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	The Rum Shop	by Ed Teja May 10, 2012	$0.99	2943 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Ed Teja writes fiction, poetry and music as he travels over the face of the planet. He has written monthly columns for Caribbean Compass, Texas Flyer and other magazines and is finding his niche in the online world. Currently in Asia (again) he is studying Cambodian and traditional Khmer music in a rather haphazard fashion and working with http://extraordinaryjobs.com/.
	Crossroads	by Cristian Mihai May 10, 2012	Free!	1141 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Cristian Mihai (born 25 December 1990) grew up in Constanta, Romania. And he’s still growing up, or at least trying to. Sometimes he writes. Sometimes he gets lucky and writes something good. His favorite painting is “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich. He can’t, however, draw a straight line. No matter how much he tries. Not even with a ruler. And, please, don’t ever ask him to sing.
	The Billionth American	by Robert Reichardt May 10, 2012	$5.99	54729 words	Sample 15%
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	Twitpoems	by Allen Taylor May 10, 2012	$0.99	849 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Allen Taylor is an Iraq War veteran, an award-winning journalist, poet and fiction writer, and currently lives in Pennsylvania with his lovely wife, some chickens, a few cows, a gaggle of geese, and 52 acres full of peepers and screech owls.
	Martyr's Dream	by Neil Hetzner May 10, 2012	Free!	76330 words	Read a sample
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	The Secret Cause	by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis May 10, 2012	$0.99	4183 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Brazilian (1839-1908).
	Bangkok--Just Under the Skin	by Grant J Venables May 09, 2012	$4.99	69165 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I am a Canadian who lives and writes in Southeast Asia. Presently I work in Kuala Lumpur, teaching English Literature. I was born and raised in and around Shushwap Lake in south-central British Columbia, but I have also lived in northern Alberta. I went to school at Grande Prairie Regional College, then I moved to Edmonton Alberta, and attended the University of Alberta From there I moved to Bangkok, Thailand and furthered my studies with Michigan State University. I am married to a wonderful woman, Kaeo (who is on the cover of Bangkok—Just Under the Skin). I have three sons, Kritsana, Heathcliff-Manx, and Keats J. We keep a small farm in Thailand where we raise organic fruit and produce, and ducks…a great number of ducks. When not reading, writing, or teaching, I spend time with my family, my friends, my ducks, and my trees. Trees provide a certain sanity and calm in a world so often too concerned with the insane rush to destroy itself.
	The Bluff	by Sue Wentz May 09, 2012	$0.99	23313 words	Sample 20%
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	Jacob's Return	by Andrew Tertes May 09, 2012	$5.99	161651 words	Sample 18%
	Author bio: Andrew Tertes is an explorer of identity, place, culture and spirit. His personal journey has led him from Connecticut, to the San Francisco Bay Area, to Israel, where he lives now with his wife and two young children. This is his first novel.
	On how the Cockroach, after having died, and after a short conversation with Saint Peter, entered the Gates of Heaven	by V. Campudoni May 09, 2012	$0.99	3691 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born in Brooklyn. Presently living in the great state of Georgia.
	Chameleon On A Kaleidoscope (The Oxygen Thief Diaries)	by Anonymous May 09, 2012	$7.99	42684 words	Sample 10%
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	Igazi Labafo	by Titshabona Ncube May 09, 2012	$10.00	13789 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born Titshabona Malaba Ncube, in a closely knit family, comprising 4 boys and 2 girls, in the Sigangatsha area of Kezi. Mr Ncube began his schooling days at St. Sebastian Primary School where he spent his entire primary education career. He then proceeded to Regina Mundi Sec. School, Gwaai, where he completed his O Levels. In 1991 Mr Ncube advanced to Matopo High School for A Levels, and also got involved with the unforgettable church choir dubbed the Commissioned Brothers. In 1993 he progressed to the University of Zimbabwe and then deployed to JZ Moyo High School in West Nicholson as an A Level teacher. In 1999 Mr Ncube became the school sports master. As a consequence of his unquestionable passion for sports, especially football, he was appointed head coach for senior boys football team when his glamorous team went on to be adjudged the most disciplined team for the year 2000 in the then Peter Ndlovu Tournament. It was in the end of the same year that Mr Ncube migrated to the UK where he obtained an Honours Degree in Town Planning, and a post graduate Diploma, specialising in Planning Law. Mr Ncube is currently doing Masters in Town Planning and also involved in several projects including being a song writer, author, town planner, and a dj on Afrodeepradio.com, an entertainment internet radio station based in the London.
