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A Child Out Of Alcatraz by Tara Ison A Child Out Of Alcatraz by Tara Ison April 21, 2012 $2.99 77939 words Sample 10%
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Tara Ison is the author of two novels: THE LIST, and A CHILD OUT OF ALCATRAZ, a Finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the forthcoming short story collection BALL. Her short fiction, essays, poetry and book reviews have appeared numerous journals, magazines, newspapers and anthologies. She is also the co-writer of the cult film Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead. Ison is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a COLA Individual Artist Grant, multiple Yaddo fellowships, a Rotary Foundation Scholarship for International Study, a Brandeis National Women's Committee Award, a Thurber House Fiction Writer-in-Residence Fellowship, the Simon Blattner Fellowship from Northwestern University, and a California Arts Council Artists' Fellowship Award. Ison received her MFA in Fiction & Literature from Bennington College. She has taught Fiction and Screenwriting at Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Goddard College, Antioch University, UC Riverside's MFA Program in Creative Writing, and Bennington College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Fiction in Arizona State University's creative writing program. For more info, see: www.taraison.com. She can be reached at: info(at)taraison.com
Blood Feud (Short Story) by Lucas Nicolato Blood Feud (Short Story) by Lucas Nicolato April 21, 2012 $0.99 5803 words Sample 40%
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Stonechild and the Emperor by Jim Burk Stonechild and the Emperor by Jim Burk April 21, 2012 $4.99 212690 words Sample 15%
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Fascinated by communications technology. One of earliest educators in Alberta to receive an M.Ed in Educational Technology. Worked with first inexpensive reel to reel video recorders. Produced 16mm film. Picked Betamax over VHS and now transitioned to digital video. Retired and writing novels. Have completed four in the "Stonechild Chronicles" series, almost ready for Smashwords upload. These stories follow a young Cree aboriginal through the first years of WW 2 when the British Empire faced Hitler and the fascists alone. Also will have my Dad's biography, "Horses, Trails and Trophies" on Smashwords. This will include links to illustrative clips from his 8mm movies taken over 50 years ago and available through YouTube.
The Jaguar Warrior (Pre-Aztec Series, Book 3) by Zoe Saadia The Jaguar Warrior (Pre-Aztec Series, Book 3) by Zoe Saadia April 21, 2012 $3.99 50355 words Sample 20%
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I'd begun researching North American pre-contact history more than a decade ago, after spending some years with the Classic Ancient Mediterranean. From Republican Rome and their resemblance of democracy I was hurled straight into the Great League of the Iroquois, studying their wise and amazingly detailed constitution. Fascinated, I couldn't help comparing both political structures, finding a few resembling points between the two. The articles, excitedly typed on the subject, I cannot find today, which is a great relief - I was not mature enough to write on such matters ten years ago. The same fate awaited my first novel, which was far from being satisfactory both technically and otherwise (very ambitiously I went for the story of the Great Peacemaker himself, too young to realize that some historical characters you do not tamper with while writing fiction). I see it today as another curve on the learning process of a growing up writer. "The Cahokian" is a wholly different story. Two years ago I was mature enough to start working on the new project, being through with a thorough research and the writing classes. This time I knew better than to target real, even if long since dead, characters, building an accurate historical setting instead. Inspired by 'Shogun' of James Clavell, I wanted to present a somewhat similar clash between two very different cultures, when somewhere around the 14th century the luxurious but declining monarchists of the Mississippi meet the fierce democrats of the Great Lakes. And not a peaceful meeting it was...
Roses for Cassandra by Anna Moseley Roses for Cassandra by Anna Moseley April 20, 2012 Free! 2661 words Sample 30%
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Anna Moseley is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, and still resides there. She started off detesting writing, spending her days playing in the woods, swinging or reading. Her love of reading never faded and is completely to blame for changing her life. After reading the first Harry Potter book, Anna decided to try her hand at writing and fell in love with it. Ever since then she has been reading and writing almost non-stop.
The Devil's Grandson by Marc Schaeffer The Devil's Grandson by Marc Schaeffer April 20, 2012 $14.99 126751 words Sample 5%
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Providence, VA by Michael Abraham Providence, VA by Michael Abraham April 20, 2012 $6.95 132307 words Sample 20%
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I am a writer of articles, commentaries, profiles, and books, both fiction and non-fiction. I live in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Stonechild's Enigma by Jim Burk Stonechild's Enigma by Jim Burk April 20, 2012 $3.99 131352 words Sample 15%
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Fascinated by communications technology. One of earliest educators in Alberta to receive an M.Ed in Educational Technology. Worked with first inexpensive reel to reel video recorders. Produced 16mm film. Picked Betamax over VHS and now transitioned to digital video. Retired and writing novels. Have completed four in the "Stonechild Chronicles" series, almost ready for Smashwords upload. These stories follow a young Cree aboriginal through the first years of WW 2 when the British Empire faced Hitler and the fascists alone. Also will have my Dad's biography, "Horses, Trails and Trophies" on Smashwords. This will include links to illustrative clips from his 8mm movies taken over 50 years ago and available through YouTube.
