Review of Nostalgia, a novel by Dennis McFarland

  Dennis McFarland’s novel, Nostalgia, is an elegant, tortuous journey into the darkest corners of the human soul.  The year is 1864.  America is torn by its bloody Civil War.  Young Summerfield Hayes, of Brooklyn, New York, alone in the world with his older sister, Sarah, since the tragic death of their parents in an […]

The Honest Writer: “Shadowboxing,” a novel by Paul Sophia

      Paula Sophia’s novel, Shadowboxing, dares you to keep reading. This is a painful, tense, and authentic account of a young man’s struggle with sexual identity. Bill Guyles joins the Oklahoma City Police force after serving in Iraq. He has a girlfriend, albeit a particularly flaky one, who’s not interested in commitment and […]

Our Love Could Light The World reviewed by Dominique Bruno for Souvenir

        Reviewed by Dominique Bruno Anne Leigh Parrish’s Our Love Could Light The World introduces us to the Dugans, a family in Upstate New York who seem fated to permanent misfortune.  Mrs. Lavinia Dugan, who always assumes “the worst,” goes to work each day to support her five children and their dog Thaddeus. Her […]

The Honest Writer: A Review of Joe Clifford’s Choice Cuts

Joe Clifford isn’t your everyday writer.  His stories aren’t for quiet family times, with young cheerful faces turned innocently to the light.  Nor are they for the faint-of-heart, or those who believe that all human beings basically want to do the right thing. They’re for readers who don’t flinch or look away.  Who can take […]