Literary fiction and readability do not always come together successfully, but in 15 Minutes Erinna Mettler cleverly ensures that they do. The twenty-two diverse stories have a common and very appealing theme: the modern-day fascination celebrities command in the vast majority of people. However, the...

Time. We all need it. We all have it. We all use it. But do we honor it the way we should? Do we respect time? There is so much we could do with more time. For writers, there’s so much more we could write...

The Flowers of Penruddock: A Romance Collection from Ronnda Eileen Henry is a collection of seven substantial novellas that all focus on the mythical land of Penruddock, which Henry has created and expanded on over time. The novellas all take place over different periods of...

A man digs himself out from his grave and discovers that death has changed him. A woman takes a short cut on her way back home and finds her path blocked by a clown. A distressed man going to work on a Monday morning is...

Encore from Australian author Margaret Lynette Sharp is a collection of twenty-five short stories built around the themes of love, betrayal, loss and redemption. From sixteen-year-old Annie in Annie’s Story, that details her attraction to and obsession with her fantasy about Keiran, to middle-aged Caroline...

Six Tales of Christmas by Jenny Twist is a collection of short stories, as the title suggests, themed around Christmas. Uncle Albert’s Christmas explores the dilemma faced by many elderly people who feel manipulated by their relatives, especially after their spouse has passed, when in...

Angel Collection by Regina Puckett is a compilation of three touching stories about belief and love. The first story, If Love Were Enough, watches April's heartbreak on the day of her husband's funeral. Her belief in goodness has been shattered when her prayers to God...

What is it, really, that defines a woman? Is it her body? Her mind? Does it have something to do with when she comes of age? When her cycles begin and her body changes? Or is it the way that she loves? The way that...

Readers of all kinds will fall in love with Love Letters by Tamika Newhouse, Jasheem Wilson, Phoenix Williams, T.J. Hope, and Shawn Thompson, and which left this reader speechless. Love Letters is the most original anthology ever. Structured like an R&B album from the '90s,...

Fantastic Creatures by various authors is an anthology of riveting short stories that feature a magical creature with a range of styles and settings. Lea Doue expands the world introduced in the Firethorn Chronicles with the fairy tale Snapdragon, a story that finds Ryll cursed...