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...

Don’t Overthink the Application Said is a challenging collection of future technology stories woven by Christoph Brueck into a mosaic of interesting glimpses of human/machine interaction. In time to come, mankind will be connected to an intelligent worldwide network that helps people and offers opportunities...

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...

Dewdrops by Dan Flanigan is a compilation of two short stories and a short-fiction style novella. Each of the three works is independent and read as stand-alones but the themes that weave through the trio do tie in similarities. Some Cold War Blues follows Jack,...

Boarded Windows, Dead Leaves is a small collection of short horror stories by Michael Jess Alexander; so short as to be eligible for the designation “snippets”, or perhaps “brain fodder” intended for more lengthy treatment elsewhere. This is not to be critical of ultra-short fiction,...

Heites, Sheites & Itites by John C. West is a superb collection of short stories divided into two parts: stories about religion and stories about the human tendency to develop superstitions, particularly with objects. There’s a lot going on in this collection and every story...