Writing is both no nonsense and successfully secretive when it comes to twists and turns. Jacob M. Appel’s seventh short-story collection, "The Amazing Mr. Morality", is filled with wit and intriguing characters. It explores the perils... Read More

Macy’s blunt story is a harrowing, heartbreaking tour de force. NoNieqa Ramos’s The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary turns the spotlight on Macy Cashmere, a high school girl who lives in the margins of society. Noncompliant and proudly... Read More

Inventive and highly entertaining, A. L. Collins’s "Redworld" is set in a future where Mars has been colonized and serves as home to several alien races, including humans. Clever explanations for how the planet was made livable, and... Read More

Sam McManis, an award-winning writer and former columnist for the Sacramento Bee, traveled the length and breadth of his state for five years, seeking the real California. No matter which direction he headed, he found California to be a... Read More

A legend unfolds in rhyming verse about a young woman, once known throughout the bayous, swamps, and prairies for her graceful hands and generosity, who falls victim to a curse. Hauntingly dramatic uses of softly focused darkness and... Read More

Inspired by tales of the Underground Railroad and its innovative methods of communication, a perilous story of courage and cunning unfolds as a blacksmith and his son use the rhythm of a hammer striking an anvil to guide runaway slaves... Read More