Duck For Cover & Other Tales by Barbara Venkataraman is a compilation of short stories that can best be summed up in one word: poignant. Each vignette stands easily on its own, and together they offer the reader snapshots of the lives of ordinary people...

No Goin' Home by Valerie Allen is a short story that explores divorce and the impact it has on families. Why do people get divorced, and who is to blame? On the day that Clayton Oakley goes to pick up his two sons, he has...

No Snakes in Hell by Robert E. Kearns will leave you spellbound with awe at the audacity and deception of the protagonist, Frederick Lemon. Lemon loves snakes. He always loves being around church people because of their inability to detect fraud. He sees the church...

The Lodger by Robert E. Kearns is about a recently graduated woman, Alice Foley, who accepts a position in Dublin. The trouble was finding suitable accommodation there. Her friends warned her that it might be a nightmare. Alice struggles for a while but eventually finds...

Deception: Caleb Fisher and the Secrets of ReinTech by Unique A. Williams is a gripping start to the Perception series. Caleb is on the run, but it isn’t clear why when the book starts. As the story unfolds and the suspense builds, it becomes clear...

In 1925, Rita Reilly was born to a middle-class Irish family and grew up in a sheltered home with lots of love. Her family is well-off financially, owning a booming grocery and newsagent store with their living quarters above. When her family travels to Wicklow...

In Copacabana at Midnight: Collected Poems and Stories, Brian Ray Brewer presents his excellent and challenging work in the form of 130 poems and twelve stories of varying lengths. The collection’s title piece is set in Brazil during the pandemic where a lonely man seeks...

Heartbeat by Lori R. Lopez is a short story that features a young man born at a time when humanity is grappling with threats imposed by zombies following an apocalypse. When it comes to the zombie issue, the world is divided into three - the...

The Mummy's Vengeance by David Alyn Gordon is a gripping mystery horror novella that weaves together multiple storylines set in different time periods and locations. In ancient Egypt, High Priest Sennefer and his followers are pursued by General Nakhtmin, who aims to eradicate the remnants...

Maze of Deceit is a short paranormal tale by Inge-Lise Goss. The story opens with Angela, a pregnant woman on the run from her lover Lucius, his uncle, Edwin, and his friends, who seem hell-bent on getting rid of her baby. The group, dressed in...