As the third entry in the Elemental Witch League trilogy, The Fog raises the stakes to biblical proportions, opening with Satan and the Nephilim unleashing a supernatural “end-of-days” weapon meant to drown the world in terror and death. From there, the novel widens fast—into a globe-spanning, good-versus-evil conflict where a young “Fundamental Witch,” Susan, and her …
Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
The Jesus Trail: Following in the Footsteps of Christ by Pierce Kelley is a deeply moving and contemplative novel that follows sixteen-year-old Mekhaeil Zacharias, a Coptic Christian, as he undertakes a pilgrimage from Nazareth through the Galilee to Jerusalem. Still reeling from the horrific murder of his two older brothers and nineteen other Coptic Christians …
In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Member Q&A podcast, hosts Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black discuss whether authors of memoir and creative nonfiction should invest in a legal review before publication. The post Legal Reviews, ISBN Ownership, and Pre-Order Pitfalls: Member Q&A with Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black appeared first on …
January Hoolihan, immediately after completing seventh grade, goes to live with the grandfather she’s never known. Her punk rocker father died mere months ago from an overdose, and his live-in girlfriend, Sammie, is leaving Manhattan for LA without her. January moves in with Bill Hoolihan on Long Island’s Shelter Island. When Bill warmly welcomes her …
Conservatism, wrote the political philosopher Russell Kirk, held that “there exists an enduring moral order.” The prevailing Trumpism, conversely, has no concern for morality, writes LBJ School of Public Affairs scholar Kettl; it is “focused squarely on acquiring, keeping, and using political power” and has no use for the niceties of checks and balances. Moreover, …
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports on the return of BookCon to New York after a pandemic-era hiatus, where the Indie Alley proved a genuine hit with readers — a sign that the established book world is increasingly making room for independent authors. He also has an update on the Anthropic …
Beehiiv has been in the news again this past week. I want to report on the latest from the newsletter platform if for no other reason than an irresistible desire to say they have been busy little bees. A facility offering webinar capability will be of interest to some. But more interesting might be the …
Twenty-something Alice Jones meets 18-year-old Leonard Kip Rhinelander in 1921. She’s one of three daughters of a couple who emigrated from England. Her father, George Jones, was the son of a West Indian sailor and a white English tavern owner; her white mother, Elizabeth, was a kitchen maid in a grand British estate. In 1891, …
A century in the shadowlands of the Duskhold is a grueling sentence. A woman there has forgotten her birth name and also can’t recall what transgression begat this punishment—just that she, a human, had fallen in love with a Fae. She’s finally so distraught that she walks into the Whispering Sea, convinced that a fatal …
When Meron’s native Poland was invaded in 1939, he writes in this impressive memoir, “Nazi Germany brought an apocalyptic change in my life: from sweet, uneventful, pampered childhood to the horrors of fleeing from monsters.” Seven years later, having fled those monsters, he arrived in Israel in 1946. “I was nearly 16 years old, with …
The author combines his own story of coming to terms with his identity as a gay man while seeking conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War with that of his ancestor Susannah, tragically executed during the Salem witch trials. The novel also incorporates the story of Joseph Ring, one of the men who accused Susannah …
Historian Goldman’s ambitious book takes a detailed dive into New York City over 10 years. He begins on New Year’s Eve in 1919, describing people partying before Prohibition took hold in this “consummate metropolis” and “home of modernity.” In 1920, the Gotham Book and Art bookstore was born at 128 West 45th Street. That same …