“You will have a new life and, by the grace of God, a new calling.” In Sisters of the Moon by Alexandrea Weis, Durra and her companions arrive on an island in Lake Obersee. She senses a strange evil lurking beyond the forest trees. In...

"Stan the bacteria man had a very bacteria plan, that man." This recurring sentence in Stephen M. A.'s novelette Stan, Stan, the Bacteria Man summarizes better than anything else the plot of the entire book. But what is Stan the Bacteria Man's plan? And will...

Sacred Fool by Nathan Dean Talamantez is a letter of love, recognition, and unwavering reverence to Alejandro Jodorowsky. After reading, I am quite smitten with both Jodorowsky and Talamantez. Sacred Fool leaves no stone unturned while diving into sophisticated depths and meanings hidden within his...

Soul Seances by Dr. Jyuthica K. Laghate is a fascinating book that will ignite the curiosity of readers by speaking about that innate part of their existence, their spirit. Though seances involve messages obtained from the dead with the help of various paranormal interventions such...

So Absurd It Must Be True: The Collection of Surreal Humor, Mystery, and Satire by Victoria Ray is the second book in the Unique and Absurd series, preceded by book one, Funny Tales for Dirty Minds. Ray introduces over two dozen original short stories that...

Have you ever asked yourself, or someone else for that matter, what is the meaning of life? It’s a profound question that haunts all of us at one time or another and many of us spend our lives searching for the answer. There are other...

Something In The Middle (Small Stories from the Far Side of Consciousness) by A. I. Wand is an ingenious and unique book. Containing a selection of stories that can be read in succession for a new experience or reading one whenever the mood hits, the...

Sucker Kiss is a short story set on a sitcom stage. The protagonist, Jill, is trying to tape a pilot, her first, and although she appears to have her emotions under control, she’s understandably edgy. To complicate matters, there’s a live audience and one audience...

Souvenirs from Kiev by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger is a collection of short stories that take place in Ukraine in the throes of the Second World War. The anthology weaves together in a series of vignettes that each, in their own way, shed light on the horrors...

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...