"The Chronicles of the Mira" tells a cumulative story about a land called Loz and the feud between the Mira and the Scintillates. It does this through three short stories, each from a different character's perspective. The Scintillates and the Mira are cousins of a...

"The Ice Cream Vendor's Song" is a collection of forty-six mini stories that became totally addicting for me; I really couldn't stop reading after just one story. Although the stories are totally unrelated, one story led to another because I was curious to see who I might meet...

This is a very interesting book filled with seventeen short stories. There are stories that describe life and death and the aging of an individual as well as a dog. It shows that life is so fragile and should be valued with such love and...

For readers who don't like to get into long novels, "Paraskavedekatriaphobia" (fear of Friday the 13th) may be the ideal read. Author James Driscoll takes the reader on many journeys and most of them are dark journeys, journeys that most of us hope we will...

I was just not into poetry, that was until I read "In the Company of Women". The further I got into the book, the more poems I identified with. The book touches our relationship with mothers, daughters, sisters and friends. Some pay tribute while some...

You will find many stories that you will like in this book with a short story on each page. Flash stories are very short tales and these ones are as short as 100 words each. To be able to do such stories you need to...

Our main character is Ellery. She is an American living in Paris with her French born husband Julian and their twin daughters. Ellery is an executive for the PR firm she help found. When she receives a pink slip she turns to her husband for...

This is an entertaining anthology composed of five very futuristic stories, all from different authors. Heaven’s Door by Michele Dutcher The first story is well done. The premise is that magic powers are given to an assassin who is called William, but is known as Messiah....

In Jewels of the Quill’s newest Treasure Trove anthology, readers, once again, will be rewarded with four short novels to peak their interests. The first,"Topaz and the Lucky Seven" is a fantasy romance. Alma is at the age to be betrothed and will one day be...

"Tales From Gundarland" is a science fiction satire. Hank Quense begins his anthology of short stories by introducing readers to the planet Gundar. Gundar was created during the Big Achoo. The planet seems fond of snot and sneezing. They even have snot festivals. The second story...