Priestess of the Aegean: Book Three--The Elixir of Life by Katarina Soul Priestess of the Aegean: Book Three--The Elixir of Life by Katarina Soul April 20, 2012 $7.77 99906 words Sample 15%
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Katarina Soul is a Greek/American born in the USA after her maternal grandmother escaped the Turkish invasions of the 1900's and stowed away on a slave ship bound for America. Katarina is an independent author of several E-books in Amazon's Kindle store and here on Smashwords. Her Priestess of the Aegean trilogy blends historical fiction with adventure, love, magic, alchemy and mythology. Book One: Fortuna's Magic Book Two: The Etheric Realm Book Three: The Elixir of Life. This ancient historical series takes place in Greece in 500BC during the Persian wars and entertains both young adult and adult readers. Dr. Soul is a naturopathic physician, a holistic healer using only natural remedies:healthy nutrition, herbs, flower essences and homeopathy. She is also a lifelong metaphysician and helps clients see into their bright futures. She can be reached at: katarinasoul@gmail.com
The Unquiet Land by Ron Duffy The Unquiet Land by Ron Duffy April 19, 2012 $4.50 105385 words Sample 20%
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Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Ron Duffy has travelled extensively in both western and eastern Europe, mostly by bicycle, with working sojourns" in Norway, Austria and England. Adventuring over, he settled to studies, and obtained a BA in Geography from Queen's University in Belfast. As a student there he became involved in the activism that led to the start of the Troubles" in Northern Ireland in 1969. That year he emigrated to Canada where he took an MSc at the University of Calgary and studied for his PhD at McGill University in Montreal. In Montreal he started a long career as a university lecturer in Geography. His writing career began when he started publishing mostly travel and history articles in numerous Irish, British and Canadian newspapers and magazines. In 1988, McGill-Queen's University Press published his book, The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit since World War II. The popular Canadian author Pierre Berton in particular liked this book and used excerpts from it in his own coffee- table book Winter. As a student and then a university lecturer in Montreal and Calgary, creative writing gave way to preparing lectures. Duffy continued to write more creatively, if less productively, in his spare time, and now that he has retired from lecturing he is writing full time. Two of his novels, Crossed Lives and The Janus Web are available as ebooks. He is currently working on a historical novel based on the life of the Irish highwayman Redmond O'Hanlon. Duffy is married, has two sons, and now lives in Surrey, British Columbia, with his wife, Joanne, and two Jack Russell dogs.
Emily's Destiny by Allan Pritt Emily's Destiny by Allan Pritt April 19, 2012 $2.99 54926 words Sample 20%
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Rules for Engagements by Laura Briggs Rules for Engagements by Laura Briggs April 19, 2012 $2.99 67731 words Sample 20%
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Laura Briggs first entered the publishing world in 2010 with the romantic novella, ONLY IN NOVELS, which later received a CAPA award nomination. She also has a series of contemporary romance indie novels, and is co-author of THE DARK WOODS TRILOGY, a grimmer version of the classic Brother Grimms' tales.
Sub Rosa America: Indian Country, Book III by Elana Freeland Sub Rosa America: Indian Country, Book III by Elana Freeland April 19, 2012 $4.99 107533 words Sample 20%
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Elana Freeland came of political age during the COINTELPRO decade of Vietnam, street riots, political assassinations, and all-night rap sessions about the downfall of the Establishment. Researching Sub Rosa America included discovering how deeply her US Navy father was enmeshed with the very military-industrial complex she was writing about, and like the characters in the book, learning how every major event and personality in the United States political establishment over the past forty years is tied in one way or another to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas. She has a BA in creative writing and wrote her Master’s thesis on historiography. Having written for progressive causes all her life, she also ghostwrites.
The Quadrant: At the Mother of Waters by Kimberly Raikes The Quadrant: At the Mother of Waters by Kimberly Raikes April 19, 2012 $2.99 150933 words Sample 20%
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Kim Ridenour Raikes is a member of the faculty of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, where she teaches writing and humanities. An important aspect of her teaching career, which began 37 years ago in Marjoyoun, Lebanon, is global education, and she has led numerous study abroad programs for American students in Ireland, Great Britain, and India. As an ordained minister and student of world religious traditions, she has long incorporated spiritual themes in her writing and academic researches. Beginning in Beirut in 1978 and continuing over the course of the next 30 years, Raikes worked on this novel daily, drawing not only from primary researches into historical records and sailing ship logs, but also from her personal experience of the working waterfront. Though these outer resources were important shaping influences, the key inspiration for this story came in the form of the three narrative voices which emerged from within, and the historical places which took shape though unseen.
