Short fiction is not hard to come by, but impactful short fiction is. Danila Botha's Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness is a collection of slice-of-life stories around themes of diversity, wonder, and femininity. My favorite story is Don't Look Back. It follows a young artist...

Through the Years is a collection of ten short stories by Jamila Mikhail, written over eight years between 2015-2022. A man recalls his past mistakes and embraces his fate as a passenger on a crashing plane. A schizophrenic patient eats a bowl of cereal and...

The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson is a collection of twelve short stories featuring women navigating extraordinary situations. A mother struggles to control the wild tendencies of her son, a lycanthrope, only to realize they have much in common. A woman gains notoriety when she...

Duane Simolke's The Acorn Stories: Second Edition is a collection of inter-connected short stories about the inhabitants of the town of Acorn in West Texas. Two lovers try to control the trajectory of their relationship, unwittingly driving a wedge between each other. While swimming in...

Dragon Springs & Other Things is an eclectic collection of eleven short stories by Raven Oak. Cursed with the ability to feel other people's pain, a detective investigates the murder of a homeless man, who turns out to be someone unexpected. Despite constantly moving houses,...

Scaring the Stars into Submission by Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger is a collection of sixteen interrelated short stories for fans of the dystopia, horror, and drama genres. A retiring mortician witnesses puzzling posthumous changes in a young man's body. The red sky, which cannot contain clouds...

Immerse yourself in an enthralling collection of loosely connected short stories with The Demise of Madam Ricketts and Other Short Stories. This collection, written by C.D. Hancock, contains interrelated stories set between 1878 and the mid-20th century. An organized fight between a brawler and ten...

A Spark of Romance is a work of fiction penned by author Paullett Golden in the romance, historical, and interpersonal drama genres, and is the third installment in the Romantic Encounters series. The work is suitable for the general adult reading audience as a clean...

Dark & Twisted Fairy Tales for Adults: A Classic Collection of Dark, Deranged, and Intriguing Fairy Tales Retold is a work of fiction in the fantasy, anthology, and fairytale subgenres. It is suitable for older YA and adult readers alike. Author Count Fathom presents a...

No one can fully appreciate the extent of a dog’s unconditional love for his human playmate unless they have experienced the joys and sorrows of owning a dog, of allowing the dog to be part of their lives for years, a vital member of the...