Red is the color of love and longing, passion and power, blood and sacrifice. It can signal danger, demand attention, preserve memory, or announce a life forever changed. In RED: Anthologies for the World, Volume 3, an international collection of writers explores this vivid color through poetry, fiction, personal reflection, history, and imagination-revealing the countless emotions, experiences, and cultural meanings contained within a single shade.Following the successful GREEN an...

"finding family–stories of connection and hope" unites the stories of over a dozen writers by connecting their shared experiences of oneness with their loved ones with those of one another. These beautiful and personal accounts serve to highlight not only the true nature of what a family can be, but also the diverse and unique ways in which we can find the people we love time and time again. Featuring the stories of the following authors:Don EckerleStephen D. Edwards

"Shoot for the Moon – A Space Adventure Anthology" compiles the stories of eleven wonderful authors as they journey both above and beyond the bounds of our atmosphere. What are they searching for? Only in the endlessness of space can we find out!Featuring the work of the following authors:Kevin CathyLawrence DagstineDebbie De LouiseSteve LoiaconiLisa Diaz MeyerJosh PooleWilliam John RostronJames RumpelJ.R. Rust...

Join The Red Penguin Collection as we embark on a journey through the world of "Darkness Falls", the setting in which every one of our stories shares its secrets. Follow along as our brilliant featured writers come together, piece by piece, and shape a world all its own with dozens of fascinating characters eager to explore the thrilling twists and turns this devastatingly beautiful town has waiting for you… just around the corner.Featuring the works of the following authors:

"Stand Out" - includes "the best of" The Red Penguin Collection, featuring writers, poets and playwrights from around the globe. Editor JK Larkin has curated this collection, as well as the poignant, insightful and inspiring volumes in the collection listed below. Included in "Stand Out" are: Realiteen: Reflecting On Growing Up "The Typography of Her Chest" by Evelyn Sharenov "Because I Was There" by Christina Hoag "Sky Full of Stars" (excerpt) by Hayley St. James What Lies Beyond-...

Love is complicated. Thankfully, it makes for some pretty great stories.It can begin with friendship, a first date, a chance encounter, or one spectacularly questionable decision. It can make our hearts race, break them entirely, put them back together again-and, if things go particularly well, give us someone to argue with about the thermostat for the next thirty years.Between the Covers brings together four chapters from the romantic history of T...

Color has never been neutral-it has marked movements, signaled resistance, and reclaimed identity. In BLUE - Anthologies for The World, Vol. 2, The Red Penguin Collection and Red Penguin Books present a powerful gathering of voices exploring the many meanings of blue: the sky above every border, the waters that sustain-and endanger-our world, and the emotional and cultural depths that shape our shared human experience. Through poetry, prose, and essays, writers confront urgent the...

Stand Out - The Red Penguin Collection: Annual Poetry Project is a curated anthology celebrating the power of poetic voices that dare to be seen, heard, and remembered.This annual collection brings together poets from diverse backgrounds, styles, and lived experiences-each offering work that is bold, intimate, and unmistakably their own. From quiet reflections to fierce declarations, Stand Out honors poetry that challenges convention, sparks emotion, and l...

Green is more than a color; it is a symbol, a feeling, a language spoken across cultures, disciplines, and personal experiences. It evokes the vitality of spring, the sting of envy, the promise of renewal, and the slow decay of time. It is the color of both innocence and ambition, of balance and contradiction. In nature, green is life in motion. In society, it is money, power, and sustainability. In emotion, it is hope and healing-and sometimes, the ache of longing.This anthology g...

"Tales of the Sea-A Short Story Anthology" compiles the works of almost a dozen ocean-faring authors as they share both fictional and true-to-life accounts of adventures atop the blue horizon. Join us as we dive head first into shark infested waters, fantastical mermaid memories, and so much more!Featuring pieces from the following authors:Suzanne BaginskieLinda M. CrateElaine DonadioR. J. ErbacherShari HeldDavid LangePaul Mil...

Bringing together the pieces of over two dozen poets from across the globe, "Dear You-Poems Through The Heart" offers readers the opportunity to peek inside the minds and souls of the broken-hearted.While love may be written about in droves, perhaps we can take just a little bit more from the words we have to share on the other end of it.Featuring the works of the following writers:Shai AfsaiLeslie ArambulaCarol Alena AronoffMichael Artemis

This is not your average romance anthology.And it's about to get sexy.Are you ready for what's between these covers?Featuring stories from the following writers:Ash OrlandoBruce PrattChris AllenDiane KaneJim TrittenMahendra WaghelaMartha PattersonMaureen CookeNichole BlakeO'labumi BrowneRizwan AsadSandi HooverShari HeldSuzanne Baginski