Figments by Julie Elizabeth Powell is a collection of short stories that includes a variety of themes; relationship between mother and son, a child and his late father, love, spiritual and even paranormal, fantasy and much more. Also included is a collection of beautiful poems...

Man-Corn in the Promised Land: Tales of Cannibalism & Other Extreme Folklore is a compilation of gruesome short stories, political satire, and witty verse. From stories about sex-crazed zombies to a hermaphroditic Sasquatch, Chairman Wow does not fail to inundate his readers with the grotesque...

The last thing Alice ever thought she'd be excited for is becoming a sharecropper. But Alice and Herbert were victims of the 1929 Stock Market Crash that led to the great depression. Herbert's house and farm were foreclosed upon, sending Alice, Herbert, and their young...

The Employer: A Novelization by Frank Merle is a very different psychological thriller. The Carcharias Corporation is a company that people know very little about. Five people are interviewed by 'the Employer' for a job with no description and each one is thrilled to be...

The Other Side of the Door by Jill Vance is a curious collection of seventeen diverse and absorbing short stories. Some of these shorts have a paranormal aspect, while others are more along the lines of urban fiction. Still others represent a number of distinct...

Talking Walls and Cigarettes: And Other Dark Tales is a decidedly wicked horror short story collection by Erin Beck and Kelli Beck. For these dark tales, you'd better remember to read with the light on. One thing of note was that the entire book was...

If you can't tell from the title, Zombies Eat Big Girls Too by B.K. Walker is a tongue-in-cheek, funny take on the zombie apocalypse. Like every good zombie story, the book starts off on the day that the apocalypse hits the world. Stuff hits the...

After Darkness Falls: Volume 1 by Matt Drabble is yet another fine collection of bizarre and spine-tingling short horror stories. This is at least the third short story collection of Matt’s that I have read, and his talent and genius for composing good, solid horror...

Anyone picking up Ulrica Hume's latest book, House of Miracles, is in for a treat. The author chooses to focus on three major characters and interweave them through the lives of others, as well as the limitations of time and place. We meet Janet, an...

Squirrels & Puppies: Dark Morality Tales by Russell Mebane is a collection of short stories which introduces readers to a deep, dark, gut wrenching state of emotions. Themes include morality, sexual behavior, interracial concepts, relationships, religion, futuristic technology, and superior beings. This book is not...