Book review: Lights Around Her: The Girl Who Sees Angels by Aum Nicol
Set in near-future, Nicol tackles the question of the existence of a higher power in this SF drama. More than three decades after a pandemic swept across the planet, humanity […]
Alice’s Ego: Based on a true story by Alice Dolphin Sanza
Sanza tells the story of a middle-aged, divorced woman finding her voice through spirituality in this emotionally taut story that explores identity issues and self-discovery. Alice is completely broken when […]
The Strickland File by Jeffrey H. Baer
Baer explores a young man’s navigation of office politics, from 1995 through early 2000s in Manhattan, in this captivating work. Gary Strickland, the recent college graduate, is getting ready to […]
COMPANY OF FOOLS: Selling For Love & Life, Is A Tricky Business by J. W. Nelson
Nelson weaves friendship, family dynamics, and work politics into a familiar romance in his hilarious latest. Trying to attain everyone else’s picture of ‘normal’, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Whalley, a sales executive […]
Everything That Came Before Grace by Bill See
Set against the iconic streets of Los Angeles, See’s deeply evocative novel dramatizes the inner turmoil of a single dad who is trying to take care of his daughter while […]
Ka-Boom? by Alex Charns
This comical caper by Charns introduces a trio of religious activists who risk years of imprisonment to work toward disarmament and world without nuclear weapons. When Patrick M. O’Malley, a […]
Once You Know by Madeleine Van Hecke
In this stunning debut, Hecke delivers a moving chronicle of one family’s struggles as old secrets come to surface and unravel their lives. Trying to convince her parents to let […]
Why Liv? by Jon Sebastian Shifrin
Shifrin spins a young man’s self-exploratory journey into a dramatic story brimming with humor, political satire, and unexpected poignancy. Livingstone Modicai Ackerman—Liv, to his friends—is tired of accommodating an overbearing […]
Beasts of the Night by Matejs Kalns
Debut author Kalns beautifully examines the labyrinthine underside of child trafficking in this timely and harrowing tale. When eight-year-old Mei escaped a child trafficker, it was the beginning of a […]
