John Hansen’s "Song of the Waterwheel" is a love letter to his late wife, a woman whose stunning beauty struck him like lightning and whose even more endearing soul kept him enthralled for twenty-eight years. This loving yet honest... Read More

Marilyn Shieh is a physician with a private practice in California. Her daughter, Michelle Shieh, has a bachelor degree in biology. The younger Shieh struggled with childhood obesity, whose treatment is a passion for both women. Though... Read More

Little Wave, Jiffer the sailboat, and Obee the albatross are swimming around the ocean when they meet a new friend, a large sea turtle named Laura Hawksbill. Laura has a problem: Her home beach has been taken over by humans, who have... Read More

"The Golden Fox" by Frank R. Kowalski is a sprawling frontier epic set in the American Northwest beginning in the 1860s. It explores the elements that divide and unite humanity across cultural lines. The story opens with John Stafford at... Read More

Born in Germany during World War II, Wolfgang Peter May experienced the horrors of war even before he could walk. Later, as a naturalized American citizen, he served as an officer in the US Army, first in Germany and then in Vietnam. In... Read More

“When the last transit season occurred the intellectual world was awakening from the slumber of ages, and that wondrous scientific activity which has led to our present advanced knowledge was just beginning. What will be the state of... Read More

Before the Internet, there were zines: xeroxed pages combining comics with collage and held together by staples and passion. Strictly appealing to long tail market segments, zines were never about money. They were about expression. They... Read More

Judith Kitchen’s new memoir, Half in Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate, kicks off with the following disclaimer: “I have never owned a camera and I never snap photos, except reluctantly when asked by others.” It’s an odd way... Read More