Category: Literary

#NewRelease & Excerpt – Exit Wounds by Annie O’Neill Stein #fiction #literary

    Synopsis   Born to shanty Irish on one side and Park Avenue privilege on the other, Laura navigates a turbulent childhood filled with the alcohol-fueled abuse of her volatile father and her mother’s excessive drinking. As the middle child of three girls, she assigns herself the role of her mother’s protector, who dies […]

Excerpt – The Autodidacts by Thomas Kendall @TPKendall #historical #literary #fiction

    Synopsis   A man mysteriously disappears in a lighthouse, as if dissolved by light, leaving behind a notebook filled with bizarre claims of a curse and a series of drawings entitled ‘The Death of the Jubilant Child.’ The investigation into the disappearance unearths hidden connections between the disappeared man, Helene and the strange […]

#NewRelease & Excerpt – The T Room by Victoria Lilienthal #fiction #literary

    Synopsis   When her charismatic mentor, Ernesto, publicly chooses her as his professional partner, all indications are that Vera’s bodywork career is about to ignite. There is just one glitch—no, make that two. Vera—single mother of savvy, smart teenage India and her scruffy mutt, Francisco—is having an affair with Ernesto. As for her […]

Review – Songs by Honeybird by Peter McDade @peterjmcdade #music #fiction

    Synopsis   Atlanta couple Ben and Nina plan to move in together, but their relationship unravels when Ben dismisses Nina’s surprising claim that her dog can talk. Songs by Honeybird follows the pair as they move on without each other. Doctoral candidate Ben dives into research on the tragic story of Honeybird, the […]

Review – In a Sweet Magnolia Time by Robert Wintner #southernfiction

      Synopsis   When Waties Waring left his wife of 30 years for a “Yankee spitfire” he dropped a turd in the local teacup. Charleston (S.C.) society banished him forever. He, in turn, became the first federal judge in U.S. history to rule that separate but equal is not equal, the hallmark of […]