Beginning with the collection title, When Dolls Talk, Joel R. Dennstedt sets the stage for his macabre and thoughtfully arranged set of stories. With the preconceived notion of horror in the concept of talking dolls, the author swings from a common childhood notion to one...

Expect the unexpected while reading Wilful Misunderstandings, a collection of short stories by Richard Foreman. The House Where Jack Lived has an eerie aura that mesmerizes its occupants. In Jonathan and the Extraordinary Drawer, a child discovers magical things a drawer produces, but ignores the...

Work in Progress: The Journal Antics of Abigail Nolan by J.K. Wood is a humorous short story about the rise and fall of a single girl in modern history. Abigail Nolan is on top of the world. She loves her job, she is engaged to...

When Giraffes Flew by Jeff Weddle is a collection of short stories that range from freaky to funny and will keep you entertained from beginning to end. Some of the stories are in the first person point of view, others in the third person, and...

Wisdom's Way: Tales, Treasures, Truths by Steven A. Barben, as the title suggests, is essentially a collection of short stories. Wisdom's Way is comprised of numerous tales, each of them on average just a few pages long, and which are meant to provoke the reader...

Will There Be Watermelons on Mars? is a short story written by Debbie Manber Kupfer. Susie wakes with a hangover beside her very noisy cat, Cici. Earth was supposed to come to an end but it hadn’t. It takes a while for it to sink...

Wisdom of Fools: Stories of Extraordinary Lives by Phil Harvey is made up of eight short stories. Each story is unique and has distinctive characters. Some stories are better than others, but they all make you think. Wisdom of Fools is a pretty easy read,...

As a detective, what do you do when your victim is floating five feet off the bed? Well, you call in another detective, who just happens to be a witch, what else. Liberty Sawyer is a witch, and she takes her abilities seriously and does...

Is it love or is it lust? If it’s love, do you know it when you see it? Can you tell when you meet that special someone? Winter Romance by Lizzy Stevens is a great love story between Jennifer and Jeffrey. The connection between them...

In a heart-wrenching and heart-warming read, When Will the Secrets End? by Patricia K. Batta, we find ourselves immersed in the lives of husband and wife Marge Christensen and Pete Peterson and their foster sons, 12-year-old Eric and 11-year-old Benjamin. Marge and Pete are eager...