Category: Short Story

Review & #Giveaway – A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers by Babette Fraser Hale #LSBBT #LiteraryFiction #ShortStories #TexasBook #TexasAuthor #CentralTexas #newrelease

    A WALL OF BRIGHT DEAD FEATHERS   By Babette Fraser Hale     Publisher: Winedale Publishing Pages: 216 Pub Date: March 1st, 2021 Categories: Short Stories / Literary Fiction   Scroll for Giveaway!         Most are newcomers to the scenic, rolling countryside of central Texas whose charms they romanticize, even […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Mystery Follows Her #cozy #mystery #anthology @Ellen__Jacobson @PenPaperPad @adrianalici

        Mystery Follows Her – A Multi-Author Cozy Mystery Collection Cozy Mysteries Publisher: Kydala Publishing, Inc. (June 24, 2020) Print Length: 426 pages   MISCHIEF, MAYHEM, OR MURDER? MYSTERY FOLLOWS HER through dangerous city streets, quaint villages, and locales across the globe. Uncover the clues with feisty female sleuths of various ages […]

Review – An Indelible Day by Cairo Marques #shortstory

    Synopsis   The story accompanies a single day of John C., a man of about thirty. In this short passage of time he has three dialogues with three different people. These dialogues, certainly, have shaped his day and, likely, will exist within him eternally.         Review   This short story […]

Spotlight – The Itsy bitsy Spyder by Apeksha Rao @apekshar #YA #shortstory

        Synopsis   What do you do when your mother feels that you don’t trust her? If you’re Samira Joshi, and your mother is an elite spy who works for RAW, the first thing you do is … hide the knives. After that, you go straight to the therapist that she has […]

Review – Dear Future Self by Lisa Becker @lisawbecker #romance #novella

    Synopsis People think they know Jase Connors: Former front man for Kings Quarters. Successful solo artist. Consummate playboy. What they don’t know is he’s tired from road life. Tired of road life. Just plain tired. When a beloved high school teacher passes away, Jase returns to his Midwestern childhood home to honor the […]

#NewRelease – Seven Sides of Self by Nancy Joie Wilkie #scifi #metaphysical

  Synopsis The stories in Seven Sides of Self explore the various sides of one’s personality: the storyteller, the skeptic, the survivor, the saint (or the sinner), the scholar, the seeker, and the savior. Through the lives of central characters such as Zarce Sun De’oggo, Sister Othrosa Vella, Jarka Moosha, and Old Mims—Nancy Joie Wilkie […]

Review – Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation by Mike Thorn @MikeThornWrites #shortstories

  Synopsis “Dreams of Lake Drukka” and “Exhumation” explore the unearthing of horrific, long-buried family secrets. Journeying into the darkest recesses of the past, these stories depict the dire consequences of discovering the truth. Writing about this duology, author Mike Thorn says: “It was only in retrospect that I could see the connections between these […]

Review – Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi #shortstories #fiction #syrianbrides

  Synopsis This delightful collection of short stories offers insight into the lives of Syrian women, both the married and the brides-to-be. It reveals the warmth and humor as well as the oppression in the Syrian society. The stories make the reader laugh while addressing serious issues such as domestic violence. Um Hussam can’t find […]