Short stories are such a gift for the avid reader. During times when you really want to read, but you only have a short bit of time, and you don’t want to start a tome that would take a lot of concentration, or a book...

Wow. That was the word I said to myself after finishing the short story, The Roots of the Antenna, by author David Podlipny. Following the main character, Ming, as he lives a primarily nocturnal lifestyle necessitated by his night shift job, Ming’s existence seems always...

In Kendra, the new short story released by author Grant Kniefel, we follow the story of Grant and his friend Zach as they are set to enjoy a movie together. In walks a girl that Grant’s never seen before, Kendra, and from there a twelve-hour...

When I saw the collection of short stories, Delhi Yarns by author Nabaneeta Dangwal, I immediately snatched it up. I absolutely love, love, love stories that focus on or occur in India. Such a gorgeous and complex country, India almost has the ability to become...

Anger’s Children: Three Shorts to Blow Your Mind by K.D. Rose is an interesting compilation of three unrelated short stories: Under the Shadow of Wings, Eyes Only, and The Dark Man. Each story is unique and could actually fit into different genres of literature, from...

What is life? That's an ancient question that has plagued intellectuals, theorists, New Agers, spiritualists, and more for generations. In one of Paul Kim's stories, life is a leaf. Each leaf on a tree serves a specific function, political and non-political. All the leaves work...

When Jack Lancaster was a child, something happened in the forest that would change his life forever. Detectives aren’t able to say for certain what happened that night, chalking it up to the overactive imagination of a child, but Jack knows it was something more....

In Canyon Bound by Jon Messenger, people across the world begin disappearing one by one. They call it the Rapture. Even though it isn’t the best description of what’s happening to the world, it’s a name that seems appropriate at first to the religious mind...

Adventures of Faerie Folk, Volume 1 is a cute children’s storybook by Paula J. Roscoe. In Annabelle and the Strawberry Faerie, rainy weather damages the crops that Annabelle and her mother planted, and they don’t have money to buy food. Annabelle finds strawberries in the...

Love and loss, redemption, doing what’s right, just deserts, and finding what you need when you least expect it are some of the themes of the 14 short stories in Coffee Breaks by Carol White. Everyday characters have everyday problems and concerns and White provides...