One morning, you wake up to the news that the White House is on fire. That news may, or may not, make your day. When you go out to walk your dog, depending on how you feel about this disruption, your day will get even better, or far, far worse.
In 1948 post-war Hollywood, young Hank Cleveland discovers sex, long-buried family memories and scandal, and a lost love, when the ashes of the dead give up their secrets.
Attempted murder without a witness except for the victim, who lies in a coma. She knows who her would-be killer is. She knows that her husband who cares for her day and night is also in danger. She knows that somehow she must save him. She just doesn't yet know how.
Two short very short stories by Jill Zeller. In Horse Trailer, a young man finds love and a Palomino after an earthquake. In Marathon, a woman who is short on words plans a very long journey.
Megan's choir, The Singers, has been trying out for the Winter Lights Festival Concert for years and never won a spot on the program. But a small dog and an elderly lady with a special past may change everything at last.
A locket containing a slice of scaly skin, a garden full of unruly 'bees', and her stubborn, elderly mother distract Jenn from the sense her life is falling apart, but how far will Jenn go to become whole again?
Six stories of obsession by award-winning author Jill Zeller, including The Alzheimer's Book Club, honorable mention in The Best Horror of the Year 2009 by Ellen Datlow.
The second collection of flash fiction by award-winning author Jill Zeller
A dog escorts a young woman around town at night.
He can't understand what his wife doesn't say.
On a trip, a woman is driven to leave her husband
A hunter gets to her prey too late.
Allison's husband Griffith brings home a dog saved from a fire, a big shaggy dog with blue eyes. When independently both Allison and Griffith decide on the same name--Topaz--for the dog, they begin to understand that their marriage will ever be the same.
She abandoned her daughter and got marooned in the future. The tarot cards put her there. By the time she got free, she knew it was too late to win back her daughter's love. But the cards had something else in mind.
In 1930's New York, the Empire Stage Building is finished with a docking spire for dirigibles. From their penthouse apartment in Midtown, a grandmother and her granddaughter can see blimps approaching. Everyone is excited, except the women. They know the real reason the blimp is there, and that it is coming for them.
Deadlings. Everybody knows they are not the living-dead, or the dead-living, but demi-morte, caught between death and life. Wesley has forgotten everything; a woman he never met before forces him to face what he doesn't want to remember.
Owen Andrews meets his obsession, Lynne Penney, a woman scarred by her legendary visit to a parallel world. But obsessions can both destroy and heal. Owen is about to find out how.
Neuronal Atrophy, "Spacer's Dementia" is spreading through the solar system. Miles comes to Depot Verde to pick up where his dead ex-wife Natalie left off. But can he uncover her secret cure in time to help their daughter Lily, before the Pharma cuts off the supply? Includes FREE SF short story, "Electric Pathways of the Heart."!
Two short stories for the price of one! In Variety, what Natasha wishes for is not what she expects. River Brings All, a bonus story, shows that help will come from the oddest places.
You're very good at your job. Rich women hire you to 'test drive' their men in bed. But when you meet a certain man, you have no idea how vulnerable you are.
A drug beyond price, made from souls of the dying, conveys eternal life. To stop the slaughter, aided by her ex-husband's ghost, a young woman confronts an old enemy.
All the stories, rolled into one volume. The short fiction by Jill Zeller originally presented separately at Smashwords, now available in one volume for a discount!
Worried about his ill daughter, a man chases a tumor escaping to the stars. This short short story is also available in the collection "The Return of Klaatu Plus Six."
His search for his missing cat leads a man toward healing his broken heart. Find this story and more in the collection, "The Return of Klaatu Plus Six".
The ocean is coming. Its oncoming threads match the colors in the new neighbor's quilt. Through her encounter with the two new women living in the house on the hill, young Ramona learns how grief is interwoven with love.