A.D. Trosper promises readers grand new adventures with her short story A New Beginning. The land of Galdrilene is a dangerous, yet magical land, but Emallya has simpler dreams for her life. She longs to have the domestic joys her mother has achieved: a husband...

Jacob Mendelsohn shines with his book of short stories. With themes ranging from leaving your past behind to redemption and the broken people on society's edges, All My Goodbyes is a real thought provoker. A boy is the only witness to a tragic crime and...

Requiem for a Lost Youth by Diana Hockley is a short story that starts off with someone receiving a couple of incriminating photographs along with a newspaper piece with the headline: “Murder in the Mountains.” Shocked and terrified because it had happened several years ago...

In An Honourable Man by Diana Hockley, Genevieve Holloway is a primary school teacher who dreams of meeting her soul mate. She has noticed Christopher “Christy” Fallon around the school where she works. She finds him attractive and intriguing. She soon begins to fantasize about...

Accursed Women, a collection of short stories by Luciana Cavallaro, is a unique and interesting take on Greek myths with five stories (each with 'curse' somewhere in the title) told from the perspective of five different women. You don't have to know much about Greek...

Once in a while, an author will create a collection of short stories that breaks the mold and attempts to transform the way people think about fiction. Tamara J. Madison’s book Collard County: A Collection of Short Stories does this. Her words break down preconceived...

Fight Like a Man by Dominique Wilkins speaks about relationships between parents and children and how they can influence your thinking and life. Amy abused her boyfriend Jack physically, mentally, and emotionally whenever her needs were not met. Her kids, Andrea and Danny, are regular...

'Life, Love, and the Power of Perspective: One man's awakening to the way the world REALLY works' by Tim C. Star is the story of the author and how an incident in the weekend helped him change his outlook on life forever. It is a...

The Last Daughter of Xyydaria IV by J. Scott introduces readers to T’rrakah who lives on planet Xyydaria IV. Her Warlord father is a violent man only comfortable when in the midst of conflict. T’rrakah feared she would end up like her father--a cyborg--if she...

Poetry and Short Stories by a Bipolar Girl by Melissa Burke is at times beautiful and at times frightening in the vivid descriptions of the deep melancholy and self-destructive feelings of a teenager living with bipolar disease. The pain that she is feeling comes through...