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I am always looking for books in this lane that offer a hook, a pulse, and enough control to make the ending matter instead of noise.

Creatures & Corridors Knows How to Escalate an Indie Comic Premise

This is the sort of independent graphic novel that starts with a smart concept and then keeps finding sharper ways to use it.

City of Night Birds sounds elegant, obsessive, and a little dangerous

Ballet novels can turn airy fast. City of Night Birds sounds like it remembers that beauty usually costs somebody something.

Journey To Healing—The Art and Science of Applied Kinesiology by Dr. Eugene Charles

Book Summary: True health is not simply the absence of disease. It is a state of being in which the miraculous physical and mental forces that make us human wor

Enormous Wings gives me the feeling a big family novel should

I like a family novel that feels lived in, not arranged. Enormous Wings sounds like it has the room to be funny, messy, and quietly bruising all at once.

The Camelot Code, Book #1 The Once and Future Geek by Mari Mancusi

Sophie and Stu have spent countless hours playing a video game about King Arthur, but things are changing as Stu joins the soccer team and Sophie fears being le

Why a short story collection can still rearrange your week

People talk about short stories like they’re a side dish. A strong collection can hit harder than a novel because it has less room to hide.

Hollywood Hostage by Jordan Road

Story Summary: Karl Priam isn’t such a bad guy, but the Hollywood high life cost him his future as a director… until he survives an armed robbery. A solid perfo

An editorial review only helps if readers believe a human wrote it

Paid reviews are supposed to create trust. Synthetic language does the opposite.

31 Tips for Self-published and Indie authors from professional book publicists

Indie spotlight: Holler Whispers by T.L. Bequette

Independent press mysteries live or die on whether they feel distinct.

Afrofuturism Short Stories Is the Kind of Anthology That Earns Attention

Collections live or die on voice, range, and purpose. This one looks like it has all 3.