking minister of Egypt, who watches this seeming war of wills between Pharoah and Moses. As each plague plunges his nation deeper into disaster, Hannu realizes that the arrogant god-king of Egypt cannot help his people against the God of Moses and is led to desperate acts of courage, faith and humility.

The Last Supper According to Martha and Mary

by Tina Beattie

This intriguing book offers a fictional account of the Last Supper as narrated by sisters Martha and Mary. Lyrical, dramatic, strongly rooted in time and place, it imagines what it was like to be among the anarchic group of followers gathered around Jesus on the night before his death. Outside, Jerusalem broods in darkness, but what passions, hopes and fears swirl among the friends gathered in an upper room, as tensions rise and a terrible sense of foreboding creeps through them?

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