The stories in Bob Johnson’s collection "The Continental Divide" pulse with tension, their characters grounded in their convictions and using language ripe with country pulp. Attentive to their characterizations and settings, these... Read More

The startling and stunning short story collection "Divine in Essence" is about violence within families, pain, and ecstasy. Yarrow Paisley’s spellbinding short story collection "Divine in Essence" concerns ghosts, possession, violence,... Read More

A whimsical short story collection, "Tales for Tra-La-La Day" shows cheer triumphing over bad intentions during the holidays. Steve Michael Reedy’s "Tales for Tra-La-La Day" is a sparkling short story collection about a joyous holiday... Read More

Whimsical themes and dreamy language appear in the short stories of "When Elsa Sang the Blues", which is most about men’s considerations of love. Lewis Bogaty’s short story collection "When Elsa Sang the Blues" focuses on intimate... Read More

The character-driven narratives collected in "Flies in Amber" grapple with lived complexities and the shadows of history. Jonathan Land Evans’s short story collection "Flies in Amber" examines the intricate dance between history and... Read More

Stewart C Baker’s "The Butterfly Disjunct" is an intriguing short story collection in which characters navigate futuristic worlds and fight to survive unjust and tyrannical systems. The collection makes intriguing use of story forms,... Read More

Megan Howell’s "Softie" is a series of thirteen short stories which plumb the harrowing struggles and dark corners of womanhood and girlhood as “all hell breaks loose” with regularity. Firm and unflinching, the stories navigate... Read More

A triumphant antidote to the falsities spread about women’s aging, "Wise Women" is a solace- and life-giving collection of fairy and folk tales. Knowing that older women in beloved tales are too often crones and villains, inculcating... Read More