Five Stop Story: Short Stories to Read in 5 Stops on Your Commute [Kindle Edition]

I'm a regular entrant in the Five Stop Story competitions, and also a big fan. I can't wait to read the new stories every month!
This kindle book contains thirty stories from the 2011 competitions, and offers readers a great selection of mystery, contemporary, and science fiction. The Editor, Ruth Heald, has done a fantastic job of organizing the collection into interesting categories, rather than simply publishing them by competition/theme.

To briefly comment on my favorite stories:
`Autumn' by Ann Leander is a simple, yet captivating story of a woman's holiday fling in Paris. I love its inclusion in `Tales of Betrayal'; I found myself judging Shamir's actions as a bigger betrayal than Angela cheating on her husband. I would love to read more work from Ann in the future.
Rowan Whiteside is a great story-teller and `Zumba' is an exciting account of one woman's revenge after an affair. I couldn't help cheering for the villain in this story!
`Mirrors' by Howard Mosley-Chalk is the only fantasy/noir story in the kindle book, and is an absorbing tale of how we wish we could make things right in the world. I hope to see more of Howard's work on the site this year.
Judith Sly's `Mischief in Paradise' won the `Betrayal' theme competition, and rightly so; it's an entertaining story of an anonymous blackmailer in a small town.
`Quasquicentennial' by Martha Mukaiwa is a delicate tale of lives entwined, and how ordinary actions affect those around us. Beautifully written.
I'm really pleased that Ruth Heald included a tale of her own, `The Final Days of Trevor Morrison'. I admire Ruth's structure and use of alternative points of view to tell the story. Yes Ruth, I took down some notes!

This is a great collection, and I hope that it inspires more people to read short stories. You may just find your new favorite author here.

I agree with Kelly M. I particularly liked Zumba and the Final Days of Trevor Morrison. I also thought the two Valentines themed stories, one funny and one sad,were very good. This book makes a train journey much more interesting.

I was very disappointed by this collection. The writing was amateur and weak. A few of the plots were clever which earned the star; otherwise nothing to recommend it. I found the writing so poor I can't even be bothered to look again at the stories in order to find examples to quote of the poor vocabulary and high cliche count of the 'her eyes darted swiftly round the room' variety. It reads like writers' circle stuff. Yaaaawwwwn.