Ruins of Fate: The Omni Towers, Prequel by Jamie Waters takes place after a world similar to Earth now is devastated by environmental disasters. Forced to sift through dangerous ruins just to survive, the main character, Skye, struggles to maintain her precarious place in a...

Jack Cooper was only twelve when he lost his father and best friend, John Cooper (Redds), to a tragic accident. Now his mom, Jill, urges Jack to travel with her from Pennsylvania to Alaska; it will be a trip Redds planned for the whole family...

The Irreducible Primary is a non-fiction consideration of spirituality penned by author Rob Taylor, self-summarized as ‘A Dialogue on Nature, Spirituality, and the Human Condition’. This short work of deep thought considers the relationships we, as humans, have with ourselves as well as aspects such...

Dogs Don’t Look Both Ways is a fictionalized memoir written by Jane Hanser. It’s Joey’s story from the time he was born, along with his eight other brothers and sisters to mother Cocoa. Joey is a Labrador retriever. His bloodlines are quite distinguished with a...

Of Dirt and Wildflowers: A Memoir On Growing the Courage to Bloom is a work of non-fiction in the autobiographical, memoir, and inspirational writing subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and is penned by Kylee J. Marshall. In this heartfelt...

The Brothers’ Keepers by Matthew Peters is an intriguing psychological thriller about a Jesuit religious historian who is asked to assist the FBI in uncovering a US Senator’s murder. The protagonist, Nick, enters a world of white-knuckled friction where scandalous politics tangle with ecclesiastical Soldiers...

The Dung Beetles of Liberia by Daniel V Meier is the story of a young college undergraduate at Cornell who drops out of school to take a job flying planes in Liberia. He leaves behind his astonished family and his almost-fiancée in a bid to...

"Vignettes & Postcards" edited by Erin Byrne and Anna Pook contains a collection of humorous, lyrical, and philosophical short stories that I found utterly engaging. The editors demonstrate keen literary instincts in anthologizing these fine pieces of short fiction. Anna Pook has led writer's workshops...

In Homecoming, a Wisconsin Reunion Romance by Janet Wellington, Cory had her heart broken in divorce. Her husband used her to get where he wanted to be in his career and then left her for someone younger and richer. Cory moved back to Faythe, Wisconsin,...

Have you ever had that kind of week where your (largely uninsured) home/business burns to the ground, your wife leaves you, and the IRS starts hounding you for back taxes? That’s the kind of week it’s been for Herodotus Shapiro. When he decides to escape...

Coyote’s Song by Renee Benzaim connects two women from the past and the present through a Miwok legend. In 1989, five-year-old Evangeline disappeared from her front yard. Ten years later in 1999, Hannah Kelly is searching for a subject for her new novel. She investigates...

The Proposal: A Leap of Faith is a romantic short story based on actual events, and written by Cheryl Holloway. After ten years of dating her much-loved beau, Marvin, Carol wonders if he will ever pop the question. Not wanting to die a single woman,...

“The devastation of my mom’s death split my universe into two time periods: before she died and after.” In The Reckoning (A Time Travel Thriller) by D.M. Taylor, physicist Taden Barrett and her team successfully find a way to time travel. Leaders of the Patriot...

Linda Joy Myers' The Forger of Marseille is set in WWII, as Europe falls into the terrifying grip of Hitler and Nazi Germany. The story is inspired by the historical figure of Varian Fry, an American journalist who helped countless refugees escape from France. Sarah...

You will find many stories that you will like in this book with a short story on each page. Flash stories are very short tales and these ones are as short as 100 words each. To be able to do such stories you need to...

Seven-X by Mike Wech follows reporter Eddie Hansen on a journey into a mental facility in search of truth, but finds him on a soul-searching journey inside himself and leaves him questioning everything he knows to be true. Convinced that death row inmates are being...

Ask Me Anything is a wonderfully delightful memoir about the life of Marie Rudisill, better known as The Fruitcake Lady. Susan Marg teamed up with Mrs. Rudisill to chronicle the events of this feisty and outspoken woman's life. Born and raised in the South during...

It's very early morning and Adam is on the beach doing what he's been doing for years, surfing and spending time alone with the Lord. Well, until...is that smoke? And it looks like it's coming from the mission. He hurries home as fast as possible,...

When Kate’s loving husband confesses to a sexual encounter he doesn’t even remember happening, Kate and the almost idyllic life she enjoys with her family fall apart. Negative memories of her unenviable childhood and sexual abuse by her brother’s friends keep surfacing in her mind...

Remy Summer Woods is a practicing attorney with her father, Clarence Darrow Woods, in his prestigious Florida law firm. She'd much rather be an artist, studying in Rome, Italy, and so she paints in her law office when she can get a few moments together....