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The Jackson MacKenzie Chronicles: Forged in Fire and Blood

by Angel Giacomo

USMC Camp Pendleton, 1951. Jackson Joseph MacKenzie, a seventeen-year-old with a calling, enlists in the US Army. He finds himself hip-deep in the muddy trenches, machine gun nests, human wave attacks, and artillery barrages in the Korean War. Does he have the resiliency to keep moving toward his dream after watching his friends die? Is he a leader or a follower? Will he fold under pressure? Or rise to the top? Questions he must answer before reaching for that coveted prize, an appointment to We... more

The Jackson MacKenzie Chronicles: In the Eye of the Storm

by Angel Giacomo

War - It changes everyone and everything it touches. But especially the men who live in the trenches. Who fight the battles. Lt. Colonel Jackson Joseph MacKenzie is one of those men. He grew up in the shadow of a legendary Marine. Part of a family tradition to serve, he joined the United States Army. His first war - Korea -taught him death the hard way, both personal and professional. His second - Vietnam - never-ending pain. And betrayal by those above him. Those he trusted. His superiors. Give... more

Just Off Elysian Fields

by Woodlief Thomas

Antoine, a thirty-something New Orleanian, needs to find meaning. He’s out of prison and trying to carve out a life, but he remains crippled by guilt and drink. This all changes when he learns his aged best friend Pharoah, a semi-homeless street performer, is dying. Pharoah’s last wish is for Antoine to find his estranged nineteen-year-old daughter Maybelle, with whom Pharoah has not spoken for fourteen years. Maybelle, a dreamer from New Orleans’ tough Sixth Ward, fled the city a month and a ha... more

"#ScaryWhiteFemales"

by R. Scott Cornwell

In the Dark Ages of identity politics, America is divided into too many victim classes to count; but there is a common enemy--The Toxic White Male. In this hilarious satire, a disillusioned Federal bureaucrat, and staunch libertarian, is lured to Progress, Oregon, "North America's Progressive Vacation Destination", by his woke wife for a little re-education. An alien land awaits.

MEATPACKING

by Michael Heslin

Before the High Line Park there was a train that ran through their lives…

Salome and her mother Max live in a Manhattan loft surrounded by Abstract Expressionist murals and views of the West Side Highway. It is a neighborhood of meatpacking plants and nightclubs and the echoes of ocean liners. Salome never learned to roller skate on cobblestones, but her playground is Mr. Zwerling’s hardware store and her best friend is a man who cannot speak.

MEATPACKING is a do... more

The Last Single Woman In New York City

by Lorraine Duffy Merkl

A jilted executive at her most vulnerable falls prey to an anti-marriage guru.

Tattered Coat

by Mike H. Mizrahi

“I didn’t ask to see it in the first place. None of my business. But the gunshot drew me back to her camp, and that’s when everything changed. After all, witnessing a murder changes a kid, right?” Young Hickory must make an impossible choice. Tell what he saw and face the wrath of his abusive, alcoholic father. Or let an innocent man be tried and probably hanged for a crime he didn’t commit. Anna, an Atlanta socialite whose marriage is in tatters, is an old friend of the accused man’s fami... more

Manifest Destiny

by Jaiden Baynes

A glorious future awaits the unholy alliance between Norne the Machiavellian ice witch and Chaos the demon-spawned wild man. First, Tartarus. Next, the Universe.

Karinderya Love Songs

by John Pucay

Set in the 2020s in Metro Manila and Baguio City, Philippines, the unnamed narrator copes with his heartbreak by sleeping with women in long-term relationships. He meets a rich girl, a college freshman who's haunted by her abortion. And he reconnects with an old, trail running friend who recently broke up her engagement. Together, the three cope with their personal issues and the challenges of modern dating by hopping through bars and running up and down mountains.

The Wicking of the Broken Heart

by Robin Eichele

Selected Poems by Robin Eichele

Dark Secrets, A Legacy of Memories from 1939 Sweden

by Sher Davidson

Dark Secrets is about inter-generational trauma and WWII events. It is set in three different locations: A Scandinavian immigrant community of Astoria, Oregon, Paris, France and southern Sweden. The protagonist, Lena, is the granddaughter of a Swedish immigrant whose nights are often interrupted with screams. She longs to uncover her grandmother's secrets: what mysterious events occurred during her grandmother’s return visit to Sweden on the brink of Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939? Lena is... more

The Face of God

by Brian Ray Brewer

Winner of the 2023 Next Generation Indie Award for General Fiction:

The Face of God is the story of a commercially successful but dissipated pop artist who rediscovers himself and his art through a contract to sculpt the face of God. This story of redemption winds through the New York art scene and high society, through the poor, mean streets of Salvador, Bahia and through the muddied waters of the Rio Xingu in the lower Amazon.

You Go To My Head

by Rick Sanford

‘You Go To My Head’ is a new collection of short stories. It includes ‘The Sudden Flight Of Mr. Banks’, ‘La Dolce Vita’ and ‘A Night At The Opera’. Also included are ‘Jack Be Nimble’, ‘Straight, No Chaser’ and ‘How Greene Was My Valerie’. The six stories vary in length from flash fiction to novelette. These six stories are based on and closely follow the plots laid out in six song lyrics written between 1980 and 2001. In each story, the characters, their activities and the situations they fin... more

A Deadly Gilded Free Fall

by Cecelia Tichi

Toxic medicine, a fanatic Chicago detective, and a fatal plunge down a steep staircase embroil Val and Roddy DeVere in a dangerous quest for facts in 1899. Roddy’s fledgling business teeters as his partner begs him to free him from a detective’s “witch hunt.” The question: was the partner’s wife’s fatal free fall an accident? Or was it murder?

Colors of Life: A brief journey through the intricacies of life situations

by LEEMON R

Colors of Life is a collection of short stories highlighting the journey of different individuals through strange life situations and the repercussions. It further accentuates that your roadblocks are the actual solutions for discovering various shades in our life to understand the essence of our sojourns. The short stories highlight that toiling is a prerequisite to press forward in life at a faster pace. The collection has presented various perceptions through examples.

Revolution

by David Dorrough

REVOLUTION is a lighthearted but cynical novel about a bunch of loosely interconnected people living in present-day Southern California, centered around one middle-aged couple, Bill and Yvonne Smede. It blends realistic "slice of life" storytelling with elements of satire, irony and farce. Additional info: https://revolutionnovel.com

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