In Norman Lock’s historical novel "The Ice Harp", Ralph Waldo Emerson struggles with encroaching dementia and the incontrovertible realities of aging. In 1879, Emerson is seventy-six and troubled. Once heralded as the Sage of Concord,... Read More

In Gerda Blees’s novel "We Are Light", a woman’s quiet, bizarre death exposes the tragic gap between ethics and legality. The leader of the Sound & Love Commune, Melodie manipulates loyalty and obedience from her small group of... Read More

A journalist uncovers a bloody murder during a trip to Ireland in Nancy Nau Sullivan’s novel "A Deathly Irish Secret". Five years after her grandmother Maeve’s death, Blanche is still discovering items that Maeve left behind,... Read More

A bruised hole in the sky prompts an extended, desperate search for answers in David Connor’s surrealistic novel "Oh God, the Sun Goes". “Something happened to metaphysical space,” says a stranger in a bar, “and now the sun is... Read More

In K Patrick’s novel "Mrs. S", a woman navigates a new job far from home, as well as her growing feelings for an older woman. At an old-fashioned girls’ boarding school in England, the new matron is anything but traditional. She’s... Read More

Jeannie Marshall’s book "All Things Move" addresses the splendor of the iconic Sistine Chapel from personal and universal perspectives, delivering an intriguing, crafted interplay of historical, religious, and aesthetic observations.... Read More

"Be Brave. Lose the Beige!" is a cheerful guidebook for women in their sixties and seventies who are looking to unlock their creativity. Written for women of the baby boomer generation, Liz Kitchens’s encouraging self-help book "Be... Read More

In Nisi Shawl’s novel "Speculation", wish-granting spectacles give a girl great power––and an even greater burden. In 1962, Winna’s life is upended when she inherits a pair of spectacles with a magical quirk: they can grant... Read More