Life. Love. Romance. Adventure. What do all of these terms have in common? They are the words of expression that the authors used in telling their stories in Rocky Romance: A Serenity Romance Anthology by Serenity Press. Exactly what inspired this type of book? Rocky...

Savages: A Triptych is a trilogy of interconnected short stories written by Brendan Ball. In Long Live the King, the aging leader of a tribe contemplates his inevitable fall from power and will sacrifice even those he cares about in his need to survive. The...

Sheronda L. Barksdale’s He Made Me Laugh, Unlimited Love and Life: The Chronicles is a poignant love story and is a woman’s story as well. As a college student, Octavia Snow had a relationship with Bryce that resulted in pregnancy, but she had an abortion...

Comfort is a short story by Joseph Grammer. Two samurais, Uono and Yatsmara, fight on the battlefield. They stab each other with their swords, confirming that their time on earth has ended. Their blood seeps from their weakened bodies, waiting for death to take over,...

In Everybody Has a Story... These Are Ours... Audrey N Lewis offers seven stories of varying lengths on the theme of nobody’s life is perfect, all but one told by a female at some stage of her life. The Closet centres on a young married...

Thirty-year-old LAPD detective Ethan Falcone’s life is spiraling down the drain. He’s on leave with a pending charge for excessive use of force and is estranged from his wife, Jessica. One day, the suicidal cop receives a call from a woman named Ruby Von Derriere,...

A Squid for Mr. Calaway by Joseph Grammer is definitely a unique story. The short story focuses on Mr. Calaway and his fondness for squid. While walking home, Mr. Calaway comes across a friend and they begin to discuss many things about life. Joseph Grammer has...

Marlee, or Mar, is a young girl who hates Christmas because her dad, Richard, died on that day. She and her father always spent Christmas with his family, who were fun and exciting, very different from her home life. Raucous laughter, drinking, smoking, lots of...

Rebecca Carey Lyles has joined with over thirteen other authors to create a wonderful collection of short stories in Passageways: A Short Story Collection. It appears that Rebecca carefully selected these authors because of how each story melds together. This is a great book for...

In Elah’s Pearl by Shean Pao, Mokole is asked by the brotherhood of Bohar to kill his little brother, the third-born Aidan, whom they suspected to be the blessed Pearl of Elah. They believe that Aidan possesses the royal blood, and this will prevent their...