Category Archives: Non-Fiction

A Stingray Bit My Nipple! by Erik Torkells, editor, Budget Travel

This title was offered the other day as a free Kindle book.  The title is eye catching and it is free but, being cautious, I decided to download the sample first. The book’s contents are culled from the “True Stories” section of Budget Travel Magazine and it was published in 2008, the year Torkell left Budget Trakell for new fields… (more…)

Algernon and the Narcissus by Die$el

Note:  this story is sold in the Kindle store, but when the author requested a review I asked him to send me the entire piece as the sample for a short story would be…very short. Eighteen year-old Die$el (a pseudonym) writes about his own life and experiences.  This story depicts him as self-centered and as in love with himself as… (more…)