Irette Y Patterson: 25 books

We are proud to present the People of Color Take over FSI Special Issue! Edited by Nisi Shawl Fiction 'What Futures' by Su-Yee Lin 'Shadow Animals' by Stephen Graham Jones 'Darkout' by E. Lily Yu 'The Executioner' by Jennifer Marie Brissett 'I Understand' by Jermaine McGill 'Walking Round Money' by...

From a funeral procession in Asia to an ancestral estate deep in the heart of a vaguely Victorian forest to a carriage accident in the vast universe of The Runelords, Unnatural Worlds takes readers on a journey to the far side of the imagination. Funny, heartbreaking, frightening, but most importantly,...

Christmas: a time of family, friends, joy, merriment, and gifts. Especially gifts! Unwrap these 20 Christmas tales and find a wealth of Christmas delights. From action to urban fantasy, science fiction to women's fiction, crime to romance, bitter-sweetness to silly fun, you will...

Forty-something-year-old Melinda doesn’t need a new dad. She had a father. A very good one, thank you very much and she’s not a kid who needs an eager face in the crowd cheering her on at her dance recital. So when her stepfather-to-be Melvin asks her to participate in a dance with him...

Cicely thinks she's doing the right thing by ending her new relationship. But as she's packing up his things, memories threaten to make her question her decision. A Southern girl. A Philly guy. A BWWM IR 3,915 word romance short story which questions if you have to leave everything behind to chase your dreams.

A women's fiction short story – What’s the difference between saying you have a belief in a better future and real faith? After being stood up by a first date, Rochelle is about to find out. A 3,200 word - short story about friendship, belief and how sometimes the person who you would normally never talk to is the person who sees everything more clearly than you ever could.

From fairy tales fractured into unrecognizability to Russian mobsters hanging out with zombies, from New World slavery to modern Alaskan cruise ships, the stories in Fantasy Adrift sail across the genre. Two writers make their fiction debuts next to bestsellers Steve Perry and Dean Wesley Smith to...

Family time takes the stage with this latest volume of Fiction River Presents. From the gut-wrenching struggle to survive a broken family to the heartbreaking loss of a child to the all-encompassing power of familial love, Legacies takes readers on a roller-coaster of emotions. Spanning genre lines...

From baking a magical love spell to having the opportunity to rectify a mistake from the past to hunting a serial killer, Debut Writers’ Showcase highlights stories from Fiction River’s first year that marked a first professional sale for these up-and-coming authors. Since first appearing in a...

A Black American Christmas short story – A looming job loss sends Dee into cost-cutting mode during the Christmas holidays while her husband is seemingly taking the opposite approach. Can they agree to the worth of holiday traditions during this stressful time? Approximately 2,100 words. Originally published on The Saturday Evening Post's website.

The Mother’s Day bouquet isn’t at all what Melanie expected when she placed the order at Miss Lila’s Extraordinary Floral Shop. The hot pink flowers are way too gaudy for her staid grandmother. Or are they? A 4,409 word short story featuring a magical floral shop in Atlanta where the right bouquet makes all the difference.

A Black American short story - All Sandra wanted was a nice, Thanksgiving away from her country,family with her new, sophisticated friends. When her cousin Ree Ree shows up unexpectedly, Sandra finds herself trying to reconcile how she grew up to the person she wants to be. A quick, humorous, holiday read of 3,640 words.

Aspiring writer Michelle is stunned by the terms in her first publishing contract. But won't turning it down mean she isn't a real artist? A short story of 3,241 words

The one thing that is constant in recent Philadelphia transplant Luciana’s life is the man she has nicknamed “Weather Report.” Each morning she watches for him at the bus stop from her fourth-floor apartment window. The interaction is her one bit of humanity that isn’t dictated by a financial...