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Spellbound – The Workings of DrugTech by Marcel V Sahade

  Mesmerizing… Sahade provides riveting, convincing glimpses into a mysterious corporation’s ruthless quest of money and power through his characters’ kaleidoscopic lives and creates a manipulative, dark world shimmering with uncanny swerves in this engrossing debut collection of short stories.…
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Woman: A Collection of Short Stories by V.P. Evans

Remarkably moving… Evans’s poignant debut short story collection follows a cast of women characters based in different parts of the world with each representing a different ethnic strain, but they have one thing in common: all of them contributes to…
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Stranger Things Have Happened by Thomas Gaffney

  An unsettling, hard-to-put-down collection of horror… Taut and addictive, Gaffney’s multiple award-winning debut easily transcends its genre when it comes to presenting an eerie grouping of tales. “Fraxinus” tells the story of a group of women who are forced…
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Tenderness and Troubling Times: A Collection of Stories by Tara Wine-Queen

  A lyrical, poignant collection… The stories about breaking and rebuilding, losing and finding, and families occupy the theme of Tara’s brilliant story collection. Written in lyrical prose, “One More Thing to Make You Proud,” is both raw and honest.…
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Tales from the Aether: Extraodinary Tales of Dark Fiction, Dark Humor and Horror by Matthew C. Woodruff

  An unsettling, powerful collection… Award-winning Woodruff’s panache for writing shines in his second collection of short stories with the wildly imagined worlds, powerfully drawn realistic characters, and an unsettling portrayal of various happenings in his protagonists’ lives. Merging the…
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Distant Rumors: 16 Stories of Life and Death by William Gensburger

  An elegant, memorable collection… Set in present day, distant future, and alternate reality, this short story collection by Gensburger focuses on the familiar themes of life and death. Beginning with commonplace themes, Gensburger skillfully sprinkles oddities, leading to a…
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Christmas in Newfoundland — Memories and Mysteries: A Sgt. Windflower Book (The Sgt. Windflower Mysteries) by Mike Martin

Heartening and delightful… This cozy, heartwarming collection of 11 stories in the award-winning The Sgt. Windflower Mysteries series provides glimpses into fond memories and delightful mysteries of Sgt. Windflower and other familiar characters from the series. “A Brother for Christmas”…
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Raising Miss Ellie by Jim Hamilton

    Hamilton’s vividly narrated story with elements of science-fiction and classic intrigue captures a fascinating way of country living… a must read. The sweet and determined Miss Ellie’s daily routine of taking caring of her small farm is pleasantly…
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Creek Bait by Richard Lutman

  Intense and heartrending… Lutman brings forth a collection of fourteen short stories that throws readers into the emotional lives of people escaping from life. Each story reveals the world of characters who have almost given up on life. Some…
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Novelties: A Collection of Unfinished Short Stories by Rebecca MacCeile

  A moving collection… Rebecca MacCeile is no stranger to PTSD, and she beautifully pens down her characters’ endless struggles with their inner demons in Novelties, a collection of four short stories. In “Experience Et Cetra” a girl takes a…