He first began writing as a hobby and creative outlet to distract himself from the mundanity of completing his Bachelors of Science at Liverpool Hope University. Growing up, he spent perhaps a little too much time daydreaming about superheroes and horror movies.
In his mid-teens, he got his first bass guitar and joined his first band. No […]
Five Pebbles In A Pond may be a work of fiction, but this very human tale reads like a true-to-life memoir. The “pebbles” in question are the members of an all-girl group of immigrants who meet by chance at university and become lifelong friends. While the pace of the book jumps around a bit, the unity between the friends does not, as they face all manner of challenges in their lives and loves, and complex families, with diverse races, religions, and traditions creating both a sense of belonging and friction in this vibrant tapestry of intersectional feminism.
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The anonymously-named Bohunk was at the lowest stage of his life, viewing suicide as the only option. Using his knowledge of medicine he gathered while being a resident physician, he took a concoction of pills one night to end his own life. A fortunate intervention by his wife saved him […]
A captivating time travel romance set in Brooklyn, Crossing the Dateline by Carrie Hannah offers readers a startling mystery surrounding an evocative painting. Justine finds a portal in her home which takes her back in time to 1905 where she sees an illustration that looks strikingly like her mother and begins to fall in love with the portrait’s dashing artist. With the help of Maggie, the housekeeper, Justine gathers clues to determine the origin of the likeness and solve her connection to the past. A clever mix of historical fiction, contemporary fiction, and fantasy, the short chapters of this […]
Tom B. Night’s Circadian Algorithms is a fast-paced sci-fi thriller with a conspiracy angle that prompts questions about the nature of experiential reality itself. Following point-of-view characters Madeline and Darwin in various states of wakefulness and sleep, the story unravels a plan to reorder the future of humanity, while the protagonists unravel somewhat as well, as they must fight to gain and maintain a grip on just what is real. A profound book for any enthusiast of biohacking and dreams, Circadian Algorithms is a profoundly inventive work of visionary sci-fi.[…]
Alice McVeigh – author of the prizewinning Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel and the new Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation – was born in South Korea, of American diplomatic parents, and lived in Asia until she was 13.
Alice achieved a B.Mus with distinction in performance at Jacobs Indiana University School of Music, and spent three years studying cello privately with William Pleeth, Jacqueline du Pre’s “cello daddy.” Since then she has freelanced with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic and Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique all over the UK, the EU, America and […]
He first began writing as a hobby and creative outlet to distract himself from the mundanity of completing his Bachelors of Science at Liverpool Hope University. His character-driven, action-packed urban fantasy novel, Hourglass, received a Kirkus Star from Kirkus Reviews, and was voted one of their Best 100 Indie novels of 2021.
Growing up, he spent perhaps a little too much time daydreaming about superheroes and horror movies. In his mid-teens, he got his first bass guitar and joined his first band. No points for […]