General & literary fiction Books

Father Daniel Sheppard's life takes an amazing turn when he joins Osiris--a group comprised of scholars from all major religions. Together they seek answers to the oldest questions plaguing humanity. Why are we here? Why do bad things happen to good...

SNAPSHOTS OF MURDER: Two Stories of murder, mayhem and romance. 1) TIES THAT BLIND: Contemporary Mystery Romance.When Scott is run down, everyone but Rebecca believes it's an accident. She's convinced his death had to do with a treasure map she's...

This book challenges the notion that great saints and prophets have disappeared from the earth. The spiritual awakening of a quirky sixty-plus beautician named Vera Wright, in a quiet New Jersey town, surprises not only Vera herself, but everyone she...

Doug's plans for retirement have been put on hold as he feels duty bound through friendship and guilt to go to Columbia and rescue his old friend Paulo.Follow the twists and turns of the drama that only a Columbian cartel can bring. Enter Jane, whose...

If you stand still for long enough, the past catches up with you...Leaving behind the fragments of her old life, Marcia Reed-Wilton crosses the world to return to her dilapidated childhood home and dig up the weeds of the past. Next door, Mrs...

Every guest who comes to stay at O'Mara's Guesthouse in Dublin has a story to tell. The little red fox who visits the bins in the courtyard has a tale of his own as do the long serving staff, and the O'Mara family themselves have had their fair share of...

Every guest who comes to stay at O'Mara's Guesthouse in Dublin has a story to tell. The little red fox who visits the bins in the courtyard has a tale of his own as do the long serving staff, and the O'Mara family themselves have had their fair share of...

Grammy night, 2021.  Ruby wins ‘Best Song’ and makes an impulsive acceptance speech that excites nature lovers across the world.  While Ruby and her band celebrate, an extreme evangelical sect, funded by covert paymasters,...

t's 1986 in small-town New Zealand. The entire town is stuck in a stalemate between the striking mill workers and its management. With livelihoods, families and identities under siege, all must choose where their loyalties lie. As the effects of...

A connective story through time and coherent thought told through the eyes of different people

Fterota Logia is a young adult literary journal founded on July 1st, 2017. This print edition encompasses the online journal's first year of published works.

Since our earliest days, human beings have always told stories. Storytelling is a way of connecting us to other people, and enriching our lives. Within THE CANTU COLLECTION, you will find eleven short stories that will enthrall you from beginning to end...

Despertar en un sueño, eso cree Elías Durán que le ocurre mientras rememora su infancia y juventud. ¿Es posible que mi vida quede impresa en ese libro que el lector sostiene?

Tennyson was just an ordinary fellow: a little awkward, a little inexperienced, but kind enough to offer the people of the night his little bit of help. And then came 1964. Juggling work, bowling, phone calls from the afterlife, and the current craze for...

Art historian Nora Barnes and her husband, Toby Sandler, are visiting West Ireland for a family reunion. During a morning walk through a deserted village on Achill Island, Nora stumbles upon a body-her notorious uncle Bert. When a clue singles out her...

"Lusty . . . strenuous comedy . . . Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist." New York Times

In this stunning debut novel, a child dissects the darkness at the heart of her British diplomatic family. Living in Nigeria on the brink of civil war, Anna also known as Jake becomes blood brothers with Dave, the Korean American daughter of a C.I.A...

This is no ordinary novel. An encyclopedia of memory--from A to Z--The End of the World Book deftly intertwines fiction, memoir, and cultural history, reimagining the story of the world and one man's life as they both hurtle toward a frightening future...

The Manor and The Estate combined in this one-volume edition bold tales of Polish Jews in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time of rapid industrial growth and radical social change that enabled the Jewish community to move from the ghetto to...

The fourth novel in Jerry Apps s Ames County series, Cranberry Red brings the story into the present, portraying the challenges of agriculture in the twenty-first century. As the novel opens, Ben Wesley has lost his job as agricultural agent for Ames...

All about Skin features twenty-seven stories by women writers of color whose short fiction has earned them a range of honors, including John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Flannery O'Connor Award,...

These three ancient tragedies--Trojan Women, Helen, and Hecuba--dramatize the tragic fates of women in the wake of war. Euripides (480-406 BC) innovatively brought to Greek tragedy the inner lives of his characters. In these plays he delivers powerful...

Fans of Jerry Apps will delight in his latest novel, Blue Shadows Farm, which follows the intriguing family story of three generations on a Wisconsin farm. Silas Starkweather, a Civil War veteran, is drawn to Wisconsin and homesteads 160 acres in Ames...

The Werewolf is a boldly drawn novel of the tyranny of love over men and women and the unending trials of strength between good and evil in human nature. Its main characters are of heroic stature yet deeply flawed, moving against the backdrop of...

Antarctica is a vortex that draws you back, season after season. The place is so raw and pure, all seal hide and crystalline iceberg. The fishbowl communities at McMurdo Station, South Pole Station, and in the remote field camps intensify relationships,...

As the U.S. Latino population grows rapidly, and as the LGBTQ Latino community becomes more visible and a more crucial part of our literary and artistic heritage, there is an increasing demand for literature that successfully highlights these diverse...

Blending poetry, prose and autobiographical details, Development and Two Selves together constitute a compelling bildungsroman that follows a young woman's process of coming out. Through the fictionalized character Nancy, the novels trace Bryher's life...

Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this sophisticated, quasi-comedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall of a prominent Guatemalan Jewish family. In the face of military rule, terrorism, and sabotage, Marcos learns the truth about...

This special edition presents the first multilingual edition of Alice's adventures in wonderland. The original and unabridged text of the 1865 Lewis Carroll's masterpiece is available for readers in the same book through four langages (English - French -...

Templar Retribution is a bloodthirsty historical drama, exploring unanswered questions raised from the coronation of Pope Clement V to the abolition of the Templar order and the existence of a new settlement of Templars. Fiction is linked with fact...