An intriguing plot and engaging story highlight this tale of love and art. "My Life with Berti Spranger", a novel by art historian and artist Eva Jana Siroka, stars an art collector who discovers a memoir by sixteenth-century erotic... Read More

Leave it to Quirk Books to open a cocktail book with a recipe for preparing bacon. The playfulness continues throughout "Summer Cocktails" with scores of tempting drink recipes, remedies in the case of overindulgence (Antidotes), snacks... Read More

Flashes of characters’ inner narratives reflect on human nature with exquisite prose. Matt Runkle presents a selection of fictions that are as intimate in detail as they are wide in scope and variety in The Story of How All Animals Are... Read More

Humankind evolves into star-exploring superbeings in this utopian sci-fi epic. A group of psychics seeks a better path for humankind in "The Cosmic Factor", a utopian science fiction story by Norberto C. Pautassi. When college student... Read More

Parents and grandparents will enjoy sharing many of these poems with their loved ones. Visual artist and educator Laurel Lorraine Lancer has compiled a varied and voluminous book of formal poems. Sometimes serious and often whimsical,... Read More

Heartrending subject matter conveyed in poetic prose excavates pain from the realm of memory. Dig with a pen, said poet Seamus Heaney. Kathryn Winograd uses a pickax to excavate old pains and buried memories as part of a personal... Read More

Bishop and Varga have created a jovial and generous guidebook for self-care. The co-founders of Kiss and Tell Creative Productions, Jeanette Bishop and Helen Varga (Shut the Hell Up, I’m Trying to be Spiritual Here!, 2005), return with... Read More

Unexpected plot twists elevate this enjoyable collection of unique and varied sci-fi tales. Bill Finnegan collects eleven strange and enjoyable short stories in Tales From Finnegan’s Wake: An Assortment of Suspenseful, Fantastical,... Read More