Roger Rapel has written a story that I could just not put down in his book Seat 3F. Martyn, from the United Kingdom, goes on a business trip to Spain. During his flight, he becomes enamored with his attractive seat-mate. His seat on the plane...

Snowfall by David Gallie starts with six-year-old Lucy waking up in a barren landscape layered with pristine snow. She figures that she’s dreaming. However, when she is joined by Malcom the panther with reflective eyebrows and a cheetah with bright green fur, Lucy realizes that...

“The prose piece I am proudest of, and which you can read in this collection, was conceived when I took a notepad to bed with me and determined to write down what came to mind as I passed out of wakefulness. Naturally enough, one of...

Savages: A Triptych is a trilogy of interconnected short stories written by Brendan Ball. In Long Live the King, the aging leader of a tribe contemplates his inevitable fall from power and will sacrifice even those he cares about in his need to survive. The...

Marlee, or Mar, is a young girl who hates Christmas because her dad, Richard, died on that day. She and her father always spent Christmas with his family, who were fun and exciting, very different from her home life. Raucous laughter, drinking, smoking, lots of...

Shadowcat: Tales from the Edge of Sleep is a collection of short stories by author Victoria Randall. In total there are seven stories which span a range of genres, primarily within speculative and science fiction realms. There is the titular Shadowcat, whose character is described...

Short & Tall Tales in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz is filled with short stories and one long tale. All the stories are focused around Metz’s characters in her Goose Pimple Junction series. All the stories are also connected with each other somehow. Before...

Shiva by Victor Davis is a story that will make you hope that your pet will never run away. This short story is about a beloved pet Husky named Shiva that runs away after moving with the family to a new home. A week later...

Síofra's Tale: A Short Sci Fi Romance is a science fiction short story written by Jennifer Fales. Siofra is a botanist who lives on Neamh, an exoplanet she and Orson, a retired planetary engineer, colonized many years ago. She’s curious about the three men who...

Solace by Angela Smith is a bittersweet romance set in Chapman Springs, Texas in 1969. Brooklyn (Brook) Williams is at a town dance with Roy Abbott, the man she’s been casually dating, when he shocks her by dropping to one knee and proposing in front...