PRYCKLE by Ian Bussell PRYCKLE by Ian Bussell April 19, 2012 $4.99 137262 words Sample 15%
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I was born, bred and buttered in the South West of England, close to the area where Pryckle is set. I've enjoyed creative writing since my school daze when I would write compositions that were usually five times longer than most of the other kids. Since then, there have been a series of starts and stops, though I'm currently in full flow. My other career followed the trajectory of a pinball until I chose to go for tilt. Finally, after eighteen years sparring in the global communications arena, I now devote most of my time to writing. I take one day out each week to provide energy healing for people and animals in need. I abhor cruelty to animals in any form and actively support animal welfare campaigns. Music plays a big part in my life as can be seen from the many musical references in my writing. My other main interests are travel and films. I have written numerous short stories and a few stage plays but Pryckle is my first novel. My most recent foray onto the stage was November 2011 when one of my plays, Pick Up, was performed in two Somerset arts centres. Generally speaking, I am attracted to unusual people and things. In books and films, this translates to Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural & Horror (there is a big difference between the last two). My output isn't meant to be particularly scary. Sci Fi / Supernatural elements are used as settings or devices to tell stories which are well outside the boundaries of 'normal' everyday experience. I don't like boundaries. Pryckle brings together murder, history, science fiction, mystery, the supernatural and even a dollop of romance. Some of my readers have also expressed the belief that horror plays a significant part. Some of the supernatural events in the book are based (however loosely) on my own interactions with the spirit world though I have yet to encounter anything like the malignance in Pryckle.
The Final Alchemy by John Wilson The Final Alchemy by John Wilson April 19, 2012 $5.99 96398 words Sample 10%
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When I read in schools, kids often ask: "Have you always wanted to be an author?" The simple answer is no, I was 43 when my first book (WEET) was published, but I have been an author as long as I can remember. Growing up in Scotland I compensated for a lonely childhood by making up stories in my head and all I do now is write those stories down. History is the trigger for my stories: WWI (Shot at Dawn, And in the Morning), WWII (Flames of the Tiger, Four Steps to Death), or the Wild West (Written in Blood). I firmly believe that the decisions a Roman Legionary (Germania), or a Medieval Crusader (The Heretic's Secret Trilogy), had to make were just as confusing and frightening as any of the decisions we have to make today. That's what I try to bring out in my thirty plus fiction and non-fiction books for kids, teens and adults.
Flashman and the War Between the States by Barry Tighe Flashman and the War Between the States by Barry Tighe April 19, 2012 $9.99 122290 words Sample 20%
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Over two thousand years ago the Romans came, saw and conquered Britain. They stayed for a few hundred years, give or take, until rising Villa prices, the ferociousness of the local lions and the quality of home brewed wine convinced them to take all roads back to Rome. No Romans remained. Britain, both sides of Hadrian's Wall, became a Roman-free zone. Except.... There was one little town where the Roman bugle-song anthem of retreat, 'Legitus Quickitus', was not heard. One town where the Romans and the locals, ears full of soap, were so busy splashing around together they missed the thunder of the departing last night chariots of fire. And as there were no cabs due for another 15 hundred years - and that's if you believe the cab office - the town's Romans decided to stay. The town grew, thriving on the naturally occurring spa waters, nurtured by the river Fons and hardened by the combination of original Brits and Roman bath lovers. The last bastion of the Roman Empire, it is now a mighty town indeed. The town's name? Spawater, home of the legendary Spawater Baths. The Spawater Chronicles are the tales of its citizens, and how they take on the world and win. I am not a Roman, though I have met a few, and was not born in Spawater. I discovered the ancient town by accident after falling asleep on a train from Paddington. Noting how people were paid in cash for painting themselves silver and standing stock-still in the town centre, I decided that such a career in Spawater amongst the Romans was far more interesting than my previous life as an information technology instructor. Accordingly I joined the Spawater Gladiators' supporters club, bought a toga and told the boss what he could do with his IT job. And I've been a loyal Spawaterian ever since. Why not join me! Interests. Supporting the lions. Chariot racing. Amphitheatre. Hiding from Boudica. Laughing at barbarians. sailing on aqueducts.
