Stack of five books on a white sheet of paper resting on a red textured fabric background. The top book has a green and blue cover titled 'WOMENSCAPE: SELECTED STORIES OF ECLECTIC WOMEN' by Susan Helene. The second book has a white cover titled 'THE BAD DAY BOOK Volume 1' with the subtitle 'How to have a bad day' with the word 'funny' crossed out. The third book has a red cover titled 'Survival Tales of Pandemic' by California Writers Club. The fourth book has a brown cover titled 'Aquila Review Volume 16, Fall 2023.' The fifth book has a colorful cover, partially visible.

Short Story Collections by Susan Helene

Connections: Stories of Unexpected Encounters, Wordwooze Publishers, 2025

Womenscape:  Selected Stories of Eclectic Women, Unsolicited Press, 2022

Short Stories

‘The Sixty-First Day’, Montana Mouthful, Vol.3, Issue 3, October 2020

‘The Rose’, Survival:  Tales of Pandemic, Anthology, California Writers Club, 2020

Going Down?’, Aquila Review, Vol. 16, Texas A & M University, Fall 2023,

Poetry

‘Tai Chi Reverie’, Instant Noodles Literary Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 2, August, 2025

The Grove’, Aquila Review, Vol. 16, Texas A & M University, Fall 2023

‘Blue Moon’, Aquila Review, Vol. 16, Texas A & M University, Fall 2023

Memoir

 ‘The Dubble Bubble Bubblegum Caper’, The Bad Day Book, Vol. 1, The Bad Day Book, LLC, 2023

Awards

Collections: Stories of Unexpected Encounters, won the International Impact Book Award for short story collections in 2026.

The story The Rose won second place from the California Writers Club and was first published in their anthology Survival: Tales of Pandemic (2023).