Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson begins as a gentle, honey-scented sapphic romance and ends as a full-blown nightmare. At first glance, it feels like the perfect cozy novella: farmers’ markets, pastel soaps, homemade cupcakes, and the spark of a new romance between […]
Sarah Gailey’s Spread Me is a taut, claustrophobic slice of desert-set sci fi horror that flirts with body horror, tilts into erotic dread, and asks unnerving questions about consent, desire, and control. At a remote research outpost, team lead Kinsey breaks quarantine […]
Amal El-Mohtar, best known for her lyrical storytelling and imaginative worlds, returns with The River Has Roots, a haunting and poetic novella that explores sisterhood, language, and the blurred boundary between the human world and Faerie. This is not merely a story […]
Sally Hepworth, widely known for her sharp domestic dramas, takes a playful detour into short fiction with The Ex-Wives Club. Part of Amazon’s Alibis collection, this 80-something page mystery balances humor, family drama, and suspense, proving that even in a compact format […]
Freida McFadden has built a reputation as the queen of fast-paced psychological thrillers, and with The Gift she proves that even a short story can pack a powerful punch. Inspired by O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi, this dark Christmas tale […]
Freida McFadden has built her reputation on twisty psychological thrillers that keep readers up all night, but with The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie she takes a sharp turn into something completely unexpected: satire. This novella is short, absurd, and self-aware, playing with […]
Abby Jimenez has built a reputation for delivering heartfelt romcoms that balance laugh-out-loud moments with deeper, often serious themes. The Fall Risk, a short novella released through Amazon Original Stories, is no exception. Though only about 80 pages long, it manages to […]
Katee Robert’s short story Beautiful Nightmare, part of the Scared Sexy Halloween romance collection, delivers a mix of dark humor, sensuality, and heart. It takes the classic trope of “things that go bump in the night” and flips it into something unexpectedly […]
Freida McFadden, best known for her twist-filled psychological thrillers, returns with Death Row, a short, fast-paced story that fits perfectly into her trademark style quick, sharp, and full of moral ambiguity. Part of Amazon’s Alibis collection, this bite-sized thriller explores guilt, identity, […]
Ruby Dixon’s Space Vampire takes readers on a fast-paced, seductive journey through the far reaches of space, where danger, desire, and survival collide. As part of the Scared Sexy Halloween romance collection, this short story blends science fiction, dark fantasy, and romance […]