First There Was Fear by Regina Puckett is a startling and intense short story about a woman's fight for her life. Ronni is at work when a large boom sounds and shakes the whole building in which her eighteenth-floor office resides. It happens again and...

As people, we are all unique. There are some people that enjoy those unique qualities in us, while others do not. In Feet by CE Aylett, Bradley had an issue with feet. Not just any feet, but with his co-worker Edna Stirling’s feet. In Feet,...

I thought Follow the River Home by Corran Harrington was an interesting story. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the life of Daniel Arroyo. Daniel lost his baby sister at a young age and never got over her death....

If you have ever lived in a small town or have relatives that live in a small town, you will really relate to From Tickfaw to Shongaloo by Dixon Hearne. Remember those trips you would take to visit an aunt or grandma who would regale...

Four Doors and Other Stories by A.G. Billig is a collection of twelve short stories that blur the lines of magical realism. Stories like girls Isabella and Mattie who meet by pure chance and have a fantastical adventure as pseudo sisters. A couple that takes...

Kathryn Meyer Griffith’s Four Spooky Short Stories is surreal and its haunting theme will keep readers turning the pages. The collection opens with Ghost Brother; the tragedy of a man named Bobby, who’s manipulated by the ghost of his dead brother, Gerald. I sympathize with...

Every day, Miss Erickson hears mysterious music coming from behind a locked door at the Lang School of Fine Arts. When the strict Mrs. Borg tells her to leave the door alone, her curiosity drives her to uncover the secrets of the ever-closed door....

Frank N' Goat by Jessica Watts is a morbidly sweet story of ever after friendship with a great lesson about lightning and kites. Frank is a monster that everyone hates, and Goat is a goat. Together, the two form a bond and become BFFs. That...

Fried Calamari by Francine Zane is the story of a gutsy, sprightly, smart but rather lazy raccoon who was born in the Alaskan wilderness and spends his time foraging or hunting with his two brothers, or getting into fights with bigger predators over food. But...

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...