A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather was first published in Everybody’s Magazine in February 1904. In 1906, it appeared in Cather’s first published collection of short stories, The Troll Garden. A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather I received one morning a letter, written in pale ink on glassy, blue-lined […]
A Seance in 1887 I am a natural born skeptic. So, I wasn’t scared when I met my first psychic medium at a birthday party in 2005. I dismissed her insistence that an older man’s spirit wanted to talk with me. “His name began with ‘S’,” she said concentrating, “it sounds like ‘Sam’ but that’s […]
Infrequent Frequencies, Rare Resonance by G.E. Poole Genre: Science / Spirituality ISBN: 9781923156562 Print Length: 488 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Kathy L. Brown Discover your role in the cosmos with this fascinating intersection of science and faith. Infrequent Frequencies, Rare Resonance takes on the biggest of topics: life and death, […]
The Ascenditure by Robyn Dabney Genre: Fantasy / Feminist ISBN: 9781646034758 Print Length: 324 pages Publisher: Fitzroy Books Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Lindsay Crandall A stunning feminist mountaineering fantasy Klarke Ascher will have to pass a near-impossible test if she wants to earn herself a spot as an Ascenditure—to join an elite […]
Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren on June 25, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy Pages: 320 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: Read […]
Synopsis: DON’T MISS YOUR SECOND CHANCE. It’s not often that we get to try again, cuz life very seldom deals a second chance.Most people don’t even notice when they get one dropped in their lap like a miracle.But I noticed. I’ve lost Cassidy once, and come hell or high water, I won’t make the same […]
The Hate Game by Gary Trew Genre: Memoir ISBN: 9781738245413 Print Length: 288 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth Zender A moving memoir about a young man learning what it means to be himself In 1972, eleven-year-old Gary Trew began school at The Knoll School for Boys, nicknamed “Knollditz”by its pupils. […]
I’m an immigrant kid, more or less twice over. My parents emigrated from Brazil to England, bringing the culture of their country with them. There they birthed my older sister and me. We lived there until I was five, then off my family went to the United States, where we’ve lived ever since. By all […]
He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox on August 29, 2023 Genres: Fiction / Christian / Contemporary, Fiction / Small Town & Rural, Fiction / Women Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Amanda Cox’s “He Should Have Told the Bees” is an emotional journey that weaves together themes of love, loss, […]
The Salt of the Earth by George Gissing is one of fifteen stories that make up the collection “The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories”, published in 1906. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Salt of the Earth by George Gissing The Salt […]