Bakersfield is located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. About halfway between Fresno and Los Angeles, it has grown rapidly since it was founded in 1869. In Did You Say “Baker’s Field?“,... Read More

In an age when books too often fail to capture a reader’s attention, the author of Dillie’s Encounter with The Bucket Man does well to begin her story with action: at her mother’s urging, Dillie is running away from someone towards... Read More

“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” -William Faulkner Margaret Vail’s novel, Delta Song, is written in the tradition of twentieth century southern authors like, Thomas Wolfe, William... Read More

"Death on the Night Watch" follows the exploits of Reverend Bob Vander Laan as his ministry among the street people of Grand Rapids, Michigan, pulls him into the murky world of underground pornography and the murders of three young... Read More

Deadly Roses is a true-crime story rendered in just-the-facts, police-blotter language*.* The author summarizes his book as the “… true story about the murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan and the investigation, arrest, trial and... Read More

As a child, Eddie Wilkins was passed back and forth between divorced parents who did not have the time or the desire to raise him. He was neglected, and he was sexually and emotionally abused. Someone would occasionally drift into his... Read More

Tales of the occult are enjoying a renaissance in popular culture; from the “Walking Dead” TV series to the bestselling Twilight Saga series, readers all over the world are drawn like moths to a flame to stories about creatures of... Read More

In Danville, Virginia, and the Coming of the Modern South, Michael Swanson offers the fascinating history of a tiny Southern hamlet, from the dissolution of the Secessionist government of Jefferson Davis, to the rough-and-tumble politics... Read More