Disturbing historical events serve as the inspiration behind Sarah L. Thomson’s latest book Mercy, The Last New England Vampire. Unlike the romanticized vampires in much popular fiction, Thompson explores the more chilling side of... Read More

The most urgent practical task of the philosopher, according to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, is a re-formulation and revision of the principles of comparative religion in order to “demonstrate the common metaphysical basis of all... Read More

C.V. Smith’s protagonist in her novel Nettie Parker’s Backyard breaks with traditional book format, creating a three-dimensional adventure wherein she invites the reader directly into her story: “Why don’t you meet me there?”... Read More

Michael R. Rosmann proves to be a unique breed of American in Excellent Joy: Fishing Farming, Hunting, and Psychology. A clinical psychologist serving rural farm communities near the Rosmann family homestead in Western Iowa, the author... Read More

“There are more than a million people living in the city of Prague whom I’d just as soon not name here,” "The Guinea Pigs" begins. “Our family is originally from the country. Our family, that means me, my wife, and two tolerable... Read More

The poems in James Vasquez’s poetry collection, "Words Jesus Spoke", take some of Jesus’ famous words, like his parables, and set them to traditional rhyming verse. Everything from the seven woes to the second coming and judgment are... Read More

Swallowing is a four-step process that usually happens without conscious thought or deliberate physical effort, even though most people swallow approximately six hundred times a day. More than ten individual body parts are involved in... Read More

Mike Smith’s first novel, "Backazimuth", is a tidy thriller set in the Arabian Desert. Bill Slade, West Point graduate and combat engineer, is a reformed drunk, with bottle-fueled misadventures scattered along the tracks of a nearly... Read More