With its manga-style illustration on the cover and its sexual content, Natsuya Uesugi’s latest novel, grydscaen: utopia, seems set to appeal to a certain segment of adult fans of the popular Japanese graphic-novel genre. The volume is... Read More

In "The Corporate Whore of Babylon", an attention-grabbing mystery, the murder of a corporate mogul leads a young detective into the world of a strange and secret society. Sixty-five-year-old William Babble, CEO of a leading tire... Read More

Ann Stone courageously exposes the tragic, depressing, and often infuriating story of her broken family in "My Family Compass". Despite the difficult circumstances she describes, she tries to convey a message of hope to others who are... Read More

Richard Isham employs his experience as an attorney to craft a murder mystery centered on the death of a wealthy Californian. Defense attorney Charlie Malone is often immersed in vodka when not wrestling with his latest case. On leaving... Read More

Ken Goldberg’s second novel, "Peter Cubed", delivers an existential adventure that strains the boundaries of taste with goofy scenes of sex and violence along with detailed forays into fantasy and the mechanics of sanity. Yet with this... Read More

Compact and tightly written, this work by former marine Aaron Powell is a chilling look at the inner world of a bullied and sexually abused teen who decides to take matters into his own hands to protect himself and those he loves from... Read More

In "Hoof Prints in the Snow", Jim Hawley, a horse rancher and emergency-room physician, presents a low-key, charming tale of a life spent in the ranching community of Wheatland, Wyoming, where the author lives. His narrator, country... Read More

“Most people are afraid to take a chance with their lives,” muses Walt Ryder, a carnival operator of unusual magnetism, in the early pages of S.M. Fernand’s debut novel. That sympathetic recognition is part of what draws teenaged... Read More