Ivan Jenson has worn many hats during his career, but throughout stints as a pop singer, a painter, a poet, a sculptor and more, he has maintained the soul of an artist. In his new novel,...

Berlin’s Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe does not have a new book, movie, or record to promote. His old, new, and ever ongoing project that he has devoted his far reaching, scientific,...

You may or may not have found God in your life, but if you read Ben Ehrenreich’s new novel, Ether, you will find God — and find him in situations and positions not unlike many of...

It goes without saying that Stephen King is known for his twisted tales of horror. However, his most recent novel, 11/22/63, does not fall under this genre. The story is odd enough...

For those who grew up in the 60s, coming of age was simultaneous with attending the Woodstock music festival, Beatlemania, and experimenting with mind altering drugs. But it was also a...

“In certain latitudes there comes a span of time approaching and following the summer solstice, some weeks in all, when the twilights turn long and blue.” So begins Joan Didion’s...

Walking the hallways of the average high school can be a hellish experience. Compared to that, toiling in eternal darkness may not seem so bad to some teens, especially if you’re...

The beauty and the misery of life is that one cannot see his journey in a linear way. No one is really conscious at life’s start, and we rarely know, when we die, what will happen to...

You may have heard recently about a best-selling young adult series with a dark, twisting plot, a heart-wrenching love triangle, and a feisty, raven-haired heroine. If you’re thinking...

The Sanctuary, the title of New York cartoonist Nathan Neal’s new graphic novel, evokes images of a place of refuge or a sacred space devoted to worshiping the divine.  It makes sense,...