·  Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award ·  ForeWord Magazine Audiobook of the Year - Silver Finalist   Murder.  Love.  Horror.  Suspense.  All this and much more in the most amazing short stories ever written--each one just 55 words long!Consider for a moment 55 words.  It's an absurdly tiny number.  No, it's an impossible tiny number.  It's what O. Henry might have conjured up if he'd only had the back of a business card to write upon.  You'll find murder and suspense, horror and intrigue, love and betrayal, plus distant worlds and inner demons. All in a measly 55 words! Billboard magazine had this to say about The World’s Shortest Stories Vol. 1, “What is most impressive in this collection of great stories is the sheer variety.  Let’s hope a second volume of these tiny gems will not be long in coming!” Well, here it is! Love and death, and all of the horror in between.  A second helping of the most amazing short stories ever written—each one just 55 words long!  Imagine O. Henry's tales if he'd only had the back of a business card to write upon.  Includes stories from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, Barnaby Conrad, Neil Steinberg, Herbert Gold, Norman Lear, Larry Niven and more…

"Editor Steve Moss has always liked words—so much so that he decided to start his own weekly newspaper so if there was nothing around to read, he'd have no one but himself to blame.  He has been a reporter, editor, busboy, art director, construction grunt, advertising copywriter, and graphic artist.  He is the editor and co-publisher of New Times in San Luis Obispo, where he started Fifty-Five Fiction as an annual writing contest.

Editor John Daniel, a native of Minnesota, has written five books.  He has worked as a bookseller, francelance writer, editor, entertainer, model, innkeeper and teacher.  He is now a small press publisher in Santa Barbara, California."