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		<title>The Soundless Symphony by Stacy Seraphina White</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With contrasts in intensity and tone, the work aches as much as it sparkles. The Soundless Symphony: At the Heart of Night is a gorgeous collection that illuminates even the darkest spaces of life. Divided into sections that read as literary movements, the poems journey from numbness toward vitality. Today’s Tomorrow woos readers with poignant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Last Alive by David B. Seaburn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Hart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A moving, unflinching novel that faces loss squarely and never loses hope.  After more than fifty years of marriage, Leon and Emma Miltenson have shaped their retirement from a well-worn routine: Monday breakfasts in the corner booth at Breaking Bread, grocery runs to Giant Eagle to debate the merits of canned soup, and all the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is That a Blanket? by J Han</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A gentle tale that kids will want to hear again and again. From the moment a baby is born, they begin to learn. That is my daddy. This is my home. My family loves me, and they keep me safe. As they grow from babies to toddlers, their education expands. Grass is soft. Lemons are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Machines Begin to Dream by Jeffrey Cooper</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Hart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A striking piece of existential science fiction that asks not just how machines dream, but what it costs when they do. Happy is a humanoid robot assistant determined to find out what freedom really means. Hoping to ease the burdens of dealing with cancer, Ryan and Tina Hawkins decide to sign on the dotted line [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Re:claim by Jean Thesquare</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A smart story about consent, control, and the courage to speak out. It’s summer for the children of Paris’s elite, so sun-drenched days and party-filled nights in exclusive destinations await Manon de Rochemaure and her classmates. Better still, captivating Étienne Servan has invited Manon and other affluent teens to his family’s private island near Ibiza. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>By Her Own Hand by Jack Deveny</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that difficult circumstances can shape a person, but the final result is often up to us. With the right support, we might become coal compressed into diamonds, but pressure could also crush that same coal into useless dust. Eliot Lange and Madeline Crowne have each lived through their share of soul-defining [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PEOPLE I KNOW by David Joseph</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A masterclass in miniature storytelling.&#160; If anyone insists that size matters, they’ve never had the privilege of diving into the world of David Joseph’s evocative storytelling. His assortment of “Short Fictions and Shorter Ones” shows exactly how much can be done with few, well‑chosen words. The collection, PEOPLE I KNOW, leans into that philosophy with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beyond the Sky&#8217;s Edge by Pat Wahler</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A soaring tribute to every dreamer who ever looked up and decided the sky was only the beginning. It is 1912, and Olivia Newcomb has just stepped out of boarding school into a world full of promise, provided she is willing to follow the paths society dictates. Unfortunately, she isn’t ready to settle into the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Apprentice&#8217;s Bankruptcy by Publius</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Absurd enough to laugh at and accurate enough to sting. Daniel J. Thorp is confident he is winning at being president, but America has lost patience with the overgrown man-child. The Apprentice’s Bankruptcy opens with a delusional Thorp hunkered in the bunker beneath the East Wing’s new ballroom. His ruthless lawyer, Rawl Cline, informs him [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Moment&#8217;s Surrender by John Burt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An unsparing look at how far people will go to avoid the truth, even when it’s the only thing that could set them free.  “It doesn’t seem possible to tell just one lie.” Paul Bishop knows this better than most. He’s lied to police, friends, and himself, and the weight of it is becoming too [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Memoir of a Student by Frederick David</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Hart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fun, thoughtful, and unlike anything else you’re likely to read this year. “What is communication?” With a deceptively simple question that most of us think we already know the answer to, Frederick David opens the door to a semester that changes how he sees the world and how readers see the everyday act of connecting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Canvas We Share by Bradley Carter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Artists long to create, even if creativity is sometimes stifled by life. So when four friends who’ve drifted apart receive email invitations for a group art exhibition, the answer is yes. True, the proposal is one that none of them remembers writing. But more than a decade has passed since these artists shared a studio, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Constellation of Forgotten Things by Tiffany Chu and Renley Nicolas Chu</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The prose is soft and poetic, symbolism is woven throughout, and through it all, the book&#8217;s emotional honesty never wavers. In a fantastical land called Reveria, paths cross and uncross, each person carrying their own grief and their own glimmer of hope, bound together by the conviction that love and connection are worth reaching for. