There are books you read and recommend to friends with words such as, “It’s a good read,” but there are some, like Prompts: A Collection of Stories by Tank Gunner, where you find yourself looking for superlatives to describe them. A gorgeous treat with sixty...

Prasvapa by Chand Svare Ghei is a collection of short stories that are essentially philosophical in nature. Prasvapa is translated text and contains a few short stories, each with a unique theme, plot line, and characters. However, the underlying philosophical tone that searches for the...

Parallels: Felix Was Here by various authors, under the banner of the Insecure Writers Support Group, contains ten well-presented science fiction stories, starting with Felix Was Here by L.G. Keltner, in which a young woman living in a closed community questions the reality and validity...

Poka City Blues by A.L. Gibson is the story of Sedelia — a strong and determined African-American woman - who is able to overcome numerous hardships in her life. Set in 1930s Loachapoka, Alabama, (Poka City as it is known by locals), the story brings...

Point Blank: A Short Tale of Macabre Family Faults is a short story murder mystery written by Justine Avery. Michael never realized that she was this insane, though she had terrorized him his whole life. Now, with the gun pressing down into his skull, he...

Population of Loss: Four Tales of the Martian War (Martian War Chronicles Book 1) by Michael and Shell DiBaggio is an interesting dystopian collection about the Martian wars. It features four separate stories about various characters who are important to this setting, and each of...

Rebecca Carey Lyles has joined with over thirteen other authors to create a wonderful collection of short stories in Passageways: A Short Story Collection. It appears that Rebecca carefully selected these authors because of how each story melds together. This is a great book for...

“I cry because I want to still be a boy, not a guardian. I miss my life and I miss my home.” Pixies in Neverland are dying, and without someone to believe in them, Neverland would soon cease to exist. Tink is the only pixie...

Poor Advice and Other Stories is a fantastic book of short stories written by Lou Gaglia. I would call these stories "short shorts", as most of them are only a few pages long, making them very easy to read. The stories run the gamut from...

Short stories are such a gift for the avid reader. During times when you really want to read, but you only have a short bit of time, and you don’t want to start a tome that would take a lot of concentration, or a book...