…Nor Shall My Sword… by Aldreg Welles has the feel of a nineteenth-century British novel. The author’s project, a modern imitation of an old beloved English novel, is successful but flawed. Welles tells the story of an English... Read More

Willie Pilgrim’s memoir, "A Tragedy of a Broken Heart", is heartwrenching, but it feels sadly familiar. Written during his incarceration in federal prison, Pilgrim’s book is a distressing tale of a life lived in difficult... Read More

Writing from the Welsh poetic tradition with its emphasis on musicality and landscape, Lee Robinson adds another voice to that culture’s literature. The poet moves from his personal history to the very distant past of the Celtic... Read More

In Zulu folklore, the Tokelosh Man is an evil spirit that wreaks havoc on the lives of those it possesses. Surely the Tokelosh Man has cursed Spencer, the novel’s protagonist. A well-regarded physical education teacher, Spencer loses... Read More

“Anyone that gets washed down river, dressed in rags and carrying that sword, has got to have a remarkable story, and I want to hear it.” So quips the man who saves the hero of "Mayan Prophecies" from drowning. It is with such... Read More

Efren Gamboa’s “America“ Because I Have Loved You, I Have Made You Rich!: The Inevitable Truth of America Bible Prophecy 2012 666 is a disturbingly mean-spirited and oddly skewed take on the Bible, the origin of mankind, and the... Read More

Everit Tyshinski wants to die. By gun, accident, heart attack, drowning—he doesn’t care how, he just wants it to happen. Life is too hard without the woman he loves. Tyshinski finds himself operating in a painful version of... Read More

The term “triple threat” is sometimes used in sports or entertainment to describe a person with three distinct and notable skills. Danish writer Else Cederborg might be a literary equivalent, demonstrating the ability to write short... Read More