	Larks Monthly Review, March 2012	by Daniel Pool May 08, 2012	$0.99	21784 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Daniel J. Pool is a writer, editor and part-time funny man. His work has appeared in the Fringe, Weirdyear, Trend and Indigo-Rising Magazine. In his spare time he edits Larks Fiction Magazine--the flagship publication of his multimedia business.
	Fehér négyszögek	by Nyári László May 08, 2012	$5.99	44752 words	Sample 20%
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	Don't Cry	by W H.B May 08, 2012	$1.99	115017 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: I've started writing professionally two year ago, I wrote the first version of this book five years ago; all my life I have been working in the music industry, as a producer and song writer. I lived and studied in Switzerland and England. I presently live in Montreal.
	God's Own Country	by Leo OReilly May 07, 2012	$1.50	88789 words	Sample 20%
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	Postcards from Condi Rice	by Lee Patton May 07, 2012	$2.99	7417 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: After growing up in an immigrant/lumbering/fishing town on California's Mendocino Coast, and after college in Sacramento and San Francisco, I headed to Colorado to teach high school and work on my M.A. in Denver University’s Writing Program. In the late 80’s, I wrote plays for Denver’s legendary Changing Scene. That led me to develop plays produced in Arizona, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Alaska, then off-off Broadway in New York. A scholarship sent me to London to study theatre, where a jealous-love murder threat in our dorm inspired the fictionalized events of my first novel, Nothing Gold Can Stay (Alyson Books, 2000, published as Casey Nelson to avoid embarrassing my fellow students and teachers). In the second novel, Love and Genetic Weaponry: The Beginner's Guide (Alyson Books, 2009), I explored a completely fictitious Hitchcockian-paranoid-romance set among very real Western landscapes. The idea of the amateur sleuth fascinated me, especially my protagonist, Ray O’Brien, a young teacher forced into the role of accidental detective. He must solve the mystery and defuse danger using only his everyday wits and evolving insights into human nature. Like my character, I have found myself in the midst of a role I never predicted—accidental mystery writer. But I’m at work on the third novel in the series, Fresh Grave in Grand Canyon, which gives me a chance to explore more of what I love—whitewater rafting and the canyon’s surreal geology—and develop another romance interrupted, of course, by murder.
	The Gypsy Man	by Ronald Florence May 07, 2012	$4.99	145905 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Ronald Florence is a novelist and historian, the author of ten previous books, including The Gypsy Man, The Perfect Machine, and Lawrence and Aaronsohn. He has also written about a WWI assassin, women socialists, transatlantic flights on the Graf Zeppelin, racing and cruising sailboats, the last season before WWII in Newport, the Damascus blood libel, and an effort to rescue as many as one million Jews from the Holocaust. Several books have been published in foreign editions, and The Perfect Machine is the basis of a PBS documentary.