Silence And Tears by Joanne Benford Silence And Tears by Joanne Benford April 19, 2012 $3.99 134396 words Sample 10%
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Joanne Benford is a popular UK author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. She started writing professionally aged 20, and now regularly writes for several magazines, including The Idler, Towards 2012, Cracked Mirror, Diva, Talking Stick and The Edge. Joanne also regularly writes features and articles for magazines such as Woman’s Own, People’s Friend and Best, where her short stories can also be found. Her first book, Down By The Water, was shortlisted for the Raymond Williams Publishing Prize. She graduated from Lancaster University with a BA Hons and Masters degree in Literary Studies and completed her PhD thesis at Sunderland University. Areas of research concentrate mainly on feminism, media and popular culture and include articles on many films, television programmes and cultural theories. She is currently completing her seventh novel, and is Creative Writing lecturer for the Open University.
This Wicked Man by Kate Harper This Wicked Man by Kate Harper April 19, 2012 $0.99 66985 words Sample 20%
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I love to write and it feels like I've been doing it forever, making up stories in my head. Reading has always been my first love and I realized at an early age that a good story stays with you for a long time. Not so much the words but the sense of time and place. With so many worlds chasing through my head, I write a lot of genres; romance, suspense, young adult and urban fantasy. I live in Australia with my partner, my children and a house full of animals.
The Conflict by Bluebird Bliss The Conflict by Bluebird Bliss April 19, 2012 Free! 641 words Read a sample
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Hi, my name is Bluebird Bliss I am an independent author who has just published the inspirational book HUMAN MAGIC. The first 18% of HUMAN MAGIC is a free download. WELCOME...... PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF THE TIME AND READ THIS INFORMATION CAREFULLY. LOOK AND DOWNLOAD IF YOU WISH TO ALL OF THE FREE BOOKS THAT ARE ON THIS WEBSITE. EVEN THE BOOKS WITH STARS ARE ALL FREE AND A VERY GOOD READ EVEN THE BOOKS THAT I HAVE REVIEWED ARE FREE. I REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM AND GAIN SOME INSIGHT FROM THEM. MY WISH IS THAT HUMANITY CHANGES FOR THE BETTER AND IT NEEDS TO BEGIN NOW. THANK YOU. BB.....BLISS........ :) TOTALLY FREE downloads of my other short stories The Conflict Climb and Fly Bully and the Bumblebee A Bottle of poems and a Dove (The poem believe just a little is for CHAD). ALL OF MY WORK HAS A COPYRIGHT LAW ON IT THE TWO SONGS HAVE COPYRIGHT ON THEM.(contact me via smashwords if you wish to use them) My Favourite is climb and fly HOWEVER I love all of them they all have a message to bring to you. I CRY FOR THE HEALTH OF PLANET EARTH I REALLY DO, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO SAVE IT. NOT LONG NOW WE NEED TO BECOME AWAKE. EVOLVE OR DIE? EKHART TOLLE..... NOTHINGS REAL BUT LOVE...... REBECCA FERGUSON. LOVE = Lets Overcome Violence Everywhere.. :) LIGHT = Lets Ignite Great Healing Together. :) Cheers... WE NEED TO RESPECT OURSELVES, EACH OTHER AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Affirmation: I AM NOW IN BALANCE WITH THE NATURAL RHYTHM AND FLOW OF LIFE. Check out Thubten Yangchens books,THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BRICK. ALSO THE KEYS they are both FREE downloads. Thubten Yangchens website link is on this page. His digital art is GREAT. His website is really worth a look the art is amazing.!! HIS BOOK THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BRICK IS AN EYE OPENER AND THE KEYS HAS A SPECIAL MESSAGE IN IT. HAPPY READING. WISHING YOU PEACE. :) LETS CHANGE JUST A LITTLE. BE HAPPY AND WELL . Love and Light Bluebird Bliss.
The War Horn by J. Tobias Buller The War Horn by J. Tobias Buller April 18, 2012 $2.99 30137 words Sample 20%
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J. Tobias Buller (alias Jake) is a teen writer living at large in the world. He's a longtime Jayhawks fan and a former resident of Kansas, but was reported MIA (missing in Africa) in November 2011. Since then, he's been strangely silent on the internet world, but we all know he's plotting in some dark corner or concocting some diabolical scheme. He's also the author of the blog Teenage Writer. If you want to find him, try checking out his computer. He might be sitting there, writing. Or he might be staring at the window and dreaming of things long past, or of worlds that no mortal eye has seen.
Provenance by Ronald Florence Provenance by Ronald Florence April 18, 2012 $3.99 100896 words Sample 20%
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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.
