Short Story Writers… Maps Of Bliss And Rage 29 May 202029 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of eight completely different, unrelated short stories will take you on a trip to eight different and unexpected locations and introduce you to a…
Stories and Books… Ugly Things We Hide 22 May 202026 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This short novel by M. Ocampo McIvor will take you on a journey that will have you feeling happy, sad, reminiscent, confused and indignant, and will…
Genre Tiny Shoes Dancing 15 May 202015 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by author Audrey Kalman left me feeling both introspective and unfulfilled. Unfulfilled, because the stories end on what appears to be…
Genre… Columns: A Collection of Short Stories 9 May 20208 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky "Love, laugh, cry, and dream, these are the emotions I hope will rise within you as you read them. These stories are my columns," says David…
Uncategorized Paradise 1 May 20201 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Author Kevin Scott Olson packs a lot into this short story -- a holocaust survivor, a Navy SEAL, terrorism, and an unexpected, but not unwelcome, flirtation…
Romance Evidence of the Affair 10 Apr 202010 Apr 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In this modern age of emails and texting, it is rare for individuals to write letters to one another -- but it is through this long-lost…
Mystery… Zenith Man 3 Apr 20202 Apr 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Based on a true story, "Zenith Man," by New York Times' best-selling author Jennifer Haigh, captures the real essence of small town life, and how people…
Genre Untender Lives 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In "Untender Lives" author Teagan Kearney introduces readers to five complex and conflicted heroines, melding their day to day existence with life changing experiences, with sometimes…
Uncategorized Dusk To Dawn 13 Mar 202013 Mar 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by Sierra Smith, her first, is one of the most unique, and enjoyable, collections I have come across. It's apparent that…
Fantasy… Anathema 28 Feb 202027 Feb 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky We meet Reychel on the morning of her fifteenth birthday, a day she is dreading and which turns out to be even worse, when, upon awakening,…
Genre Bonds of Love and Blood 21 Feb 202024 Feb 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Using travel as a common theme, author Marylee MacDonald introduces readers to characters that are strong, vulnerable, weak, compromised and compromising in this collection of twelve…
Genre Everything My Mother Taught Me 14 Feb 202013 Feb 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This short story by renowned author Alice Hoffman tells the story of Adeline, a 12-year-old girl left to grow up fast after the untimely death of…
