The Spare Room and Other Stories by brothers Joshua Danker-Dake and Sean Danker-Smith is an anthology of 26 original short stories across a variety of genres from fantasy to horror. The Gibbins Tree by Sean Danker-Smith is one of my favorites. It’s definitely on par...

In a unique and interesting love story, Triptych: A Mechanical Romance, a great little read by author Java Davis, we meet Hannah, a young woman who’s just moved across the country to accept a position as the manager of a newsroom. Before she even has...

The Treacherous Wheels: An Oliver DeVille Short Story by Vetle Sivertsen centers on Oliver DeVille, an expert in religious extremism. He and his colleagues are enjoying their relaxing team-building event in the Belgian countryside when a radical right-wing French politician is brutally murdered at the...

Wow. That was the word I said to myself after finishing the short story, The Roots of the Antenna, by author David Podlipny. Following the main character, Ming, as he lives a primarily nocturnal lifestyle necessitated by his night shift job, Ming’s existence seems always...

Twisting Darkness is a collection of stories written by J.R. Gridley. A man wakes up inexplicably trapped amidst dead bodies and, as he clambers to find an escape, he wanders through hellish chambers filled with ghouls and indescribably terrifying creatures. A former priest turned Methodist...

TJ, a smart high school student with the potential to go to college but lacking motivation, wants to be a singer like his idol R Kelly. Looking at his life in The Boy Scout: A Novella by D. Bryant Simmons, nothing in his environment indicates...

Truth Crusaders: Evil Abounds by S. Renee Washington is a short story written in 1st person from the perspective of Lucida. Lucida and Lucas (siblings) are taken to their grandmother's to spend an extended period while their parents work out some marital troubles. The grandmother...

Cathy Baker’s book To Do the Deal: A Novel in Stories is an easy read. As the title states, it is a novel made up of short stories. Each chapter is a different year in the life of Kenneth Bodine. The years range from 1991...

The Seven Shades by Ravi Ranjan Goswami is a charming and educational collection of seven short stories reflecting Indian ideals of moral character. The basic tenets of Hindu mythology, as reflected in the seven sacred shades of Rama’s personality, are delightfully played out against social...

The Nightingale Circus by Ioana Visan is a short story collection in the Broken People series. It tells the story of the fascinating members of the circus. We learn about their past, how they ended up at the circus and the work that they do,...