Tales From The Cafe is a collection of 23 stories by 23 writers covering a wide-variety of genres. It is a diverse collection of tales, from gothic horror in the Wild West to the battlefields of World War II, from twitter-obsessed fairytale princesses to a time travelling taxidermist. This collection really does have something for everyone.Warning: some stories have adult content.

The second volume in an ongoing series of anthologies, RED offers a wide and diverse selection of short stories from 22 different authors. It has everything from horror and suspence to light hearted tales of friendship.

What is real and what is fantasy? Is happiness real, or simply a fragmented dream, half forgotten in the mire of consciousness? For some, happiness exists in the form of that one impossible person standing just beyond their grasp...

A collection of twelve light-hearted, bite-sized stories for those coffee break moments.

Trust Me! features original contributions by 50 of Australias best known children's authors, poets and illustrators. Stories and poems cover all genres, mystery, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, humour and more. Contributors include: Andy Griffiths, Shaun Tan, Gary Crew, Phillip Gwynne, Catherine Bateson, Steven Herrick, Allan Baillie, Sofie Laguna, Leigh Hobbs, Marc McBride, Mitch Vane, Michael Wagner, David Metzenthen and many others.

'Dead good' - Craig Conway (The Descent, Doomsday, The Fades)"I try to make him understand as best I can. I tell him that one day, we woke up, the two of us, but the rest of the village didn't. The sleepers kept on sleeping and it wasn't wise to wake them.We learnt that much with Mother."'Hush, Little Brother' is the first short story in Richard Rippon's Scary Shorts collection with Tonto Books.

narratorAUSTRALIA Volume One is a collection of more than 200 poems and short stories from more than 100 emerging and established Australian writers which were published on the narratorAUSTRALIA blog during the period 1 May to 31 October 2012.Contributors include: Susan Adams, Alannah, David Anderson, Eulyce Arkleysmith, Hettie Ashwin, Irene Assumpter, Rosemary Baldry, Don Beer, Eddie Blatt, Bridge, Ann-marie Brittain, Nicholas Brooks, Jean Bundesen, Marina Byrne, Linda Callaghan, ...

A wonderful collection of Cecelia’s short storiesAs the smell of pinecones and cinnamon fill the air and the plump turkey roasts in the oven, the final preparations for Christmas day have begun just as they do every year.The tree lights are twinkling and the mince pies are cooked and there is just one final tradition to carry out before the Christmas magic can begin. This year though, something is different and it's time for life-long traditions to change.For years ...

A drifter finds an interesting shop that shouldn't exist. It sells impossible things and leads to impossible decisions.

A strait-laced waitress serves up a shock for the great date she ran out on in this heartwarming surprise baby romance by a USA Today bestseller.Waitress Darcy Penn is the smart, sensible type—flirting with the extremely cute guy in the bar just isn't her usual style. As for ending up in his hotel room? Definitely not! Sneaking out while he's in the bathroom to avoid the post-sex awkwardness? Much more like it. . . .If Darcy had stuck around, Jeff No...

WINNER OF THE 2013 STEELE RUDD AWARD, QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 STELLA PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 KIBBLE AWARDFrom prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry s...

An addictive, wonderfully dark and laugh-out-loud funny urban fantasy novel with loveable, magical characters, sinister beings and strange goings-on!'Brilliant and bananas . . . we loved it' MAGIC RADIO‘Wonderfully dark, extremely funny’ ADAM KAY, on The Str**anger TimesLove can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, esp...