Short stories

Beyond Appalachia is a collection of short stories, some written several decades ago and some written recently specifically for this collection.

A young widower was asked by his niece to help a widowed friend of hers with three young sons.

Through the years I never thought about writing, but I have always stored away certain sayings that I found interesting.

A grandfather's memory brings back some of the fantastic events that happened to him and his friends during his childhood, growing up on a farm.

Night as Clear as Day-In the tradition of Flannery O'Connor and J.

Have Faith in the Signs is a collection of inspirational stories and memorable experiences the author has decided to share.

A military attack drone turned shepherd.

"e;Berlin probably deserved a Pulitzer Prize.

“More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern.

Beware of Karma, for she bites twice.

Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart, and he articulates those truths in his stories with pitch-perfect elegance.

This collection of twelve short stories and one essay by Vietnamese writers reveals the tragic legacy of Agent Orange and raises troubling moral questions about the physical, spiritual, and environmental consequences of war.

No one writes the old west like Seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton.

Handheld Press presents a fearful anthology of forgotten stories to persuade you that a stone hand has been placed on your shoulder when you least expect it, or that something heavy is scraping its way up the stairs.