Little Guilt by M.M. Bygrove is a short story that draws the reader in bit by bit, just as if caught on a hook. It starts out sounding a lot like my life; a writer who doesn’t sell as much as would be desired. His...

Lauren Played by Margaret Lynette Sharp is a short romantic story. Lauren is 16 years old and heartbroken after her first love has walked away from her. Their relationship was short but sweet and she thought it was forever. It wasn’t to be and when...

Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth’s father, has been taken ill. Her mother is distraught and her sisters beg her to return to Longbourn to help care for both parents. Her husband, the very handsome Mr. Darcy, agrees that she should go and, as he points out, he...

Little Red by Jess James is the first book in a series called Flirtatious Fairytales. This story begins on a Saturday morning with Ruby dressed in her red hooded cape, waiting for a bus to take her out to the country to visit her grandmother....

Author Stevie Turner of The Daughter-In-Law Syndrome is back with Life: 18 Short Stories About Significant Life Events. In this book, Stevie provides stories that appear so real that, as you read them, you may find one that closely identifies either with you or someone...

Last Shot: A Short Tale of the Absurdity of Life and Death is a contemporary fiction short story written by Justine Avery. Bernard was a precise and orderly man who was sick and tired of the world. He felt unappreciated and scorned by people who...

Lantern by Chess Desalls is a Young Adult novella that tells the story of what happens when teenager Tori discovers a strange lantern in the grounds of her grandmother’s property. It’s days away from Halloween and Tori, her three-year-old brother, and their parents are visiting...

Lensfogger's BEST: A Super-Hero's Collection of Humor, Satire & Short Stories takes a look at the quirks and tropes that compose contemporary America and skillfully subverts, lampoons, and examines them. A good short story lingers. It dwells in your head hours after reading the piece....

Joanie Chevalier’s book Lunchtime Eavesdropper is a quick read that throws a curve ball at you. Marlee is a pretty average person, happy with her relationship and her life. That is until she starts eavesdropping on lunchtime gossip. When one day she hears her name...

What is life? That's an ancient question that has plagued intellectuals, theorists, New Agers, spiritualists, and more for generations. In one of Paul Kim's stories, life is a leaf. Each leaf on a tree serves a specific function, political and non-political. All the leaves work...