An anthology of short stories, Spring Fevers explores tales of relationships in their varied states: love -- requited and unrequited -- friendships discovered and lost, family in its many guises, and the myriad places in between. Individual stories in the anthology will appeal to fans of young adult, literary, and science fiction, as well as other genres.

Spring Fevers

Literature & Fiction

Sinclair, Matt

Lewis, R.C.

Taylor, Calista

Short Stories & Anthologies

Elephant's Bookshelf Press

An anthology of short stories, The Fall explores different visions of the apocalypse. Ancient prophecies, technological Armageddon, failures of government, a distracted deity, and yes, zombies all have their moments in this collection, but so do love, yearning, hope, and humor. In the end, the apocalypse offers a path to new beginnings, even if it takes a course through death, despair, and destruction to find them.

The Fall: Tales from the Apocalypse

Sinclair, Mr. Matt

Lewis, Ms. R.C.

Summer's Edge

By day, a terrifying blackness eats at Gemini Baker's memories. By night, there are unsettling dreams. After the death of her beloved grandmother, seventeen-year-old Gemi is left with parents more interested in gambling than paying bills, a best guy friend who's looking for love at a time when she has none to give, and a dark childhood secret that just might be the key to her sucky life. During her search for answers, Gemi turns to her cyber friends for support and quickly learns that nobody is who they seem. Not her grandmother, her parents, or even herself.

Whispering Minds

O'Connor, A. T.

Genre Fiction

Andy Lembo is bent on becoming the starting catcher on a talent-packed varsity baseball team in his senior year at a new high school — whereas his brother Daniel, still a junior, is sure to be the team’s ace. With his 88-mile-per-hour fastball, Daniel has Major League scouts drooling. The brothers are tight and share a dream of winning the state championship. They also share painful memories of child abuse. But Andy carries extra burdens, from panic attacks to a shaky relationship with their father. Then there’s that scar covering half of Andy’s face, the result of his now-absent mother wielding a hot iron when he was a toddler. To make things worse, another catcher on the team, steroid-fueled Joey, has singled Andy out for special torture. Those troubles, however, all get pushed aside when a freak accident causes Andy to lose his biggest supporter and the source of meaning in his life. As the season winds down to its final games, Andy knows he should push through his raw emotions and return to school and the team — not only for himself, but also for his brother and their shared dream. But can Andy find the strength? From Publishers Weekly Friday Night Lights meets baseball in this edgy coming-of-age story about overcoming adversity and personal tragedy. Andy and Daniel Lembo are in high school and baseball is their life. Ever since they were kids, they dreamed of winning the baseball championship together with Daniel pitching and Andy catching. Being Andy's senior year, this is their last chance, but the road to the championship is a little rocky. Daniel is the golden boy, popular at school and talented enough to be recruited by colleges. Andy struggles with his abusive mother, a father who alternates between ignoring and denigrating him, and difficulties at school. Andy works hard on the baseball team, putting up with abuse from rivals, while improving his game. Andy and Daniel are close and their relationship is heart-warming, but it's also clear they are just a pair of goofy high school boys. In a freak accident, Andy loses his biggest supporter and his reason to play ball, and his world collapses. Despite the odds, Andy claws back, finds focus and direction, and decides to take control of his life. The characters are the best thing about this book, which is geared toward baseball fans. About the Sunshine Foundation The Sunshine Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity, answers the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children, ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to the financial strain that child's illness may cause. All proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to the Sunshine Foundation, the oldest youth wish-granting organization in the United States.

Battery Brothers

Carman, Steven

Bullying stinks, but knowing what to do about it can make things better. In Tales from the Bully Box, you will find short stories about kids just like you. They get bullied, and sometimes they even bully. But most of the time, they are bystanders who have to figure out what to do when they witness the bullying all around them. In "Hailey’s Shooting Star," one-handed Hailey proves her worth on the basketball court and as a friend. In "The Eyes on the Back of My Head," you’ll get to stare straight into Mike Mansky’s soul with a pair of super-secret laser eyes. Filled with stories that take readers on a journey from the classroom to summer camp and the basketball court to the mall, Tales from the Bully Box inspires kids to be the best friends they can be.

Tales from the Bully Box

Woods, Cat

"E = mc2 is no longer the most powerful force in the universe. Your wand is." Twelve-year-old Billy Bobble and his best friend Suzy Quinofski didn't mean to change the universe. Billy, a quantum physics prodigy, just wanted to find a way to help his hoarding, schizophrenic mother – and maybe impress a coven of older girls in high school. Suzy, his intellectual equal, wanted to help her friend and cling to her last remnant of childhood, a belief in magic. Together they made Billy a real, working, magic wand, and opened a door to the Quantum World where thoughts create reality, and all things – good and bad – are possible.

Billy Bobble Makes a Magic Wand

Mellette, R.S.

To be human is to have regrets, to question decisions, even to doubt our own abilities and capacities. Whether it’s because of a path not taken or a decision made for selfish or – perhaps worse – unselfish reasons, we all have had moments and decisions we regret. We might regret not recognizing an opportunity. In the end, the choices we make help shape our future. The final anthology in Elephant’s Bookshelf Press’s “Seasons Series,” Winter’s Regret includes stories from P.S. Carrillo, Liz Coley, Sakura Q. Eries, Morgan George, Michelle Hauck, Kelly Heinen, Amanda Hill, Precy Larkins, Robert Wayne McCoy, Mindy McGinnis, A.T. O’Connor, Jeff O’Handley, Paul Parisi, Matt Sinclair, A.M. Supinger, Charlee Vale, and Cat Woods.

Winter's Regret: What Might Have Been

What are you afraid of? What causes the hair on your neck to stand up? Do you worry about what your fears mean? What horrifies you might be nothing to someone else. But there’s something for just about everyone in this collection of personal tales. Whether your fears remain secret or you laugh while you watch monsters devour your neighbors, you'll find a reason to keep your lights on tonight.

Horrors: Real, Imagined, and Deadly

Madeline Mora-Summonte

Who Guards the Angel? Richard Eastman wasn’t looking for redemption. He was content drowning in his memories of the Gulf War, his dead brother, and the many ways in which his life had gone wrong. Then she fell into his life… She says she’s an angel, but who would believe that?Or her claim that Lucifer’s minions cut off her wings. Who would believe that? But those stubs on her shoulderblades… The soldier in him rises again, and he takes on a new mission:Save the angel or die trying. If you like redemption stories, you’ll love Lost Wings, because everyone relates to the battle between good and evil. Get it today!

Lost Wings

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Vail, Don M.

Fantasy

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