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Since his first Bruno novel in 2008, Martin Walker’s character has turned into one of the literary world’s favorite detectives. Walker has written eleven novels and two short stories so far about this small-town police chief living in the Périgord region of France. This short story The Chocolate War begins innocently enough with Bruno making... Continue Reading →
Michelle Jana Chan’s novel Song tells the inspirational saga of a young Chinese boy’s struggle to defy class and racial lines in colonial British Guyana in the late 1800s. After a flood in his village in China takes his father and siblings, Song finds his way to Guangzhou and boards a ship that eventually takes... Continue Reading →
I’m sweating. I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack… I’m gonna to pass out. I’m gonna throw up, piss, and shi#$ all at the same time… For anyone who has ever had a panic attack, as I have, these symptoms snowball and quickly cripple you. Moss Jefferies, the main character of Mark... Continue Reading →
AJ Pearce’s debut novel Dear Mrs. Bird is a touching look into the lives of several twenty-somethings living in London amidst the blitz of 1940. The protagonist Emmy Lake has always wanted to enter the exciting world of journalism, and with the war on, she sees herself reporting in the most dangerous of locations. But... Continue Reading →
The Game Masters of Garden Place by Denis Markell is a hip cross between Bill and Ted’s and Stand by Me. After meeting in kindergarten, five friends have entered a tough time in their lives. Middle school has hit them with a bevy of new interests, and their Saturday afternoon fantasy role-playing sessions are in... Continue Reading →
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