The Strange Round Bird Or the Poet, the King, and the Mysterious Men in Black Eden Unger Bowditch The long-awaited Strange Round Bird brings Eden Unger Bowditch’s Young Inventors Guild trilogy to a satisfying conclusion—no mean feat with so many threads and mysteries to be resolved. The children—young inventors all—are brought together with their parents at last… Continue reading The Strange Round Bird
Category: Fiction
Changing Michael
Changing Michael Jeff Schilling Matthew knows how things work. He’s pretty much an expert. For example: friends. Friendship requires both give and take, and Matthew strongly prefers taking. The solution is close acquaintances—people who think you’re their friend because you nod and act interested about whatever the hell they’re talking about. School? Perfectly pleasant as… Continue reading Changing Michael
The Secrets of the Greaser Hotel
The Secrets of the Greaser Hotel J. Scott Fuqua The Greaser Hotel is an eyesore even by eyesores’ standards. A long forgotten place, it sits dilapidated and mostly vacant amid a sea of Baltimore vacancies. But this building, this former lap of luxury, is much more than it appears. The Greaser Hotel is a place… Continue reading The Secrets of the Greaser Hotel
It Won’t Always be this Great
It Won’t Always be this Great Peter Mehlman In the crushing complacency of suburbia, mid-life crises pop in unannounced on men’s lives. For one Long Island podiatrist, it takes an impromptu act of vandalism just to make him aware of his own being. Walking home in the sub-zero wind chill of a Friday night, he… Continue reading It Won’t Always be this Great
The Salt Marsh King
The Salt Marsh King Drew Krepp A modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear by debut literary novelist Drew Krepp. Henry O’Reilly, the founder and head of a seafood empire nearing the end of his career, makes sudden preparations to divide his empire among his three sons and entrust to them not only the family business, but the… Continue reading The Salt Marsh King
Aftershock
Aftershock Joe Lane Major Penelope Baldwin, accomplished pilot and tactician, could have expected a bright future and stable military career until a dubious flight mission over Al A’Zamiyah, Iraq, results in the loss of her left leg. As Penelope struggles in recovery, her mother, Evelyn, struggles to secure their financial future and places her savings… Continue reading Aftershock
My Father’s Day Gift
My Father’s Day Gift Dave Andrews When given full freedom, many men will piddle. So it is for middle-aged college professor Adam Cherry on Father’s Day. Alone for the day on his newly purchased horse farm in the Midwest, his two daughters and wife away or abroad, Adam finds excitement in an entire day to… Continue reading My Father’s Day Gift
The Ravens of Solemano
The Ravens of Solemano Or the Order of the Mysterious Men in Black Eden Unger Bowditch It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak. They’ve escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with… Continue reading The Ravens of Solemano
Pinot Envy
Pinot Envy Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery in Napa Edward Finstein Meet Woody Robins, a bon vivant, devil-may-care wine guru who specializes in investigatory work involving rare artifacts of a vinous nature. Amidst the backdrop of world-famous Napa, California wine country, and upbeat, cosmopolitan “city by the bay” San Francisco, Woody finds he’s bitten off more… Continue reading Pinot Envy
Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore
Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore J. Scott Fuqua You think history is boring? Baltimore kid Daniel does—until a chance encounter with a magical talking raven named Calvert sends him flying back to 1814, where he finds his home city under siege by a British army on the verge of defeating the United… Continue reading Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore