True to its title, Footsteps in the Dark: Stories of the Bizarre and Unusual by Carlo Armenise marshals eight grim but bold tales for mystery and horror fans; eight steps into the darkness. Set in Kankakee, Illinois, A Conversation With Death is Step 1, about a man...

Future Fables and Strange Stories by I.B. is a blend of sci-fi, horror, tragedy, a slice of life and more. Featuring 13 stories, it starts with Across the Universe, where an A.I.－ a “piece of a robot brain inside a satellite that’s been traveling for...

Before beginning Foresight and Other Stories by Brant von Goble, it is necessary to read the short preface – and that will make you decide what frame of mind you should be in if you want to read the book. I chose to remain in...

Fun Stories For Your Drive Home is a collection of humorous essays and flash fiction stories written by R. Scott Murphy. Scott is the creative genius behind Mental Kickball, an interactive storytelling social media game. The stories he offers in this book give the reader...

Fantastic Creatures by various authors is an anthology of riveting short stories that feature a magical creature with a range of styles and settings. Lea Doue expands the world introduced in the Firethorn Chronicles with the fairy tale Snapdragon, a story that finds Ryll cursed...

Flight of Destiny is an anthology of short stories by Francis H. Powell. This collection features many characters who find themselves in unforeseen situations that often test their sanity. “Only a mother could love a child like this,” and she does display her true affections...

Flash 40: Life's Moments by Janelle Jalbert is an interesting collection of flash fiction pieces divided into several perspectives; beginnings, middles, endings and beyond. All realistic defining moments of people’s lives are instilled in the stories. The collection starts off with “Awkward,” which is an...

Fauxpocalypse is a collection of 13 stories written by 11 different authors… including a 13-year-old girl with a bright future ahead of her. What sets this apart from a “normal” short story collection is that each story is about a specific person or group of...

Fear the Reaper by Joe Mynhardt is a delicious blend of short stories with one common thread running through them: they all include a close encounter with the old man himself, the Grim Reaper. Each author in this set was asked to produce a new,...

“False Shadows” by B V Lawson is a fine collection of eight short stories, three of which have been published previously. A common thread running through each of the stories is the main character, Private Investigator Scott Drayco. Drayco is unusual in that his...