Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked Stories by award-winning author John Sheirer is a unique collection of short stories which are subtly linked. There are thirty-one short stories in this anthology with characters that reappear in different stages of their lives. One of my favorites is Are...

Do not leave your toy skeleton unattended in a bathtub for more than 24 hours. If you dared to use a magical pan flute, at least don't forget the name of your familiar. Remember that mirrors always lie, even if you buy one in the...

Small Smile's Sunday Buddy and other South Brooklyn Tales by J.A. McNally is an anthology of short stories centered around a man's life with Brooklyn as the backdrop. After a sixteen-hour shift, a nurse begins to wonder about the dreams of her unconscious patient. That...

A mother who religiously sticks to her stringent personal morning routine. A jogger running away from herself. Three fresh graduates meet an untimely fate. A girl has an accident after taking a dare to impress her crush. These are some of the fascinating scenarios in...

San Francisco is a collection of 11 short stories by Terence Clarke. "Eugene Li and The Queen of England" follows a Chinese American police officer as he is searching for the kidnapped granddaughter of an Irishman in Chinatown. In "The Only Playboy," two lead actors...

Stay With Me, Wisconsin, by JoAnneh Nagler, is a short story collection of eleven stories. All the stories focused on well-developed characters. Another interesting point is every story connects each character to another person in an earlier or following story. Ponty Bayswater is the first...

Starships & Apocalypse: Volume One by Andrew P. McGregor is a collection of stories covering different sub-genres under the science fiction label. Each story has a different take on triumph, grit, time travel, immortality, or simply people trying to exist. Some stories are bizarre, and...

A woman abused all her life has that moment of triumph when she can finally take back her life and be in control. A chance encounter with a drug deal gone bad and a bag full of money set her on a course of revenge...

Short Stories and Flash Fiction by Molly Clifford-Nixon is an anthology of stories and flash fiction with varying genres. The twenty stories range from a domestic setting to a fantasy setting. From an elf king trying to do his best to save his people but...

Strange Stories II: The Empty Earth by Roger Mannon is a collection of two dystopian stories set in the not-too-distant future. The stories share similar themes of isolation, fight for survival, and climate change. In the first story titled "Alone," a team of scholars trying...