“It is our worst and most embarrassing moments that end up defining us as human beings,” comments author Mark Evan in “Cut,” one of the nearly forty short stories in his book, Hula Ville. An astute observer of the oddities of... Read More

“We are not an invasion fleet. We are a procurement team.” That is how the alien invaders, who arrive not as overt conquerors but as clandestine suppliers seeking human meat for a galactic restaurant chain, introduce themselves in... Read More

Willie J. Alexander firmly believes that the Bible is a “reality-based primer” in which virtually every life lesson can be learned—with a caveat: “The more educated humans become, the less likely they are to believe the literal... Read More

Establishing a new career, either due to a job transition or the post-college leap, can be stressful and frustrating, and even those pursuing minor career changes can use support and encouragement. Spencer Bauer and Jeanie Nishime... Read More

“If I am ever set free. What then? Will I crash into walls forever like a blind butterfly? Will my wings be so torn and ragged that I will be forced to limp through the rest of my life?” In "Secret Storms", Julie Mannix von Zerneck... Read More

Espionage has been part of the human experience at least since the Trojan War. It wasn’t until 1953, however, that the debut of Ian Fleming’s iconic Secret Agent 007 suddenly turned many a young man’s daydreams to the glitz,... Read More

"Making a Rose after the Diaspora" is an engaging autobiography that offers a first-hand account of how one Jewish woman’s life was shaped by her childhood experience escaping the Nazi Holocaust in her native Austria. At the tender age... Read More

Australian doctor Niall McLaren’s no-holds-barred critique of psychiatry takes us through some of what he considers dubious and scientifically unsound theoretical underpinnings behind the practice of modern psychiatric medicine. In... Read More