Early ReviewersLisa Kastner

Sweet Willie Gold Has the Blues by Jeffrey Hantover

After a car accident, William Goldman, a nice middle aged married man wakes from a coma to find that he is a musical savant, able to play note for note every blues harmonica song he has ever heard. Is his newfound ability a blessing or a burden? Music or marriage, family or fame, he struggles to answer what he really wants out of his life.

Just You Wait by Ronald Van Rees

Just You Wait, a contemporary, literary novella, tells the story of Jasmine Whittow, an intelligent young woman and an only child growing up in privileged familial circumstances. Eventually she meets and lives with Pietro, an Italian moving to London to join her there, she learning how easily life, even one of her own choosing, may lead many astray, before falling in love with someone else she meets in Cornwall.

The Day the Sun Stopped by Erin Jamieson

Christine wakes to find herself on a street lined with houses—all identical. Even more disconcerting, she discovers that there’s a family that claims to be Christine’s—a family with their own secrets.

Bit by bit, Christine remembers her past life—and wonders if she made a terrible mistake. The question is: is it even possible to return? And what would returning home mean?

Filial Sojourn by James Damis

Summoned by a phone call from a man telling him his long-estranged father is in his last days, Rutherford McAndrew drives deep into the upstate boondocks to see him before the end. Instead of impending death, he finds his father the subject of an unsettling clinical experiment and himself drawn in as an unwilling participant. As he insidiously becomes entangled in the dark intentions of the strange psychiatric program, his opportunities to leave diminish.

Blood Heir by M.A. Amru

Jester McNichol manages to escape the conflict that befell the castle-city as the Calhron soldiers cause ruin and despair in nearly every corner. Before the Jester left, under the guidance of the D'ua caste caster, the Jester retrieved a magical sword from the Eastern Library. He intends to reach the Genesis Battalion and help them in this dreadful conflict by finding the sword of Oman the Blasphemy. Soon he finds himself fighting between magic and technology as well as good and evil. However, prophecies will remain as prophecies. Nothing will go the way it should be and this will become the greatest dejection for Jester McNichol.

Yesterday Forgotten by Rani Jayakumar

A woman who cannot remember her recent past struggles to connect with a husband and children she has never known. As she tries to come to terms with her present, she finds that the tragic events of her past may be the key to fully embracing her future.

Desirée by Ken Goldman

DON' T KISS DESIREE CHAPPELLE! Yes, Desirée is beyond beautiful. Seductive even as a child, she seems every man' s erotic dream, a fantasy woman possessing charms that no man can resist. And therein lies the problem. Because if you are a young man with bubbling testosterone you had better resist her. In fact, you should run like hell.

Whether it' s an innocent kids' game of Spin The Bottle or a grope fest in the back of an old van, you would be wise to keep repeating... DON' T KISS DESIREE CHAPPELLE!

But someone is wise to Desirée. Someone who knows her secrets and who has a very personal reason to uncover the truth no matter what it will take, no matter what it will cost.Someone who knows she has to destroy her...

Hector and Achilles: An Aegean Love Story by Benjamin Toche

The Trojan War erupts as expected, as we've all heard the story: Paris kidnaps Helen, the wife of King Menelaus, and all hell breaks loose. But all of that covers up the real love story of this war, the passionate tryst between the conflict's two biggest heroes: the Trojan prince Hector and the Greek warrior Achilles. In this modern re-telling of the events of the Trojan war, we see Zeus give up on the mortals out of boredom and disinterest, while his godly offspring throw 21st century slurs (and menstrual blood) at each other, as they meddle in mortal affairs. Meanwhile, the mortals discuss their affairs over breakfast at the local Waffle House or pull tabs at the corner bar. And of course, a love affair gone wrong is the driving force behind it all, as told in true Greek style by the universal voice of the Lyceum Janitor.