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Humor and horror mix and match in RENTED SOULS

Rating: 4
Dwarf was just another average guy until he got tricked into selling his soul to a demon. Now he finds himself embroiled in the not-so-secret war with extra-dimensional monstrosities threatening our world... with horrifying and hilarious consequences.
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GETTING GAY

Rating: 2.7
GETTING GAY is a story about the ways that insular communities, rampant homophobia, and unchecked ideology impact us all.
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NOT THAT I RECALL

Rating: 4
A successful combination of a hard-boiled mystery story and the surreal and slapstick world of the mentally-challenged.
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CAVEMAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Rating: 5
A woman gets caught up in an unanticipated situation when a hairy interloper suddenly enters her life.
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THE THORN SAGA

Rating: 3.7
An arch-demon repents his life’s work of sowing evil, while questioning the traditions of both God and the Devil.
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JAKE & THE DRAGONS OF ASHEVILLE

Rating: 3
A fresh middle-grade adventure about a government conspiracy, a quest to save an ancient race of dragons, and a boy who carries their DNA.
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RED STICK TWO

Rating: 4
A veteran turned park ranger turned cowboy leaves the dusty plains of Wyoming and heads for South America with the hope of saving his failing cattle business by participating in one last covert government mission.
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MADDIE & SAYARA

Rating: 2.9
Aimed at the younger end of Young Adult, MADDIE & SAYARA follows the adventures of two girls who become fast friends on a resort in the Bahamas but learn the limitations of their cultural differences once the vacation ends.
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THE SUNGOD'S SISTER

Rating: 4.3
Hard life lessons, sisterly love and turtles.
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STARWATCHER

Rating: 2
In a realm beset by poverty, plague, and peril, King Gravin IV looks to the stars for answers. His royal starwatcher has troubles of his own: while he barely skirts heresy with his stargazing, his son runs away to learn forbidden magic from the hated elves.
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TIMELESS TRAVELS

Rating: 5
In a series of stories, told from multiple points of view, author Joseph Rothenberg ties these divergent topics together with his creativity.
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SPACE FANDANGO: BACKSTABBER’S BLUES

Rating: 4.5
The Rock is exactly what it sounds like: a hunk of dirt and dust inhabited by only the universe’s most disreputable: thieves, pirates, and assassins inhabit the Rock, evading the law’s grasp on other planets.
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THESE THY GIFTS

Rating: 4.5
A priest's life story unfolds as background to his handling of a sex-abuse case.
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THE RED FIELD

Rating: 4
THE RED FIELD is the story of a descendant of female witches who wants out of her familial duties of casting spells designed to protect her region and heal its inhabitants in the 1920s South.
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Romance and suspense collide in small town Wyoming in SOME THINGS STAY WITH YOU

Rating: 4
A New York City photographer returns to her Wyoming roots only to become entangled in renewed feelings for a longtime friend and her small town’s seedy criminal underbelly.
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1939 – THE PHANTOM ZEPPELIN

Rating: 3.5
A young, well-traveled boy with a gift for languages, making friends, and observing details becomes a spy for Winston Churchill as WWII begins.
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HOCKEY KARMA

Rating: 4.8
The final installment in Howard Shapiro’s Forever Friends trilogy, HOCKEY KARMA, follows the dual protagonists Jeremiah “Jake” Jacobson, an athlete well known for his prowess on the ice, and his friend/agent, Tom Leonard.
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THE CLAWS OF PERDITION

Rating: 3.3
A collection of short stories written around dark themes, Alaric Cabiling’s unraveling narratives are sharp and at times shocking, with simple dialogue and common scenarios unfolding into lies, chaos and violence.
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SUPERBALL

Rating: 3.8
SUPERBALL is a relationship story taking place in 1970s Colorado driven by both hippy sensibility and philosophy.
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DIRTY PINK

Rating: 2.5
A genetic therapy designed to “cure” homosexuality in males ends up turning the skin of its users a bright pink color.
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ELECTION 2064: BOOK ONE

Rating: 5
Scott McDermott skillfully takes features of our era--pleas by both sides to come together in unity, quickly followed by a resumption of partisan warfare--and applies them to a not too distant America in the smoking aftermath of a Second Civil War.
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THE GLORIOUS BEYOND

Rating: 4.5
THE GLORIOUS BEYOND details the intensely personal journey one woman takes through the loss of her husband, grief, and finding the courage to move on.
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IT IS MYSELF THAT I REMAKE

Rating: 2
A young woman finds love and healing with her re-embodied spirit guide, the Irish poet William B. Yeats.
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MOCK MY WORDS

Rating: 3.7
An established novelist famed for his beautiful prose, Chinese "literary genuis" David Tan, finds speaking English difficult, setting the stage for a heartfelt story about communication and the lack thereof.