Mike Smith’s first novel, "Backazimuth", is a tidy thriller set in the Arabian Desert. Bill Slade, West Point graduate and combat engineer, is a reformed drunk, with bottle-fueled misadventures scattered along the tracks of a nearly... Read More

A Marlboro man, living in a world of bulldozers and concrete mixers, has switched his brand of cigarettes to American Spirit. They have fewer chemicals, taste better, and last longer; they also indicate the leanings of a modern cowboy,... Read More

When a man becomes a Catholic priest he relinquishes the chance for marriage, family, or sexual intimacy. He gains a life of spiritual devotion and many find this a fair exchange. Sometimes, however, as in the case of Father Vin DiMarco,... Read More

Forced into exile for her fictional examinations of Islam and its faults, living with the possibility of a fatwa against her becoming a reality, Taslima Nasrin continues to explore her chosen topics in her writings. One might think that... Read More

Stuffed with details, brimming with weird and quirky characters, "Ghosted" is a heartstopping novel of heroic proportions. Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall takes tre-mendous risks, and the reader reaps the rewards. "Ghosted" is the story of... Read More

“My disgust had a smell: the smell from the hospital, from the apartment—the telltale odor of death. My heart raced. I could feel them behind me: a thirsty pack, their hunger, a thick tongue of horror, snatching at my back, creeping... Read More

Failing schools and racism are topics of interest and concern for all Americans today. In "The Substitute Teacher", Samson Kamara connects these two issues as he presents the experience of an African immigrant in the United States.... Read More

Archeologists continue to study the remains of villas built during the Roman Empire to learn more about how the emperors and other people who inhabited them lived. In the past, far too many objects disappeared from these sites, taken... Read More