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No News Is Bad News

by Jeannine Chartier Hanscom

Humor in writing is largely a subjective concept. While some may find the writings of Mark Twain vastly amusing, others may prefer more outrageous and visceral humor. "No News Is Bad News", a collaboration between authors Amara Thompson... Read More

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The King of Babylon

by William Gee

Receiving an unexpected inheritance is a dream for many, but in Martin Boltax’s debut novel, The King of Babylon: Search of the Eternal Truth, inheritance can have dangerous consequences. The story opens with John Karras recounting... Read More

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Soljer Soljer

by Mark McLaughlin

Army life on the frontier, regardless of where that frontier is situated, is much the same today as it was for the legions of Rome or the regiments of the East India Company. It is uniformly dull and boring, enlivened slightly by... Read More

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Incident at Zhenbao

by Elizabeth Millard

“I dreamed of so much better. The old man hated me for it. No balls. Me or him.” From the start, first-time author Emory Black grabs the reader through staccato language, immediately establishing the narrator, Tom Hamilton, as an... Read More

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The Magic Book

by Maya Fleischmann

What begins as a dull and dreary rainy day for twelve-year-old Sam, and his dog, Spot, turns into an adventure through time when Sam receives a dusty box at a garage sale. Among the items in the box is what appears to be a storybook.... Read More

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Gizmo and Scatz

by Catherine Thureson

Gizmo the dog and Scatz the cat do not get along. Though they live in the same house, Gizmo likes to chase Scatz, bark at her, and steal her food. Scatz spends most of her time running from Gizmo. Things change for both of them, however,... Read More

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The Adventures of Bunzy

by Cheryl Hibbard

Tina Eshed has drawn on her now-adult son’s love of a special childhood toy in writing The Adventures of Bunzy: The Beginning, the first of what she promises will be several children’s stories about a delightful stuffed rabbit.... Read More

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McCreedie

by Laura Munion

Picture living in a world where progress is forbidden and technological stasis is the goal. The place and time: the American Wild West in 1870, Branigan County. This is the setting for much of "McCreedie". The novel follows the lives of... Read More

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