“They’re baaaack …” (Marketing tagline for Poltergeist 2) It is patently unfair to compare the brilliantly inventive efforts of author Tom Hoffman to the much inferior media attraction that purports to explain paranormal activity while preparing to discuss this fourth addition to […]

Ivan Antic’s writings and teachings are deeply familiar and personal to me. They are profound, intimate, and inherently transformative, serving as conceptual and experiential springboards to awakening. Consequently, I have immersed myself in Ivan Antic’s teachings to a degree rarely experienced by […]

Flight of the Destined is the second installment in the Claiming Destination series written by Colleen A. Parkinson. However, one should not expect a mere continuation of the previous (Book One) events surrounding the world’s apparent demise due to the outbreak of […]

One approaches a book like The Dreadful Dawn by Colleen A. Parkinson with varying degrees of trepidation, including the enticing subject matter—the promise of an end-of-the-world zombie apocalypse—and the cautious apprehension of all those movies and streaming series that have engraved their […]

Some writers pull you into their story so easily that you have no time to notice how quickly and deeply you’ve become immersed. Usually, this happens due to exquisite writing or a compelling plot. Sometimes, the reader is treated to both. When […]

Surviving Colorectal Cancer by Mikel K. Miller is one of those “essential books.” It is raw, gritty, and unpleasant. It is also personal, informative, and profoundly helpful, not just to those with cancer but to those who wish to prevent it. You […]

A fellow once stated, “I never let anyone rent space inside my head.” Any avid reader knows that is poor advice. Indeed, one should readily allow Tom Hoffman to let daily headspace with his marvelously entertaining novel, Miss Bristol Rents A Room. […]

Chantelle Atkins is noted for her raw, gritty, earthy writing, often exploring life’s underbelly up-close-and-personal, and often behind closed doors. This is exemplified by her short novel, The Mess of Us, the sequel to her equally powerful, The Mess of Me. The […]

The Ghost Ring series by Tom Hoffman is developing nicely. This third installment - The Haunting of Caligo Farm - finds its main characters, Clara Barley and Simon Moody, becoming inseparable partners in life and already deeply involved in a beckoning - if initially unsought - future profession. In daily […]

A short while back, I had the privilege of interviewing the historian, writer, professor, and poet Doctor Michael Hogan. (Click on image to read full interview) Book Review: Walking Each Other Home An impressive author and academic in his own right, poet […]