Ben Arzate

Moutainhead is a memoir recounting the time in which the Scottish pseudonymous author lived in the mountains of northern Thailand as an expatriate. He relates his interactions with the local villagers, with the wildlife of the mountain, and…

Disclaimer: S.C. Burke's press, NihilismRevised, has published a story by me in an anthology and will also be publishing a book by me. The stars die. God dies. An arsonist sets fire to the air. A Gunman commits a mass murder, killing his…

Benjamin is deeply in love with his girlfriend Ynaria. He wants nothing more than to marry her. The only problem is that Ynaria is a living Russian nesting doll, and marriages between humans and nesting dolls are frowned upon. In line with…

A soul who has had many names throughout his various incarnations has reached a relatively high level of enlightenment. High enough that he's chosen to become the Dalai Camel. He's sent back to Earth to live another life and complete his…

After her father dies, Sarah's perception of reality seems to begin to fall apart. During what seems like a psychotic hallucination, she meets a man named Daulton Dickey. At first, it seems like Daulton is nothing but a figment of her…

Jack moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams of becoming rich and famous. However, things didn’t work out like he expected. He’s stuck in a dead-end job at a doughnut shop and married to a prostitute named Karen who seems to resent him.…

Like a Champion is a collection of stories mostly revolving around the theme of underdogs and generally put-upon people achieving some form of everyday victories, whether in a moral sense or a more literal one. The protagonists of the…

Fulton, a sleazy British journalist for the equally sleazy tabloid The Prattler, and his young assistant Cheryl are trying to track down reality TV star Bryan Fix for a story. However, when Fix turns up dead with a strap-on dildo shoved…

In 2014, Joshua Shea was arrested on possession of sexually explicit material containing minors and for sexually exploiting a minor. Shea was a the founder of a popular lifestyle magazine, a founder of a large film festival in Maine, and a…

In 1996, New York rapper Kool Keith released his debut solo album Dr. Octagonecologyst under the moniker of Dr. Octagon. With production by Dan the Automator and turntable work by DJ Qbert, the album is considered a classic of underground…

In a previous article, I briefly discussed some independent authors that were worth picking up. Since I only got to six, I didn't cover nearly all the authors that I believe today's readers need in their life. It would be incredibly…

Sunday’s father has cancer and he doesn’t have long to live. He’s moved his family up to northern Nova Scotia so that he can die in the same place he grew up in. Sunday, however, has a plan to make sure her father’s memory never fades. She…

The unnamed narrator of Where Night Stops finds himself wandering aimlessly throughout the United States after his parents in Iowa die. His travels lead him to a homeless shelter in Seattle, Washington. There he meets Ray-Ray, who gives him…

Joe Ponepinto's new novel is uneven but still enjoyable.

Poet B. Diehl returns with his second collection.

Horror author Nicholas Day's first story collection is a great one.

Novelist Ann Sterzinger returns with the first book in her new science fiction series.

Author and journalist Brian Whitney interviews 52 odd characters in his newest book.

Gil Valle, dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" by the media, spins a nasty tale in his first novel.

Robert Stark's debut novel is a strange and hilarious work of Internet Age satire.