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...

Emily had been dumped by her boyfriend the previous day so she had drunk herself to sleep. Now imagine waking up with a major hangover and a 'moving' sausage in your bathroom. That is how Emily's day had begun and it only got worse as...

Just when you thought all the great stories have been already written, A Floating World comes along and sweeps you off your feet. It only takes one glance at the cover and the outstanding titles and you know that this is not your ordinary short...

Phillip was born into the Guild, and for the past twenty-five years he has been a Collector. It is his job to keep everyone on earth safe from the creatures they don't even know exist. The Collector is set in the old-world, the image of...

Young Sadie is blind and alone, left to live on the streets in an area called the Gutter. She is poorly equipped for life on the streets and doesn't understand the most basic ideas of the world. Fester literally runs into Sadie one day, and...

The Summoning by Mark Lukens one of those stories it’s easy to lose yourself in. Ryan Freeman awoke in a strange motel room, with absolutely no memory of anything that had happened in his life up until the point at which he awoke. His sole...

Salvation by Alyssa Cooper is about Alec and Maya, falling in love, and how life doesn't always go how one wants it to go. Alec narrates the first part and he tells of meeting Maya and how he falls in love with her. In time,...

Finding Fire by K.R. Robidoux imagines a world where the elemental gods passed gifts on to humans. Of course, this can never just be a happy thing - there also has to be a faction that sees this as evil and wants to destroy any...

Danielle isn’t happy with her life. Her boss is constantly hitting on her for a date, the current boyfriend is a cheater, and she has a house and a car she hates. Add to all of that a secret that constantly haunts every aspect of...

The Genealogist's Guests by Ann Simpson follows a woman named Liz who begins to hear voices in her home. After having dinner with her neighbors, Liz finds out that there are ghosts, her ancestors, in her home and there's a curse that's been plaguing her...