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A Woman in Search of…

by Lynne Horn

It’s the swingin’ 70’s–a time of change, when singers sang about making life better by being there for others. Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman” became an anthem for the women’s movement while other songs like Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” offered comfort to people. This was a time for spreading peace and love.

In 1973, Wendy, a recently separated woman, discovers a new life when she starts her own business... more

How It Was

by Christopher Brookhouse

The year is 1980. Leonard Grey, now in his sixth year at a prestigious Southern college, works various jobs to pay for the remaining class hours he needs to graduate. Hired by the athletic department to tutor a superb Black basketball recruit, Lenny becomes ensnared in conflicting conspiracies — one to use the player's skills for personal and institutional enrichment, the other to preserve the school's predominantly white athletic teams and tradition of academic excellence. Discredited by... more

Exploring the Neighborhood Pronghorn Community: Pronghorn Antelope Observation and Zooarchaeology in Colorado

by Professor Jim

East of Midnight: The Chalmers Trilogy

by Karen Humeniuk

"This uplifting story of two families connected by past tragedy and hope for a better future offers a potentially life-changing gift of faith."

Lockdown Laureate

by O F Cieri

A 22 tale collection, with 22 illustrations by Soren Häxan. Dark, introspective, grimy, urban, strange. “Like a puddle of blood in a back alley of New York City that whispers to you of what could have been via a static-slathered Bluetooth connection…”

Journey to Peaceable Soul

by Megan Macaulay

Miranda is lost. Her dreams led her to self-discovery and ultimately life-changing realities. Strange people, stranger rules, and a mysterious guide come forward as Miranda enters a dream world with boundless possibilities. She catches a glimpse of herself as a vastly different person; a better version of herself. However, a glimpse is not enough, or is it?

Friendship is the Solution a collection of short stories

by J. R. Caldwell

Mentor Wonders: A One Act Play

by Catherine Lee

Mentor Wonders is a poetic dramatic script. During a mentoring Orientation meeting, a new volunteer wonders about school safety, as staff and returning mentors share stories about their interactions with students. These conversations are periodically interrupted by “Dreamscapes,” poetry/music interludes daydreamed by the veteran mentors. An AMBER alert goes off, upsetting everyone when they realize that the abducted child is one of their own mentees. This terrible situation eventually re... more

Sister Jane

by Irmgarde Brown

All her life, Jane believes she is small-town ordinary...until she isn't. Some people brand her a witch because of the cat while others believe she has a demon. Her family thinks she's ready for the nursing home, and the down-and-out reporter assumes she's a fake. But nobody, including Jane, can figure out how she does it: heal the sick. All the sick. All the time. Is it a gift of God? The Church is divided. Then, everything erupts when the foreigners arrive along with the government people and ... more

Lucy Jinx: Book One (2023)

by Pablo D'Stair

At once gargantuan and miniaturist THE LUCY JINX TRILOGY is an intimate Epic, spanning eight years in the life and innermost mind of the titular poet as she navigates ambitions, friendships, lovers, and, above all, her monstrous, psychically tumultuous relationships with language, identity, and purpose; a portrait-of-the-artist equal parts romance, comedy, and existential horror-show.

NOTE: Each volume of The LUCY JINX TRILOGY is a self-contained, standalone novel. This is the fully rev... more

Returning the Bones

by Gin Hammond

World War II. A small Texas town. A precocious Black girl struggles with guilt over her brother’s death and is poised to take over the small empire her activist father has amassed. Burdened by legacy and guilt, she feels buried alive, as if her life is happening without her, until faced with a question only she can answer: continue to risk her life in the fight for Civil Rights, or escape to Paris to live a life she’s always dreamed of? Returning the Bones explores the question: How do you ch... more

Hour of the Wolf

by Deanna Madden

Nightmares provide a frightening portal to the past for a young woman on the brink of adulthood in this time-slip novel about courage in the face of unspeakable evil. In the summer after graduation Jodie Graham is plagued by dreams of a city with cobblestone streets where she follows an old woman through early morning fog. During the day she works at a pizzeria in Chicago and hangs out with friends while waiting for college to start, but in the dead of night her dreams transport her to anothe... more

So Hard to Do

by Sally BASMAJIAN

Suze Foster has always been devoted to her daughter. As a child, Jannie required extra support in school, but now—at age 29—she’s a rising executive. Suze, thrilled with Jannie’s success, is finally free to follow her own dreams. Without Suze’s dedicated attention, though, Jannie flounders. In a careless moment, she floods her apartment. Enter our hero, Aram—her hot but significantly older neighbor. He saves the day, and for Jannie, it’s love at first sight. Not so much for Aram, though, who f... more

The Bootleggers Friend

by Clare Blando

BOOTLEGGER’S FRIEND is based on the true story of Johnny Lazia, a gifted politician who is admired and respected in Kansas City. Lazia embodies rough-and-tumble politics in the 1920s. He meets Giovanni Blando, recent immigrant from Sicily and nephew of Lazia’s mentor. Giovanni becomes a bootlegger and Johnny’s closest friend despite their outward differences. The men discover shared interests in liquor, poker and politics. For a decade, the friends live decadent lifestyles in Kansas City, defy P... more

In the Garden of Sorrows

by Karen Jewell

The novel is a portrait of a woman, Isabel Fuller, grieving the loss of her son in World War I and harboring anger at her husband, who encouraged him to enlist. She agrees to allow a Pentacostal revival in the pecan grove on her farm, and when a young preacher arrives for the revival, his sympathetic attention to her leads to an affair that threatens her marriage.

Mad Druggist

by Frank Hozeska

Once upon a time, there was a very kind, loving, generous, and caring man who did good work. Unfortunately, the ungodly hypocrites in authority did not like his radical ways of counseling which made it very difficult for him to hold on to his livelihood. All he wanted in this unprecedented, unheard-of, crazy cruel spiritual journey is for someone to give him a break! The tumultuous pharmacy career finally catches up with Louie, and no one is willing to give him another chance or a break. Louie... more

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