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Joe The Salamander

by Timothy Gager

Joe The Salamander follows Joe, a man with neuro-diversity , from birth through age thirty-five. Joe, a born people-pleaser, only chooses to say the word, "Yes," to everyone, except his mother, Millie, who he has unconditional trust with. The other woman in his life, Laura, his nurse on-duty at the time of his birth, becomes a life-long friend of his and his entire family. Joe, overwhelmed by loud or “busy” environments gets through life by wearing various costumes but identifies with Superman a... more

Uproar and Heresy

by A.P. Andes

Volume II of The Latecoming West, Uproar and Heresy, picks up the tale begun in Volume I as the brilliant, willful Joan, disguised as a man, shadows the most sovereign position in the religious world. Joan’s gift for scholarship fuels the young woman’s rise at Lorsch Abbey. But the peril of her true identity looms over every success. Meanwhile, in 1930s Berlin, star-crossed Polish Jews Rahel Buchwald and Patek Mroz meet amid Hitler’s rise to power, overcoming their differences as the new order d... more

Petrochemical Nocturne

by Amos Jasper Wright IV

The Mississippi River. HAZMAT. Boxing. Suicide by cop. New Orleans Saints football. Chemical explosions. The Angola Prison rodeo. Chlorine gas ghost ships. Through these symbols and themes we learn about Toussaint and his formative experiences in the Standard Heights neighborhood of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "Petrochemical Nocturne" results in an indictment of what Toussasint describes as "that dystopian haunted carnival cruise line called America." A discursive and often surreal exploration of... more

A Woman's Guide to Search & Rescue

by Mary Carroll Moore

Framed for the brutal attack on her manager, indie rock legend Red Nelson flees to the only family she doesn’t yet know: her estranged sister, Kate Fisher, a Search & Rescue pilot working the remote mountains of upper New York State. Kate, the daughter of her father's legitimate but unhappy marriage, has no wish to meet Red, the product of her father’s passionate love affair, but when Kate’s daughter, Molly, decides to hide Red on their property, concern over Molly’s safety forces Kate to stage ... more

Ashes and Memories

by P. Scott Corbett

The fusion of physical and interpersonal crises sometimes triggers the need to make unanticipated and difficult choices in life. When 70-year-old widower Fred Korman suffers a stroke during a long-distance run, his life takes an unexpected turn. As he struggles to recover, he faces a new challenge, protecting his best friend Susan from her abusive ex-husband Tony. But when Tony starts to threaten Fred and his family, Fred must find a way to end the harassment for good. Meanwhile, Fred’s son ... more

The Mayor of Pudding Hill

by William Delia

Albie Albertson’s life has touched on nearly every significant event in Nova Scotia’s last 100 years. Journalist Caleb Mackenzie writes a series of stories about Albie’s life beginning with his years as a fisherman and a crew member of Canada’s iconic Bluenose schooner. He goes on to describe his rescue efforts following the 1958 Springhill Mining Disaster, his service as a volunteer firefighter and after Hurricane Ginny in 1963. Caleb shares Albie’s eyewitness account of the 1967 Shag Harbor U... more

A River's Ruse: Four Short Stories

by Chris Handrahan

With the river, I find an old prediction.
– A River’s Ruse

Four Short Stories about novice writers and the self-incitements of creativity.

Not previously published, these four short stories were first written more than a decade ago.
The beginning of an interconnected collection of short stories, the title story features a nameless man -- a recurring protagonist of the storylines -- foretelling his own death while reading the facts of an unrelate... more

Dancing in the Ring

by Susan Sage

DANCING IN THE RING is the story of the tumultuous marriage of Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage. Propelled by the optimism of the 1920s, they both dream of ridding the city of poverty and festering crime. Romance blossoms, and then turns serious. Catherine easily passes the Bar exam – Bob fails his first attempt. Catherine lands a position as a law clerk for the Prosecutor’s Office. Bob retakes the Bar exam for a third time and finally passes. The law firm of Sage & Sage takes off. While passi... more

The Man from Alcatraz

by Virginia Mae Brown

Family. Honor. Sacrifice. Rex believes in it all. He's a man of tradition, a man of the old ways. He is what the media calls a "mobster". Rex decides he must do what is right, and that means betraying his family.His twin brother, the opposite of Rex in every way, craves revenge and he will stop at nothing to destroy Rex for what he did. In a plot to eliminate Rex, Stefano has him sent to Alcatraz, the famed prison where escape is only a fantasy.With careful planning, Rex makes h... more

She Dreams in Blue Light

by A.R. Malecki

A hopeful adult coming-of-age story about the impact of our work, our connections with others, and the promise of technology. Eleanor Crawford believes she can solve any problem with computer code. At just twenty-six years old, she holds a coveted software engineering position at Atlanta’s hottest startup, Agora, dubbed “The Gathering Place of the Internet.” She might be the only woman on her team, but that won’t stop her from being at the forefront of the platform’s most exciting new feature... more

A Thousand Graces

by Karen Hill Anton

The lives of characters in this engrossing story intertwine as a young woman attempts to transcend her expected cultural role. Set in 1970s notably traditional Japan, struggle, submission, and surrender highlight this moving tale that will stay with the reader long after turning the final page.

The Map Colorist

by Rebecca D'Harlingue

In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of the colorists paid to enhance the black-and-white maps for the growing number of collectors. Her artistic talent brings her to the attention of the Blaeu printing house, and she begins to color for a rich merchant, Willem de Groot. Not content to simply embellish the work of others, she longs to create her own map, but cartography is the domain of men. Keeping it secret, she borrows the notes her f... more

An Absolute Secret

by Nicholas Kinsey

A nordic noir spy thriller based on real wartime intelligence operations in Sweden. This is book two in our series of outstanding historical fiction novels. On his first assignment for MI6, British agent Peter Faye is sent to Stockholm to spy on German intelligence officer Karl-Heinz Kramer. At the British legation, he meets his new boss Bridget, a very proper, smart-as-a-whip, diplomat's daughter and immediately falls in love with her. They struggle to work together as they recruit Hanne, a ... more

Remembrance Man

by Nicholas Kinsey

During the 1832 cholera epidemic, Paolo works for his uncle as a gravedigger in Western Ontario. At night he earns a bonus from wealthy clients as a 'remembrance man' whose job is to watch over selected graves for signs of the undead. He discovers a young woman who has been buried alive and is drawn into a terrifying story of revenge and insanity. This is a tale of murder, greed and deceit, and the breakdown of society. Family members turn against family members, friends against friends, and ... more

Up in the Middle of Nowhere

by Blair Bryan

Inspired by True Events When her troubled teenage daughter, Nova, is hell-bent on self-destruction, Tessa Donahue makes a desperate bid to save their future. Together they will leave behind the familiar and step into a world of whimsical wonder. Nestled amidst the lush greenery of the Great Smoky Mountains, four unique treehouses offer a breathtaking escape as they embark on a journey filled with self-discovery and reconnection.

Where the Wings Rise

by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm

After years of disastrous choices, Addisyn Miles has a second chance with the person she once betrayed—her older sister, Avery. Moving from Whistler, Canada, to Avery’s home in the Colorado Rockies seems like the perfect opportunity to not only rebuild her fragile relationship with her sister but also distance herself from the past she can’t forget. But adjusting to Avery’s life is harder than she expected, especially with her heart drawing her back to the chance at love that she left behind in ... more

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