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Fiction: The Wolf Boy by Sam Osherson

April 29, 2020 admin 0

A brilliant but untested young general, Hannibal of Carthage, is about to embark on an audacious war against powerful Rome, the enemy who defeated his father and threatens the future of his city. In The Wolf Boy, an orphaned boy, Nahatum, is caught stealing from Hannibal’s tent and is about to be executed by the guards. Instead, Hannibal finds himself unexpectedly charmed by the boy and — just as surprisingly, makes Nahatum his servant as […]

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This Just In: Peripheral Visions and Other Stories by Nancy Christie

April 29, 2020 admin 0

What do you do when the hand that life deals you isn’t the one you wanted? In Peripheral Visions and Other Stories, the characters choose to play the best game they can with the cards they’ve received. For some, it’s making the most of the circumstances in which they find themselves, even if it’s not the life they planned. For others, it’s following an unconventional path—not the easiest course or the one that others would […]

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Fiction: Mr. Blok by Gregor Piatigorsky

April 23, 2020 admin 0

Mr. Blok is the only literary work written by the famous musician and beloved music teacher Gregor Piatigorsky, being published 60 years after its creation. The novel provides an invaluable source of insight into, and knowledge about, the mind and personality of the great man behind the cello. According to Stevan Nikolic, editor at Adelaide Books, “after reading his work, my conclusion is that it is almost impossible that such a novel was written without […]

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SF/F: Relationships 8 by Piers Anthony

April 23, 2020 admin 0

Relationships 8 is the eighth volume in an ongoing series by one of the most popular science fiction/fantasy authors of all time, Piers Anthony. The stories in Relationships 8 plum some of the Anthony’s favorite territory. In a story about an android in the form of a beautiful woman who achieves consciousness and makes the most of it, to the dismay of the company boss. Another story about a mother who means to repay a […]

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This Just In: Simply Amazing Women by K.C. Armstrong

April 21, 2020 admin 0

In a quest to entertain and uplift readers in the midst of self-isolation and uncertainty, K. C. Armstrong, host and CEO of WMAP Radio (“World’s Most Amazing People”) says he will be releasing his second book of favorite interviews on May 1, 2020. Simply Amazing Women, like its bestselling predecessor Simply Amazing Special Author’s Edition, is a non-fiction book that assures readers that we are stronger and more resilient than we sometimes think. The 13 […]

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Crime Fiction: No Going Back by Sheena Kamal

April 21, 2020 News Editor 0

No Going Back (William Morrow/Zaffre) is the third entry in Sheena Kamal’s bestselling and award-winning series featuring Nora Watts, an outsider who has a talent for seeing what lies beneath strangers’ surfaces, and for knowing what they’re working hard to keep hidden. Somehow, it’s the people closest to her she has trouble truly connecting with. In the case of Bonnie, the teenage daughter Nora gave up for adoption, she has to keep trying. For Bonnie […]

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Poetry: Everyone at This Party by Tanja Bartel

April 21, 2020 News Editor 0

My time here is chapped. I brush up against the tepid wind, wither against leaning fences. I count on falling, for its freedom. Dismiss me. It’s better that way. Barbeques smoke, lawnmowers cough rocks. A coiled garden hose is some protection, but not from nuclear war. The suburbs teem with alcoholic fits. — “Subdivision” In Everyone at This Party (Gooselane) Tanja Bartel’s riveting poetry debut, the bucolic Vancouver suburbs clash with the interpersonal. The reader […]

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Non-Fiction: The Backpack by Brandon S. Hultnik

April 18, 2020 admin 0

Wounded in the line of duty and paralyzed, police officer Brandon S. Hultink made an amazing journey from despair to hope, as he writes in his frank and compelling autobiography The Backpack: A Wounded Police Officer’s Struggle with the Burden All Cops Share. After the shoot-out that put him in a wheelchair, Hultink was ready to put an end to it all. Just 30 years old, a runner, a triathlete, a weightlifter and dedicated police […]

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Bestselling Author Launches Magical Podcast

April 18, 2020 admin 0

Celebrity medium, Reality TV personality, “Good Witch,” and internationally bestselling author Patti Negri heads to the air waves in a new podcast on Dash Radio: “Witching Hour with Patti Negri.” “Witching Hour with Patti Negri,” launched April 17 exclusively on the DASH Radio platform with wide release the following week on Anchor, Spotify, RadioPublic, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Breaker, iTunes and all podcasting platforms. Listeners tuning in weekly to “Witching Hour with Patti Negri,” can […]

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Fiction: In the Suburb of Possible Suicide by David Lawrence

April 18, 2020 admin 0

In the Suburb of Possible Suicide, originally titled Suicide Club, was a quarterfinalist in Screenwriters Magazine and was an honored recipient of the “No Borders” distinction at the IFFM at the Angelika Theater, 1996. In the Suburb of Possible Suicide is the story of a teenager, Joshua Victor, whose parents move him from the middle class town of East Meadow to the rich village of Great Neck Estates in 1962 in the hopes of getting […]