Echo from Mount Royal by Dave Riese Montreal, 1951. Rebecca Wiseman, 18 years old, from a Catholic-Jewish family, lives with her working-class parents. At a local dance, she briefly meets a handsome young man, but has little hope of seeing him again. When Sol Gottesman tracks her down and asks her on a date, her joy mingles with disbelief when she learns he is the son of a wealthy businessman. Sol takes her in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce to the most expensive restaurant in the city, … [Read more...] about Echo from Mount Royal by Dave Riese
Interview with Author – Jesse McKinnell
About Jesse McKinnell: JESSE McKINNELL grew up in Massachusetts but has lived peacefully in Maine for many years. On July 4, 2015, he had a dream about a dentist with a passion for writing sitcoms. Somehow, DEAD CATS And Other Reflections on Parenthood was the result. It is his first novel. What inspires you to write? I have things that I want to say and for me, writing is the best form of self-expression. The process of putting together characters and personalities and worlds is really fun … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jesse McKinnell
Interview with Author – Carrie Mumford
About Carrie Mumford: Carrie Mumford has lived on both the East and West coasts of Canada, and many places in between. She completed a degree in English literature, and went on to complete a master’s in information studies. Carrie now lives in Calgary, Alberta, with her husband, three naughty cats, and one rambunctious dog. What inspires you to write? I get story ideas from questions I have ("What if...?"), from the feeling a movie or song gives me, and from hearing interesting … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Carrie Mumford
Interview with Author – A. K. Frailey
About A. K. Frailey: As an author and teacher with a degree in Elementary Education, Ann Frailey has written and published ten books, and several of her articles have been published in national magazines. In 2016, she earned a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing for Entertainment from Full Sail University and won two course director’s awards. Ann home schools and manages a rural home with her children and their numerous critters. She currently is working on science fiction & … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – A. K. Frailey
Interview with Author – Vicki Salloum
About Vicki Salloum: VICKI SALLOUM is the author of two previous novels, Candyland and Faulkner & Friends, and one novella, A Prayer to Saint Jude. Her short fiction has been included in the anthologies When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple; Pass/Fail: 32 Stories About Teaching; Voices From the Couch; and Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Vicki Salloum
Interview with Author – Jeff Stilwell
About Jeff Stilwell: Jeff Stilwell excels at the unexpected. Not content with his midwestern roots, he found ways on the cheap to explore the wider world including selling gummy bears in high school to visit the Alps of southern Germany. To pay for college, he worked a slime line as a head chopper in the clammy tundra of Alaska. His thirst for adventure next took him to Asia where he studied the martial arts and Asian philosophy while exploring exotic locales such as the Himalayas and the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jeff Stilwell
Permafree eBook: Sideshow by Brian Kindall
Meet Didier Rain – that antihero with noble aspirations, that poet with the fickle pen, that eager paramour ever in search of someone to love. In this adventure-laden novelette, we glimpse the rogue as he was in those days prior to his now famous exploits in DELIVERING VIRTUE and FORTUNA AND THE SCAPEGRACE (due out summer 2018). Prepare yourself to be amazed at Rain’s cleverness, daring, and near-to-honorable acts of madcap heroism as he lends a helping hand to a friend. For what self-respecting … [Read more...] about Permafree eBook: Sideshow by Brian Kindall
Interview with Author – Brian Kindall
About Brian Kindall: Brian Kindall writes books – some for kids, some for grown-ups – brimming with the absurdity, beauty, and mystery of life. He crafts his stories to join the finest qualities of literature with large doses of adventure, peopling them with one-of-a-kind characters you won’t soon forget. He is a master at playing humor against pathos, and fairytales against reality, all for the sake of a good (and sometimes quirky) read. He loves mountain climbing and free-diving and his wife … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Brian Kindall
Interview with Author – Richard Dietrich Maddox
About Richard Dietrich Maddox: Richard Dietrich Maddox grew up in the Midwest and graduated with honors from Princeton University. After graduation, he spent five years in Europe studying literature and preparing to teach meditation. He taught meditation fulltime for two years before serving as the Vice President of Sales for seven successful high-tech startup companies. In 2005, he retired from the business world to concentrate on writing. He is the author of the number-one … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Richard Dietrich Maddox
FEATURED BOOK: Nineteen Hundred Days by Florence Osmund
When twelve-year-old Ben’s parents don’t come home from work one day, he doesn’t know what to think—they’ve shown lack of responsibility before, but nothing like this. His six-year-old sister Lucy is more scared than he is and clings to him for support. Unwittingly fearful of the police and Child Protective Services, the children don’t want to end up in foster homes and will do anything to avoid being separated. Their journey—fraught with obstacles and people who may not have their best … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Nineteen Hundred Days by Florence Osmund
Interview with Author – Sarah Marie Graye
About Sarah Marie Graye: Sarah Marie Graye was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1975, to English Catholic parents. One of five daughters, to the outside world Sarah Marie's childhood followed a relatively typical Manchester upbringing... until aged 9, when she was diagnosed with depression. It's a diagnosis that has stayed with Sarah Marie over three decades, and something she believes has coloured every life decision. Now in her early 40s, and with an MA Creative Writing from … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sarah Marie Graye
The Second Cup by Sarah Marie Graye
Perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell, Elizabeth Strout, Patrick McGrath and Nathan Filer. Would your life unravel if someone you knew committed suicide? Theirs did. Faye's heart still belongs to her first love, Jack. She knows he might have moved on, but when she decides to track him down, nothing prepares her for the news that he's taken his own life. Faye is left wondering how to move forward, and whether or not Ethan will let her down again. And when she tells her friends, the news … [Read more...] about The Second Cup by Sarah Marie Graye
