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The Truth About Elves, by Ekta R. Garg

2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner

As a bartender in Las Vegas, Curtis seems to have the dream life. He’s single, lives close to the Strip, and only has to worry about when to pick up the next extra shift. No one knows the truth about what happened ten years ago, and no one knows how he spends three months every year: as a part-time elf for Santa Claus.

When Curtis went to the Arctic Circle the first time, he thought he could escape the unthinkable. Now, the anniversary of the worst day of his life is coming up, and he’s been asked to do the unbelievable. If Curtis wasn’t a man of his word, he would turn his back on the whole thing. But Mr. C. took Curtis in when he had nowhere else to go, and now the boss is calling in a favor—the kind that will make Curtis face the memory of the unimaginable.

If you’ve ever wondered whether holiday magic is real, come find out. Embrace the season and the power of forgiveness along with Curtis as he discovers The Truth About Elves.

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Some Truths Lie Beneath, by Rebecca Aslan

Step into the past with Rebecca Colt Aslan as she recounts her upbringing and experiences with sexual assault spanning over four decades.

Everyone harbors pain, often buried beneath the surface as they navigate life’s challenges. This book bravely illuminates one person’s difficult past, offering hope that its revelation may provide solace and support to others facing similar struggles.

Understanding the truth of sexual violation is daunting for both survivors and those untouched by its impact. Through her words, the author aims to deepen understanding of this sensitive subject, which remains taboo for many, even in the aftermath of #MeToo.

Some Truths Lie Beneath is a powerful and inspiring book that tells a story of overcoming difficult experiences. It shares important messages about healing and finding strength after facing tough situations. The book is honest and heartfelt, showing how people can overcome challenges and find hope. Readers will be encouraged to believe in themselves and understand the importance of sharing their own stories. If you’re looking for a book that will uplift and motivate you, Some Truths Lie Beneath is a great choice.
– The Sociology Group Editorial Team

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The Naked Truth, by Harry Trotter

This butt-naked memoir tells the story of a young man who ‘trottered’ across the globe – from Belgium to Australia, Vanuatu to Canada, Thailand to Nepal – to escape his toxic upper-class family and discover the freedom he needed to find his true sexual, spiritual, and emotional identity.

It is the story of how one man learned to create the fertile soil of his growth from the paralysing fear that can turn generation after generation of families into emotional wastelands. Written with humour and a healthy dose of self-awareness, the book is filled with astonishing anecdotes and encounters ranging from horrific to hilarious and from devastating to uplifting and enriching.

It is a must-read for anyone who feels lonely miscomprehended and trapped by the expectations of family, friends and society, as well as for those seeking their own path through life or struggling with their sexuality. It is a manifest against the stigmatisation of gay people which is still taking place today. Sexuality does not define everyone.

A practical book, it also provides tools and tips on how to hear the voice of your true self and break free of the prisons we find ourselves in. This book is also a must read for people who believe being ‘on the road’ is their one and only home.

Harry Trotter’s The Naked Truth is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and a reminder that it’s never too late to begin the healing that allows us to discover and live our truth. It reminds us to just be ourselves – without putting a label on it.

Harry Trotter is a mentor and an award-winning professional speaker who is better known as the Sexuality Cycle Breaker. His mission is to support as many people to break their cycles in terms of identity, sexuality, pressure and confidence so that they can live their truth.

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The Heart of the Story: An Interview with Ekta Garg, author of In the Heart of the Linden Wood

Working in niche publishing in 2005, Ekta has written and edited about everything from healthcare to home improvement to Hindi films. A writing contest judge for the Florida Writers Association and the Saturday Writers chapter of the Missouri Writers Guild, Ekta conducts writing workshops and also hosts Biblio Breakdown, where she examines books and offers writing exercises. She blogs original fiction, book reviews, and all things writing and editing at The Write Edge (http://thewriteedge.wordpress.com). Her holiday novella, The Truth About Elves, and her fairy tale for grownups, In the Heart of the Linden Wood, are both available now from Atmosphere Press.

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An Interview with Ekta Garg

A voracious reader since preschool, Ekta was one of those ‘nerdy’ kids who competed in spelling bees. If her parents wanted to punish her, they would take away her books, so Ekta made sure to behave. She got her start in niche publishing in 2005 and has written about and edited everything from healthcare to home improvement to Hindi films.

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“Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for What You Want”

Writers spend so much time waiting on others—for outlets to accept or reject our work; for editors to send notes; for readers to post reviews—that sometimes we’re reluctant to ask for what we want. Independent authors need to be proactive. Always keep in mind how you can turn a potential interaction into an opportunity for outreach about your work.

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How to Write a Romance Novel

Writing Romance: A Step-by-Step Guide for Aspiring Authors Romance is one of the most commercially successful genres in publishing, but writing romance that truly connects with readers is not easy.

