Somewhere Night Falls: Stories of Childhood Yesterday and Today is the debut book from Neil Stanners. It depicts the life and childhood of a young boy along the northern coast of Australia, and the bonds of three young children as they brave a magnificent quest...

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...

Heave Ho! is a short tale for small children which is written by Jose Lucio. A worm crawled out its tunnel so it could play. Unfortunately, a hungry bird spotted the worm and grabbed him with its beak. Another worm tried to help his friend...

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...

Baffin’s Curious Consequence by Josephine Young is from her fun series, The Dragonasaurus Tales. While Baffin is taking a nice little nap under a tree, troublesome Dex sneaks up and frightens him with a great big ROAR! Baffin and his friends are not amused as...

Baffin’s Desire for Fire is another wonderful book in the Dragonasaurus Tales by Josephine Young. Uncle Max is cooking his sausage by blowing fire on it through his nose, and Baffin wants his marshmallow toasted. Grouchy Uncle Max refuses and tells Baffin to do it...

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...