The Madness by W.W. Hennemann starts with Devon-7. He had read the ancient books and knew about love, sex, and marriage – reserved only for the Reproductive Caste – and the knowledge was driving him mad with released desire. He considered resuming his daily Morning...

In Gary B's The Woman Who Wasn't, at first glance, Dr. Evelyn Harper sounds almost too good to be true. As a dedicated professional, her life revolves around the smooth running of her psychiatric practice. Her self-discipline ensures strict adherence to an exacting routine, but...

The Artificial Elephant by Eric J. Hull, Jake J. Hull, and C. M. Stultz is a collection of stories that explores grief, survival, loneliness, and the search for connection in a world of hardship and pain. The first story introduces Sarah, a lonely single mother...

The Book of Outcasts by Matt Nagin presents a collection of stories that all read independently but share a creative leitmotif of testing the boundaries of people in extreme, often horrifying, realities. In A Triumph of Humanity, a male patient undergoes invasive medical care while...

The End of All Things by Eleanor Wells is the story of Emma, a young woman thinking about her life and the friendships that have shaped her past and ultimately who she has become. Set in Vermont, the narrative shifts between the present and her...

The Silent Library by Salim El Dorra is a haunting, immersive story set in the city of Aerthos, which is unraveling under a strange plague known as the Dustfall. Readers are introduced to Leo, a young archivist entrusted with a dangerous mission to protect his...

Author Babak Zamanian brings readers an absorbing short mystery with The Hotel Coma. A wealthy financier funds the experimental Project Coma Camp, seeking to examine neural activity during rest, and puts himself among the first group of volunteers. Mr. Armstrong backs Professor Newman's groundbreaking Hybernax...

In The Cornucopia Forest, an adventure novella by James P. Usavage, Rover and Mona Lannigan, a happily married couple, are suddenly struck by a wish to go on a hike. Rover chooses an unfamiliar neck of woods for their hike, and soon, the couple are...

The Memory Gardener by Mustafa Nejem is a unique psychological fantasy novella. Joseph is a memory gardener helping people to restore their memories. Drawing a parallel with tending garden flowers, Joseph nurtures the fragile memory fragments, trying to help them grow into a coherent story....

The Ghosts We Know: A Walk Through Lifetimes by Joe Trabocco is a collection of original short stories that represent the lives and memories compiled through different passages of time. In The Last Honest Thought, a child imagines becoming a kite, symbolizing the transition from...