Shorties is a collection of stories from the mind of a Canadian author. English stories and life, including Shakespeare are an inspiration for the novel and the author. The stories includes fantasy, inspired novels of heroes from magical lands and earthen heroes visiting lands and situations, you would wish to never have or wish to have. The future inspired novels are mostly an inspiration of Star Trek. The stories touch on the minds of the deranged, trying to get out. The stories go into fantasy worlds and comment of some political events in the current year and age. Worlds destroyed by nuclear and spatial disasters are touch upon. Jail, and spiritual cultures are often embraced in this novel in one or another story in this collection. The essays are psychological, logical, and historical as well as science based.