Good Americans by Tejas Desai is a collection of short stories, mostly dealing with experiences of people of color in the United States. Right off the bat, this collection won't be for everyone. However, as a whole, the collection works well. Having that core theme...

Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation, written by Francis H. Powell, indeed offers an adventurous and very eloquent look into different scenarios regarding the preservation and continuation of the human race. Although it reads a bit like an anthology, offering the reader quite a few...

Lost in Notebooks: A Collection of Short Stories by David T Straw is a collection of four stories that will take you into the lives of different people as they face different phases of their lives. In Starting from Strangers, the story follows a young...

A wonderful collection of short vignettes comprises Off Center In The Attic: Over the Top Stories written by Mary Deal. Many of the stories detail true-to-life incidences, while others are “flights of fancy into other realms.” There is a large range of scenarios – from...

'Possum Stew by David W. Thompson is a collection of spine-tingling, chilling short stories. It starts with the New Year vampire and a story is told for all the big holidays. Dark tales of ancient spirits and mythology, fairies, vampires, and more, all dark,...

Dump: A Common Sense Interpretation of an American Presidency by Mark F Putzi is a compilation of short stories, flash fiction, and poetry that pulls its inspiration from 45 and his administration. The anthology covers all manner of Trumpisms in this no-holds-barred book with pieces...

Destined: A Time Travel Anthology by Denise Alicea and JC Cooper is a collection of short stories that will make you fall in love with love. The four short stories in the collection include Fireworks, Consoling Angel, Traveler, and Destined. In Traveler, Sofie isn’t looking...

If you enjoy short fiction with well-drawn characters, settings, and plots, Radha's Revenge & Other Stories by Gopal Ramanan may be for you. These twelve tales are vignettes of everyday life in the bustling cities and rural villages of India. Several explore inspirational themes about...

The rise of science fiction as we know it stemmed from short stories published in feature magazines by authors like Asimov, del Rey, and van Vogt. Short stories are an ideal medium to convey snapshots of imaginary worlds while limiting exacting details that would detract...

Chasing Eleven by Dan M Kalin is a collection of eleven multi-genre short stories by a single author. The first story in Chasing Eleven did not disappoint. Readers can't help but recognize the President referred to in Charisma, and many will doubtless cheer witch Simona's...