If someone in your family or in your close circle of friends has a young child, you are no doubt intimately aware of how young ones see the world as a fascinating place filled with wondrous secrets that are within their grasp if they explore long and hard enough. We all used to be like… Read More Book Review: ‘Why Do Buses Come in Threes?’ by Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham
Seven seemingly very different individuals appear one day in a big, white room in which there is nothing save them and seven unique chairs. The seven are told that this place will make their dreams come true, but not the materialistic or romantic sort. Rather, it is about overcoming deep fears that are holding each… Read More Book Review: John Dreamer by Elise Celine
The use of poetic writing makes for an interesting and heartfelt ride courtesy of author Euphonos. In Pieces of Time, she welcomes us into Linda’s word made vivid through descriptive prose. The main protagonist is a hopeful romantic who believes in the classical definition of love and is willing not only to wait for it,… Read More Book Review: Pieces of Time by Euphonos
Following the success of his first book, The Tourist Killer, FC Etier has released his second, The President’s Club, in installments on Venture Galleries. When completed, the author will self-published it in digital book form. A good serials does not always a good book make, but in this case, it works out pretty well. Julian… Read More Book Review: The President’s Club by FC Etier
What happens when your boyfriend of six months stages a bizarre fight with you one evening, then disappears, leaving behind evidence that incriminates you for his murder? Jillian Keating finds the answer to this question when her boyfriend, whom she knew as Ryan Cornell, does exactly that. Sounds like a terrible nightmare that makes for… Read More Book Review: The Disappearance, by Susan Berliner
Being a teenager is no simple task. One suddenly goes from being a child with simple needs, to having an increasing awareness of the world that shifts everything around, sometimes painfully so. Needless to say, it’s a complicated time of one’s life, even if nothing out of the ordinary happens. Like your mother disappearing. Many… Read More Book Review: Misplaced, by Lee Murray
I am extremely unhappy with author Ripley Patton, for I am forced to wait another couple of months before the third and last installment of the PSS Chronicles. She hooked me with the first installment, Ghost Hand (read my review here), got me addicted with Ghost Hold, the second installment, and now, I have to… Read More Book Review: Ghost Hold, by Ripley Patton
Mild Spoiler Alert! Far Forward, a book by independent author C. F. Waller, was published last month on Amazon. I noticed a post about it in a Facebook group, and one sentence in the description captured my attention: “Awakening on a lazy Saturday morning, Anna Katz is greeted by an older version of herself making… Read More Book Review: Far Forward, by C. F. Waller
Having myself just published a collection of creepy short stories, my interest in this book seemed inevitable, as it brings together “bite-sized” stories one can read in a matter of minutes. A mixture of horror, terror, disturbing, paranormal, and just plain weird, the stories are, for the most part, well written. The strength of this… Read More Book Review: Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror, Edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray
Contributing to the betterment of our communities requires understanding experiences that are sometimes completely different from our own. In this regard, it is so important for people lucky enough to come from happy, stable homes, to know what it is like to come from abusive homes, and what a child from such a home can… Read More Book Review: Amelia’s Destiny, by D.G. Torrens