Five Star Review from Readers' Favorite for A Retrospective Trip Down Tourniquet Lane by Robert E. Kearns Reviewed by Jennifer Senick for Readers' Favorite A Retrospective Trip Down Tourniquet Lane by Robert E. Kearns unfolds through a series of letters and visits between two cousins, Henry and Lucy, who reconnect over a mysterious old cottage in rural Ireland. What begins as a simple exchange of pleasantries soon becomes an exploration of memory, history, and superstition. A

Readers' Favorite today awarded my story, U.S.S. Tenacity, a Five Star review: "U.S.S. Tenacity is a spooky story that left me scratching my head. I was intrigued from the first page. Robert E. Kearns is a gifted writer because he made me question my sanity. The logical part of my brain was telling me that everything was a coincidence, but a superstitious voice in my head was persuading me that the ship was haunted. I loved the mystery of it all. I recommend you read this boo

Readers' Favorite today awarded a Five Star review to An Alternate Romance "An Alternate Romance explores the depths of human loneliness with almost frightening frankness. Robert E. Kearns describes the conditions of Purcell's everyday life in great detail, making us wonder how someone could be contented with a life like this. For me, inner distress is skillfully shown by the gifted author. The fact that Purcell has enough money to renovate his home but doesn't want to spend

Readers' Favorite has just awarded Poems & Short Stories by Robert E. Kearns a Five Star review: Reviewed by Diana Lopez for Readers' Favorite Robert E. Kearns brings us the most creative stories and wonderful poems in Poems & Short Stories Vol.1. On the one hand, he has stories that are short, but concise, with different content in completely varied situations but always maintaining the intrigue and handling a very particular sense of humor. They are written with a rhythm th

A Midnight Call to Monto now has a Five Star review from Readers' Favorite Link to full review here: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/a-midnight-call-to-monto I love the way Robert E. Kearns writes and his style of writing. His short stories are the best because he is able to encapsulate the lives of his characters in the minimum number of pages and ensure that the reader gets the best reading experience out of it. This is perhaps my favorite story by Kearns and this

I'm delighted to announce that Readers' Favorite has awarded The Pastor of Rush Springs a Five Star review. Reviewed by Kimberlee J Benart for Readers' Favorite The Pastor of Rush Springs is a short story by Robert E. Kearns. In a small rural town on a hot July day, some time after neon lights have become popular but before air conditioning is widely available, a newly arrived preacher holds an adoring congregation enthralled. The pastor’s “fire and brimstone” sermon is made

I received this terrific review from Book Angel for my short story, Jeremiah Kildare and The Wolf of the same County: "This is a short supernatural story which fits a remarkable amount in given its length. The writing paints a very quick picture of his current life and how he can to be living like that, and describes the kind of person he is, as well as the bleakness of the land he inhabits. As a character there is little to say about him, but as the only one in the piece, h