Comprising of seven short stories, Old Friends and New by Sarah Orne Jewett explores the lives of the residents of small New England towns, both rural and oceanside. Beginning the collection, A Lost Lover follows the love story of an elderly woman named Horatia Dane. After rumors of her love life begin circulating around the town, Horatia reveals her side of the story, a heart-breaking tale of a lover lost at sea. In A Sorrowful Guest, a young military...

"Early or not, these stories are masterly examples of Wodehouse's art, turning the most ordinary incidents into golden farce." -- Book jacket.

Italian Tales of love, betrayal, longing, desire - and hope Italy serves as the backdrop for stories of Italian women and expatriate women living in Italy. A freak snowstorm in Rome changes the travel plans of two women, touching their lives in ways they could never have imagined. An ambitious Italian professional working in Brussels rails inwardly at her privileged boss, until fate presents her with a rare opportunity. A long desired trip...

In “Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories”, Elizabeth Bruce gives readers 33 ways of looking at a dollar. Her empathetic, humorous, and disarming embrace of plain-spoken people searching for a way out, charms and provokes. These are bittersweet stories of resilience and defiance. In “Universally Adored,” a color-obsessed artist draws a facsimile of a dollar—a masterpiece universally adored—to win her girlfriend back. While checking...

‘Dear Friends’ is a collection of diverse short stories, set in different locations with an array of interesting characters. Despite the diversity, author and retired pediatric intensivist Greg Stidham ties these stories together with a common thread. They all involve well-developed characters, most of whom are not perfect, but who persist in striving to be better. In the process, they discover through mostly chance encounters the redemption possible...

Summer of 1985 – The year of Bruce Springsteen. This is it, the moment Josie Martin has been waiting for. Bruce Springsteen is coming to town and she must get tickets to see her favorite singer. But what happens when the ticketing system goes down? Will she be able to score the hottest tickets of the year? One thing's for sure, she's willing to risk it all to make it happen. Follow Josie and her friends as they live their glory days in, Waiting...

A good man who loses his hope, regains it thanks to the kindness of his neighbors. With the moral of giving to receive, the book takes you into the life of a baker and his kind villagers.

Survival of the village depends on someone catching magic. The elders deem Iris too old, flawed because the magic refuses to select her. She faces banishment. But now the magic dwindles. One last desperate journey to find the magic. What she discovers changes her life forever. A page-turning fantasy short story.

Reaching is a collection of three novelettes that explores early adulthood through the experiences of three young women navigating the messy realities of finding themselves and forging meaningful, vulnerable connections with others in a world that often feels complicated and isolating. Nora is stuck in a thick fog of anxious and depressive thoughts as she tries to make sense of her new college life. Maya contemplates leaving her hometown, close friends,...

Friends come and go...Etta and Felicia.Once upon a time inseperable. Out of contact for fifty years. Coincidentally back in touch.One changed. The other not.Until the bitter end.