The Cloud by Diana Hockley is a fictional short story. The story begins with a cloud hovering over Las Vegas. A group of idealist is gathered in the cloud of ectoplasm and they ponder on what will be the destruction of the city. Some of...

The Missing Boston Terriers of Smith Street (A Springer Spaniel Mystery) is written by Nancy T. Lucas. Scout, a Springer Spaniel, enjoys living at home with his dad and mumma. He likes having dog parties and playing with a few neighbourhood dogs, except for those...

Thought provoking tales are told in the short story collection, The After, by L.L. Sanders. The collection tells three very different stories, all relating to the mysteries of the afterlife. In "The After," we meet the mature and thoughtful Wilshire, as he guides his young...

In The Wrong David by Christa Wojo, we meet David as he embarks on a business trip to the vineyards of Provence with his life-long best friend, Brian, and Brian's wife, Vanessa. Secretly in love with her for years, David joins Brian and Vanessa to...

Eleven-year-old Jenny thinks her mother pays more attention to her older brother, Brian, and little sister, Janine. She misses her father who is hospitalised, and often quarrels with her mother who never listens to her. Jenny believes she is a misfit in the family. She...

This is How Much Oatmeal Loves You: A Collection of Stories is written by Stephen R. Wagner. The stories are prefaced by two introductions which serve to introduce both the author and the genesis of most of the stories. They were written, as the author...

Truths of Illusion is a collection of short literary fiction stories written by Belangela G. Tarazona. The first two stories stand alone, but the remaining three are linked by a common thread. At the Confessional and Other Calamities is the story of a young girl...

The Rise of Agnil is Book 1 in the Agnil’s World series, written by Susan Navas. Aggie, who is also called Agnil, is excited because her father is finally allowing her to go fishing alone. She falls into the water and is dragged away by...

Everyone looks different and behaves differently too. It’s what makes us unique as individuals. That is what Sarah Curry Rathel shares in her children’s book called There’s Something Different About My Hair. This fun story does not have an action or drama setting like other...

The Final Dawn by Alice Catherine Carter is a short but very powerful and interesting story about the historic time period of the early 1930s when Stalin ruled Russia. The Final Dawn is about the life story of Valeyria and Alexei Yolkin. Three young children...