	Going For The Wire	by Chris Leicester May 06, 2012	$3.99	109495 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Chris originates from Sheffield, UK but he now lives in Chester with his wife and two young sons. Along the way he’s had several adventures in the world including cycling across Australia for Cancer Research and buying land from cannibals. As well as books Chris also writes stage plays, screenplays, radio plays and poetry. His past work includes; ‘Mickey’, a radio play for the BBC in 2001, ‘Tales From the Riverbank’ in 2001, ‘The Last Train to Jordan Road’ in 2003, (called ‘Mafioso’ for the Edinburgh Fringe later in that year,) ‘The Fourth Wall’ which ran at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington and then in Edinburgh in 2005 and ‘The Baby Box’ which ran for a month at The Old Red Lion Theatre 2008, “Slasher” Kincade which toured the UK in 2010. His last play ‘Charlie Bangers’ premiered at the prestigious Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays, Manchester on September 2011 and tours the UK in 2012. His is writing his next new play, ‘Hurricane Hill,’ for a major TV and Stage name and this will be ready for production in 2013. “A brilliant evening of live entertainment and theatre at its rawest best.” (Four stars) whatsonstage.com on 'Slasher' Kincade 16/04/2010 “Slick production is a play of our times” Hackney Gazette on “Slasher” Kincade 6/5/10 “Leicester is also an accomplished director and blends clever lighting and physical theatre to bring his plays to life.” The Stage on “Slasher” Kincade 10/5/10 “The power of Leicester’s writing combined with the wonderful acting talent really carries the play through to the very end....the chemistry of such a beautiful text.” Extra! Extra! on ‘The Baby Box’ 2008. “Naturalistic, gritty writing – reminiscent of Mike Leigh.” Camden New Journal on ‘The Baby Box’ 2008 “Leicester's writing is confident and powerful..” Hampstead and Highgate Express on ‘The Baby Box’ 2008 “Chris Leicester’s clever, acerbic, unpredictable play…” The Stage on ‘The Fourth Wall’ 2005 ‘Achieves moments of mesmerising realism that Stanislavski would have applauded’, Time Out on ‘The Fourth Wall’ 2005. '…beg, borrow or knee-cap for a ticket!’ The Scotsman on ‘Mafioso’ 2003
	Cansville	by Alan Flurry May 06, 2012	$5.99	54788 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born in 1968 in Savannah, Georgia, novelist and filmmaker Alan Flurry is a distinctive new voice in American literature. His often cinematic approach to literature now takes to the stage as we go into the heart of the playwright, and the fevered dream that is the slowly unfolding act of creation, with Cansville.
	The Gatekeeper	by Colin Cohen May 05, 2012	$1.99	16485 words	Sample 50%
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	The Fetish	by T.L. Peters May 05, 2012	$0.99	22321 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: "There's no question that Peters is a master wordsmith." Gerry B's Book Reviews About the author: T.L. Peters is an ex-lawyer who enjoys playing the violin and giving his dog long walks in the woods. In between, he writes novels.
	La puta que leía a Jack Kerouac	by Susana Hernández May 05, 2012	$4.99	31095 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Nací en Barcelona. Estudié Imagen y Sonido e Integración Social. Actualmente compagino estudios de Investigación Privada y de Psicología en la Universidad de Barcelona. He colaborado en varios medios de comunicación escritos, ejerciendo como crítico musical y redactora de deportes, así como en medios radiofónicos. Entre 1995 y 2007 trabajé como locutora en Radio Canet. He publicado la novelas: "La Casa Roja" (Premio Ciudad de Sant Adrián 2005), "La puta que leía a Jack Kerouac" (Lesrain 2007) y "Curvas Peligrosas" (Odisea Editorial 2010) y el libro de relatos "Enamórate" (Odisea Editorial 2012) junto a otros autores. "Curvas peligrosas" ha sido considerada una de las tres mejores novelas negras publicadas en 2010. En mi haber cuentan diversos premios de novela, relato y poesía: I Premio Poesía Lésbica Versales 2009, Finalista Premio de novela Katharsis 2009, I Premio Ciudad de Sant Adrián de Besós de Novela 2005, Premio Contradiction 2003, Emilio Murcia de relato 2003 (accésit), Premio Mizares de poesía 2003, Segundo Premio Villa San Esteban de Gormaz 2002, y Premio de relato «Mujeres» de Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2001, entre otros. He participado en la III edición de Getafe Negro 2010 dentro de la mesa redonda Cosecha negra: Jóvenes Bárbaros. En 2006 fui seleccionada por la universidad de Alicante para participar en el VI Encuentro Nacional de Escritores y contribuí a la antología poética que se editó posteriormente a favor de Médicos sin Fronteras. En la primavera de 2007 la editorial Lesrain colaboré en el libro de relatos El espejo de los deseos en beneficio de la lucha contra el turismo sexual de menores y la prostitución infantil. Asimismo mis relatos y poemas han sido incluidos en diferentes antologías y publicaciones literarias. Actualmente imparto talleres literarios y colaboro en distintos medios como crítica literaria y redactora. En octubre de 2012 Alrevés Editorial publicará la segunda novela de la serie de las subinspectoras Santana y Vázquez que se inició con "Curvas peligrosas".
