The Olympus Cloud: Adventures of a Dreamer is animal fiction written by Stephen Randel. The main character in this series of adventures is a white French Bulldog named Maximilian, Max for short. Max lives with his master, an elderly, retired doctor in Austin, Texas. They...

The Last Daughter of Xyydaria IV by J. Scott introduces readers to T’rrakah who lives on planet Xyydaria IV. Her Warlord father is a violent man only comfortable when in the midst of conflict. T’rrakah feared she would end up like her father--a cyborg--if she...

Things We Did in Texas After the Zombie Apocalypse by Ken Burgess is the latest take on the zombie craze that has been flooding our most recent pop culture. In this short story, we follow Ken and Travis, two friends who met after the zombie...

Life has a way of coming full circle. Those things which we seemed to have left behind often times come back to haunt us. Dominique Wilkins brings this fact into view in Theresa In Wonderland. Having coped with the disfigurement that had been dealt out...

What does it take to get you to listen? What sort of tragedy might occur because you failed to listen? These questions are explored in the simple story of The Path to Reconciliation: A Christmas Story by Rita Pam Tarachi. When Anna’s daughter comes...

This is a collection of eight short stories and novellas by David-Michael Harding. The title story, The Cats of Savone, shows the nature of hardened criminals when they find a litter of kittens. The initial reaction of the men in any situation is violence, but...

Janice Garden Macdonald’s poignant collection of short stories entitled The Plainness of My Fall is well worth the short amount of time it takes to read them. Every story within the collection, six stories in total, is an award winner, including the title story “The...

The Employer: A Novelization by Frank Merle is a very different psychological thriller. The Carcharias Corporation is a company that people know very little about. Five people are interviewed by 'the Employer' for a job with no description and each one is thrilled to be...

The Other Side of the Door by Jill Vance is a curious collection of seventeen diverse and absorbing short stories. Some of these shorts have a paranormal aspect, while others are more along the lines of urban fiction. Still others represent a number of distinct...

Talking Walls and Cigarettes: And Other Dark Tales is a decidedly wicked horror short story collection by Erin Beck and Kelli Beck. For these dark tales, you'd better remember to read with the light on. One thing of note was that the entire book was...