Theodore Jerome Cohen’s first collection of unusual short stories met with such an unqualified success that he was persuaded to prepare a second set of equally enjoyable stories about the adventure we call “life.” This book continues his penchant for writing tales that mix truth and fiction in ways even the author’s friends and family find difficult to detangle . . . tales about people with whom he’s worked or simply known, people who, for one reason or another, struck him as having a story to tell and from whom he learned something that has stayed with him through the years. It’s their stories he wants to share with you in this book. Here you’ll find unusual stories about a violinist and his wife who escaped the death camp at Treblinka, about a man who, because of his impatience, interrupted a meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and De Gaulle, and about a young woman’s descent into the darkness of schizophrenia—stories vividly brought to life in this, the second collection of short stories by Theodore Jerome Cohen.

Sometimes you need to be broken to be made whole. With Oddities & Entities 2: Vessels, multi-award winning author Roland Allnach returns to the strange and surreal path forged by his critically acclaimed Oddities & Entities. Consisting of nine new tales spiced with elements of horror and speculative fiction, Vessels explores the communion of spirit, substance, and the eccentricities of flesh between those conjoined realms. "Allnach is a master storyteller with a powerful pen." Cynthia Brian, New York Times Bestselling Author Roland Allnach has authored five previous titles, Remnant, Oddities & Entities, Prism, The Digital Now, and The Writer's Primer. His books have been recognized with over a dozen national book awards from Foreword Reviews, National Indie Excellence, Readers' Favorite, Pacific Book Review, Feathered Quill Reviews, and USA Book News. Visit www.rolandallnach.com for excerpts, reviews, interviews, and insights to writing and publishing.

DARK AND TWISTY promises a collection of short, succinct, sometimes quirky short stories with a dark, emotive edge and intriguing twist. All net profit generated from sales of the paperback and ebook will be donated directly to Worldwide Cancer Research via www.justgiving.com/darktwisty Additionally, should you want to directly support this fund you can via the just giving link above.

2017 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program - Best Short Story/Anthology category - Gold Medal 1st Place Award.

2017 Reader Views Reviews Choice Awards - Honorable Mention.

2017 National Indie Excellence Awards - First Place Award - Short Stories Category

2017 International Book Awards - Finalist - Fiction Short Stories Category.

2017 Readers' Favorite - Silver Medal - Fiction-Anthology

2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award - Honorable Mention - Collection of Short Stories

2017 Beverly Hills Book Awards - Winner - Short Stories Category

2017 Human Relations Indie Book Awards - Gold Winner - Collection of Human Relations Short Stories or Essays

The Road Less Taken (Book 1) is a Collection of Unusual Short Stories . . . Theodore Jerome Cohen's first serious attempt to write a short story for publication was in 1962 while he was working in Antarctica. The story he penned--about a man killed by a pod of orcas--was lost during his return to the United States. It wasn't until 2009, when he resurrected the tale and incorporated it in his post-modern novel, Frozen in Time: Murder at the Bottom of the World, that the horror of the episode, which was based on a real encounter by three Chilean Army enlisted men with a pod of orcas, appeared in print. Time did not dim the horror of what happened at sea that day!Now, this story and others--unusual stories about Ted's life as a violinist, about a woman who seeks the help of a fortune teller to divine the future of her daughter, and about a university professor obsessed with the making of coffee--are vividly brought to life in the eleven short stories found in this book.

Time is for Dragonflies and Angels is a collection of flash science fiction and novellas that embraces the ideas of multi-universes and dimensions, critical decisions and judgments, and human struggles associated with racism and dystopian societies.
Recount Our Dreams is about a middle-aged widower, a visually impaired woman, and a young man diagnosed with autism that embark on an adventure of several lifetimes.
Neurogenesis takes a step beyond Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon with an alternative ending finding compassion, memories and hope are pillars for kindness whether they be carbon-based or synthetic.
Published in 2015, the US Review of Books describes Rogue Event as "...a dystopian concept that fits nicely alongside the stories of Huxley and Orwell." Where conformity and emotional control is tightly maintained by one global corporation, it will be the free thinkers and the human spirit that will preserve humankind in Rogue Event.
The Gray speaks of judgment - one advanced species decides the fate of another who fights amongst themselves because they look different from one another.
Pulling from James Thurber's 1939 short story, the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty," To See Behind Walls takes a look at what that secret life might look like in a post 9/11 world filled with government surveillance, worldwide economic turmoil, pandemics and the war of terrorism. It is a story best described by Readers' Favorite Reviews as "Altogether, an inspiring flight of fancy."

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" -READERS FAVORITE

From a best selling author with a highest Amazon Horror Author Ranking of 5th comes the sequel to the Multi Award Winning Horror/Anthology best seller "Asylum - 13 Tales of Terror".

BEST ANTHOLOGY 2016 FINALIST AWARDS: International Book Awards ~International Readers Favorites Awards ~ New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards ~ USA Best Book Awards

Murder. Revenge. Blackmail. Greed. Envy.Corruption. From the glamorous soirées of power brokers to gritty, dark alleys to snowy mountain hideaways--the twists and turns keep coming. The Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter presents 22 whip-smart stories in their award-winning anthologies series.