	Don Quixote	by Gerald J. Davis May 05, 2012	$4.99	212953 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Gerald J. Davis is the author of eight novels. He has lived in Central America and travelled extensively throughout Latin America.
	El acontecimiento literario del año	by Daniel Corpas Hansen May 04, 2012	$3.99	40287 words	Sample 20%
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	Hackettstown (A Short Story)	by Brian Hartman May 04, 2012	$0.99	8985 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Brian Hartman lives in Scotch Plains, NJ. He is the author of numerous short stories, including "Tuesday", published in Red Fez online, and co-author of "Valentine's Day" (along with Kenneth Weene and Salvatore Buttaci).
	The Writers Motel	by James Spurlock May 04, 2012	$0.99	74393 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: James Spurlock was born in 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has a degree in English and Speech & Theatre from Austin Peay State University and for 25 years has taught high school English. He is the author of the novels The Writers Motel and Candytuff. He and his wife Dianna reside in Tennessee. He can be contacted by emailing him at jim730@blomand.net.
	The Sound Collector	by Janet Parkinson May 04, 2012	$1.99	44665 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Janet is a writer and published poet in Rhode Island. She has been writing most of her life and has participated in National Novel Writing Month seven times. Although she knows some obsessive fans, she is not one herself.
	American Compromise	by Ryan Chase May 04, 2012	Free!	66881 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Ryan Chase lives in New York with an eclectic group of people. He spends his time in fits of existential crisis or drinking whiskey, sometimes the two go together.
	Silence	by R. P. Poe May 04, 2012	$3.99	77524 words	Sample 20%
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	Magic In Moon Time	by Dara Harper May 04, 2012	$2.99	40934 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Dara Harper is was born in Detroit, MI and developed a passion for storytelling at an early age. She is a novelist, Off-Broadway playwright, journalist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. She won the Best African American Filmmaker Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival for her short film, "la Revolution." While residing in New York City, she was accepted into the Harlem Writer's Guild. Her feature film, "Sweeter Without Sugar" was an official selection at the African American Women In Cinema Film Festival. Her debut play, "Passing" had a sold-out run Off-Broadway and was nominated for an AUDELCO Award. She authored three books, "Magic In Moon Time", "Grits & Grace" and "Forgiveness Season." She finds inspiration in Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, rainy days and a great cup of espresso.
	The Barkhouse Five	by PD Cacek May 03, 2012	$0.99	5431 words	Sample 20%
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	Miss Papa B.: a short story	by Jeff Posey May 03, 2012	$0.99	4982 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: “Where did these rocks come from?” asked the geology professor. The fifty or so students ambling among the pile of stones at the bottom of the hill offered answers in tentative voices: a Precambrian ocean, an ancient river, the continental shelf …. The professor shouted “No!” to each answer. Then a skinny, prematurely balding student pointed at the top of the hill with his rock hammer and said in a ringing voice, “They come from up there!” “Exactly!” boomed the professor. That skinny boy was me. I’ve always had a flair for pointing out the embarrassingly obvious. Friends and colleagues say I have a gift for explanation, clarification, synthesis. I’m also fascinated by darned near everything. Which explains why I: Have a geology degree, nearly earned a degree in biology, nearly earned a master’s degree in journalism, spent a decade as a magazine writer and editor, did five-and-a-half-years of night school to get a master’s degree in financial analysis (of all things), and once tried my hand as an independent financial consultant. I like challenges. If I feel ignorant about something, that motivates me to figure it out. My work credits include: DFW Writers’ Conference, for which I was Director in 2011 Founder and sole member of Jeff Posey Enterprises LLC, the business entity for both my Author and Corporate work Javelin Marketing Group, where I labored on more than 80 pitches to prospective clients and placed nearly 50 stories in the trade press Carter & Burgess Inc. (now Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.), where I managed external and internal communications Free Range Communications Group Inc., a marketing/communications company I founded and managed for five years VHA Inc., where I started up and managed a book-publishing division American Way magazine where I managed more than fifty freelance writers and started up a fiction section D Magazine, where as City Editor covering Dallas politics I learned over and over that nothing is as it seems Sun Exploration and Production Co., where I looked for (and found) oil and gas deposits The University of Dallas and Fun/Ed Inc., where I taught people how to write fiction Along the way, I’ve earned an award for investigative magazine journalism, gathered more than a dozen speaking awards with Toastmasters International, and published about a half-dozen short stories with small literary magazines.
