One child in eighty-eight is now recognized as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network.... Read More

Richard J. Lukenda’s debut thriller, "A World Gone Crazy", introduces readers to Zeke Ocean, a forty-eight-year-old New Jerseyite who feels his glory days have passed. Once a top-secret special-ops soldier for the US, he has retired... Read More

What can we learn from a French bulldog about manners? Surprisingly, quite a lot. In a series of email exchanges between Mitchell’s French bulldog, ZsaZsa LaPooch, and her long-time friend and “sister-of-choice,” Forman, the two... Read More

Into the ancient pond / A frog jumps / Water’s sound! This haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Bashô, is perhaps the most famous in all of Japan. Although this translation by Zen teacher D.T. Suzuki was not the first, Suzuki’s work in... Read More

Like many people, Charlene Tomlinson yearns for a loving marriage and a fulfilling family life. Attaining these seemingly simple goals prove far more difficult than she imagined as she faces one tragedy after another, ranging from a... Read More

Why can’t we all just get along? Well, sometimes we can, according to Thomas Glick in Creative Mediation, his book of solutions for sticky legal situations. Glick worked for years as a lawyer in Florida, growing increasingly frustrated... Read More

In 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s book The Secret became an American bestseller; in this new take on the concept of an esoteric path to health and happiness, Turkish self-help author, scholar, and business magnate Özer Uçuran Çiller seeks to... Read More

George Temple is rich and successful in business, yet not as fortunate in his personal life. His new girlfriend and business associate, Muriel, suggests that before they take their relationship to the next level the widower should make... Read More