Inventive scenarios make the short stories collected in "Urban Disturbances" disturbing, disarming, and worthwhile. Bruce McDougall probes the undersides of city and suburban life in his short story collection "Urban Disturbances". These... Read More

A doctor and a ship’s captain have their expertise tested in the tense, storm-set novella "Something in the Blood". Phillip Messinger’s novella "Something in the Blood" is a compressed adventure story set in the stormy Pacific. Chris... Read More

"The Chronicle of the Ostmen" is a fascinating historical novel; set in the mid-ninth century, it follows as the Vikings invade what are now the British Isles. An Irish boy is kidnapped and enlisted into a Viking army in Ian McKay... Read More

A British woman’s national loyalty is compromised during World War I in "The Spy on Putney Bridge", a captivating historical novel. In David Fitz-Enz’s historical novel "The Spy on Putney Bridge", a World War II soldier comes to... Read More

History could be rewritten in the exciting, alternate history time travel novel "The Kite and the Coin Toss". In Ron Swan’s novel "The Kite and the Coin Toss", a college student hopes to master time travel and right a historical wrong.... Read More

In the memoir "Confessions of a Hippie", hippie culture is seen through the eyes of a woman who was part of it. Adriana Bardolino’s memoir "Confessions of a Hippie" covers life on various communes. The book chronicles an eight-year... Read More

In the novel Escape From Oblivia, a man flirts with his long overdue maturation, but faces obstacles both real and imagined in the process. Brian Kindall’s novel "Escape from Oblivia" uses humor to address the romantic, personal, and... Read More

A man deals with the fallout of his involvement in anti-Vietnam protests in "Mission in Paris 1990", a historical novel with a heartwarming conclusion. A jaded businessman reunites with an old lover under difficult circumstances in Bill... Read More