Get a Grip by Kathy Flann is a collection of short stories that evoke a sense of love and loss and share a connection in human despair. The book opens with Neuropathy, which sets the mood right away as a bitter and somewhat mentally impaired...

Lantern by Chess Desalls is a Young Adult novella that tells the story of what happens when teenager Tori discovers a strange lantern in the grounds of her grandmother’s property. It’s days away from Halloween and Tori, her three-year-old brother, and their parents are visiting...

Roger Rapel has written a story that I could just not put down in his book Seat 3F. Martyn, from the United Kingdom, goes on a business trip to Spain. During his flight, he becomes enamored with his attractive seat-mate. His seat on the plane...

Contemplations by Lisa M. Gott is an anthology of short fiction and poetry. The first piece in this anthology is the poem ‘Broken’. It’s a frank evocation of loss and separation between two people. It is just a short poem, but it lingered in my...

No one could explain the pillars on the alien planet Zarmina. Vast, overwhelming and impossibly built, the two pillars are taller than any tree known to exist in human history. A group of scientists has been trying to take a sample from the pillars for...

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,...

With Halfway Down the Stairs, Gary A. Braunbeck gifts readers with a dense, darkly brilliant collection of tales that amplify the many secret voices of the heart. Unspoken fears grow fangs and form, until they must be let out to consume the hapless protagonist in...

My Eclectic Collection: From the Confines of my Mind (Volume 1) By Ronald Allen Bell is a collection of poems on life and love. The poems include I Am A Machine. "I am a machine - I will go to work. Then the house I’ll...

Snowfall by David Gallie starts with six-year-old Lucy waking up in a barren landscape layered with pristine snow. She figures that she’s dreaming. However, when she is joined by Malcom the panther with reflective eyebrows and a cheetah with bright green fur, Lucy realizes that...

Broken Heart Apartments by Derek Vaughn is a short story of two weird couples with an impossible love story, but one that is hugely entertaining. Seth is a very jealous lover whose girlfriend breaks up with him in unusual circumstances. He is the epitome of...