The challenge of putting together a short-story anthology is giving readers enough variety of styles and voices while still finding stories that fit comfortably with one another. "Daughters of Icarus"is a diverse collection of... Read More

"DiSemblance", by debut author Shanae Branham, chronicles the adventures of a socially inept seventeen-year-old. Jason Tanner—along with his brother, Isaac, and father, Lloyd—has spent most of his life inside his home in the tiny... Read More

More than at any other time in recent history, human beings are exploring the metaphysical realm, as evidenced through the popularity of such spirituaul teachers as Eckhart Tolle and Wayne Dyer. In order to bring peace into a turbulent... Read More

Few things are more American than Friday night high school football. For the star of a winning team, the world is, indeed, an oyster. So it was for the late Bobby Hoppe, Chattanooga Central High’s “living legend.” Hoppe’s hard... Read More

Art lost its basic creative drive the moment it was separated from worship. It severed an umbilical cord and now lives its own sterile life….In former days the artist remained unknown and his work was to the glory of God.—Ingmar... Read More

We’ve got three murders and a freaky woman motorcycle club that’s gone haywire. No I’d say that’s not an accident. In "Rainy Faces" the perfect long-distance biker caravan features individuals who sacrifice for the good of the... Read More

The traditional explanation that America was drawn inevitably into the Vietnam quagmire because it was a critical front in the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union is challenged convincingly in these two important... Read More

Over the past century the percentage of Americans over the age of sixty-five has grown from 3.1 million to 34.5 million. As the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age, those numbers will again skyrocket. “Declining birth rates... Read More