People often do not know how to handle grief. In part, this may be due to the fact that many people try to rush through the grieving process. "Two Chai Day" will be valuable to a reader whose loved one has a devastating disease. It will... Read More

One of the toughest challenges faced by a novice novelist, beyond self-editing, is defining the hero. The hero emulates the story’s moral core, which in turn allows readers to identify with the character or buy into the story. The lack... Read More

Beginning with “Once upon a time” and featuring elements of fantasy―magic and talking animals―"The Magic Spoon" is a modern-day fairytale. Beautifully illustrated characters enhance the simple story and will delight children... Read More

A fantastical woods filled with beauty and danger is the backdrop for The Adventures of Johnny Ancient: Lost in a Dangerous and Bizarre Forest. Only a few inches tall, Johnny lives in a mushroom house with his grandmother, and he... Read More

There are monsters out there, bland-looking, blend-into-the-wallpaper monsters, people you would never notice. Retribution begins with a character dressed in black, watching someone sleep, someone with all the appearance of innocence.... Read More

Married adults in the United States may soon be in the minority as more parents live together outside of marriage and single parents raise children alone. This growing group tends to have less education and financial security than the... Read More

Aaron Wesley Haberman is a boy with a problem. The girl of his sixth-grade dreams doesn’t seem to know he’s alive, and when he tries to talk to her his brain short-circuits. While watching a nature film in class, he sees how cool... Read More

Life’s more dramatic events play out differently for different people. Canadian author Anne Shier’s first work, My Short Stories: Book One, chronicles a number of such events. A high school computer science teacher and former English... Read More