Craig Evan Royce seems to be a man of unbridled enthusiasm. In a previous book, Country Miles Are Longer Than City Miles, he examined the mountain culture of eastern Kentucky, focusing on the area’s artisans. His latest work brings... Read More

Many people think that depression is all about feeling sad. Jane Newman knows from personal experience that depression is more about feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and depleted. When the day came that this devoted Christian wife and... Read More

"Having Hope" is Sherry Burkett’s debut novel and the first book in a planned series about Hope Logan and Tim Richards. Tim has lost his wife to breast cancer, and readers meet him in a dark moment when he prays a desperate prayer.... Read More

Trying to digest the extent and implications of Gordon L. Ewell’s injuries is nearly impossible. A career soldier, the master sergeant was severely wounded in an IED explosion in Iraq. After fifty-nine missions, it was the sixth such... Read More

There’s a curious trend among some contemporary poets to produce collections that include annotations, backstory, and personal history. In the introduction to Deidre Alexander’s Making of a Poet: Reflections in Verse, editor J. Ralph... Read More

When it comes to desire, butterflies aren’t only in the stomach—they can also flutter quite strongly a few inches lower. For two characters in Fire’s "To Love a Woman", those butterflies are a constant presence, leading them to... Read More

Everyone who thinks vampires can’t walk around in the sunlight will be surprised to meet Chuck, a red high-top wearing, self-aware do-gooder who happens to be a 642-year-old vampire stuck in an eleven-year-old’s body. In the first... Read More

Of the myriad ways to impress the “chicks,” few are more novel than the one tendered in "Caught in a Flap!", a naughty novel dealing mainly with the nether region of the female anatomy. The author, Des Parunia, a doctor with a... Read More