Short Stories
This category includes both individual short stories and anthologies.
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Short Stories and Short-Story Anthologies
Broken Bones (Lambert) is a collection of 19 short stories that will both horrify and fascinate you by taking you to dark worlds both familiar and unfamiliar. You will be led . . .Read a sample story here.
In Closure (Manning) Ben Morgan thought he had it all - fame, fortune, a beloved wife, and a loving family. His work kept him out of the country for long stretches at a time, but he did his best to provide for those he loved. He never imagined that his being away . . .Read a sample here.
Creep Crawlers: An Anthology of Spine-Tingling Terror (Cinsearae) Featuring eleven short stories of the monsters we’ve all come to know, and even love, it opens the door to a few new ones . . . especially one breed in particular that loves to justify all the evils that they do . . .Read a sample story here.
Happily Ever After (Carpenter) Get ready to root for the bad girl in this short story that gives the dreaded “evil queen” from your favorite fairy tales her own voice. Good? Bad? Misunderstood? Love her or hate her, you won’t be able to . . .Read a sample here.
If You Go Into The Woods (Gaughran) is a collection of two unsettling short stories. The title story is set in Caslav, a small town 60 miles west of Prague, Czech Republic. Jiri Beranek is drawn to a nearby forest, captivated by . . .Read a sample here.
In Le Cirque De Magic (Moore) the circus is a blur of commotion with last minute preparations for the spring tour. Ravi, the high-wire heart throb, becomes jittery when he meets the company’s newly-hired female dwarf. Hours before departure, his magical . . .Read an excerpt here.
Lost Children: A Charity Anthology (Pluck, et al.) 30 powerful stories from around the world to benefit two children’s charities: PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children and Children 1st Scotland . . .
In Married to Murder (Oberth) the soon-to-be Mrs. Ella Westin doesn’t remember adding ‘solve a murder’ to her bridal to-do list but when she stumbles over the dead body of her matron of honor, it looks like she’ll have no choice. Especially as her groom is the one and only suspect . . .Read a sample here.
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Bubbers) Three stories about two neighbors who meet as young children and grow up together on Long Island during the late 60′s and early 70′s. The comforting and loving world they live in changes . . .
Hesler, David L.(author)
Prismatica is a collection of interconnected short stories. Each story stands on its own; yet every story is also a chapter detailing a much larger and more complex . . .
Rainbow Lights Ablaze is an anthology in aid of the survivors of the 2011 disasters in Japan authored by 16 global writers and poets . . .Read a sample story here.
Seven Lives to Replay Our Country (Carpenter) The battle of Saipan pitted US Marines and Allied soldiers against the island’s Japanese defenders in one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific War. In this short story written by a US Marine, a pair of Japanese soldiers on Saipan confront the inevitability . . .Read a sample here.
Sharing Short Stories (Cordell) is a wonderful collection of short stories that has just ‘a-dash-of-everything.’ With topics ranging from cloud computing to outer world tales, this book always has you rooting for the good guys. Whether the story is set in outer space or in a friendly earthly backyard, it always deals with everyday living . . .Read a sample story here.
Tales from the Beyond (Jackson) is a collection of 5 paranormal short stories. Full of strange happenings and ghostly apparitions. Some may be amusing, some a little different . . .
The Directionless Son of Brain (Sharma) It’s a story of seventeen years old boy who is on a journey to find the answers to his questions about life and his true identity. Readers go through all the emotions which a human brain can possibly generate . . .
The Gage Project When Inknbeans Press learned Gage Bailey was going to undergo surgery, and endure a long and uncomfortable recovery, with scars he would never be able to hide, we asked a few people to put together some funny stories and points for a little book. The profits from this endeavor will go to helping other children who are facing surgery or treatment which require a long recovery, primarily through Ronald McDonald House . . .
Thrown Out: Stories from Exeter (Coughlin) Exeter looks like a small, quiet New England town, but beneath the surface are secrets and lies, grudges and regrets . . .Read a sample story here.
The Tunge Pit (Kato) is an American tapestry with a common dark thread. It winds and twists revealing a hidden landscape of fear, paranoia, helplessness and raw emotion. It will show you things you didn’t want to look at, yet . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Transfection (Gaughran) is a 5,500 word, 23-page, old-school science fiction story starring a molecular biologist who makes a discovery that shocks the world, only to find his life under threat. It takes in militant vegans, corruption, homelessness, university politics, radiation, the celebrity-obsessed media, and a shadowy conspiracy . . .Read sample here.
Words to Music (Volume One) is written by 40 authors from 12 countries.Read a sample here.