The Woman Who Loved Horses by Don Walters The Woman Who Loved Horses by Don Walters April 18, 2012 $2.99 67090 words Sample 15%
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Don Walters took his M.A. in theatre at Northwestern University, and after treading the boards as an actor and conspiring with actors as an artistic director, he worked as a drama editor in book publishing for a time before returning to the first field he’d chosen many years earlier, realizing it had been the right one all along. This was the thoroughbred industry. Walters’s novel "Tangerine Horse of the London Olympics" is an historical fiction based upon the efforts of an aging thoroughbred and his equestrian partner in the three-day event of the 1948 London Olympics. The Olympics novel is a sequel to the author's popular historical fiction "The Woman Who Loved Horses," which spans the years 1934 to 1942 in America. Among his recent ebooks are the soft science fiction "Second Intelligence," which is a satirical portrait of UFOs and national security during the JFK era in America, and "The Book Of Original Sayings," a collection of thirty-eight sayings. He is also the author of the mystery/romance "Zoe." Walters grew up with horses in Kentucky, where he makes his home today.
THE LAST TRUE ARYAN by David Jay Ramsden THE LAST TRUE ARYAN by David Jay Ramsden April 18, 2012 $0.99 100281 words Sample 15%
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I was born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire in 1953. I was a former Moseley Hall Grammar School boy who hated school but loved sport! I began writing in 1971 when I worked as a clerk at the CWS in Manchester where, out of boredom, I made up stories about the supervisors in the office. They were rude but ridiculously funny!! My first novel was "The Crowman Cometh" was published by Minerva Press in 1999. This publisher went in liquidation in 2001 leaving me without a publisher until 2010 when Pneuma Springs offered me a contract for the first Inspector Doyle Daly book. I recently managed to buy a copy of 'The Crowman Cometh' on the net for around 35 pounds. I have finished rewriting this book as "Albert and the Crows" and it is now available in two parts. I am also close to finishing the third Inspector Doyle Daly book, "The Circle" which will be available from June. Another project I have just completed is a Second World War thriller called "The Last True Aryan." I am 58 years old and I live in Hertfordshire with my Brazilian fiancee. We plan to move to Brazil in the next few months. If you have read any of my work please go to reviews and leave your opinion of my book, it is so important to any writer to receive some feedback. My other passion is writing song lyrics, I have hundreds of songs in an extensive back catalogue so if you are looking to find the right words for your music you can contact me on davidramsden13@hotmail.com
Father Thames by Roger Williams Father Thames by Roger Williams April 18, 2012 $3.99 29745 words Sample 20%
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Journalist, writer and editor. Fiction: Aftermath (W.H.Allen, 1982) A-Train (W.H.Allen, 1985) Lunch With Elizabeth David (Little, Brown; Carol & Graf, 1999, pbk Abacus 2000) High Times at the Hotel Bristol (Bristol Book Publishing, 2007) Burning Barcelona (Bristol Book Publishing, 2008) Non-Fiction: Time Traveller: A history of Newspaper and Periodical Publishing (Cover Publishing with WH Smith, 1998) The Royal Albert Hall: A Victorian Masterpiece for the 21st Century (Fitzhardinge Press, 2004) Travel Guides Author and editor of many travel guides, mostly to European destinations, for Insight Guides, Dorling Kindersley, Berlitz and National Geographic. HIGH TIMES AT THE HOTEL BRISTOL has led to the Hotel Bristol Project: see blog below
Farrier (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 2) by J. K. Swift Farrier (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 2) by J. K. Swift April 17, 2012 $1.49 10820 words Sample 20%
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J. K. Swift lives in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of “The Forest Knights” novels (www.theforestknights.com), which are set in medieval Switzerland. He is also an award-winning short story writer. He has worked as a school teacher, jailhouse guard, Japanese translator, log peeler, accountant, martial arts instructor, massage therapist, technical editor, and has called a few Bingo games. He gets his story ideas while traveling in Europe and wandering aimlessly along the streets and beaches of the Pacific Northwest.
Fragment Earth - Identifying Evil by Robert Skyler Fragment Earth - Identifying Evil by Robert Skyler April 17, 2012 $9.99 11255 words Sample 10%
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I was born once.
Steel Queen by Jorgen Flood Steel Queen by Jorgen Flood April 17, 2012 $0.99 15114 words Sample 40%
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Jorgen Flood is a Norwegian national living in West Chester, Pennsylvania with his family. A writer of several magazine articles, he has pubished two books about the Viking age. Only "Twilight of the North" is available as e-book. "Armageddon Coming" is his first World War II story. It takes place towards the very end of the war, and we follow the main characters in the immediate post war period as well. The next WW II story will be out soon.
