If...: Blurred Vision by Jackie Mae reminded me of a Twilight Zone episode: short, to the point, and creepy in a disturbing way. Timothy is having a rough week. First his wife cheats on him and says she wants a divorce. She even starts moving...

Every day, Miss Erickson hears mysterious music coming from behind a locked door at the Lang School of Fine Arts. When the strict Mrs. Borg tells her to leave the door alone, her curiosity drives her to uncover the secrets of the ever-closed door....

“Death was not what she had expected it to be — no light at the end of the tunnel, no angels hovering over her to take her to paradise. Now not even a cup of coffee to soothe her nerves.” Daphne Drayton haunts her former...

All the Skies I Will Not See by Petra March is a delicious book. Delicious? An unusual way to describe a book for sure, but it's delicious in that, like a beautifully prepared meal, all the dishes served work perfectly together. While the possibly slightly...

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 sweet, sad, heartbreaking read, A Thirty-Something Girl, author Lisa Gott tells us the story of Hope. At the age of thirty, Hope has dealt with a lot of difficult things. She's lost a child, been divorced, and struggled mightily with finances. Thankfully, she...

Poor Advice and Other Stories is a fantastic book of short stories written by Lou Gaglia. I would call these stories "short shorts", as most of them are only a few pages long, making them very easy to read. The stories run the gamut from...

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...

You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell is a collection of twelve quaint short stories about life, new beginnings, love and friendship. Kate offers the reader a variety of story lines, some with backdrops of yesteryear while others are created with an essence of British...

Frank N' Goat by Jessica Watts is a morbidly sweet story of ever after friendship with a great lesson about lightning and kites. Frank is a monster that everyone hates, and Goat is a goat. Together, the two form a bond and become BFFs. That...