The Admiral's Daughter by Tom Milton (Nepperhan Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Kristy McKay, a young woman from Mississippi living in New York in the early 1960s, is trying to expiate the original sin of slavery on which her family fortune was built. She is active in the civil rights movement in conflict with her father, a retired admiral who is a white supremacist. She suspects that he is behind the violence against civil rights activists in Mississippi, and unable to live with the possibility that her father is having people killed, she needs to learn the truth so that she can finally free herself from a legacy of guilt and hatred.

Genre: Literary Fiction

The Holler by Thomas Bell (13 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

The Holler is an immersive novel that grabs you from the very first page and doesn't let go. Set in the eerie and atmospheric backdrop of rural Kentucky, this story intricately weaves elements of folklore, family bonds, and the supernatural, creating a rich tapestry that is both haunting and heartwarming. The protagonist's journey is compelling and relatable. The twin brothers, whose close bond is tested by the mysterious and ominous Holler, are well-developed characters who evoke a deep sense of empathy. Their adventures, misadventures, and ultimate quest for truth are thrilling and emotionally charged, making the reader feel like a part of their journey. Bell's portrayal of the rural Kentucky setting is nothing short of masterful. His descriptions are vivid and evocative, bringing to life the foggy, mysterious landscapes and the tight-knit, if somewhat insular, communities that populate them. The Holler itself is a character in its own right, shrouded in mystery and menace, with a ...

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Hugh: A Hero without a Novel by David Lawrence (Broadbound Publishing LLC) (115 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Intriguing, ambitious, and pretty damn delightful. I thoroughly enjoyed 'Hugh' and it gave me a lot to think about. This is a unique and exhilarating journey." - Alexis Hall, author of Boyfriend Material From an old family trunk comes a manuscript which never saw the light of day. Its pages tell of a young man awakening to himself, his sexuality, and his world in this love letter to the era of Tom Jones. The slightly spoiled, slightly poetical, slightly absurd son of an ambitious baronet, Hugh Entwistle possesses the wealth and connections to make him a success in Georgian England. But before pursuing a sinecure in the military, he will spend the summer of 1768 at his country estate - far from the turmoil in London this politically volatile year. Only to discover a deeper, more profound turmoil within himself when he encounters the rebellious, and beautiful, son of the parish parson. So begins the hilarious and heart-breaking collapse of a well-ordered world. Hugh paints a ...

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Talking to Xyr: A Short Story by Adam Bertocci (8 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Jim still loves his ex-girlfriend Sarah. And that's not going to change when he learns he has to stop thinking of her as a girl. Xyr name is Sable. Xe is transgender. But xe's not becoming a boy -- or becoming anything, really. As for Jim, he's about to learn a whole new way of thinking about gender, and binaries, and life. He's about to find out just how much he doesn't know. Award-winning writer and filmmaker Adam Bertocci has been praised by Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, The New Republic, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Back Stage, Broadway World, E!, Maxim, IGN, Wired, Film Threat and more. In this touching short story, he explores the extraordinary gap between what is known with the mind and what is known with the heart. ----- Approx. 5100 words

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Limelight by David-Matthew Barnes (Blue Dasher Press) Price verified 6 hours ago

Moments before she's supposed to make a keynote speech to a sold-out crowd, a successful author makes the decision to stop writing and walk away from her career forever. This dramatic short play features roles for two women.

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The Last Casualty by Andrew Leatham (Lume Books) (65 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Belgium, 1917. Wilf joined up at seventeen, wanting to do his bit. But now he is broken by the death and human agony surrounding him. The smell of the rotting corpses, the vermin gnawing on the corpses in No Mans Land, has all been too much. After a brief period of R and R, he knows he cannot return to the line, but off he is sent. When his courage falters, he's charged with cowardice, court martialled, and shot at dawn. Lancashire England, 1995. Joanne Neally's grandmother has died. While cleaning out her house, she finds the telegram that informed her family of the death of her great grandfather, simple and unpunctuated. Regret to inform you Private 792163 Isherwood Wilfred 3rd Batt Pennine Fusiliers died of gunshot wounds Ypres August 22 1917 Joanne is moved to tears by the telegram, but it is the diary she finds next that will change her life forever, for Wilf Isherwood detailed his experiences at Passchendaele, one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the ...

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UNICORN an evocative and charming historical literary fiction novel by Marguerite Steen (Lume Books Historical Literary Fiction Sagas) Price verified 7 hours ago

In the years following World War One, Europe remains in turmoil... As if the war to end all wars was not enough, now revolution is bringing an end to the remnants of the old ways. Monarchs, princes and grand dukes all tumble. Only Rheingoldstein, a duchy so small as to be forgotten, remains untouched. Even when the Grand Duke foresees the inevitable, and removes himself from the situation, his steely widow presses on regardless. In her eyes, their daughter Margarethe must carry on the ducal tradition. But the choice is not hers to make. In the years that follow, Margarethe and her mother forge a new type of existence, a peripatetic, hand-to-mouth lifestyle that horrifies the mother but affords her daughter a degree of freedom. Margarethe, who lacks subtlety and elegance but has an abundance of courage and initiative, decides to make the most of that freedom. Her subsequent adventures take her across Europe, into the company of struggling artists and dubious companions. Then, ...

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Measure of Devotion (Measure of Devotion Trilogy Book 1) by Caethes Faron (Branwen Press) (643 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

This is the first book in the Measure of Devotion trilogy. Jason Wadsworth is finally headed to university. Leaving behind his father's cattle ranch in favor of the posh, gaslit streets of Perdana, Jason is determined to climb the social ladder and forget his country roots. If only his father had gifted him with a more upscale slave. Kale's been a country slave his whole life. All he wants is to keep his head down and live as comfortable an existence as possible. Unfortunately, his dramatic master despises him and makes life difficult at every turn. Humbled by his first breakup, Jason grows to appreciate his ever-faithful slave and soon discovers that Kale is everything he's ever wanted. Now he needs to prove to Kale that his love is genuine. Kale, meanwhile, tries to convince himself that he simply feels the devotion of a slave to his master, but his actions prove what his mind is unwilling to accept: he's falling in love. When Jason's future happiness is in jeopardy, Kale sets ...

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The Path I Seek: I Speak for the Earth No. 1 by Anthony Mays Price verified 6 hours ago

Man may attempt to travel and conquer the galaxy, but we only have one Earth. Our home is roughly four and half billion years old. Will it be sustained for another four and a half billion years? Using free-verse poem form, these verses attempt to stimulate thought into the processes that drive and shape the Earth. By personifying ideas, in an artful way, that are difficult, intriguing, compelling, and meaningful we may better understand natural and human-driven disturbances to the environment and its internal and surface activities.

Genre: Literary Fiction