Day of the Dead by JR Wirth is a heart-pounding suspense/thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat wanting more and more! The day that high-schooler Sham Jones met Red for the first time is a day that he’ll never forget. It...

The Syndrome: One Bug, One Bite Will Change Your Life As You Know It by Mark Adkins is a fictional short story that revolves around the seemingly sudden change of child to teenager. Adkins narrates this story from the first-person point of view of a...

A Twist of Lemon: 100 Curious Stories in Exactly 100 Words by Arlene Duane Hemingway is a cleverly written collection of complete tales. Too many to list here, each story has its own merit, ranging from comedic to tragic. This happened to be my first...

Prophet and Loss: Stories of Extreme Beliefs has been cleverly titled by K. Gordon Neufeld. The first account, the title story, opens with a flashback to a woman following a man who acknowledges her only to insist she keeps up with him, despite her desperate...

Art's Place: Stories & Diversions is a collected work of fiction that features short stories, many of which were award-winning, published, or highly commended, and all of which were penned by author Michael Fedo. There is a definite theme of subverting the norms throughout the...

Samantha A. Cole is a writer after my own heart. Scattered Moments In Time brings together a collection of short stories and novellas that can only be described as diverse in subject, but all arguably fit within the scope of contemporary fiction. They shift from...

Dewdrops by Dan Flanigan is a compilation of two short stories and a short-fiction style novella. Each of the three works is independent and read as stand-alones but the themes that weave through the trio do tie in similarities. Some Cold War Blues follows Jack,...

Far Endeavor is a work of fiction in the fantasy, love, and life drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Aleksandra Layland. Written as a novella from the Windflower Saga, volume nine of twenty, the work explores the journey of the Kimbrii people, their ways...

Heites, Sheites & Itites by John C. West is a superb collection of short stories divided into two parts: stories about religion and stories about the human tendency to develop superstitions, particularly with objects. There’s a lot going on in this collection and every story...

Life, loss, beauty, and passion are all part of the world that we live in. Feel and see the essence of these emotions through the eyes of the author, Curtis Shalo, in Gild the Lily. Explore these short stories that will touch your mind, pull...