Book Review
Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee
by Todd Mercer
Sweet Pea emerges from garden dirt in a state of confused disorientation. “And who was she really? What was the deal?” A friendly bee stops to assure Sweet Pea that her purpose in life need not remain a mystery. Unfortunately the bee...
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Zoland Poetry
by Todd Mercer
Far too much provocative thought flies under the radar of English-language readers; here’s a new radar station, registering worldwide movement. Pease, best known for publishing Ha Jin’s Flannery O’Connor Award winner Under the Red...
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When You Fall Down - Get Up!
by Todd Mercer
In the 1970s Ella Coney lived the sort of life which conservative pundits cite anecdotally to encourage further reductions in government social programs for the poor. The one-time wife of a Denver policeman is arrested for shoplifting in...
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Dining By the Stars
by Todd Mercer
Ambitious and prize-winning chefs from the finer eateries of Latvia’s capitol city Riga present an appealing array of tradition-based and international cuisine framed by Collins’ text detailing astrological concepts. The Baltic...
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The Children of Shem
by Todd Mercer
No-bid contractor Bectburton Corporation is in the news, under suspicion of skimming government funds in an oil-for-food scandal. "The Children of Shem" follows Ahmed Alwani, a lifelong American citizen of half-Iraqi extraction, who...
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The Psalms of Kain
by Todd Mercer
In the Bible book of Genesis, Cain learns that an offering of the land’s bounty cannot satisfy God in the same was as a blood sacrifice. Chrys Henderson believes there has been more than enough sacrifice and punishment in life. He...
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House of Deception
by Todd Mercer
Not nearly as fictional as the Warren Commission report, "House of Deception" places the blame for President Kennedy’s death squarely at the door of the Skull and Bones society and its members within the CIA. The subject matter is...
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Who Were the Minoans?
by Todd Mercer
The origin of Minoan society is an enduring mystery. The key lies on the island of Crete in a language of early hieroglyphics, known as Linear A. Its successor language, Linear B (Mycenaean) was deciphered in 1953 by John Chadwick and...