Retired high school English teacher Marilyn Hering devoted several years to researching and writing her first novel, "A Woman Possessed". Inspired by her father’s long career in the silk mills of Paterson, New Jersey, she has set her... Read More

An examination of the history of Taoism in China reveals a long-standing and mutually influential relationship with Buddhism. Readers in Taoist and Buddhist traditions often find overlapping ideas among the major texts—a correspondence... Read More

The Rev. Dr. Timothy D. White’s book is so much more than the story of the creation of the Washington Cathedral, a “meta church” founded by White in 1984, in Redmond, Washington, modeled after the nature of the early church as... Read More

A four-star story as good as "The Afghans" deserves better than a two-star edit. Nadeem Akbar writes in a simple style that is muddied by scores of basic errors—most of them inexcusable typos or obvious mistakes such as incorrect... Read More

“Well begun is half done,” according to Aristotle. In the case of "A Cupboardful of Shoes and Other Stories", A. Colin Wright begins well, with his first six stories hitting high notes, but only about half of the book is well done.... Read More

In this complex mystery, the New England tourist town of Quinset is not quite the peaceful setting it first appears to be. The real Quinset is revealed when a complicated web of secrets unravels to expose criminal activities. When a... Read More

Jack Shaw’s tale of the renewal of a California community is compelling for two reasons. First, it demonstrates how sound business principles can be applied to community development. Second, it is an exceptional example of how a... Read More

Grace Dillon brings together nineteen works by indigenous writers from four countries for this anthology, the first of its kind. These six short stories and thirteen novel excerpts push the boundaries of science fiction, contributing... Read More