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July 26, 2026
Drinking from the Stream is a powerful and thought-provoking political thriller that seamlessly combines adventure, history, and personal transformation. Richard Scott Sacks crafts an ambitious novel that transports readers into one of the most turbulent periods of the twentieth century, exploring the intersection of individual choices and world-changing political events through an engrossing and emotionally resonant narrative.

One of the book's...

Book Review of : WORLD OF WORLDS / Stories from Four Continents

Richard Scott Sacks’s World of Worlds: Stories from Four Continents is a visceral collection of fifteen stories that transport readers into the heart of a "hinge" era, spanning 1968 to 1981. Sacks is uniquely qualified to pen such a work; as an accomplished writer, former US diplomat, and world traveler, he has spent his life in the "crosshairs of diplomacy, conflict, and political consequence" across Africa, Europe, and the...

Nimble, Restless Intellects

JUN 11

Posted by Literary-Titan

World of Worlds follows young travelers, reporters, climbers, drifters, and idealists across continents and political upheaval as adventure becomes a reckoning with danger, history, and the self. What drew you to the period between 1968 and 1981 as the backdrop for these stories?

WORLD OF WORLDS is a collection of action and adventure stories during a time of transition, upheaval, exploration, and...

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We are proud to present you with the Literary Titan Book Award. Your book deserves extraordinary praise, and we are proud to acknowledge your hard work, dedication, and writing talent.

Literary Titan Gold Book Award: Fiction

JUN 5

The Literary Titan Book Award honors books that exhibit exceptional storytelling and creativity. This award celebrates novelists who craft compelling narratives, create memorable characters, and weave stories that captivate readers. The recipients are...

As life’s most precious truths are revealed in fiction, aspiring and inveterate travelers alike would be well served to immerse themselves in Richard Scott Sacks's World of Worlds, an arresting exposition of the uncertainties, surprises, and revelations that come to those traveling far from home. While the book's 15 stories are set from the late 1960s to the early 80s, their value is not as time capsules, but rather in timeless themes that have always confronted strangers in strange lands. As...

Dear Friends — Literary Titan recently posted this five-star review for WORLD OF WORLDS. Available on Amazon for pre-order, WORLD OF WORLDS will be published July 14. Best, Richard

WORLD OF WORLDS

WORLD OF WORLDS Richard Scott Sacks’s World of Worlds is a literary action-adventure short story collection that follows young, ...

WORLD OF WORLDS
MAY 27
Posted by Literary Titan

World of Worlds

5 Star Review

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Editorial Book Review:

By BL Ritchey

World of Worlds insists you pay attention. This book is not a single story; it is a collection of fifteen short stories spanning four continents, each one a small, stubborn world that refuses tidy answers. From the first pages you know you are in the hands of someone who has seen the places he writes about and will not let you off the hook with easy sympathy.

Reading it is a physical thing....

2025-2026 ACCOLADES FOR DRINKING FROM THE STREAM

1. Literary Global Book Award for Fiction: Winner — Thriller-Adventure 2025
2. Literary Titan Silver Book Award 2026
3. Pinnacle Book Achievement Award: Best Book — Literary Fiction Fall 2025
4. Chrysalis/BREW Reader’s Choice Award 2026
5. The Bookish Reader’s Pick Award 2026
6. Independent Press Award: 2026 Distinguished Favorite — Action-Adventure
7. International Firebird Book Award: First Place Winner — Thriller
8. Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence: 2026...

2025 Incipere Winners

Thriller

First Place - Drinking From the Stream - Richard Sacks

Adventure

Third Place - Drinking From the Stream - Richard Sacks

Historical

Third Place - Drinking From the Stream - Richard Sacks

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https://theworldsbestmagazine.com/2026/02/16/richard-scott-sacks-on-travel-language-and-writing-fiction-from-global-encounters/

Richard Scott Sacks on Travel, Language, and Writing Fiction from Global Encounters

“I’ve been to 80 countries and speak four foreign languages.”
– RICHARD SCOTT SACKS

Richard Scott Sacks has a background in U.S. diplomacy and has used his experiences abroad to inform his fiction. His language proficiency, cultural immersion, and decades spent travelling are all evident...

2025-2026 ACCOLADES FOR DRINKING FROM THE STREAM

1. LITERARY TITAN GOLD BOOK AWARD
2. BREW Book Excellence Award 2026 for Political Fiction
3. Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence — 2026 Winter’s Best Book Winner Fiction - Adventure
4. International Firebird Book Award — First Place Winner / Thriller Category
5. Independent Press Award — 2026 Distinguished Favorite / Action-Adventure
6. 2026 The Bookish Reader’s Pick Award
7. 2026 Chrysalis/BREW Reader’s Choice Award
8. Fall 2025 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award —...

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Author Interview - Richard Scott Sacks

Sometimes great events touch us deeply.

Drinking from the Stream follows two young men in 1971 who are on the run and attempting to escape their pasts by traveling to East Africa, where their personal reckonings unfold alongside violence. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

In June 1972 when I was twenty-two years old and hitchhiking across Africa I was sitting in a student cafeteria at the University...

January 29, 2026

*****

Drinking from the Stream follows two young Americans, Jake and Karl, whose chance meeting turns into a long, hazardous journey across East Africa in the early 1970s. What begins as flight, Jake from a violent past in Louisiana, Karl from ideological and emotional dead ends in the United States, becomes immersion. As they move through Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and beyond, their personal reckonings unfold alongside coups, ethnic violence, and the aftershocks of...

award #9 for DRINKING FROM THE STREAM

2025-2026 ACCOLADES FOR DRINKING FROM THE STREAM

1. BREW Book Excellence Award 2026 for Political Fiction
2. Pencraft Prize — Best Book for Fiction - Adventure
3. International Firebird Book Award — First Place Winner / Thriller Category
4. Independent Press Award — 2026 Distinguished Favorite / Action-Adventure
5. 2026 The Bookish Reader’s Pick Award
6. 2026 Chrysalis/BREW Reader’s Choice Award
7. Fall 2025 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award — Best Book / Literary Fiction
8. 2026...

BY RICHARD SCOTT SACKS

Best Book Winners for the 2026 Winter PenCraft Seasonal Book Awards

Best Book for Fiction - Adventure

2025-2026 ACCOLADES FOR DRINKING FROM THE STREAM

1. Pencraft Prize — Best Book for Fiction - Adventure
2. International Firebird Book Award — First Place Winner / Thriller Category
3. Independent Press Award — 2026 Distinguished Favorite / Action-Adventure
4. 2026 The Bookish Reader’s Pick Award
5. 2026 Chrysalis/BREW Reader’s Choice Award
6. Fall 2025...

1. International Firebird Book Award — First Place Winner / Thriller Category
2. Independent Press Award — 2026 Distinguished Favorite / Action-Adventure
3. 2026 The Bookish Reader’s Pick Award
4. 2026 Chrysalis/BREW Reader’s Choice Award
5. Fall 2025 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award — Best Book / Literary Fiction
6. 2026 Literary Titan Silver Book Award
7. 2025 Literary Global Book Award for Fiction — Winner / Thriller-Adventure Category

January 7, 2026

The Bookish Magazine

The Bookish, The Bookish Awards

Drinking from the Stream by Richard Scott Sacks

What would follow you across continents if memory weighed more than luggage? Drinking from the Stream by Richard Scott Sacks explores that strange burden—discover how by reading the full review.

Drinking from the Stream by Richard Scott Sacks

Genre: Fiction

Sub-genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Political Fiction

Themes: Moral choice, friendship, displacement, accountability...