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Mysteries of Bowie and Other Oddities

by Joseph Raffetto

Mysteries of Bowie and Other Oddities explores the ever-present tension between freedom and oppression and the desire to build a functional, sustainable world.

INSIDE ORWELL

George Orwell was a person of the Left, dedicated to fighting Communism, Fascism, imperialism, racism, and classism. This is the story of how Orwell became Orwell.

BOWIE AND THE BERLIN WALL

David Bowie’s connection to the Cold War and Berlin goes deeper than the lege... more

Kristin B. and Other Stories

by Joseph Raffetto

Kristin B. and Other Stories is a collection of three novellas by Joseph Raffetto. The new work includes Young Scott and Zelda, the remarkable tale of Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre's early love; Three A.M. delves into the ominous and tragic side of Scott and Zelda's love and marriage; and Kristin B., a dark, psychological thriller and romance.

YOUNG SCOTT AND ZELDA

Twenty‑one-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald was a pretty boy, a drinker, remarkably outgoing for one so sensit... more

The Decision They Made

by Maria P Frino

A strong, historical family saga. Two sisters, Amelia and Simona Lillostra, share a secret. One so distressing to them it is never to be revealed. What they didn’t count on is a young Russian man entering their lives, a man related to Amelia’s Russian lover from WWII. When TV anchor, Larissa Mina meets Alexey Dubrovsky at an awards night, neither has any idea there is a secret in both their pasts. What is this dark family secret and why were two loving sisters torn apart? See how Larissa and Al... more

Not Knot Naught

by S.B. Joon

For the last thirteen years, I wandered the earth bewilderedly drunk on the union, love, and I have distilled that experience into an intimate, poetic dialogue that takes on the form of verses. By the lack of a contemporary frame of reference, I can only draw the parallel to Jelaluddin Rumi's 'Masnavi', which very similarly, much rather than writing, feels like a presence, shared through words. 'Not Knot Naught' as I proclaim in its official description, is a quiet pool of water, that onl... more

The Education of Crazy Jane

by Steven B. Sandler

In my novel set in the late 1960s, a college student named Sam falls in love with Jane, who is an ardent anti-war protester. Sam wants to support her activism, but he also wants to keep her safe. The two of them struggle to survive as a couple as they deal with her arrest, her trial (inspired by the trial of the Chicago Seven), and the police violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

HIS FINAL ANSWER

by Christopher D White & Jennifer Curran

The protagonist a 68 year old man named Daniel Pallson who is one of the wealthiest men in the world is suddenly put in the position of facing all he has shunned over the last 20 years since tragically losing his beloved son.

When a Stranger Knocks

by Peggy Ann Shumway

After witnessing a stranger murder her father and brother, Joaquina Souza struggles to trust an old hobo, Noah Gabriel, and his young companion, Michael McCallister, who come to the Souza farm looking for work on the heels of the tragedy. Joaquina’s mother is mourning her loss in an unconscious state, while Joaquina and her younger brother Manny battle for power over family and farm. Even Michael, Noah’s handsome apprentice, brings additional concerns to the Souza’s door: a ... more

Hitler Here

by George Thomas Clark

Adolf Hitler and his intimates and his enemies have bylines and thus the opportunity to reveal what they did and how they felt during an era of unparalleled destruction.

Daughters of Green Mountain Gap

by Teri M Brown

Appalachian granny woman. A daughter on a crusade. A granddaughter caught between the two. Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town’s apothecary, Josie Mae doesn’t know whom to follow. But what happens when neith... more

American Renaissance, Book 1: Missions Dangerous

by Amory Patrick Blaine

Analyzing heinous hidden historical crimes from the recently retrieved declassified documents and diaries of a compromised government informant, American Renaissance, Or Inquiry Into Political Justice In the Arts & Its Influence on Morals and Happiness (Book 1; Missions Dangerous) traces the sudden rise and tragic ambition of the late artistic and political revolutionary Sean Dorian Knight, a brilliant young American artist whose radical theory of art history at the tur... more

Where Love Lies

by Greenleaf Book Group

When Ella Davidson’s world is turned upside down, and she is forced to transition from her picture-perfect all-American life to two years of mandatory military service abroad, the last thing on her mind is finding love. Then she meets the officer in charge of her unit, Liam Levine. Mysterious, confident on the verge of cocky, and unbearably gorgeous, Liam is everything Ella never knew she needed. And the spark between them? Magnetic. Undeniable. Dangerous. But as she and Liam navigate their secr... more

See Sadie Jane Run

by Kelly Elizabeth Huston

Whoever said you can't go home again didn't know Sadie Jane Klein.

When mechanically-minded Sadie Klein, Ph.D., finds herself poufy dress-deep in a well-meaning scheme gone awry, she escapes from a riverboat casino with the help of Dutch Holland, an old teenage crush she hasn’t seen in fifteen years. Sadie runs to her childhood home intent on settling down in coastal Georgia’s Canaan Cove, where her Jewish grandparents raised th... more

The Star Poolroom Boys

by Edwin Charles

This coming-of-age story centers on the bond between a mother and her son--and the son’s world after losing her. After his mother’s death when he was thirteen, Fast Eddie descents into a debilitating depression. His sisters and father fail to deal with the tragedy much better. By the time he’s eighteen, Fast Eddie is experiencing hallucinatory psychotic episodes which force him to see a psychiatrist twice a week. The psychiatrist is sixty miles away over a two-lane highway winding through th... more

The Carbon Credit Crusader

by Monty Nereim

Clayton Shultz became obsessed with Carbon Footprint calculations. The dire threat of Climate Change (formerly Global Warming) dominated his concern, fueling an ambitious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save the planet. The unlikely celebrity stumbled onto the climate crisis bandwagon and devised a money-making scheme that replicated the corporate Carbon Credit/Offset Exchanges, an industry fraught with red flags. He rose in popularity and unexpected wealth relying on customer ho... more

Not The Same River

by W.A. Polf

These stories involve ordinary people confronting extraordinary circumstances. A paperboy's favor for an elderly man on his route faces him with a profound ethical dilemma. A woman cannot decide whether to marry a neighbor who witnessed her husband's tragic fall from the neighbor’s roof.

The central theme these characters face is timeless: Do we shape the future, or does it shape us? On a mountaintop encounter, a man meets a mysterious stranger and must decide whether to f... more

Downriver

by Jennifer M. Lane

It’s 1900. In a Pennsylvania coal town tainted by corruption and pollution, Charlotte's world collapses when her parents meet a tragic end. Sent to a foster family in a Maryland fishing village, she’s fueled by grief and embarks on a relentless quest for justice against the ruthless coal boss, Nels Pritchard. But Charlotte is no ordinary girl. She shares the fiery spirit of her father, whose powerful speeches inspired worker riots. With a burning desire for vengeance, she sets out to uncover ... more

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