Authors and Editors of the anthology: Isabella Maldonado, Nancy Hart Newcomer, Susan Budavari, Kate Joy Steele, Connie Flynn, M. EvonneDobson, Teresa Waggoner, Bill Butler, Denise Todd, Merle McCann, Suzanne Flaig, Kaye Owen, Laurie Fagen, Yvonne M. Corrigan-Carr, KatherineAtwell Herbert, Robert Dukelow, Mary Ball, Kris Neri, Susan CumminsMiller, Lori Hines, Jacinda J. Power, Patricia Bonn. Lead Editor: Yvonne M. Corrigan-Carr. Editors: Susan Budavari, Susan Cummins Miller, MerleMcCann, Meg E Dobson, Dana King-Esquer. Editorial Advisor and Formatter: Deborah J Ledford. Consulting Editor: Donna T. Hanna. Cover Layout:Kästle Olson

"The Wild (South)West has never been so much wicked fun. Thisexceptional collection showcases new and exciting talent, whileexploring the Southwest in all of its magnificence...and malfeasance."
~Hilary Davidson, Award-Winning author of Blood Always Tells

"What a constellation of talent there is amongst The Desert Sleuths! There are echoes of short story greats in this anthology--Stephen King,Lee Child, Laura Lippman--but with unique shadings that come deep fromArizona's dry, hot heart. There is something for everyone in thisnot-to-be-missed collection."
~ Jenny Milchman, Mary Higgins Clark Award-Winning author of Cover of Snow and As Night Falls

"Talk about the wild, Wild West! This spirited collection ofmysteries runs the gamut from noir to cozy, all seasoned with the unique flavor of the modern West. A crime-lover's delight."
~ Dennis Palumbo, author of the Daniel Rinaldi Mysteries

"From slick mansions to lettuce fields, aboard private jets orscrabbling through arid deserts, SoWest: So Deadly, the sixth shortstory anthology from Desert Sleuths, has everything a mystery lovercould desire. This showcase of short stories written by 22 talentedauthors wonderfully represents the extremes of the Arizona landscape, as well as the courage, beauty, and wickedness, of its inhabitants."
~ Betty Webb, bestselling author of Desert Rage and other Arizona-set mystery novels

"Arizona's Monsoons, featured in several places in this anthology,provide a near perfect metaphor for this eclectic compilation of shortstories. For, as those seasonal storms refresh and give life to theparched Arizona earth, so will these stories delight and enliven theirreaders."
~ Frederick Ramsay, author of The Ike Schwartz and Jerusalem Mysteries.

"Suspense. Intrigue. Murder. From its first story to its last, SoWest: So Deadly has something to offer every breed of mystery reader. Iloved it!" ~Maegan Beaumont, Award-winning author of the Sabrina Vaughnthriller series

Honorable Mention, Anthology, 2016 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards

Bob Boone returns to Forest High School in his new book. With his distinctive voice, he gives us another glimpse into the characters that people the school landscape. Back to Forest High tells of new beginnings, youthful mistakes, failed marriages, and uncertain retirements. Each story is told with humor and tenderness as the characters make their way through the rhythms of everyday life.

“There was a pile of exams on the floor, but he wasn’t going to grade them yet. There was a science fiction novel he was about to start and some old New Yorker issues he needed to finish, but he was too tired to read. He stared blankly at the wall and noticed that Shelly had hung up a photo of George Orwell, her favorite author…” —from “The Replacement”

Lisa Locascio, University of Southern California, Recipient of the 2011 John Steinbeck Award for Fiction: “In a time when the importance of teachers has been unfairly challenged, Bob Boone gives us a collection of simply told, hard-edged tales from the lives of educators and their students. These rich, multifaceted stories ring true with details gleaned over the course of a full life. Reading them, one feels as if they are entering another version of our familiar reality, where secrets thrive in quiet classrooms and a passionate love of the pitfalls and victories of teaching motivates the creation of narrative.”

­Billy Lombardo, Author, The Man with Two Arms, Recipient of the 2011 Nelson Algren Award for the Short Story: “These aren’t your typical teacher stories. In the living and breathing world of brick, glass and glue sticks, we want our teachers to leave their real lives—their darknesses, their longings, their secrets and desires—back at their desks and locked in their lockers in the faculty room. But this is Bob Boone’s school. There is no safe place here for the containment of these things. The best Boone’s characters can do is take off their jackets at the door, empty the pockets of their pants—their shreds and crumplings, their histories and regret, their hearts and longings—stuff it all in the pockets and sleeves of their jackets, drape their coats over the backs of their chairs, and just like the rest of us, cross their fingers and pray to God that nothing falls out before the bell rings.”

John O’Connor, Author, Wordplaygrounds, Teacher at New Trier High School: “Implicit in these tales are basic human questions: what does it mean to be a good teacher or a good person? What, for that matter, is meant by the phrase ‘good school’? In this age of standardized tests and the relentless attempt at quantifying students and teachers alike, Bob’s stories offer a refreshingly human portrayal of his characters. He never fails to see the comedy in the conflict between the conventional and unconventional, and he portrays his characters with nothing less than a sympathetic eye. In these stories, Bob always looks beyond the Forest to the individual trees.”

Larry Starzec, Fiction Editor, Willow Review, Professor of English at College of Lake County: “Bob Boone gives us an insider’s view into the world of Forest High. These stories are spare, terse and capture the quirkiness of characters and circumstance utterly consistent with the world of schools—a world where, as Boone well knows, every story implies another. An astute observer, Bob Boone writes with humor, compassion and insight.”

A collection of 22 short stories about misfortune characterized by unexpected final twists at the end of each tale.