The fantastical drama "Politicians in Purgatory" sets the Cold War’s most prominent instigators and participants into conversation with each other. Cold War-era politicians face judgment in Kirsten E. A. Borg’s fantasy novel... Read More

"Saint Agnes’ Garden" is a pleasant, quaint coming-of-age novel about relying on faith and learning to be okay with being less than perfect. In Diana Lynn Klueh’s short, sweet novel "Saint Agnes’ Garden", a young girl finds that... Read More

"Not Without Risk" is filled with twists and turns from the get-go. In Pete Trewin’s engaging crime novel, "Not Without Risk", an unwitting underdog is caught in the throes of corruption. Martin Bennett, a stroke survivor who has been... Read More

C. Kubasta, please don’t take offense as we make reference to, ahem, country music in reviewing your fantastic new collection, "Of Covenants". The plainspoken, country-road cadence and homespun themes lean to AM, not FM, and yet the... Read More

Combining explicit sexual scenes with elements of a murder mystery, "Child Play Mates" works to shock its audience. Susan J. Young’s "Child Play Mates" reunites old friends in a winding tale of betrayal, murder, and sexual revenge.... Read More

Cohen is writing in the grand tradition of the ubi sunt elegy, plaintively inquiring where the values of a previous age have gone. Irvin F. Cohen styles himself as a “lifelong conservative voice crying out in the wilderness” of... Read More

This fiction debut probes the dark side of human nature in the competitive field of biological science. Leonid Heifets creates a sordid scenario in which the suspicious deaths of two important people propel a high-stakes investigation.... Read More

Poetic, compelling, painfully beautiful writing contrasts with controversial subject matter to create a genuine work of modern art. If a young George Carlin, dealing with puberty and sexual frustration, set out to write a video-gamer’s... Read More