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Moral Dilemmas in Dark Fiction

Writing Dark Fiction: Techniques, Tropes, and Tools for Atmospheric Storytelling

As writers immersed in the world of dark fiction, it’s easy to be drawn to the intricate dance between light and shadow within the human psyche. Exploring moral dilemmas in storytelling is like embarking on a thrilling journey through the labyrinth of ethical ambiguity. It’s a terrain where characters grapple with their inner demons, and as a creator, an opportunity to guide them through this tumultuous landscape.

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An Interview with J. Claire

J. Claire, known as the ‘Poet of the Wild,’ is a multi-award-winning author and poet whose debut collection Revelry earned numerous honors between 2025 and 2026, including two American Fiction Awards in Narrative and Nature Poetry, finalist recognition in Contemporary and General Poetry, finalist in Contemporary and Nature Poetry from the 2025 American BookFest Best Book Awards, the International Impact Book Award in Poetry: Personal and Confessional Poetry, the NYC Big Book Award for Distinguished Favorite in Poetry: Journeys, Memory, and the Self, finalist recognition in the 2025 Positive Impact Book Awards, finalist placements in Contemporary, General, and Narrative Poetry from the American Writing Awards, and the 2026 Independent Press Award for Distinguished Favorite in Poetry: Human Identity & Connection.

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An Interview with Jasmine Griffin

In She Stood Up and Walked, Jasmine was the girl who smiled on cue, clapped for herself when no one else did, and gave until there was nothing left. From whispered prayers in the mirror to long silences in crowded rooms, she learned how to shrink herself to keep the peace – until peace became a performance.

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The Mountain of Magic and Death, by Raven Camfield

You cannot escape the darkness.

Crown Princess Aeloria hears the words echo through her mind—a warning, or perhaps a promise. Heir to the forest throne of Sylvanthar, she was born to protect her people from the Moon Elves who murdered her brother and shattered her peace. But when fate binds her to the enigmatic moon prince Frey she was raised to despise, everything she believes begins to unravel.

Ancient magic stirs beneath the sacred tree that guards their world, and Aeloria soon learns that light and shadow are not opposites but reflections of the same truth. As betrayal, prophecy, and forbidden love entwine, she must decide what kind of queen she will become: savior, destroyer, or something far more dangerous.

Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Sarah J. Maas, The Mountain of Magic and Death is a sweeping fantasy of vengeance, sacrifice, and a love powerful enough to burn through destiny itself.

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The Space Between, by Jenny Porter

In rural Queensland, Alex O’Brien has always been the dutiful Catholic child with a future planned by others. But when Alex leaves home for St. Bernadette’s College in Brisbane, distance brings questions that faith and family never prepared them for.

Drawn to new friends who live with fearless honesty, Alex begins to see that discomfort may not come from inadequacy—but from being seen as someone they’re not. A single reckless choice shatters the life Alex has been building, sending them home to Warrawong and into the humbling work of starting over.

At a homeless shelter filled with people remaking themselves from the ruins, Alex learns that courage isn’t about perfection—it’s about truth. Between who they were and who they’re becoming lies the space where grace takes root.

The Space Between is a tender, hopeful story about identity, faith, and finding the language to live as your truest self.

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An Interview with Elana Gomel

Born in Ukraine and currently residing in California, Elana Gomel is an academic, an award-winning writer, and a professional nomad. Her academic work centers on speculative fiction and narrative theory. Among her many academic books are Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism and The Palgrave Handbook of Global Fantasy. A member of Horror Writers of America (HWA), she is the author of many short stories, two collections, several novellas, and eight novels of dark fantasy and science fiction. Her stories appeared in The Best Horror of the Year, The Dark magazine, Apex, and many anthologies. Her novel Nightwood, a fairy tale about exile, marriage, and monsters, won the Silver Award in the Bookfest 2023 contest. Her latest novel is the epic dark fantasy A Tale of Three Cities.

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An Interview with Elorine Jade

Elorine Jade is a children’s author who writes gentle, magical stories for readers who feel deeply and notice the quiet details of the world. Her work centres on courage, resilience, and emotional growth, often told through nature-rich settings and thoughtful protagonists. The Adventures of Morish is her debut novel and the first book in a series inspired by her love of storytelling, her experiences as a parent, and her belief that quiet children deserve to see themselves reflected in books.

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Sweetness & Light: A True-Crime Memoir, by Melinda Worth Popham

In Sweetness & Light, Melinda Worth Popham returns to 1950s Kansas City and to her Mission Hills neighborhood, where manicured lawns and polite silence masked a darker undercurrent. This haunting memoir intertwines chilling local crimes—the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping, the gunning down of a childhood friend’s father, a classmate’s lethal rebellion—with the author’s own coming-of-age in a household where appearance was everything and truth was often obscured.

