In The Walker by Robert E. Kearns, Mr. McCabe has retired at the age of 61. He had given his life to one company where he had worked all his life. He is a shy person who has never married, so he is all alone....

The Lighthouse of Fools by Stephen Wayne begins with the collapse of Bradford-Wellington, which pushes Thomas Harker into relocating his family to desert land, where he starts the construction of a lighthouse. While the family starts anew, Thomas’s vision draws a small circle of unexpected...

Last call came, but fate had other plans. In The Game of Life by Eleanor Wells, readers meet Imogen, a bartender in Milwaukee, who’s working late one hot summer night. She’s tired and ready to go home when an unexpected handsome customer, Luca, sits down...

The Absurd Burden of Family: A Cautionary Tale by H&S Alvaurence is a fantasy that begins with Lady Eugenia Gastrell, a wealthy London noblewoman, who has two sons under very different circumstances. Simon, her first, is fathered by a faerie and inherits magical traits, while...

The Boy by Reno Bachman is the story of a young boy who carries the heavy burdens of fear, anger, and grief after losing everything he holds dear. On a fateful night, he witnesses his father's murder and the destruction of his home. However, the...

The Broken Coil by Joseph Schwartz is an epic fantasy drama that follows the adventures of Thomas Berenford, a man searching for answers about his identity. Miraculously rescued from the clutches of the torturous Warden Murvel Meacham, Thomas encounters a group of pilgrims who believe...

The Madness by W.W. Hennemann starts with Devon-7. He had read the ancient books and knew about love, sex, and marriage – reserved only for the Reproductive Caste – and the knowledge was driving him mad with released desire. He considered resuming his daily Morning...

In Gary B's The Woman Who Wasn't, at first glance, Dr. Evelyn Harper sounds almost too good to be true. As a dedicated professional, her life revolves around the smooth running of her psychiatric practice. Her self-discipline ensures strict adherence to an exacting routine, but...

The Artificial Elephant by Eric J. Hull, Jake J. Hull, and C. M. Stultz is a collection of stories that explores grief, survival, loneliness, and the search for connection in a world of hardship and pain. The first story introduces Sarah, a lonely single mother...

The Book of Outcasts by Matt Nagin presents a collection of stories that all read independently but share a creative leitmotif of testing the boundaries of people in extreme, often horrifying, realities. In A Triumph of Humanity, a male patient undergoes invasive medical care while...