Author: David Fulcher Blood Spiders and Dark Moon contains fourteen tales of terror and wonder. From an earth-devouring spider, a forbidden pact with the devil, a golden city across time and space, a night watchman that is much more than he seems, a vengeful janitor, werewolves, werecats and creatures who travel unseen dimensions, Blood Spiders…
The Taste of SnowHonorable Mention,
2012 London Book Festival
Stephen V. Masse When winter arrives in the Austrian Alps, eleven-year-old Nicole Kinders receives a candy cane which is said to be magic, but troubling events soon follow that threaten her and her family.
PinkhoneysuckleHonorable Mention,
2012 San Francisco Book Festival
Author: Barbara Everett Heintz Set in Southern Appalachian Bible Belt. USAs untold truth – The Diaspora of dirt farms From Bible Belt To Ghetto by thousands. A story of inescapable poverty. Grieved fathers relocated.Abused & shamed women and children. Riveting journey of author from Mt. birth to Washington D.C. and Civil Rights. Weep,Laugh,Grippingly truthful. Womanhood…
Columbus Avenue Boys:
Avenging The Scalamarri MassacreHonorable Mention,
2012 Hollywood Book Festival
David Carraturo The Columbus Avenue Boys share lineage back to before the turn of century. Having grown up together in a small Each became successful in his own right. Chris moved to Dallas to be a portfolio manager with a financial firm while Sal and Tony earn their living the hard way—by being enforcers and…
The Hand in the Mirror,
MindFusion book 1Honorable Mention,
2012 Hollywood Book Festival
M. Bradley Davis What would you do if your best friend turned out to be an alien? Join the fun with eleven year old Jerry Saunders as he faces fear, adventure, and responsibility in The Hand in the Mirror – the first in a new Sci-Fi series for sixth grade readers and up!
My Life after LifeHonorable Mention,
2011 Hollywood Book Festival
Galen Stoller My Life after Life confronts timeless questions concerning what happens after death. The journey began one evening when a father received a phone call from the state police that his 16-year-old son had been killed. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Stoller’s son appeared and eventually began to communicate with him in dream states.
Motherghost: A Journey to the MotherHonorable Mention,
2012 New England Book Festival
Eclipse Neilson Motherghost: looks directly at the powerful complexity of mother-love through the perspective of a woman who lost her mother as a child. After an astonishing secret about her past is revealed, Robin sets out on a journey of myth and fantasy to find the answers to her identity.
After The BombHonorable Mention,
2012 Paris Book Festival
Author: C. L. Kostow They have survived a worldwide calamity which destroyed most life on earth? Now what do they do? What type of society would they build? What would the world be like three hundred years later? “After the Bomb” is a story about what could happen, maybe even what might have happened.
Puttin’ Cologne on the RickshawWinner, 2012 Southern California Book Festival
Author: William Bouffard Puttin’ Cologne on the Rickshaw is a must read for all who are about to enter the workforce. It teaches what’s not taught in business school – how the workplace really works. Ace preparation for the emotional abuse that comes in heaping helpings from today’s dysfunctional workplace.
The Battered Heiress BluesWinner, 2012 New York Book Festival
Author: Laurie Van Dermark When the life of her child is threatened, philanthropist Julia Spencer is faced with a most difficult decision -do nothing thereby saving herself or forge ahead and lose everything she holds dear. While one child is spared, another is lost forever. Unable to find her way out of the grief and…