Short Story Anthologies

 

Each year, the Louisiana Author Posse presents an anthology of diverse short stories. The collection includes titles such as Time Passages, Celebrating the Short Story, Over the Moon Travel Treasures2020 Vision, Coming of Age, Second Chances, and Our Abiding Heritage, all of which have contributed to advancing this group of authors in their craft of Christian fiction writing.

Coming of Age – “A Promise Shared”

Coming of Age: A Collection of Diverse Short Stories (2021)

These ten adventures take you to places you have never been.

Marguerite Martin Gray’s “A Promise Shared” sends you back to before the American Revolution. You get a glimpse of sixteen-year-old Tom Engle, a character in her bestselling Revolutionary Faith series, dealing with loss and duty to family and God.

Second Chances – “Loyalties Severed”

Second Chances: A Collection of Diverse Short Stories (2022)

The nine short stories contained in “Second Chances” are as diverse in technique and theme as the previous years’ anthologies; nevertheless, they are united in the fact that a second chance event is a common element.

Marguerite Martin Gray’s “Loyalties Severed” examines George Elliott’s tough choices dealing with a young man’s wavering devotions regarding love, family, and loyalty.

Our Abiding Heritage –

“The Thread Uncovered”

Our Abiding Heritage: A Collection of Diverse Short Stories (2023)

This publication is a testimony of the sixth year a group of authors assembled their collective muse to create an anthology celebrating the short story. This year, ten authors have collaborated to produce the outstanding collection of diverse short stories.

The ten short stories in Our Abiding Heritage are as diverse in technique and theme as our previous years’ writings; nevertheless, they are united in the fact that a heritage element is common. We invite you to take notice of the techniques used by this array of talented authors to weave those heritage-related appearances into their stories.

Marguerite Martin Gray’s The Thread Uncovered examines a tendril through Sophie Lucy Marteen’s life, revealing how family relationships do not always require blood ties.

Time Passages, Volume 2 –

“Perhaps It’s Time”

Time Passages: A Collection of Diverse Short Stories (2024)

The 2024 Louisiana Posse presents its first two-volume anthology of diverse short stories. This year, fifteen authors collaborated to produce the outstanding collection of seventeen diverse short stories you’re now viewing, Time Passages. Volume I has eight stories you should also explore. Volume II has nine stories from seven authors.

The seventeen short stories in Time Passages are as diverse in technique and theme as our previous years’ writings; nevertheless, they are united in that a time element is expected. We invite you to take notice of the techniques used by this array of talented authors to weave those time-related appearances into their stories. These seventeen adventures will bring you to places you have never been.

Marguerite Martin Gray’s Perhaps It’s Time recounts Raymond Wilson’s great challenge after many years of warring against tyranny. It’s all he’s known as an adult, but now he’s expected to return to a normal he’d never known.

2025 Short Story Collection –

“Hope on the Horizon”

Louisiana Authors Posse Collection of Diverse Short Stories (2025)

The 2025 Louisiana Posse presents its latest anthology of diverse short stories. This year’s publication is the collaboration of thirteen authors, producing the outstanding collection of fourteen diverse short stories you’re now viewing.

Marguerite Martin Gray’s Hope On The Horizon reveals that Louis, while educated and smart, lacks the title and wealth to succeed in 18th-century France. So, he ventures to the other side of the world, hoping to find God’s purpose in his life.

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