Genre… Snotgirl: Green Hair Don’t Care 28 Sep 202023 Sep 2020 Reviewed by Olive Dausinas Snotgirl. It’s not a title you would usually expect from anything released in the modern day, let alone in the last five years. The name made…
Fiction… My Sister, The Serial Killer 4 Sep 20208 Sep 2020 Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer When I first picked up the book, My Sister, The Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite, it was the title that called out to me. I’m a…
Fiction… Women On Top 26 Jun 202027 Jun 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I want to meet the women in this collection of short stories by Michelle Miller. They are not perfect, and some even have some characteristics that…
Fiction… The Shorts: A Collection of Original Short Stories 19 Jun 202020 Jun 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In the forward to this collection of short stories, author Lise Spence-Parsons explains that she wrote each story using writing prompts--randomly drawing two cards with ideas…
Fiction… The Sisters 12 Jun 202013 Jun 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky When you start reading this short story by thriller author J.S. Ellis, you think you have an inkling of where it is going. A tale of…
Fiction… It’s Only The Dream That Counts: Short Stories From Around The World 5 Jun 202013 Jun 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by Israeli/French-born author and teacher Arye Dreyfus takes place in various places around the world, but the commonalities are that the…
Fiction… Maps Of Bliss And Rage 29 May 202013 Jun 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…
Fiction… Ugly Things We Hide 22 May 202013 Jun 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…
Fiction… Tiny Shoes Dancing 15 May 202013 Jun 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…
Nonfiction… Columns: A Collection of Short Stories 9 May 202020 Jun 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…
Action… Paradise 1 May 202027 Jun 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 at…
Romance… Evidence of the Affair 10 Apr 202027 Jun 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 medium…
