by Vella Karman | Aug 6, 2026 | BOOKS, Clean fiction, Filling your life with LIGHT
I’d never heard of abalones, a type of sea snail, until my friend Lucy Grecu announced the name of her new magazine. The Abalone is a high art magazine…named after a sea snail. Honestly, that sounds kind of incongruent to me. High art? Doesn’t that...
by Vella Karman | Jun 24, 2026 | Clean fiction, For Writers
I was thirteen. I ventured into the teen corner of our local library, my footsteps hushed on the gray carpet flecked with small green lines. No one else was in the little corner alcove where the teen books resided, but the place seemed hushed. Subdued. Bathed in a...
by Vella Karman | May 21, 2026 | Author News, BOOKS, Clean fiction
I was driving down a highway between Ohio and Indianapolis when it flew in the window. A book. Sort of a teal color, kinda beat up and scratched around the edges, like a well-worn suitcase. Roughly the same size as Fantastical Summer, and prettier too. The windows...
by Vella Karman | May 21, 2026 | Author News, BOOKS, Clean fiction
What if God allowed people to teleport?Lauren is a quodesher – one of those people who can teleport a whole carful of people across the country.When California wildfires turn the drive to her sister’s wedding into a mad dash teleportation tour of the country, she’s...
by Vella Karman | May 21, 2026 | BOOKS, Clean fiction
What if God allowed people to teleport? New novel for readers of good, clean YA fiction. Similar to Wishtress by Nadine Brandes. Buy on Amazon Free on Kindle Unlimited
by Vella Karman | May 6, 2026 | BOOKS, Clean fiction
Please note: this post contains affiliate links. I’ve personally read and recommend every book on this list, but everyone has different convictions and tastes, so you might not like them all. 🙂 Summer is just around the corner! There’s nothing like long...
