Treading the Uneven Road by L.M Brown

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Paperback, 206 pages

Published March 15th 2019 by Fomite

My Rating: 4/5 stars

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The stories in this linked collection are set in a small village in the Northwest of Ireland in the early 1980’s and 90’s. A by-pass around the village has rid them of their once busy traffic. The residents feel forgotten by the world. The need to reach out and be heard is explored in every story, from the young woman who starts to have phone conversations with her husband’s gay lover, to the dyslexic man who confronts his cruel teacher years later.

Harnessing Light by S.B Goncarova

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My Rating: 4.5 stars

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

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My Rating: 4/5 stars

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Fourteen-year-old Madeline lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an outlander at school, Madeline is drawn to the enigmatic, attractive Lily and new history teacher Mr. Grierson. When Mr. Grierson is charged with possessing child pornography, the implications of his arrest deeply affect Madeline as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires and craving to belong.

Maps of Bliss and Rage by Mario Dhingsa

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My Rating: 4/5 stars

Genre: Short story collection

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Eight achingly original, wonderfully witty and touchingly tender stories spanning the globe.
Antarctica, New Zealand, India, New York City,
Malta, Italy, Switzerland, England.
Eight countries. Eight strangers. Eight Escapes.

Death and Vengeance by Seeley James

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The president declares war, but you know his basis is a lie. And so does Jacob Stearne. Jacob longs for a quiet suburban life, maybe find a wife and start a family. Everyone else wants him to wade through paramilitary assassins to find an admiral accused of treason. What he needs to know is why Indian government agents are following him. And what happened to the first Sabel agent who went in search of the officer?

Dominion of the Star by Angelica Clyman

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My Ratings: 4/5 stars

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The totality of a solar eclipse lasts only a few short minutes. That’s more than enough time for an apocalypse to erupt.
Almost eighteen years have passed since the Eclipse changed the Earth forever, and Sebastian Za’in rose from the chaos and seized control, imposing his order on the broken planet. In a world ruled by fear and superstition, where all gods have perished, there is no one who can stand up to Za’in, the man rumored to be one of the Nephilim—hybrid offspring of Angel and Man. In a few short months, another Eclipse will occur, and while there are those who expect a new natural disaster, Za’in has plans of his own . . .
Completely unaware of this global turmoil, Kayla Steelryn has spent most of her life in a quiet village, longing to uncover her hidden past. When she leaves her home in search of answers, she finds herself faced with the truth about her identity, forced to choose between the two men she loves, and thrust into a conflict where she alone has the power to stop an event more disastrous than the end of the world

The Night is Far Gone by Tim Jorgenson

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My Ratings: 4/5 stars

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It is 1912 when a gentleman arrives at the gateway to the imperial hunting lodge known as Spala in Polish Russia. But Charles Sydney Gibbes is not just any gentleman—he is the Romanov family’s English tutor. Nicholas II, the most powerful and wealthy monarch of modern times, rules a nation spread across eleven time zones. Gibbes, who serves as English tutor to the Romanov children, has already gained the family’s affection. But as Gibbes dutifully teaches, a strange holy man begins orchestrating a chain of events that eventually lead to the loss of a war and the family’s wealth, their murders eight years later, and the abolishment of the monarchy. As Gibbes discovers the price of his loyalty, he also realizes that even when the book of history closes, the book of life never ends. The Night is Far Gone shares the historical tale of an imperial Russian family, its patriarch, and their loyal English tutor as they all attempt to find their way in a chaotic world.