The title of the first section is “Sausage Rolls,” and the memories begin. Thirty years later, he and Marie discover both of them had the same school dinner every day – sausage roll and beans. He joined the army, she went to college, and they...

The basic elements are life are really quite simple. Or at least they should be. Perhaps this is the beauty of Haiku poetry - the ability of a creative thought transpiring through marginality of vocabulary. Yet, it's not really marginal. Each word, each syllable, has...

"The light of consciousness is dimming. How can you reason with those beasts? There are monsters of all sizes here." Mark Anthony Smith's Keep It Inside: And Other Weird Tales uncloaks the mysteries and horrors of nature. Strange and sinister circumstances abound in 20 short...

Brood (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 60) by Mark Anthony Smith is a brief but impactful offering of short horror. The imagery is visceral, punctuated by interesting language and word choices. The author obviously loves wordplay and creating clever sentences, scenes, and moods. The book begins...

Something Said: Fictions and Verse is a work of collected fiction in the form of poetry and prose, which was penned by author Mark Anthony Smith. As the title suggests, this collection brings together many different works with different perspectives and genres, creating an anthology...