Through a child’s clear-eyed gaze and an adult’s reckoning, Popham explores the uneasy collision of innocence and violence, secrecy and revelation. Her family’s quiet tragedies—her brother’s hidden illness, her mother’s emotional absence, her father’s careful propriety—mirror the crimes that gripped the headlines and shaped her understanding of what lurked beneath the surface.

A meditation on memory, identity, and the pursuit of truth, Sweetness & Light offers a riveting blend of personal narrative and true crime. For readers drawn to stories where history’s footnotes echo through private lives, this memoir illuminates how we piece ourselves together from fractured recollections—and why some shadows, once faced, offer the clearest light.

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An Interview with Nick Clement

Nick Clement is an educator, children’s author and founder of Chi Education and Confident Healthy Active Me CIC. A former primary school teacher, he now creates movement-rich, mindful stories that help children build confidence, emotional wellbeing, and a love of active learning. Drawing on his background in sport, coaching, and child development, Nick’s books are designed to get young children moving, imagining, and feeling good about themselves. His mission is simple: To help every child feel confident, healthy and active through joyful, accessible storytelling.

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An Interview with Chelsea Muzar

Chelsea Muzar holds her MFA in creative writing from the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her work has been published in Clarkesworld Magazine, Planet Scumm, and Kansas City Voices. When she isn’t writing, she’s enjoying time with her husband, daughter, and their toy poodle.

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Home, by Amy Smyth Miller

A Memoir of Family, Forgiveness, and Healing from Complex PTSD

Her past held the answers—if she was brave enough to face it.

After nearly losing her husband, Amy Smyth Miller’s panic spirals out of control. Therapy reveals a diagnosis she never expected: Complex PTSD. In search of healing, Amy embarks on a harrowing excavation of her past—childhood neglect, homelessness, parental addiction, and a family history shadowed by suicide. Amid the wreckage, she discovers the people and circumstances that kept her safe and helped to shape her life: her wise great-grandmother’s teachings, the watchful eyes of caring adults, and her own fierce determination. Each memory is a clue, each family story a piece of the puzzle. But the most elusive truth is buried in a forgotten childhood memory—one that holds the key to her deepest fear.

Part investigation, part love letter to survival, Home is a courageous story of trauma and transformation, love and forgiveness, and realizing that sometimes the home you’re searching for is the one you build inside yourself.

Home: A Memoir of Family, Forgiveness, and Healing from Complex PTSD is for anyone needing help putting the pieces together around what happened to our families and ourselves. Amy Smyth Miller helps us process the confusion and disconnection between our past and our present through her story. A wonderful resource for those who have experienced childhood trauma.”

— Patrick Teahan, LICSW, psychotherapist and expert on childhood trauma

“Amy Smyth Miller’s inspiring memoir shimmers with honesty, tenacity, and her ability to find beauty among the shards of a painful history. While there is no simple formula for understanding and addressing intergenerational trauma, this sensitive book offers meaningful glimpses of hope.”

— Elizabeth Rosner, author of SURVIVOR CAFE: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory and THIRD EAR: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening

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Ibis Initiation Time, by John Houston

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At the time of great transition, such as these days in which we live, when there is so much uncertainty as to the direction the Human Race should pursue, it is then that the Word of God comes to us. Prophetic insight is a Divine provision.

From the Old Testament we see that the Word of God came to Isaiah; the Word of God came to Jeremiah; the Word of God also came to Ezekiel; furthermore, the Word of God came to Jonah ‘a second time’.

From the New Testament we have narratives referring to Jesus of Nazareth. We are informed that He is the embodiment of the Word of God which ‘had been made flesh and dwelt amongst us’. He is portrayed as the One who reveals the Word of God to us and yet there is more; the Word of God is actually a Person and Jesus of Nazareth is that Person.

When Jesus is depicted as starting out on what was his Divine Mission on Earth, He goes to where those destined to be his disciples are to be found. They did not find Him. He went to them. He introduced himself to them where they were and as they were in their everyday, mundane circumstances. He went to where they were.

This is only possible because of the process of Incarnation; but who is this who has appeared to us in Human form or as a Human being? From the New Testament, we see the scene where Jesus is being baptised. A voice is heard from Heaven, which is another world. Someone from that other world was seen to transcend this world through Jesus or as Jesus of Nazareth.

The message of the New Testament is that beings from another world, the world of the Biblical Angels, are intend upon reproducing themselves here, through us. They have created the circumstances which permit them to reproduce themselves here, through us. This is what the evolution of the Human Race is actually about. This is its true purpose. This is why we are as we are.

The message of the New Testament is that there is a Prince from another world to whom the planet Earth belongs as an inheritance. Somehow or other the Prince must prove himself to be worthy of His inheritance.

A celestial marriage is taking place. Heaven and Earth are being united by means of the Human Race. Such is the Esoteric Truth concerning the Pyramids of Egypt because Old Heaven was trying to reproduce itself here on Earth. The Pyramids symbolised the marriage of the Earth with Sirius, heralding the advent of God-like qualities in Human beings.

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