This collection of short stories, published by "Idea Press" is aimed at presenting the richness of styles and creativity of Italian American writers. It consists of two sections for a total of twenty-three short stories, eight of them nonfiction and fifteen of them fiction, and eighteen authors. The writers chosen by the editor to be included in this anthology are from a wide range of professional backgrounds, but ultimately most of them are published authors with an extensive experience on their curricula, as the reader may infer from their biographies.Altogether, the stories that appear in this anthology explore different topics, some of them typical of the Italian American world, while others universal, offering a gamut of styles and approaches to writing that proves the existence of a vast group of Italian American writers who deserve recognition for their work. FICTIONMichael Cutillo - All aboard the 6:15 for Baltimore * Mike Fiorito - Roller Royce, Dancing without Souls * J. A. Forgione - September 11 * Maria Lisella - Palermo Revisited * Laura Klinkon - Villa San Bastiano * LindaAnn Lo Schiavo - A Walk on Cemetery Hill, A Gaijin Among the Geishas, The Gospel According to Saint Marks Place * Andrew Mele - An Ocean View * Marianna Randazzo - Mary and Martha * Tim Tomlinson - The Quiet Mouse Gets the Cheese, You Understand Me * Leo Vadalà - Fredo * Elizabeth Vallone - Taking Care of Busibess.NON-FICTIONMargaret Franceschini - Time in a Mirror * Gilda Battaglia Rorro Baldassari - Handouts - In the Back * Marco Bulgarelli - A Vocation Within a Vocation * Maria Dellaventura - Julia * Mary Rorro - Boundless * Maria Teresa De Donato - Living Abroad and Being an Alien * Sylvana Swinburne - Johanna's Sacrifice.