Sir Moray: Book 3 of the Knight Bore Arms Arms Series by Ellen Margret Sir Moray: Book 3 of the Knight Bore Arms Arms Series by Ellen Margret April 16, 2012 $6.99 30840 words Sample 20%
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Sir Jael: Book 2 of the Knights Bore Arms Series by Ellen Margret Sir Jael: Book 2 of the Knights Bore Arms Series by Ellen Margret April 16, 2012 $6.99 28488 words Sample 20%
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Sir Ralph: Book 1 of the Knight Bore Arms Series by Ellen Margret Sir Ralph: Book 1 of the Knight Bore Arms Series by Ellen Margret April 16, 2012 $6.99 36819 words Sample 20%
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Le Beau Soleil by Nan Hawthorne Le Beau Soleil by Nan Hawthorne April 16, 2012 $0.99 7840 words
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Historical novelist with a particular interest in the power of historical fiction to explore the lives of GLBTQ people. Periods of expertise: Anglo Saxon England, the Middle Ages in general, and a new focus on the American Civil War. Editor of Our Story: GLBTQ historical Fiction at http://www.glbtbookshelf.com . Hawthorne's first novel, An involuntary king: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England, available here on Smashwords, is one of the 2012 IndieB.R.A.G. Medallion Honorees www.bragmedallion.com/ .
Charm Speaker by Teresa Hubley Charm Speaker by Teresa Hubley April 16, 2012 $1.99 67949 words Sample 15%
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Teresa is an anthropologist and research associate by day and a writer by night, sharing her home with various cats and humans.
Upside Down Heart by Joe Harwell Upside Down Heart by Joe Harwell April 16, 2012 $0.99 130957 words Sample 20%
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I grew up in Poteau, OK and now live in Tulsa. My diverse work history includes retail, coal mining, telecom, TV, newspaper and recycling before becoming an author. I married my high school sweetie Becky and have two sons, two daughters, five granddaughters and two grandsons. I lost Becky to complications of diabetes in November, 2008 after 36 beautiful years together. The next year, I began writing The Indian Rock Vampire series based on the Heavener Runestone in southeastern Oklahoma. I publish my own work and assist other Oklahoma authors to do the same. In addition to the Indian Rock series, I've also written ONE DRUG, a thriller set in 2052. Other novels under development include the final two books of the Indian Rock Vampire series, and two more historical fiction novels, Payne County Weekly and Dragline.
Kamer 253 by Anaïd Haen Kamer 253 by Anaïd Haen April 16, 2012 $1.99 10155 words Sample 20%
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Anaïd Haen is een prijswinnend schrijfster, die met haar verhalen (naast nominaties bij Op Ruwe Planken en Troepiaal) de Unleash Award 2010 en al vier keer de themawedstrijd van Pure Fantasy heeft gewonnen. Haar verhalen zijn verschenen in Pure Fantasy, Dertien, Zee van Verbeelding, Verborgen achter de Horizon, Fantastisch strijdtoneel II en op Ruwe Planken 9.1. Ze schreef samen met Cocky van Dijk drie Sinterklaasmusicals. Jaarlijks organiseert ze de verhalenwedstrijd Fantastels. Ze schrijft verhalen en romans, vaak in samenwerking met Django Mathijsen. Dutch short story author, mainly writing fantasy and science fiction. In Dutch.
Muddy Waters by T. Lee Harris Muddy Waters by T. Lee Harris April 15, 2012 $0.99 3557 words Sample 20%
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T Lee Harris is both writer and illustrator. A graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Harris has put her degree to good use when illustrating, designing and publishing the Indian Creek Anthology series for the Southern Indiana Writers' Group and the Not From Around Here anthology for the Cincinnati Writers' Project. Using said diploma to fan bacon smoke away from the smoke alarm was merely an unexpected plus. Harris has had work in print and online including smashwords.com, untreedreads.com, mystericale.com, the Indian Creek Anthology series and Wildside Press' Cat Tales 2. Her novella, "Winter Wonderland", featuring retired FBI agent, Dallas Powell, is available in both electronic and hardcopy. "Hanukkah Gelt", a short story featuring military intelligence officer turned archaeological photographer, Josh Katzen, is available through untreedreads.com. Her historical horror story, "Twenty-Seven Cents of Luck", was recently chosen for the premier issue of the e-magazine Wordmonger.
The Rustlers of Hideout Canyon by Kendra Gale The Rustlers of Hideout Canyon by Kendra Gale April 15, 2012 $2.99 52024 words Sample 20%
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Kendra Gale travels with a chihuahua in her purse, a Miniature Horse in her van, and always wears mismatched socks. She watches every Calgary Flames hockey game, dreams of one day owning a goat, and is very likely to talk your ear off if you mention anything to do with horses.