	Dinkle Dorkle And Other Nut Cases	by Allen Taylor May 03, 2012	Free!	896 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Allen Taylor is an Iraq War veteran, an award-winning journalist, poet and fiction writer, and currently lives in Pennsylvania with his lovely wife, some chickens, a few cows, a gaggle of geese, and 52 acres full of peepers and screech owls.
	Beautiful; Till You Wake Up	by Lyubomir Nikolov May 03, 2012	$2.70	3311 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Lyubomir P. Nikolov lives and writes in Sofia, Bulgaria. His publications include a non-fiction book on psychology, a collection of short stories in Bulgarian (2010) and in English (_David's Child_,2011, _The Netizen_,2011), and various appearances in Bulgarian anthologies and magazines, both SF and mainstream. Among his literary awards are a second place in a national short story competition (2006), the 2008 Chudomir Award for humorous prose, and a nomination for the Helikon Bookstore Chain Award for his Bulgarian collection (2010).
	Memento Mori	by Cristian Mihai May 02, 2012	Free!	1821 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Cristian Mihai (born 25 December 1990) grew up in Constanta, Romania. And he’s still growing up, or at least trying to. Sometimes he writes. Sometimes he gets lucky and writes something good. His favorite painting is “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich. He can’t, however, draw a straight line. No matter how much he tries. Not even with a ruler. And, please, don’t ever ask him to sing.
	One	by Cristian Mihai May 02, 2012	Free!	921 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Cristian Mihai (born 25 December 1990) grew up in Constanta, Romania. And he’s still growing up, or at least trying to. Sometimes he writes. Sometimes he gets lucky and writes something good. His favorite painting is “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich. He can’t, however, draw a straight line. No matter how much he tries. Not even with a ruler. And, please, don’t ever ask him to sing.
	Unwoven: six short stories	by Jeff Posey May 02, 2012	$2.99	31288 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: “Where did these rocks come from?” asked the geology professor. The fifty or so students ambling among the pile of stones at the bottom of the hill offered answers in tentative voices: a Precambrian ocean, an ancient river, the continental shelf …. The professor shouted “No!” to each answer. Then a skinny, prematurely balding student pointed at the top of the hill with his rock hammer and said in a ringing voice, “They come from up there!” “Exactly!” boomed the professor. That skinny boy was me. I’ve always had a flair for pointing out the embarrassingly obvious. Friends and colleagues say I have a gift for explanation, clarification, synthesis. I’m also fascinated by darned near everything. Which explains why I: Have a geology degree, nearly earned a degree in biology, nearly earned a master’s degree in journalism, spent a decade as a magazine writer and editor, did five-and-a-half-years of night school to get a master’s degree in financial analysis (of all things), and once tried my hand as an independent financial consultant. I like challenges. If I feel ignorant about something, that motivates me to figure it out. My work credits include: DFW Writers’ Conference, for which I was Director in 2011 Founder and sole member of Jeff Posey Enterprises LLC, the business entity for both my Author and Corporate work Javelin Marketing Group, where I labored on more than 80 pitches to prospective clients and placed nearly 50 stories in the trade press Carter & Burgess Inc. (now Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.), where I managed external and internal communications Free Range Communications Group Inc., a marketing/communications company I founded and managed for five years VHA Inc., where I started up and managed a book-publishing division American Way magazine where I managed more than fifty freelance writers and started up a fiction section D Magazine, where as City Editor covering Dallas politics I learned over and over that nothing is as it seems Sun Exploration and Production Co., where I looked for (and found) oil and gas deposits The University of Dallas and Fun/Ed Inc., where I taught people how to write fiction Along the way, I’ve earned an award for investigative magazine journalism, gathered more than a dozen speaking awards with Toastmasters International, and published about a half-dozen short stories with small literary magazines.