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reckless Disregard and Other Stories by Linda Griffin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Told with rich insight into the human condition. Linda Griffin’s Reckless Disregard &#38; Other Stories is a snappy collection of 15 short stories, each one proof that brevity doesn’t have to diminish emotional impact. The stories range from sad reckonings and loss to silly battles with weeds, but all grip audiences from their opening lines, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Being Laramie Buchanan by Cynthia L. Clark</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/being-laramie-buchanan-by-cynthia-l-clark/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Jackson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A contemporary romance novel with a heart of gold. How do you find your way in the world when everything in your life is changing? That is the bittersweet riddle Laramie Buchanan is working through. Sure, not every change is bad. Getting a job where she can use her new art history degree is satisfying. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Brothers Shaughnessy by James Snyder</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/the-brothers-shaughnessy-by-james-snyder/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wickedly elegant period mystery perfect for fans of hard‑edged historical noir. In a city dominated by ruthless political organizations and deep social divides, entrepreneurial Oliver Manchester stands as one of the few willing to treat a woman’s disappearance as more than a tawdry notice in the morning paper. And how can he refuse David [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Twisting Ladder by Alex Jones</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/the-twisting-ladder-by-alex-jones/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A mystery’s clever rhythm, a thriller’s propulsive momentum, and a stylish literary voice. The Petrarca name is basically synonymous with the northern Italian city of Parma, so when a Petrarca calls, you answer. Family patriarch Ettore, with his billionaire bank account and relentless pursuit of immortality, is known more for his financial prowess and family [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Silver by Daniel Logue &#038; Stephen Logue</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/silver-by-daniel-stephen-logue/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This gritty western blends themes of existential and spiritual depth with old-fashioned monster horror. The blazing trauma of unintentionally taking a life refuses to fade for former sheriff Jake Dawson. But from his dusty frontier home in Oak Bluff, there is little time to address what burdens the soul. Once a man who lived only [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What We Found Last Summer by Javier De Lucia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A memorable tale about moments that leave a mark. Best friends Calvin and Derek don’t view their daily activities as reckless; to them, it’s just the standard chaos of boyhood adventures in their Connecticut town. A treehouse assembled with questionable construction techniques? Pretty solid work for 12‑year‑olds. Setting off fireworks with no adults in sight? [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Source of The Wind by Ella Capek</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/the-source-of-the-wind-by-ella-capek/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A raw, tender exploration of what it means to carry hurt and keep choosing to move forward. Stability isn’t easy to come by these days, so it’s no wonder Raphi Cohen has stayed with her manipulative, chaotic partner for far too long. But one disastrous Valentine’s dinner might snap the last thread tying their relationship [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Omens of War by Livia J. Elliot</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/the-omens-of-war-by-livia-j-elliot/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An expansive work of modern eldritch horror fantasy steeped in literary sensibility. Though Firard and Sestel enjoy a peace as impermanent as melting snow, each nation’s presence at the War Games is non-negotiable. On Firard’s side, Legate Dante Praeto does what he can to keep his eager forces from triggering a political nightmare, even as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Question: Markx by Lawrence Q. Markx</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.C. Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opinionated, brash, insensitive, crude, and quite possibly the kind of voice people need now more than ever. Question: Markx &#8211; Perspectives in Philosophy is a provocative collection of essays that touts curiosity over arrogance and inquiry over dogmatism. Without sanding down a single edge, Lawrence Q. Markx tackles 33 questions ranging from the “isms” that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square Hearts by Julee Balko</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/square-hearts-by-julee-balko/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brilliant novel boldly engages with today’s problems. How long does it take to process the death of a loved one? How much space does a child need to grieve? If Nicola Cooper has learned anything since a drunk driver took her husband two years ago, it’s that there are no clear answers to either. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>You&#8217;re Going to Die But Not Me by Liz Scott, Ph.D.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thoughtful observations based on a lifetime wrestling with the inevitability of death. For as long as humans have been putting words on the page, we have been writing about death. More precisely, we have been obsessed with improving health, prolonging life, and finding that elusive elixir that might grant immortality. Yet death, like religion or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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