We’ve nominated these pieces for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s annual Best American anthology series: The Best American Short Stories: “Hippasus of Metapontum” by Robert Perron “Mr. O’Brien’s Last Soliloquy” by Robert Garner McBrearty … Read More ›
“In this supremely entertaining volume of short stories, prizewinning micro-fiction maestro, Robert Garner McBrearty, teacher of fiction at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop North in Louisville, Colorado, stirs and startles and … Read More ›
The latest volume in the Lowestoft Chronicle Anthology Series, The Vicarious Traveler, is published this month. This, the ninth collection, features work by: Philip Barbara, Elaine Barnard, Douglas Cole, Michael … Read More ›
“The latest hardboiled double header from Stark House features two gripping tales from Dolores Hitchens, with an introduction by Nicholas Litchfield. Hitchens’ work is incredibly varied but consistent when it … Read More ›
“Pleasingly, much of this rich and diverse collection of imaginative, humorous, and philosophical thoughts, and strange, spooky, and bewildering tales is sure to move and delight and undoubtedly leave behind … Read More ›
“In his introduction to the double-novel collection, writer Nicholas Litchfield, who is editor of the popular literary magazine Lowestoft Chronicle, describes Nielsen’s pair of unconventional whodunnits as ‘two exemplary mystery … Read More ›
“Fredric Brown, who died in 1972 at age 65, was an accomplished American mystery and science fiction author of more than 30 books and 300 short stories and vignettes. His … Read More ›
“In this unusual tale of death and monsters and environmental devastation, horror, science fiction, romance, and satire bleed together to form a vibrant literary delight that is as powerful and … Read More ›
“Death and dark revelations surface when a visiting Chicago Homicide Department chief revives interest in an unsolved 20-year-old murder case, and a snooping Omaha businessman plays amateur sleuth while on … Read More ›
“Weaving between hope and destruction, fear and sorrow, fantasy and realism, American author and illustrator, Keith Rosson, expertly drives his ghostly, offbeat road novel, Smoke City, into interesting, unforeseen terrain. … Read More ›