Transit, J.D. Smith’s debut fiction collection, ranges from Central Mexico to the Asian side of Istanbul, with stops in Houston, Chicago and Washington, DC. Working in flash fiction, the traditional short story and a series of linked stories, Smith takes on race, ethnic identity, class and disability, along with the power dynamics of how they play out in everyday life. He also skewers the pretensions of those who think they are—somehow—above the fray. Heartbreak leads to a drunken foray into … [Read more...] about Transit by J.D. Smith
Interview with Author – Michael Kenneth Smith
About Michael Kenneth Smith: MICHAEL KENNETH SMITH is a former mechanical engineer and retired business owner who has always had a knack for telling stories. An avid Civil War buff and meticulous researcher, he is the author of several works of historical fiction, including The Thin Gray Line, book three of a Civil War trilogy. What inspires you to write? The concept that somebody can write a story that captivates and/or educates a reader is inspiring. In addition, as an author, reducing to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Michael Kenneth Smith
Interview with Author – Michael K. Smith
About Michael K. Smith: MICHAEL K. SMITH is the award-winning author of The Postwoman, a novel based on the true story of World War II resistance fighter Andrée De Jongh, as well as two previous Civil War novels, Scarred and Home Again. Before finding his calling as historiographer, he trained as a mechanical engineer and built a highly successful auto parts business, which he sold in 2000. Upon retiring, he took up fishing, golfing, cooking, and playing bridge. He also took on editing a local … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Michael K. Smith
Interview with Author – Kevin Scott
About Kevin Scott: Hello all my name is Kevin Scott. I am a 26 year old software engineer currently living in Miami, Florida. I know what you are thinking, what's a software engineer doing writing a book, and a funny book at that? Well you see I have always been a creative person who dabbles in various forms of art such as music, painting, engineering, etc. I have always wanted to write a book but figured nobody would want to read a book written by an engineer. Writing this book was the best … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kevin Scott
Wicked Love: A Weeping Willow Novel by Sandra Madera
Now that Nalin has returned to the Realm of Magic, the Elves hope that the end of the war is near, and the Ljósálfar can finally defeat the Dökkálfar after driving them underground. However, it becomes clear that Nalin is not himself, and he knows it. He can’t remember a large portion of his life, and his parents have been killed. Everyone around him is just as oblivious to the time that has been robbed from them. Everyone except for the one that calls himself Avery. Nalin senses dark magic … [Read more...] about Wicked Love: A Weeping Willow Novel by Sandra Madera
Interview with Author – Marguerite Arnold
About Marguerite Arnold: Marguerite Arnold is a veteran journalist, writer and filmmaker. She has a background in IT, finance, law, sustainability and state and national politics in the United States as well as a history as a new economy entrepreneur. Born in New York City, she spent her childhood in London and returned to the United States as a teenager. She attended UNC Chapel Hill and spent her working life in the U.S. between Washington D.C. and New York City. In 2013, she decided to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Marguerite Arnold
Jo Joe by Sally Wiener Grotta
As a child, Judith Ormand was the only Black — and the only Jew — in a small insular Pennsylvania mountain village where she was raised by her white Christian grandparents. Now, she must reluctantly break her vow to never return to the town she learned to hate. During her one week visit, she buries and mourns her beloved grandmother, is forced to deal with the white boy who cruelly broke her heart, and is menaced by an old enemy. But with her traumatic discovery of a long buried secret, Judith … [Read more...] about Jo Joe by Sally Wiener Grotta
Jumping the Fence: A Legacy of Race in 150 Years of Family Secrets by Maureen Esnard Gilmer
Jumping The Fence is an extraordinary true story of a mixed race New Orleans family, rooted in the secretive gens de coleur libres, the free people of color of the French Quartery. As the story unfolds the reader becomes aware of the free colored class before the Civil War and how they took part in the politics of Reconstruction, then suffered under the gradual stranglehold of Jim Crow legislation. While much is written about this period, this is the first book to explore through the lives of … [Read more...] about Jumping the Fence: A Legacy of Race in 150 Years of Family Secrets by Maureen Esnard Gilmer
