The Light on Horn Island (Revell 2024) by Valerie Fraser Luesse is a gently comforting book, merging the familiar and the whimsical to shape Edie Gardner’s path to healing and discovery in the small coastal town where she once spent her summers. She now returns to stay with her grandmother, Adele “Punk” Cheramie, and the […]
“Fun City Heist” by Michael Kardos
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Need an entertaining escape from the troubles of our times? Fun City Heist (Severn House 2025) by Michael Kardos just might be your answer. If you enjoy Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake novels, you will find Fun City Heist delightfully entertaining. As a one-time professional drummer, it seems inevitable that writer Michael Kardos would eventually […]
Dawn Major interviews Daniel Wallace, author of “Beneath The Moon And Long Dead Stars”
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Daniel Wallace probably doesn’t need an introduction; his novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is widely known and celebrated and it was adapted to film and later to a Broadway musical. In addition to his six novels, he’s written a memoir This Isn’t Going to End Well and a children’s book, The Cat’s […]
“Three Guesses” by Chris McClain Johnson
November 16, 2025 by 1 Comment
Three otherwise unconnected people form a deep and unlikely bond across the miles via the nostalgic medium of the handwritten letter in the quietly spellbinding novella Three Guesses (Regal House 2025) by Chris McClain Johnson. It won the Fugere Book Prize. The opening chapters of this sparkling debut may cause the reader to wonder how […]
“Lullaby for the Grieving” by Ashley M. Jones
November 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Heralded as her most personal collection of poetry yet, Ashley M. Jones’s Lullaby for the Grieving (Hub City Press, 2025) dazzles with its power and beauty. With innovative forms, profound themes, and a fierceness tempered by sensitivity, Jones addresses many topics. Given the title, it is no surprise that poems about grief dominate the collection, […]
Marley Brown
November 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
Marley Brown has loved literature since she was a young child, and has found outlets in both reading and writing. From a small, rural Georgian town near Savannah, Marley is deeply familiar with Southern culture and enjoys the outdoors and nature, supporting and volunteering with conservationist organizations like Ogeechee Riverkeeper and Adopt-a-Stream. Her favorite authors […]