Short Stories Books

"This story surprised me. And I love when that happens..." Martin is a 50-something Yorkshireman with a penchant for swearing and making model aircraft in his shed. He also likes football and many years ago when a small, longhaired Argentinian started to play for Napoli FC, Martin became aware...

"This collection of stories is like a blanket woven from 100% wanderlust under which you can hide as Frances M. Thompson tucks you in with her words and keeps you warm with her descriptions of characters you'll love and places you can tell she knows by heart." Gesa Neitzel...

Karen Sheppard is found dead in her car at the Paris Club. Her husband is a self-absorbed sociopath, but is he a killer? The initial evidence points towards Karen's husband, but DNA results exonerates him and points towards a convicted sex offender. Who really killed her? This short story is full...

Life and times in the American Suburban Ville.

Max Wilson is thirty five, unemployed, and still lives at home. His interests are economics, rock music, giving lectures, and buttermilk. He's also a genius. When his mother decides to move to Florida, he devises a plan to ruin everything.

Judy was a normal teenage girl until her sister disappeared. Her neighbors, friends, family and police blamed her for the 'death' of her sister, Emily. But there is no proof that Emily was murdered or even truly dead. On the other hand, there was no evidence in Judy's favor that said Emily was...

'The Paperwork Rebuttal' (Philistine Press, 2013) is a collection of narrative and poetry fused onto U.S. federal and state government documents. These documents include the mental breakdown of an accountant on a Form 1040, an unlikely hero found on a jury duty summons, and a victim of sexual...

In this short story (less than 11K words) a research scientist leaves for a nuclear devastated planet for research, a squad from the unit is sent to retrieve her. "Clean and crisp rescue mission. The political talk wasn't bashed over the head and the characters were realistic." -Beta reader

A collection of the following short stories: 1. WILD - an adventure short story about a man and his curious young son living in the wild. 2. WILD:PART II - in which the man and his son find themselves face to face with unusual leopards. 3. EVIL SUN - a Horror short story about a starving man...

This collection of short stories deal with a wide gambit of underlying emotions of love, dedication, mistrust, hope and many of the traits and elements that make up the complexity of human beings from all walks of life and settings. It is these diverse characteristics that make our fellow humans...