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Riot: A 1960s Love Story

by Charles S. Isaacs

It’s September 1967. As the Vietnam War and a militant Antiwar Movement hurtle toward explosive confrontation, Steve Harris – white, idealistic, and naïve -- begins his freshman year. During that year, he will fight to end the war, fall in love, confront painful truths about his family, and be jailed and beaten by police. Through this crucible, he emerges with a transformed consciousness, of the world and of himself.

The change begins with a rousing antiwar speech delivered by Emma Gold... more

A Moose in a Tutu: First Book in the Moose on the Loose Series

by Thomas Durand

A Devil of a Time

by Gretchen Jeannette

Captain Niall McLane survives brutal captivity and a bloody revolution only to face a darker threat to his future with the woman he loves. When Niall becomes a suspect in a grotesque murder, his reputation as a merciless Indian fighter and scalphunter turns public opinion against him. Worse, the real killer has only begun to rampage, his sights set on those close to Niall. Now the hunt for evil is on. Niall's only allies are Andrew Wade, a hopeless drunkard tormented by his own cowardice, an... more

The Devil Take Tomorrow

by Gretchen Jeannette

George Washington has been marked for death. British agents embedded in the Continental Army wait only for the order to strike. Racing against time, rebel spy Ethan Matlock sets out to protect the one man who can save the Revolution. Without General Washington, the whole American enterprise might easily collapse, for no one else has demonstrated the ability to keep together an army that constantly threatens to fall apart

Boldly Ethan infiltrates the heart of the British military, occupi... more

THE CANYON SPEAKS

by Anne Warner

A STAND OF TREES

by Anne Warner

Ah, hah...the sign he had been looking for…tall, stately trees … seven of them, all in row, he mused, knowing it was a conquistador, who would have planted them so daringly in such a wild and untamed territory, there they were waiting to be noticed. Must be at least a half of century old, by the looks of them, he thought, could it have been twenty five years ago, he’d found that small map? A historical, drama set in the 1700’s, about a family, rich in history and their love of the west. Beginnin... more

Bringing Boomer Home

by Terence O'Leary

Cody’s worst day, was the day his brother – his best friend, left to join the Army. Boomer’s worst day was yet to come.

In high school, Cody followed his big brother’s blocks on the football field. Now, it is his time to lead. Cody and his girlfriend, Kim, embark on a journey to reveal the hero beneath the scars and bring Boomer home.

Tilly & the Tooth Fairy

by Brian G Chambers

Tilly looses her first tooth on the eve of her seventh birthday. Her mother tells her to put it under her pillow and the tooth fairy will leave her a silver coin for it. So that night Tilly puts the tooth under her pillow before she goes to sleep. She has a restless night and wakens to find the tooth fairy by her bedside. Does this mean there will be no silver coin, or is there a bigger surprise from the tooth fairy?

Francesco's Song

by C.M.Furio

Set amidst the drama of Fascist Italy, Francesco’s Song is the gripping story of one man’s struggle to survive. Inspired by family history, C.M. Furio tells the poignant story of young Francesco as he grows up in the small seaside town of Mola di Bari. The saga of birth, love and death in rural southern Italy unfolds as the country is pulled into the cataclysm of world events. Francesco’s carefree youth ends when the oratory of Mussolini and the pervasive false sense of patriotism s... more

Feminine Prerogatives : 3 Tales of Empowerment

by Louise Jaffe

Louise Jaffe, author of Feminine Prerogatives: 3 Tales of Empowerment, is a Pushcart nominee for poetry. Here is what some concerned and creative writers of today have to say about her first work of fiction, Feminine Prerogatives. **Feminine Prerogatives: 3 Tales of Empowerment, is Louise Jaffe’s first fiction book, a trilogy of novellas about women’s choices and survival, sometimes humorous, sometimes painful, always insightful. Jaffe writes with wit and poignancy, her characters are everyday e... more

Wages of Sin

by Charlene Gage

Enduring the pain of her mother's murder, her father's rejection, and her grandmother's rules, Reva rebels against all positive influences. With an abortion behind her by age fifteen, Reva spirals from one bad decision to the next, with no guidelines to distinguish right from wrong.**Intentionally getting pregnant to lure the married man she thinks she loves, Reva constantly flounders to provide for the son she finally bears. Stability eludes her at every turn. Despite the pack of despicable cha... more

Indian Summer

by Douglas Graney

Capturing the spirit of the Native American plight, Indian Summer chronicles a modern Apache trek from Seminole reservations in Florida to an Apache reservation in New Mexico. Inspired by an ancestral calling, Ben Henry, the protagonist leads over one hundred fellow Apaches halfway across modern America on horseback to the land of their grandfathers. Along the way they encounter political hostility, racism and violence, which parallels what their ancestors experienced over a century before.**Gle... more

Surprising Mrs. Rhubarbson (Marble Mangosteen's Good Deed Collection Book 1)

by Hadeel Hmoud

Mrs. Rhubarbson is a busy raccoon. She's Marble and Shooz's landlady and she manages the Old Folks Home all by herself! She spends all her time taking care of others. Roxy, her daughter, works with Marble and Shooz to plan a surprise for her and show her she's special too.

The Silence of Trees

by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

In Chicago's Ukrainian Village, Nadya Lysenko has built her life on a foundation of secrets. When she was sixteen, Nadya snuck out of her house in Western Ukraine to meet a fortuneteller in the woods. She never expected it to be the last time she would see her family. Decades later, Nadya continues to be haunted by the death of her parents and sisters. The myths and magic of her childhood are still a part of her reality: dreams unite friends across time and space, house spirits misplace keys and... more

All Tomorrow's Parties

by Martin Smith

A Southern college town and its thriving local music scene, where the music’s neither “sacred” nor “profane” so long as it’s good… A lost tape of a beloved band’s legendary show… A record label, poised to break big, which certain people want to be part of – by any means necessary… Two visitors, whose own music has been muted by regrets over long-ago bad decisions: Chuck McDonough, former grad student, who skipped town after learning things about himself he couldn’t face; and Penny Froward, w... more

Game Seven

by Tom Rock

Sportswriter Scott Findle’s life is turned upside-down wading through a set of bizarre circumstances and comical occurrences which have hijacked a World Series between the Red Sox and the Cubs with just one game left to play. As he grapples with the oddities of his professional duties, he also struggles to keep his personal life in the base path. His former best friend, the famous writer Fig O’Leary, has re-entered his life, as has his ex-wife who now works as a consultant for a presidential can... more

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