Roger Blackburn is an alpha in the boardroom, but a beta in the bedroom. When his young wife, Daphne, cheats on him with the neighbours' son, he realizes he must step up and become a real man if he wants to...
The virus is spreading across the world and mankind's days are numbered, but for one little girl, this is the perfect time to sell her lemonade. The man she encounters reminds her of her father, but this man...
Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short...
A Royal Wedding, with all the pomp and pageantry... but what happens afterwards, and what are the consequences? A short story with adult themes, this takes the Cinderella story well beyond the bedroom door and...
"Single" contains two previously published short stories: "Miss Tennessee" and "The Cryerer," which first appeared in The Land-Grant College Review and One Story, respectively. Both appear in "Why They Cried,"...
It takes sixty years, but Minerva McGonagall finally comes to understand the truth of George Bernard Shaw's pronouncement: "Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is...
In a world torn apart by a deadly virus, one teenager's struggle to keep himself alive long enough to see out the infection stage has been dealt a deathly blow as he must now face what he has been trying to...
Frank usually treats his female riding partners pretty good, but when his latest gets t-boned by a left-turner, he has to dig deep within to care for her while she recovers in ICU. This title has been expanded...
Charles Dickens has dominated the Christmas short story market for too long and he's so bloody depressing... wouldn't you rather read something that was funny, had comedy misunderstandings, people accidentally...
A suave concert pianist has an unshakable hold on the narrator, who is drawn in like a wayward moth to a burning flame. By author/artist/non-conformist, Jess C Scott | www.jessINK.com