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Reflect

by Morgan Magauran

Sarah questions everything. How important are the things we cannot see? Is her love for her partner, Ian, the forever kind? Furthermore, is she living her life or the one that’s expected of her? The one thing Sarah hasn’t questioned is her sanity until the night her doppelgänger appears through their bedroom mirror inviting Sarah to come with her. Sarah accepts. Her odyssey entails inhabiting her inner landscape and reconciling with aspects of herself she had previously dismissed – grief, rage, ... more

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by Mac McClure

In Ohio during the early sixties, Angus Roy Murphy, a lonely young misfit, struggles to learn more about his physically imposing, enigmatic Irish grandfather, Theodore Thomas Nunn. Despite the closeness between the two, a dark, impenetrable distance exists, and Angus becomes obsessed with solving the mystery behind Nunn's closely guarded past. Tragedy strikes, and he slowly pries buried truths from his profane and wily Uncle Bo, but not without shocking results. Not surprising. Common sense a... more

Jayne and the Average North Dakotan

by Chandler Myer

You can take the boy out of North Dakota, but only a drag queen can finish the makeover. When Randy Larson, a 32-year-old gay accountant who’s never been outside North Dakota, moves to Washington, DC, he struggles to find his way. A six-foot, nine-inch, sensational Jayne Mansfield drag queen takes him under her colorful wing for lessons in shopping, first dates, hosting brunch, furnishing an apartment, and living in the gay community. Is Randy ready for life and love in the Nation’s Capital? ... more

The Resemblance of All Things

by Bernard J. Lurie

Bernard J. Lurie (deceased) is the author of "The Resemblance of All Things." I, Fred Lurie, wrote the foreword. I am also Bernard's brother, and Administrator of his Estate. "Resemblance" is a poetic consideration of God and the nature of things. It considers the philosophical and religious problem of evil, and argues that the presence of evil is not inconsistent with God's existence. It also argues that each thing bears a resemblance to other things, and all things, in turn, bear a resemb... more

MEET CLAY BROWN

by Christina Milliner

After losing her mother, Clay thinks nothing good will ever happen to her again and her life is over. Her only friend, Mimi, and her father are both drug addicts. Clay is lost and hopeless. She decides to do one last thing—go to an HIV support group at a local church. There, she meets the Reverend and a group of people around her age who understand what it’s like to live with HIV. Each member of the group has their own struggles, but they are creative, make her feel like she belon... more

The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi

by Chinedu Achebe

Obi Ifeanyi's life is moving at a fast pace. He is now a husband and father. So while President Obama is contending with a tough reelection campaign, Obi Ifeanyi is dealing with the day to day pressures of married life and raising a son. When his former love interest, Sade Olufemi, comes back into his life and decides to run her political campaign with the help of his wife, Nkechi, Obi's problems are compounded because Sade is a secret Nkechi is better not knowing about. While he stru... more

Sea Magic

by Heidi McIntyre

When a reluctant psychic tracks a ghost through the mists of time, the treasure she discovers is worth more than gold.

Madeline knows everyone in the quaint seaside town of Penbrook, and everyone knows her. But this antique shop owner keeps one thing under her vintage hat—her ability to touch an object and connect with its history.

After buying an old box at an estate sale filled with rare items, she started having vivid dreams about Maria, a young ... more

Dr. Reade

by M.K. Prescott

Follow an extraordinary yet bizarre journey through the many romantic entanglements of the titular character, Robert Reade. A southern gentleman with a penchant for adventure and romance, his love affairs take him from rural Texas to the bustling streets of Chicago and even overseas. Take a step back in time to the 1950s to the 1980s, as the novel delves into his greatest love affairs—or should we say—his tumultuous romances filled with secrets, lies, and ultimate betrayal. This s... more

Madonna

by Gwyneth Lesley

A spicy urban fantasy novel, Madonna is a modern-day Medusa retelling with Greek mythology and romance, perfect for fans of Alessa Thorn's Medusa, Madeline Miller's Circe, or Katee Roberts' Stone Heart.

On an isolated island in the Pacific, removed from most of humanity, Madonna has finally come home to deal with the sordid family secret. Except now that she’s back, she’s having dreams o... more

Conformityville Review

by Billy McCoy

Conformityville is both a comic and dramatic story about growing up a brainiac in a working-class Black family and learning to navigate the hellish levels of intellectual and cultural blindness. The humiliation of his illiterate mother unleashes the most profound and extreme passion of humanity, and young Toussaint becomes obsessed with educating himself. The alienating neuroses, while being the catalyst for extraordinary creativity, is so bedeviling that Toussaint becomes a mysterious and labyr... more

Sherriff of Starr County

by David A. Bowles

When Texas becomes a newly-minted state, good men and women work hard toward progress and peace. Texas Ranger Will Smith travels to the borderlands of the Nueces Strip to become the first Sheriff of Starr County. He’ll do what he must to bring justice to the frontier, including wrangling outlaws, navigating political intrigues, fighting Indians, and keeping the tenuous peace between the Tejano and Anglo residents. He encounters influential statesmen and entrepreneurs of early Texas, assists the ... more

Intersections

by Andrew Spink

Nobody lies to their Uber driver. The anonymity functions like a truth serum, putting everyone’s raw and unfiltered selves on full display. But it is in those moments of authenticity, when human lives are intersecting without the usual pretense, that you discover the heights of human potential. And you hear some powerful stories. A woman stopping a suicide on the other side of the world. A heart attack healing a fractured family. A husband celebrating with his wife, on his last night alive. I... more

Graphic Nature

by Daniel Damiano

From acclaimed Author and Playwright Daniel Damiano (The Woman in the Sun Hat, Day of the Dog) comes his gripping second novel. Set in 1913 France, Edmond de Capitoir is the Chief Executioner - content with a relatively solitary life, aided by his own introverted nature. However, his persona is tested by a developing attraction to a young patisserie clerk in Versailles - an attraction that becomes further challenged by his sudden notoriety. GRAPHIC NATURE is a unique charact... more

Dark Roux

by Toby LeBlanc

Dark Roux is the story of a family simmering on the verge of burning to ruin. The delicate nature of this sauce depicts how Cajun culture survives Americanization along parade routes and swamps in South Louisiana. The Mouton family approaches Mardi Gras 1999 expecting traditional joy and release. But teenage struggles with sexual orientation and independence, the ambiguity of young love complicated by the racism of the South, motherhood leaving little room to love one's self (even when two non-f... more

Sanctuaries

by Vince Sgambati

Sanctuaries speaks to the importance of truth for personal and societal healing. Gianni, a gay adoptee, comes of age in a time when adoption and same-sex love are not easily discussed. An unlikely but deep and seemingly fated friendship develops between Gianni and Raffaella, a middle-aged Jewish-Italian Holocaust survivor who took part in the Italian resistance against Fascism. He and Raffaella find solace in the vintage films shown at The Orchard, a revival movie theater in New York’s Lower Eas... more

The Color of Frost

by Kasey Rogers

Nina DeMarco never felt like she really belonged—anywhere. Then she met and married the charming Richard King. Together, they built a life full of hope for the future. Nina believed she’d finally found the security she had always longed for. But when Richard announces he is divorcing her she’s unsure how she’ll survive. A distraught Nina begins to wonder if the struggle is even worth it. One day she unexpectedly discovers shoeboxes full of old letters in the attic crawl space of her tiny new apa... more

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