Finding metaphors to describe Kyot: The Storybook Puzzle Box by Brian Bennudriti is not too difficult. Lego, Minecraft, stage magicians, and even Boccaccio's Decameron come to mind - even though the stories in this collection number far more than a hundred. But these are...

And The Fires We Talked About by James Ross Kelly is an anthology of 35 stories of varying lengths. The tales are set mainly in and around the town of Medford, Oregon and the California hills, though some stray much further afield to North Africa...

The Venturous Tales: A Collection is a work of fiction in the fantasy, pseudo-historical, and adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author Isabella Berdyna Zysk. This fascinating collection of medieval-style dramas contains five tales of royalty, intrigue, and family life. From nobles in disguise to...

When an author quotes a classical writer or two at the beginning of his book, you are likely to expect a literary treat. Strangers in Another Country is Lawrence G. Taylor’s collection of two short stories and two novellas set in the late 60s between...

Christmas is a holiday that has a special place in our hearts. Cheryl Rush Cowperthwait’s Christmas of the Heart: A Collection of Short Stories is an anthology of short fiction and a novella all themed around this special season. This uplifting set features 17 stories...

Souvenirs from Kiev by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger is a collection of short stories that take place in Ukraine in the throes of the Second World War. The anthology weaves together in a series of vignettes that each, in their own way, shed light on the horrors...

Beginning and ending with death, Feminomaniacs: An Anthology is a collection of twenty equally disturbing, thought-provoking stories that reflect the state of the human psyche. In the title story Feminomaniacs, a woman challenges the purpose of being a female with a doctor who disagrees that...

Judge Lu’s Case Files by P.A. De Voe presents us with the Chinese detective genre in a series of related short stories about Lu, a new magistrate presiding over a province in Imperial China. Judge Lu is an interesting character, charged with being the detective...

Choo Chooma' by Wayne J. Landry is a collection of short stories that range in genre, with each reading independently of the others. In total, Landry's anthology is comprised of six pieces: Perfect, For Love, Moochie, Together in Church, Pig Bones, and A Good Sunday....

Wrapped in Quotations: One Gay Guy's Commonplace Book by Tom Beattie is a collection work by the self-described “quotophile”. The anthology has stories of different lengths, primarily flash fiction, with several that are lyrical and wonderfully poetic. Each piece revolves around a quote or ten,...