New Nonfiction Title!

Slingo: How to Speak American

by Pasquale Marcello

Hey all you cool dudes and hotties. Here ‘s a Zig. Do you really want to know? Get with it. Get hip. Be there? And not be square? Then take a closer look at this. You need this list. This is what we do. this is the way we see it. The way we think it. The way we mean it. Most importantly, this is the way we say it. But only off the record.

Every day we go out into the world. We try to put on our best face. We try to do the right thing and say the right thing. This is what is expected. It demonstrates our need to conform to social and cultural behavior patterns and restraints. At times we carry this too far. Political correctness and stage presence has become so important to personal success that it is very often given priority over sound logic and truth.

However there is another aspect. Read More…

Middle-Grade Mystery Just Released!

by Patricia Cronin MarcelloThe Tragic Secret of Cyrus Crowe

by Patricia Cronin Marcello

Fourteen-year-old Sarah Geier thinks that her best friend, Cassie Slade, is whacking out when she starts telling bizarre stories and dressing like an unmade bed.  But not so.  Weird things really are happening at Cassie’s house, and Cyrus Crowe is the reason why.

They think.

But Cyrus’s skeleton is only the first step on the trail of a mystery fifteen years old, and its solution is the only road back to Cassie’s peace of mind.

Follow Sarah and Cassie in The Tragic Secret of Cyrus Crow, as they uncover his mystery, and learn how two friends can conquer anything–even the supernatural–just by working together.

Read on…