Cleopatra III by Nicoline Smits Cleopatra III by Nicoline Smits April 15, 2012 $1.99 91680 words Sample 20%
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"Well," I said doubtfully, "I suppose I *could*." "Of course you could." "Only I don't quite know how to set about it." "There's a good precedent for that. Begin at the beginning, go on to the end, and then leave off." From Agatha Christie's "Murder in Mesopotamia," 10th Dell Paperback edition, 1979, p. 11 To cut a long story short, I always wanted to write a book, but I didn't know if I could. Events conspired to give me time, and I sat down and did it. Here it is. I hope you enjoy it.
The Search For Drake Whitney by Kendra Gale The Search For Drake Whitney by Kendra Gale April 15, 2012 $2.99 53704 words Sample 20%
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Kendra Gale travels with a chihuahua in her purse, a Miniature Horse in her van, and always wears mismatched socks. She watches every Calgary Flames hockey game, dreams of one day owning a goat, and is very likely to talk your ear off if you mention anything to do with horses.
The Young Jaguar (Pre-Aztec Series, Book 2) by Zoe Saadia The Young Jaguar (Pre-Aztec Series, Book 2) by Zoe Saadia April 15, 2012 $3.99 64212 words Sample 20%
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I'd begun researching North American pre-contact history more than a decade ago, after spending some years with the Classic Ancient Mediterranean. From Republican Rome and their resemblance of democracy I was hurled straight into the Great League of the Iroquois, studying their wise and amazingly detailed constitution. Fascinated, I couldn't help comparing both political structures, finding a few resembling points between the two. The articles, excitedly typed on the subject, I cannot find today, which is a great relief - I was not mature enough to write on such matters ten years ago. The same fate awaited my first novel, which was far from being satisfactory both technically and otherwise (very ambitiously I went for the story of the Great Peacemaker himself, too young to realize that some historical characters you do not tamper with while writing fiction). I see it today as another curve on the learning process of a growing up writer. "The Cahokian" is a wholly different story. Two years ago I was mature enough to start working on the new project, being through with a thorough research and the writing classes. This time I knew better than to target real, even if long since dead, characters, building an accurate historical setting instead. Inspired by 'Shogun' of James Clavell, I wanted to present a somewhat similar clash between two very different cultures, when somewhere around the 14th century the luxurious but declining monarchists of the Mississippi meet the fierce democrats of the Great Lakes. And not a peaceful meeting it was...
Theodora of Constantinople by Elizabeth Elson Theodora of Constantinople by Elizabeth Elson April 15, 2012 $4.99 84910 words Sample 10%
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Elizabeth is an award winning author whose print books have taken the Bronze Medallion for popular fiction from Florida Book Awards (writing as Joyce Moore)and Best Published Romance at the Florida Writers Conference. She lives on the west coast of Florida and frequently gives writing workshops at conferences and book events.
Resident Nobama by Bradley Meyer Resident Nobama by Bradley Meyer April 15, 2012 $0.99 19854 words Sample 15%
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I began writing fiction in the ‘80s, after moving from L.A. to New York, and by the end of decade I had a literary agent for a satiric novel I’d written about a group of people with homes in Manhattan and the Hamptons. Every six months, for five years, I would take a new draft of the novel to that agent, and his reply was always the same: “I don’t know, it’s just not quite right.” That vague and unhelpful advice proved sufficient incentive for me to get through the first 10 revisions. Then my agent retired, without ever having submitted the book anywhere. Later rewrites of that unpublished novel included shifting the time to the months after the stock market crash of 2000 and making it more of a cautionary tale. I intend to publish that satire as an eBook in the coming months. Jake’s Take had a somewhat similar trajectory. First written in the early ‘90s, I rewrote it a number of times over the years. After deciding this Noir novel would be my first eBook, I removed the 21st century descriptions and places in order to set the story in the waning years of the 1990s. Aside from writing novels that never got published, I succeeded at stand-up comedy in New York (but didn’t pursue it), put up a set of one act plays for a short run Off Broadway, wrote and directed a couple of attempts at short films, and pursued other creative interests while working day jobs in the financial industry. I ultimately did get a new literary agent, but because I overlooked the necessity of getting short stories published in various periodicals I lacked the pre-built following he felt was necessary for me to break through. The emergence of digital publishing is now giving me the chance to gain recognition for writing skills I have been honing for nearly 30 years.
