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Sunday Jenks

by Nellie Hill

In the 1970’s, an aspiring young poet, Sara, leaves her artist husband and moves to San Francisco, where she finds a job in a wig-dye company. The office vibe is stuck in the sixties and the boss, Al, seems to be a rogue with an odd-ball view of life. Sara initially dismisses him, but soon is thinking way too much about his quick wit and their shared love of music. Before long, Sara wonders if she and Al are a couple. They begin traveling for business, and even visit Sara’s family. Sara is en... more

Better is the End

by CURT CANFIELD

"Better is the End" is a literary novel that addresses such universal concepts as: Why am I here?; What does it mean to be happy?; Am I good?; and, How can I be redeemed? It is the sequel to "The Errors of Mankind." The main character, Will, feels he has found peace after spending time with Johann, who recently died. He starts writing what he learned from Johann but finds that his new-found peace is elusive as he still harbors a dark anger. Feeling like a recovering alcoholic who is one step ... more

The Errors of Mankind - Second Edition

by CURT CANFIELD

The Errors of Mankind (2nd Edition) is an allegory about human nature, probing into the circumstances which gives rise to its evil side as well as its redemption. The main characters are: Will, a Vietnam veteran; Johann, a distant relative of Will’s who is a German veteran of World War II; and Lena, an Auschwitz survivor. Will is still struggling to find purpose after losing his beliefs in Vietnam while Johann still expresses a strong belief in the discredited regime he once fought for. The... more

Sun of Sunnyville

by Ricko Donovan

In the heart of a no-nonsense Florida retirement community, chaos brews as Hurricane Charley barrels toward the Gulf Coast, threatening the tranquility of Sunnyville. It’s late summer 2004, and the residents are on edge, grappling with the impending storm. Amidst the brewing tempest, Barbara Thunderclap unexpectedly returns to reconcile with her estranged mother, only to be greeted by a grim scene—her mother, Alice, lies lifeless on the floor. Meanwhile, reclusive widow Lily Westf... more

Rook Rook

by A.J. Liu

A half-Chinese, half-white comedian who despises everything Chinese—including half of himself—travels to China, only to get into a car accident and wakes up with foreign accent syndrome, speaking English with a thick Chinese accent. Stranded in the country he resents, he must adapt to his new reality and confront his fractured identity.

22 Rue Montparnasse

by Richard Helms

Beau Shipley and Keeby Styles barely survive the WWI battle of the Meuse-Argonne. Beau returns to Charleston in a fatalistic attempt to stop his former girlfriend's wedding to a rival, while Keeby remains in Paris to become a writer. Beau discovers that time, the war, the Spanish Flu, and a dark family secret have left the Charleston he remembered unrecognizable, so he returns to Paris to live as a painter. On separate but intertwining paths, Beau and Keeby are swept up in what Gertrude Stei... more

Beneath the wild fig tree

by Fiona Preston

A family drama unfolds across a Bass Strait island, Hobart, Sydney and Adelaide. Should betrayal be forgiven, and if so, who should forgive and who should be forgiven? Wheeler is a traveller who relishes freedom. Freya is engrossed with the past, and Ninka believe that parents should never be trusted, particularly after they move to a far-flung island raucous with birdlife. Migrating birds return and an eclectic assortment of visitors arrive, but all the time, beneath the surface of their... more

Bringing Sunshine back to my Mind

by Momoko Uno

Sachi Kubo-Sanchez, a woman in her forties, leaves her unfulfilling marriage and conservative hometown for New York City. Plagued by resurfaced childhood trauma, she begins therapy and reconnects with lost aspects of her psyche, including her inner child, Sunshine. As she embarks on a journey of self-healing and integration, Sachi faces challenges balancing motherhood with her newfound sexuality, navigating the complexities of online dating, managing an unfamiliar job, and addressing family issu... more

The Tower Jockeys

by Bruce Golden

Part satire, part memoir, The Tower Jockeys is both hilarious and heartbreaking. Full of political and pop culture references from the early '70s, it tells the story of the last American military draftees and how they became part of the U.S. Army's most infamous and uproarious unit while guarding nuclear missiles in the Republic of South Korea. Come for the sardonic tower jockeys, stay for the sabotaged missile, the Bravo missions, the court martial, the tower ghost, the great raid, and the Kore... more

Uplift

by Jessica Mann

When her high mountain wilderness is threatened by humans, a rebellious young bird must teach others how to work together to save their common home.

Both Sides of the Same Coin

by Michael Weiner, MD

The Doyle, Carbone, and Roth families immigrate to the United States from Europe for a variety of reasons: the 1850 potato famine in Ireland, religious freedom, and persecution of the mafia in Sicily by Mussolini in 1925. It is the appearance of Oscar Klein, an orphan from Philadelphia, which brings them all together in the post-depression, pre-World War II era of the late 1930s to 1940s. Oscar Klein is a kid of the streets without formal education, but he becomes the driving force and inn... more

Trail of Fate The Arduous Quest Series (Book 1 Western Adventure Novels)

by B. S. Daniels, Novelist

THE TRAIL OF FATE
The sun rises. Is it fate?
The moon rises. Is it fate?
The people we meet and the places where we travel. Is it fate?
All the many roads, twists, and turns, the people who come and go in our lives. Fate . . . What does it have in store for you?

Step into the rugged world of the 1890s West in the debut novel, The Trail of Fate by B.S. Daniels. Follow Reg, a man torn between his test of will in his quest for justice and the welf... more

The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife

by JC Restorick

\tOn Christmas Eve 1856 we see Caleb, the Under Keeper, slip away from duty to visit his new wife and daughter. He surprises his with an Exciseman and, enraged, he pushes his wife aside and pursues, unsuccessfully, the Exciseman out the door and into the dunes. Giving up Caleb returns to his cottage now aflame and, blaming himself for the death of his wife and daughter, returns to the lighthouse where he throws him self off the top deck to his death. \tNext we see Emma, the protagonist, arrive... more

Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria's Court

by Rozsa Gaston

Where did Anne Boleyn first learn the skills that captured the heart of Henry VIII and and launched England's reformation? Not in France, as is widely supposed...but at Margaret of Austria's 1513 imperial court in Mechelen, in what is now present-day Belgium. Enter the world of the Burgundian-Habsburg Low Countries, where Anne Boleyn grows from girlhood to womanhood under the guidance of Europe’s most brilliant female ruler. As one of Margaret of Austria's eighteen maids of ... more

What was Beautiful and Good

by Jill Blocker

A novel about a young singer whose 'joie de vivre‘ is disrupted by the outbreak of the First World War and whose fight for freedom inspired an international art movement.

Andrew's Addled Autopsy

by Christopher Griffith

So why is Andrew addled? And is this a real autopsy? Well, in a sense, because our hero has been so traumatised by the violent demise of William Ottoway’s tropical Utopia that within days of returning home to England he sets off again, and in one direction only, north. In the Lake District he meets an able fellow who starts to steer him down a path which, by way of accommodation hosts in Windermere, a Loch Ness monster, Iceland’s night sky and the University of Lapland, will in the end test h... more

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