Red Bird Chapbooks: 11 books

I Was Raised To Be A Lert is a collection of short childhood stories based on the life and blog posts of Pearl Vork-Zambory.

Short fiction, character studies, dark humor and a poetic language twist. Meg's collection is startling, engaging and entertaining.MEg Tuite's writing has appeared in numerous journals including Epiphany, JMWW, Prick of the Spindle, Monkeybicycle, and Boston Literary Magazine. She has been...

Prose poems by Matthew Burnside, for anyone who's ever felt small.

Living Is the Spin Cycle is a collection of prose poems examining and considering the strange and confusing aspects of daily life.

In the second collection of stories from her blog "Pearl, why you little..." Pearl relates stories about her two cats, Liza Bean Bitey and Dolly Gee Squeakers. These are not your average cats or average stories. Read about Fish Liberation Day and the all cat band Squeak Toy. Imaginative, funny, and true to life, these stories might make cat lovers of all of us.

Darkly comic and richly imagined, these three short stories revolve around the meaning and missives that are family. In the title story, a grieving son is surprised in his search for revenge. In "Acceptance", a mother's mourning is complicated by her handy-man's son. And in "Wilbur Wilson's...

Elvi and Andrus don't have mirrors in their house.Zoe climbs The Very Tall Tree.Thimbles fits in a tea cup.Sally cannot die.And Yeni fins a small thunderstorm in the breadbox.Fourteen pieces of fantastically human flash fiction gathered together to enchant and engage.

Three stories, three characters, three predicaments. Laura looks at life and the ordinary when it is just a little off.

Tangled Strings weaves together three mother-daughter relationships in very distinct ways. In “Secrets” a woman decides to stay in Krakow after her tour group’s departure, because of a secret her dying mother revealed. The woman in “Promises” welcomes her favorite grandchild into her home,...

Whether watching a TV program or trying to be nice to her boyfriend, Emily Urness has a plan to implement and advice to follow. What results is funny, and revealing. Read these four essays to get some pointers on how and why we continue to attempt to improve for ourselves and for those we love.

Meet some of the inhabitants of North Haven Island, Maine and Ware Massachusetts. In "Five Stories" Renee Beauregard Lute introduces us to a lobster fisherman, a tanning salon owner, a poetry student, a store clerk and young woman trying to please her grandmother. These memorable characters are brought to life with humor and poignancy.