Sweet Water From the Rock by T. Lee Harris Sweet Water From the Rock by T. Lee Harris April 15, 2012 $0.99 4836 words Sample 20%
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T Lee Harris is both writer and illustrator. A graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Harris has put her degree to good use when illustrating, designing and publishing the Indian Creek Anthology series for the Southern Indiana Writers' Group and the Not From Around Here anthology for the Cincinnati Writers' Project. Using said diploma to fan bacon smoke away from the smoke alarm was merely an unexpected plus. Harris has had work in print and online including smashwords.com, untreedreads.com, mystericale.com, the Indian Creek Anthology series and Wildside Press' Cat Tales 2. Her novella, "Winter Wonderland", featuring retired FBI agent, Dallas Powell, is available in both electronic and hardcopy. "Hanukkah Gelt", a short story featuring military intelligence officer turned archaeological photographer, Josh Katzen, is available through untreedreads.com. Her historical horror story, "Twenty-Seven Cents of Luck", was recently chosen for the premier issue of the e-magazine Wordmonger.
Angel of Highgate by Vaughn Entwistle Angel of Highgate by Vaughn Entwistle April 15, 2012 $0.99 82469 words Sample 20%
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Vaughn grew up in Northern England. Weekends included family outings to ruined castles, gothic manors, and his Grandmother’s antique shop (the most haunted place he has ever been.) Vaughn counts himself as a product of the British school system of the 1970s, with all the psychological damage that entails from having one’s psyche flogged of its self-esteem. (To get an idea of what this ordeal entailed, he recommends a viewing of Pink Floyd’s, THE WALL). In the late 1970s Vaughn's family moved to Michigan where his father worked in the auto industry. While living there he completed a Master’s Degree at Oakland University. In the early nineties, Vaughn moved to Seattle, where he ran a successful gargoyle-sculpting company for ten years (yes, really!) Vaughn has published poetry and fiction in a number of small literary journals and have won awards for screenplays and novels. When not attempting to write with one cat on his lap, a Brittany lying across his feet, and one or two more cats sauntering across the keyboard, Vaughn likes to strap into a hang glider and hurl himself off various mountains around Washington State. For more info, see his website at: www.vaughnentwistle.com.
Alfred the Great; Viking Invasion by Bruce Corbett Alfred the Great; Viking Invasion by Bruce Corbett April 14, 2012 $3.99 92393 words Sample 30%
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After counselling teenagers and adults for over 40 years, Bruce Corbett retired to concentrate on his writing and photography. To date, he has written a collection of Science Fiction short stories and two Science Fiction novels. His greatest project, however, is his series of historical novels based on a fictional hero, Ambrose, Prince of Wessex, set in the time of Alfred the Great.
A Noble Regard by Lindsey Brooks A Noble Regard by Lindsey Brooks April 14, 2012 $4.25 93002 words Sample 15%
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Lindsey discovered BDSM many years ago during a Viking excavation in Sweden, although it was through a Finnish girl who happened to enjoy saunas and spanking rather than as a result of anything he dug up along with the long-dead Vikings. His experience of the wilder side of sex extends from Ireland to Egypt and beyond, and he has now given up archaeology to take early retirement for the opportunity, in his words, “to once more explore the fun and frolics of sex and sadism”.
Titanic - Letters in the Ocean by Jessica Hassett Titanic - Letters in the Ocean by Jessica Hassett April 14, 2012 $0.99 2037 words Sample 30%
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Jessica Hassett is from Liverpool UK. She is a freelance writer, poet, ebook author and online story critic. Her fiction writing includes a diverse range from thrillers, children's stories and, in her latest work, erotica. Her work is also available from Amazon and in paperback from Lulu.com.
The Counterfeit Cavalier, Episode One: The Highwayman Came Riding by Lydia M. Sheridan The Counterfeit Cavalier, Episode One: The Highwayman Came Riding by Lydia M. Sheridan April 13, 2012 $0.99 6833 words Sample 15%
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Unsinkable Vampire by Kristin King Unsinkable Vampire by Kristin King April 13, 2012 $2.99 16852 words Sample 15%
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I have a B.A. in English and delight in reading, writing, traveling and teaching my four sons. Our golden lab, Argos, is usually by my side as I write.
A Borgia Daughter Dies by Maryann Philip A Borgia Daughter Dies by Maryann Philip April 13, 2012 $0.99 74298 words Sample 20%
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Mary Ann Philip (a nom de plume) graduated with honors in “Renaissance Studies” (a self-created interdepartmental major) from Stanford University in 1970's, having spent part of her junior year at Stanford's Florence campus, researching her honors thesis using original Italian texts in the Biblioteca Nazionale. She then went to University of Chicago Law School and spent the next twenty-five years raising children and practicing law, with occasional time out to sing in small ensembles devoted to Renaissance music. She now lives in California, and has recently retired from law practice to brush up on her Italian and devote herself to her family and favorite period in history: the Italian Renaissance.