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,...

A Twist of Lemon: 100 Curious Stories in Exactly 100 Words by Arlene Duane Hemingway is a cleverly written collection of complete tales. Too many to list here, each story has its own merit, ranging from comedic to tragic. This happened to be my first...

The Art of Creating Story by William H. Coles answers the question: How do you write a story that people can’t put down? Written by a prolific writer, this book features a series of essays, interviews with industry professionals, and blog posts on the art...

Samantha A. Cole is a writer after my own heart. Scattered Moments In Time brings together a collection of short stories and novellas that can only be described as diverse in subject, but all arguably fit within the scope of contemporary fiction. They shift from...