River Aria by Joan Schweighardt It's 1928 and Estela Euquerio Hopper, an ambitious young woman from an impoverished area of Brazil, has landed a job at the New York Metropolitan Opera, though only to work in the sewing room. Her good fortune is due in part to her unique education and in part to the fact that her father is American. She hopes to make it from the sewing room to the stage, but there are obstacles in her way: her possessive father, her secretive cousin, and the wild temperament … [Read more...] about River Aria by Joan Schweighardt
Interview with Author – S.W. Leicher
About S.W. Leicher: S.W. LEICHER grew up in the Bronx in a bi-cultural (Latina and Jewish) home. She moved to Manhattan after earning her Master’s degree in Public Policy and raised her family on the Upper West Side, where she still lives with her husband and two black cats. When not dreaming up fiction, she writes about social justice issues for nonprofit organizations. What inspires you to write? It varies—and I never know what it will be in advance. An overheard conversation, something … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – S.W. Leicher
Interview with Author – Jackson Bliss
About Jackson Bliss: I'm the winner of the 2020 Noemi Book Award in Prose and the mixed-race/hapa author of Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments (Noemi Press, 2021), Amnesia of June Bugs (7.13 Books, 2022), Dream Pop Origami (Unsolicited Press, 2022), and the speculative hypertext, Dukkha, My Love (2017). My writing has appeared in The New York Times, Tin House, Ploughshares, Guernica, Antioch Review, ZYZZYVA, and the Columbia Journal, among others. I'm the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jackson Bliss
Interview with Author – Kaylen Soriano
About Kaylen Soriano: Kaylen Soriano was born and raised in the desert of the Southwestern USA. Growing up, her love for spelling developed into a passion for reading and writing. She successfully achieved her dream by sharing her writing with the world, and her most recent work being the fantasy novel, Curse Entwined. When she's not writing, she enjoys spending time with family, entertaining her cat, gardening, getting fresh air outdoors, reading books/manga, watching anime, and playing … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kaylen Soriano
Interview with Author – Frank Shapiro
About Frank Shapiro: Hi, my name’s Frank Shapiro and some strands of my working life are as follows: I’m a graduate of medieval history from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem as well as a postgraduate of London University. I also worked as high school history teacher of European and Jewish history. Among other positions I held was the post of assistant researcher at the Museum of the Diaspora, Tel Aviv. Commissioned by the Council of Zambian Jewry to research and write the history of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Frank Shapiro
FEATURED BOOK: The Whirl Wind Man by John Pavon
The Whirl Wind Man- Tell a story is told thru oldest brother Jimmy Huey vantage point and eyes, several decades past as two small town brothers’ seemly endless games lands one which lasts and leads to discovery of first Time Travel Vessel and a fleeting space-time travel meeting & befriending an alien being. Conflict endures between family, brothers, keeping a secret and outgrowing the first time travel vessel. Jimmy Narrative storytelling is unique bringing the images of future & past … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: The Whirl Wind Man by John Pavon
Interview with Author – Richard Foster
About Richard Foster: Just a brief biography. I was born just outside Nottingham, England in 1968. A year later, my parents sought a new life in Australia, and we sailed for six weeks before reaching our new home. For the next forty-plus years, we, and later I, moved around Victoria, mostly Melbourne. In 2017, I decided to move my new family back to the UK where we have lived since. I loved reading and writing as a kid but confined myself mostly to short science fiction stories. I was, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Richard Foster
Interview with Author – Author Pavane Ravel
About Author Pavane Ravel: Pavane Ravel is the passionate writer and emerging author of her introductory novel series, "The Other Shoes of Larry Martin," with book one released titled "Revelation of Lies" which is now available for purchase on her official website, Amazon Books, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and many fine online book stores. Ravel has always wanted to be a full-time writer and finally has reached the point in life where that dream is a reality. She … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Author Pavane Ravel
Interview with Author – Andre Michael Pietroschek
About Andre Michael Pietroschek: Born in the summer of 1972, specifically on the second of July in 1972, I became a wrecked little bummer and university dropout. I miss money and comfort, but I also found some of it fits me. While limited in financial options, I occasionally share some info & viewpoints, which mainstream people might have less of a chance to learn from otherwise. I prefer short fiction, and punchlines, like: `Hey, I am a real author, I even wrote a sequel to my first … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Andre Michael Pietroschek
Birthday Gift by Mary Waterford
He’s everything she thought she never wanted. She’s everything he never knew he needed. Juniper Bell had no intention of having her baby in the middle of the bush by the light of a haloed moon. But when a truck runs her off the road and handsome stranger, William Locke, comes to her rescue, what can you do? With a bouncing baby boy safely delivered, Juniper and William part ways, never expecting to see each other again. Cupid, however, has other plans. When they meet by chance three years … [Read more...] about Birthday Gift by Mary Waterford
Interview with Author – Teece Reeder
About Teece Reeder: Teece Reeder began writing at a young age. Her love for the written word was inspired by her mother, who was an English teacher and a lover of literature. Teece has been greatly impacted by the works of Hemingway, Sara Teasdale, Poe,Tennyson and Robert Burns. When she isn’t writing she loves the joy of getting her hands dirty as she nurtures and cultivates her ever growing collection of plants and heirloom flowers. Her greatest accomplishment would be that of her two … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Teece Reeder
Interview with Author – P.M. Amaras and Paul Driggere
About P.M. Amaras and Paul Driggere: We've been writing together almost 25 years, but usually for other people. For a while, in the 1990s, we ran the gamut on writing, editing, and research and our company was the talk of the World Wide Web. Of course, nowadays we're not so big anymore and a lot of companies have passed us by. With work slowed down, we started writing our own things. We have 7 non-fiction books published through various companies, and one fiction novel in 2010 called … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – P.M. Amaras and Paul Driggere
