Sleep Walkers by Ani Alanakian is an eclectic collection of fourteen short stories. An aging gardener must find a way to pass down a generational secret before a terrible calamity devours the village. A mother faces the impossible dilemma of having to choose between her...

Summer Poltergeists by Sharon Bradshaw is a collection of ghost stories set during summer, a season often associated with light and warmth, but here turned into a stage for creepy and unsettling encounters. The book explores the supernatural through three distinctive stories, each rich in...

Short Stories from Faraway Places I by Kevin O’Flaherty is a series of stories set in various locations, each focusing on characters handling everyday life and work. In The Bells of Gloucester, David and Johnny manage school and family. Johnny has difficulties at home and...

Short Stories from Faraway Places II by Kevin O’Flaherty is a collection of short stories set in varied locations and time periods, examining characters’ interactions with their environments and communities. In Bizi Posa, the story follows Rory in Bilbao as he moves through relationships, work,...

Step Away from the Pizza by Richard Holeton is a fascinating collection that spans nearly four decades of experimental storytelling. The book is thematically organized into sections like "Future," "Father," "Found," and "Frolic," each offering a unique lens through which Holeton explores human experiences, societal...

Scarlet Yearnings: Stories of Love and Desire by Scarlet Ibis James is a collection of twelve short stories about love, longing, and human connection. It touches on family, romance, and self-love. It also shows the difficulties of unfulfilled desires, like when Trisha met her distant...

Michael Pedretti's Seven Ages of Man is a poetic exploration that delves into the mysteries of the universe and the human condition. Pedretti begins with a thought-provoking sonnet, setting the stage for a journey through seven distinct "ages." Like William Shakespeare's work of the same...

Starting Over by Pernell Rogers is an intriguing collection of five short stories featuring women who experience unbelievable and horrific happenings in what begins as quite believable, even ordinary, events in their lives. In each story, we start with relatively ordinary events: a teen helping...

Space, Time, and Loneliness by E. Hughes is a profound and moving poetry chapbook that explores the vast landscapes of human emotion within the context of cosmic existence. Through carefully crafted verses, Hughes examines the nature of isolation, love, and human connection against the...

Short Stories From Faraway Places by Kevin O'Flaherty is a thought-provoking anthology featuring four tales of individuals at pivotal moments in life, where their choices shape their futures. From an impulsive New Yorker in Argentina learning about the Dirty War to an Irishman facing personal...