	Zelfportret	by Aglaia Bouma May 02, 2012	Free!	1537 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: In addition to being a writer, Aglaia Bouma (1970) is an entrepreneur, lover of cats, wine, cooking, drinks at the beach and her husband of course. Her Dutch novel ‘De dwaling’ was reviewed positively and her short stories often win in contests. The Dutch version of ‘Self-portrait’ was published in a literary journal. When writing, she tries to describe the characters roaming her fantasy in a way that the resulting story keeps hanging around in the head of the reader for a while. Because you, dear reader, is what it’s all about! Aglaia Bouma (1970) is behalve schrijver ondernemer, liefhebber van katten, wijn, koken, terrasjes aan het strand en niet te vergeten haar man. Haar roman ‘De dwaling’ heeft positieve recensies mogen ontvangen en de korte verhalen van haar hand gooien regelmatig hoge ogen bij wedstrijden. ‘Zelfportret’ werd gepubliceerd in cultureel en literair tijdschrift ‘Schoon Schip’. De personages die in haar fantasie ronddolen, probeert ze zo te beschrijven dat het resulterende verhaal nog een tijdje in het hoofd van de lezer blijft hangen. Want om u, beste lezer, gaat het!
	Self-portrait	by Aglaia Bouma May 02, 2012	Free!	1489 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: In addition to being a writer, Aglaia Bouma (1970) is an entrepreneur, lover of cats, wine, cooking, drinks at the beach and her husband of course. Her Dutch novel ‘De dwaling’ was reviewed positively and her short stories often win in contests. The Dutch version of ‘Self-portrait’ was published in a literary journal. When writing, she tries to describe the characters roaming her fantasy in a way that the resulting story keeps hanging around in the head of the reader for a while. Because you, dear reader, is what it’s all about! Aglaia Bouma (1970) is behalve schrijver ondernemer, liefhebber van katten, wijn, koken, terrasjes aan het strand en niet te vergeten haar man. Haar roman ‘De dwaling’ heeft positieve recensies mogen ontvangen en de korte verhalen van haar hand gooien regelmatig hoge ogen bij wedstrijden. ‘Zelfportret’ werd gepubliceerd in cultureel en literair tijdschrift ‘Schoon Schip’. De personages die in haar fantasie ronddolen, probeert ze zo te beschrijven dat het resulterende verhaal nog een tijdje in het hoofd van de lezer blijft hangen. Want om u, beste lezer, gaat het!
	Fallen Angels	by Alice Duncan May 01, 2012	$2.99	73872 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Award-winning author Alice Duncan lives with a herd of wild dachshunds (enriched from time to time with fosterees from New Mexico Dachshund Rescue) in Roswell, New Mexico. She’s not a UFO enthusiast; she’s in Roswell because her mother’s family settled there fifty years before the aliens crashed. Since her two daughters live in California, where Alice was born, she’d like to return there, but can’t afford to. Alice would love to hear from you at alice@aliceduncan.net. And be sure to visit her website: http://www.aliceduncan.net
	The Man Who Was Shot	by Marià Vayreda May 01, 2012	$1.50	11973 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Marià Vayreda (1853-1903), Catalan writer from a family of rural nobles. Veteran of the Third Carlist War. Brief exile in France after the defeat of the Carlists. _La punyalada_ is his best-known work.
	Love Song for the Dead	by Jack Forge May 01, 2012	$2.99	15204 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Born John Stephen Rohde in Los Angeles, California, I focused my academic study on the liberal arts and I have striven to create worthy art most of my life.
