Cynthia Conrad

Everything Is Mind: Exploring the Many Forms of Intelligence in the Universe

The cosmos is a network of networks, and everything that exists in it has some form of intelligence that is part of a larger “mind.” That’s the main premise of Metaverse of Mind: The Cosmic Social Network (BlackBox) by interdisciplinary thinker R.A. Varghese. Within its pages lies a well-constructed series…

Cynthia ConradJuly 8, 2022

Fiction Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

“The Strand” Publishes Previously Unreleased Shirley Jackson Short Stories

Andrew Gulli has done it again! Gulli, whose literary detective work over the years has unearthed previously unpublished stories from the likes of John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, Louisa May Alcott, Agatha Christie and Tennessee Williams, is releasing two newly discovered short stories from Shirley Jackson today in the…

Cynthia ConradJune 10, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Learning How to Manage Your Emotions Through the Conceptual Framework of Chakras

“Emotions trigger actions. Actions trigger reactions. Reactions trigger emotions. This is a never-ending cycle. As human beings we emote; this is in our nature. Whether we like it or not, we must face our and others’ emotions constantly. How we face them makes all the difference.” In Preethi Saravanakumar’s latest…

Cynthia ConradMay 31, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

“Cherry Bomb:” An Explosive Tale of Coincidence, Danger and Fate

An intellectually snobbish, would-be writer living in his employer’s treehouse. The exhibitionist thespian daughter of a beleaguered preacher. A “muscled mercenary thug” with little compunction for killing, whether for hire, vengeance or sport. A sinister Iranian-Russian plot to shuttle a nuclear artillery shell to America’s borders and elicit under-the-radar diplomatic…

Cynthia ConradMay 6, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Spice-Infused Culinary Adventures Abound All Along “The Nutmeg Trail” Cookbook

Variety, as they say, is the spice of life, and there are a huge variety of dishes to be found in The Nutmeg Trail: Recipes and Stories Along the Ancient Spice Routes (Apollo Publishers) by food writer and recipe developer Eleanor Ford. If you are looking for the keys to…

Cynthia ConradMay 3, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Spiritual Memoir Shares One Man’s Journey Along the Path to Enlightenment as a Buddhist

“Life is like a great big role-playing game,” writes Marc Preston Moss, “The way to win isn’t to have the most stuff or the highest status—it’s how to find the way out of the game entirely.” That way out is the path that leads to enlightenment and the cessation of…

Cynthia ConradApril 12, 2022

Book Club Network Fiction Fiction - Featured

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

Mount Olympus has a big PR problem. While the Greco-Roman names of its inhabitants still carry varying degrees of recognition among humanity, it’s evident that today's rank-and-file shmoes don't see them as the almighty forces they once were. At least, not the kind of forces that can control their fates…

Cynthia ConradMarch 22, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Miscellany

“A Life Cycle” Takes Readers Through an Iterative Process of Healing, One Poem at a Time

Poetry, particularly confessional poetry, has the power to make us think, feel, see and hear the world differently. It can also be a transformative force for poets as well, helping them to make sense of their experiences and translating them for others to understand more keenly. Subtitled “a guide to…

Cynthia ConradMarch 9, 2022

Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

Poems of Evolving and Healing in “Flowers Grow on Broken Walls”

It doesn't take long in this life before you realize that you need to protect yourself from the world. Some people are able to set and maintain healthy boundaries without guilt or remorse, while others build walls that become their prison as well as their shield. While boundaries bend and…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 21, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Miscellany

One Woman’s Journey from Trauma to Self-Love Offers Much Wisdom for Growth

"Bloom where you're planted," goes a common saying. For poet and writer Tyesha Mack, that sentiment seems to miss the center of the target. “Grow and remain rooted in who you are," she writes. "That’s what flowers do.” See the difference? It is only one of many moments of profound…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 18, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Memoir “Virtual Insanity” Provides a Minds-Eye View of Schizophrenia

Lara McKenzie has known terror and trauma most of us will never experience in our lifetimes. She has been stalked by wealthy and powerful men. Monitored by various intelligence agencies. Unwittingly microchipped. Tortured with electromagnetic weaponry. Her mind has been invaded incessantly by interrogators and military commanders. She’s been tricked…

Cynthia ConradJanuary 13, 2022

Miscellany

Evolution Number Nine: Form and Concept in “Scribblings of My Soul”

Poetry has a long tradition of what is called “constrained writing.” After all, many poetic forms depend on very specific meter, rhyme schemes, number of lines, and even points of repetition. In the case of Preethi Saravanakumar’s latest volume of poetry, Scribblings of My Soul, however, that constraint starts with…

Cynthia ConradDecember 15, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Annotated Print Collection Provides Window to a Bygone Japan from the Last Great Ukiyo-e Artist

In browsing through the color reproductions in Hiroshige: The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Fujikei by Cristina Berna and Eric Thomsen, the reader is struck by the harmonious palette of blues, grays, peaches and pale yellows, and by the strict composition of each wood print — a bijin (or "beautiful…

Cynthia ConradDecember 8, 2021

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Two Teens Find Themselves the Unwilling Subjects of Experiment in “Secrets of the Building”

Grief can gut you completely. Anyone who has experienced trauma that's resulted from the loss of someone close to them knows how deeply true this is. Some find their memories of the event so unbearable that they’d do anything to escape them. What if there was a way to do…

Cynthia ConradOctober 4, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

“Maud & Addie” Tells an Endearing Tale of Two Sisters and Their Survival at Sea

A forgotten chore, a dose of laudanum and a dream of pirate treasure converge with disastrous consequences and life-changing adventure in the middle-grade historical fiction novel, Maud & Addie (Regal House Publishing) by Maureen Buchanan Jones. The year is 1910. The location is Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Two sisters from…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 29, 2021

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

“Good Grief” Guides the Bereavement Journey, and There’s No Right or Wrong Way

“If you love you will grieve, and that’s just a given,” wrote psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison, one of the several insightful quotes that pepper the gentle bereavement guidebook, Good Grief: A Journey From Lost to Love (Soft Touch Publishing) by Valerie D. Swinton and Fred J. Kirby Jr. Grief may…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 28, 2021

Cynthia Conrad

Everything Is Mind: Exploring the Many Forms of Intelligence in the Universe

“The Strand” Publishes Previously Unreleased Shirley Jackson Short Stories

Learning How to Manage Your Emotions Through the Conceptual Framework of Chakras

“Cherry Bomb:” An Explosive Tale of Coincidence, Danger and Fate

Spice-Infused Culinary Adventures Abound All Along “The Nutmeg Trail” Cookbook

Spiritual Memoir Shares One Man’s Journey Along the Path to Enlightenment as a Buddhist

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

“A Life Cycle” Takes Readers Through an Iterative Process of Healing, One Poem at a Time

Poems of Evolving and Healing in “Flowers Grow on Broken Walls”

One Woman’s Journey from Trauma to Self-Love Offers Much Wisdom for Growth

Memoir “Virtual Insanity” Provides a Minds-Eye View of Schizophrenia

Evolution Number Nine: Form and Concept in “Scribblings of My Soul”

Annotated Print Collection Provides Window to a Bygone Japan from the Last Great Ukiyo-e Artist

Two Teens Find Themselves the Unwilling Subjects of Experiment in “Secrets of the Building”

“Maud & Addie” Tells an Endearing Tale of Two Sisters and Their Survival at Sea

“Good Grief” Guides the Bereavement Journey, and There’s No Right or Wrong Way

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