Some books boldly defy classification by genre, and Dr. Bernard Michael Patten’s "Colossal Wrecks" is just such a piece of work. Patten enabled himself to pen this “post-modern meta-fictional travel adventure romance novel” by... Read More

Gabe is a modern man. He has a fulfilling career, a loving wife and a close-knit family. The morning after his wife, Sarah, tells him that she is pregnant with their first child, Gabe is at the bank when a robber enters. He is the only... Read More

Many writers refer to some kind of relationship with a muse or “channel”—a source of inspiration or even a voice—as in Rainer Maria Rilke’s famous Duino Elegies, which he claims were spoken to him while he wrote, as if in a... Read More

As the late Jewish-Polish aphorist Stanislav Lec once said: “It’s true that we’re on the wrong track, but we’re compensating for that shortfall by accelerating.” Journalist Jeane Manning and industrial scientist Joel Garbon are... Read More

This well-intended and well-executed guide to getting and keeping work gives teens a foundation for preparing themselves to be a whole person, a worthy goal that standard job guides sometimes overlook. In "Teens and the Job Game",... Read More

As the lone Romany, a girl of Gypsy heritage, in her small New England high school, Nadya CooperSmith must contend with her paranormal abilities and being bullied because of her ethnicity. While she possesses a cadre of loyal friends who... Read More

“HUMAN BEING is pathologically persistent in his yearning for unhappiness,” writes Russian-born author Anna Ilyina. And based on the characters she brings to life in Shame Heirs, it must be true. They succeed in finding unhappiness,... Read More

John Sponcia, a former Ford Motor Company executive and dealership owner in his sixties, began writing a blog of personal musings in June 2009. Eighteen months later, at the behest of friends and readers, he compiled his posts into an... Read More