"Seeking Shade" is a wonderful short story collection that speaks to the universality of feelings and circumstances. Relationships with others and oneself are the center of Frances Boyle’s meditative short story collection "Seeking... Read More

"Tales of the Elder Statesman" gathers stories of gentle mayhem and commonplace events, all from a colorful vantage. The short stories of Edward Faith’s "Tales of the Elder Statesman" are set among the townsfolk of Rough Edge, Alabama,... Read More

Inventive scenarios make the short stories collected in "Urban Disturbances" disturbing, disarming, and worthwhile. Bruce McDougall probes the undersides of city and suburban life in his short story collection "Urban Disturbances". These... Read More

"Little Garlic" is an enchanting short story collection that follows a little vegetable as he makes his debut in the wide world. The allegorical short stories of Avideh Shashaani’s "Little Garlic" follow the adventures of lovable... Read More

In the short stories of "Incredible Beaver", human beings are a part of the natural world, and their actions are seen to impact it. Ron Chandler’s varied short story collection "Incredible Beaver" emphasizes the close connection... Read More

Bridging Russia, New York City, and Virginia, the short stories of Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry’s What Isn’t Remembered are filled with uneasy relationships that are doomed by the accretion of personal and cultural histories. Plumbing... Read More

In western Kentucky, towns along the Cumberland River were replaced by Lake Barkley during a dam project. Residents were told “their sacrifice was for the public good.” Jayne Moore Waldrop’s novel "Drowned Town" is about what they... Read More

Edited by Alex Hernandez, Sarah Rafael García, and Matthew David Goodwin, the anthology "Speculative Fiction for Dreamers" is an exciting and mind-expanding collection of short stories by contemporary Latinx authors. "Speculative... Read More