Retro is in, with KGB assassins, Cold War spies, and teenage psychics. Today’s teen fiction marketplace seems to recycle the same age-old archetypes of zombies, vampires, and ghosts over and over again. "The CIA Psychic Teens" dares to... Read More

Combs has fashioned a compelling tale of a man who struggles as much with the emotional toll of his new existence as the physical ones. The Journeys To New Home, by Elliott Combs, is the story of a young man left utterly alone—everyone... Read More

A tension-filled story about a serial killer also delves into the nature of dysfunction. Dysfunction in relationships is the prominent theme in Elizabeth Washburn’s debut thriller, "Scream for Me". A detective moves to a quiet town in... Read More

The great American road trip takes a dark turn in C. J. Howell’s moody debut thriller. As we hitch a ride in a musty Malibu with an off-the-grid drifter called Tom, we travel not only the reservation roads of the Southwest but also the... Read More

Sad, disturbing, sometimes humorous, this fictional memoir of a hoarder’s daughter is painfully realistic. Written in the style of a daughter’s first-person memoir about her difficult relationship with her mother, "The Cost of... Read More

Ballantine has written a clever book about the highs and lows of the writing life, small-town America, and the loony foibles and fantasies under which we all live. Even if you have never read Poe Ballantine’s work before, you know him.... Read More

The term “small-minded” describes individuals who behave in a self-serving, inflexible way that is detrimental to others. Many of the psychiatrists in Christopher Hogart’s satirical novel, Shrunk, have minds that have diminished... Read More

In "The Inner Philosopher", sixteen profound yet lively conversations between two philosophers, one Western and one Eastern, bring to light the ways philosophy is essential to a full and meaningful human life—a life that can contribute... Read More