In "Confusion Matrix", readers are transported through the age of the Classical and Romantic poets to our own time and place. While the themes are timeless and the poet accesses them through modern experiences, there are a number of... Read More

Often, to celebrate life, one must first feel it slip from one’s fingers. After all, to know what light is, one must know darkness. This is the arc of David J. Murray’s collection of poems, "Celebrations". Here, the speaker’s... Read More

Respublica falls into the tradition of other novels of Rome such as Collen McCullough’s Masters of Rome Series and Taylor Caldwell’s fictionalized biography of Cicero, Pillars of Iron. Unlike McCullough, who portrays Cicero in a... Read More

Richard Picciuto’s poetry collection, "Moonlit Weeds", is full of quiet yet extraordinary images. This collection is diverse: There are poems about first crushes and cigarettes and others that delve into the mysticism of silence.... Read More

In his third Donovan Creed novel, crime novelist John Locke once again reveals his skill at creating likeable assassins and fast-moving plots that are neatly wrapped up by the end. Lethal Experiment’s “hero,” Donovan Creed, is a... Read More

If Cooley’s anemia were all Ralph Moscato had to face in his short life, it would have been more than enough hardship for a young man. But in addition to a fatal disease, he had a family that was a dysfunctional mess of codependency,... Read More

"De Oppresso Liber" opens on Gabe McCarthy, a junior medic serving in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Because of his training and natural abilities, he has been selected to be part of a Special Forces group, an A-Team. In the... Read More

This cozy mystery by former librarian Gunilla Caulfield is a potpourri of tempting ingredients-a picturesque New England fishing village, sweet pet dogs, literary references, a librarian protagonist who has a secret lover, and of course,... Read More