Arthur Edgar E. Smith compiles folktale adaptations and original writing in "Day of Judgement and Ten Other Stories". Comprised of twelve individual stories, the collection primarily features the folktales Smith has translated from the... Read More

The Red Scare, homophobia and, of course, murder, highlight Peter S. Fischer’s wonderfully crafted fifth noir-style detective mystery set in Hollywood’s Golden Age. "The Unkindness of Strangers" is the fifth installment in Peter S.... Read More

Characters from Hollywood’s past come back to Technicolor life in this fast-paced, well-crafted mystery. Everybody Wants an Oscar, the fourth book in Peter S. Fischer’s The Hollywood Murder Mysteries series, is another hard-boiled... Read More

Humbleness and giving back are central to Azuka Zuke Obi’s first book, The Power To Excel: Reaching For Your Best. Like a long and somewhat drawn out conversation with a friend, Obi passes along his secrets of success gained while... Read More

Atychiphobia is an unusual word for a very common problem—fear of failure. We all fail at something, sometime, so why are we so universally afraid of making mistakes? New author Alozie Okwara suggests that instead of hanging our heads... Read More

“I died and came back to life. So what I have to say is special,” explains Richard L. Burns in his inspirational first-person account, Live or Die: A Stroke of Good Luck. Only 38 when felled by a hemorrhagic stroke in 1968, Burns was... Read More

“The nice fancy parades that have so pleased the people of Pitt is now over and the grim visage of war is what we will be introduced to for the next sixty days and perhaps longer.” So wrote Union Army surgeon James L. Dunn to his... Read More

The subject of star-crossed lovers subjected to the opposition of parents resisting cultural, religious, and racial differences—a common theme in works of literature—also characterizes Uchechi: The Triumph of Love. This short,... Read More