You Picked the Wrong Stagecoach: And Other Short Stories from the Arizona Territory is an anthology by Rik Danielsen. Eight of the stories are set in the Arizona of yesteryear and feature lawmen, preachers, prostitutes, cowboys, and criminals. Three take place in modern times and...

People aren’t always who they say they are. Deception is rife when persons wish to remain anonymous for various reasons. Holly Moore hasn’t seen her lumber baron father since she was a child. He left her in the care of her aunt and uncle after...

Fallen by Aria Glazki is a romance taken to the height of fine literature by Ms. Glazki’s exquisite prose and deep insight. The story contains all the basics of a romance—two lovers kept apart by villainous obstructions (in this case a fatal disease and superficial...

Megan Gordon tells me in one of the poignant short stories in her anthology, You Can't Get There From Here, that I am “the cure and the sickness, the cause and the remedy.” Of course, she didn’t aim that at me directly, but story after...

The Asht Yogis by Ravi Ranjan Goswami is the story of the fictional Guru Vishnudeva who has one goal: create a team of eight individuals who will become the Asht Yogis to help humanity in the darkest of times. Guru Vishnu trains the eight men...

Short Stories and Flash Fiction by Molly Clifford-Nixon is an anthology of stories and flash fiction with varying genres. The twenty stories range from a domestic setting to a fantasy setting. From an elf king trying to do his best to save his people but...

The Christmas Coat by Kathleen Shoop delivers on so many levels, from the narrative to the pitch-perfect realistic dialogue throughout and the message of being generous in the end. In my mind, The Christmas Coat comes across as a modern retelling of A Christmas Carol,...

In The Legend of Father Time: A Modern Legend by Apolonkia, Father Time is busy maintaining every element of order related to the movement of the earth and its seasons. When Father Time meets with Mother Nature and discovers that humankind is so self-absorbed they...

Cataclysm: End of Worlds (The Silver Sphere Book 2) by David Gittlin is a thoroughly enjoyable sci-fi novella that I liked from beginning to end. Jacob Cassel, a free-wheeling mystery writer, and Acron, his alien companion, walking along a beach in Florida, find the body...

Treyah: An Origin Story (0-2-10 Origins Book 2), by award-winning author Jarrod L. Edge, is a compelling Christian fantasy/sci-fi origin story of the 0-2-10 characters. This backstory will prep you for his book, Zero. In Treyah, we have the intriguing tale of the title character,...