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The Blossom and the Musket

by Mark McLaughlin

"The Blossom and the Musket" is a traditional Western, although it is set in New Zealand and the battle is between militia and Maoris in the mid-nineteenth century. While a bit more exotic than the Great Plains of the United States, the... Read More

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Ollie

by Peter Dabbene

As a general rule, kids are intrigued by dragons—both the scary kind populating many myths and the friendlier, more helpful sort. The latter description fits Ollie, the subject of Diane Smiley’s poetic book of stories. A grandmother... Read More

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Glimmers of Light Dancing

by Kristine Morris

Readers must step into another dimension entirely in order to appreciate and receive the wisdom in Penny Gundry’s "Glimmers of Light Dancing", for it reads as though it is a long, highly developed guided imagery session. Take a few... Read More

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Tego Arcana Dei

by Mark McLaughlin

“It’s difficult for my small brain to understand all of this,” the main character, James Pollack, complains to one of his numerous sexual partners in Andrew Man’s second book in the Tego Arcana Dei series. Many readers will... Read More

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The King's Beacon

by Cheryl Hibbard

Terry Dillon, author of the well-received nonfiction account Light Me a Candle, tries his hand at fiction in his novel The King’s Beacon. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the Aire Valley of Yorkshire, England, Dillon’s story... Read More

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