	A Civil War	by Corinda Marsh May 01, 2012	$2.99	126957 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Corinda Pitts Marsh is a native of Northwest Florida. She earned a Ph.D. in English (major areas: American Literature post Civil War and British Literature 20th Century) at Florida State University, and after teaching composition and literature at FSU and working as an editor for a regional magazine, she is retired. She enjoys her family, her pets, and her passion for writing. Her favorite writers are Wolfe, Hemingway, and Nietzsche. She invites comments on her work via Facebook or Smashwords reviews and is available for questions and discussions of her work or that of Thomas Wolfe.
	Faux Pas	by I Feel Pretty May 01, 2012	Free!	15970 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I Feel Pretty is a writers collective based in Chicago. The stories are totally free on our website, but you can download them onto your various e-reader and tablet type things here.
	George's Tonic	by Allison M. Dickson April 30, 2012	$1.29	11557 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Allison M. Dickson is the author of dark fiction with a speculative bent. Although horror is one of her biggest influences, she prefers writing stories that chill rather than splatter. She hasn't yet gained the ubiquity of her esteemed literary heroes (Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Cormac McCarthy to name a few), but she is enjoying the climb up the ladder and the chance to explore as many genres as possible, from urban fantasy satire to mainstream women's fiction to steampunk, to young adult fantasy. Allison lives in Dayton, Ohio with her husband, two children, and a gigantic bobtailed house cat. When she isn't writing, she's often doing freelance editing for her company, Allison Edits. Several of the stories below have been previously published in other online venues and have been made available here as reprints for your favorite e-reader device.
	A Noiva Judia	by Pedro Paixão April 30, 2012	$4.99	19400 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Nasceu em Lisboa em 1956. Estudou em Lisboa, Lovaina e Heidelberga. Tentou ensinar filosofia. Depois desistiu. Publicou vinte e um livros de ficção e dois álbuns de fotografia. Escreveu dois textos para teatro e um para ópera. Não é membro de qualquer clube, associação, partido ou igreja. Nunca votou. Tem um filho. É casado. Vive em Santo António do Estoril. Prepara um filme.
	The Island	by Antonio Dias April 29, 2012	$2.99	5165 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Antonio Dias is an artist, designer, writer living in Rhode Island. His writing includes essays, short stories, poems, and novels, as well as a book on boat design. Stay tuned as more works appear here on Smashwords!
	À Procura de um Livro	by Ágata Ramos Simões April 29, 2012	$2.99	38229 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Colaborou na tradução japonesa das obras “Todos os Nomes” e “A Caverna” de José Saramago. Representada com três poemas na colectânea de poesia contemporânea portuguesa, “Ventana A La Nueva Poesía Portuguesa”, editada no México pela Ediciones Desierto. Escreveu “Lisboa singular”, livro infanto-juvenil, publicado em português por uma editora francesa (Éditions 00h00). Teve uma participação no Salão do Livro em Paris, entre os dias 16 e 21 de Março de 2001, convidada pela editora Éditions 00h00. Ganhou o 1º prémio no concurso literário “António Mendes Moreira” da Câmara Municipal de Paredes com o manuscrito “À Procura de um Livro” e ganhou igualmente o 1º prémio ex-aequo no concurso literário Orlando Gonçalves da Câmara Municipal da Amadora com o mesmo manuscrito. No princípio de 2006 foi publicado outro livro seu, de ficção, pela editora Saída de Emergência: “Senhor Bentley, o Enraba-Passarinhos”. Participou no DN Jovem durante alguns anos.
	Ulla Sundström et autres nouvelles	by Bernard Viallet April 29, 2012	Free!	19986 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Né en 1948 à Paris XVème, Bernard Viallet réside en Ile de France. Après un classique cursus universitaire (licence de Lettres), a exercé également quelques petits métiers avant d'intégrer l'Education Nationale où il exerça longtemps dans des quartiers sensibles. Cette expérience, il la raconte dans son témoignage : « Le Mammouth m'a tué » (Editions Tempora). Depuis qu'il n'enseigne plus, il est retourné à ses premières amours : la littérature (« Ulla Sundström », « Dorian Evergreen » et « Les Faux As », trois titres disponibles sur Kindle et en version papier chez TheBookEdition.com), la musique et les voyages à pied.