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	Urban Darkness	by Tabitha Levin May 20, 2012	$2.99	34691 words	Sample 20%
	Urban Darkness is a collection of seven short stories set in a tough future world. They are fast paced and action driven with suspense elements - perfect for a fun, quick read.
	The Light Behind the Tunnel	by Sa’id Ahmad May 16, 2012	$0.99	16254 words	Sample 20%
	Jenifer was beautiful, charming and meek. She was kind and she so much loved her children. But battle suddenly came from her evil husband Korofo and his wicked wife Philomena against her and her children. So they faced a long period of hardships. But then, nature fights the battle of the gentle and meek. He fought for Jenifer and Maria, her God-fearing daughter.
	“Pirates and Paupers” The Special World of Reynold Jay	by Reynold Jay May 08, 2012	Free!	37174 words	Read a sample
	Take a free peek into the world of a new writer, Reynold Jay. In this book you will be treated to a wide range of titles and will know in a few minutes whether you wish to join the fans that are discovering him for the first time. His voice is unique and he has a lot to say whether it is his classic “Born to be Rich” or one of the more recent novels.
	Sweet Surrender	by Sandra Gomez April 14, 2012	$2.99	49559 words	Sample 20%
	A story of love at first sight and the tangled web it produces in the life of Monica, a Sydney girl, as she has to learn to adjust to the various loves in her life and the unexpected impact they have.
	Adventures in Science (Scientific Biography)	by Ajay Sharma Feb. 21, 2012	$4.29	74169 words	Sample 20%
	It is tale of ordinary village boy Ajay Sharma, who rose to challenge the established laws i.e. 2265 years Old Archimedes principle, 327 years old Newton’s Laws of Motion and Gravitation, 107 years Einstein’s E=mc2. He believes in the generalization or modification of century old established laws. Improving these laws means improving God’s kingdom.
	But The World Soon Needed Him	by Sa’id Ahmad Feb. 14, 2012	$2.99	10244 words	Sample 20%
	Jimmy was raw and ugly in character. He repelled whomever he met. He was intelligent and his hobby was philosophy. He thought himself to be God-fearing and righteous while he was arrogant, hot-tempered and selfish. His bad ways soon made everybody who loved him to desert him. He was irritating and lacked ambition. He was brash and has gone astray.
	The Village on the Edge of the Sea	by Lou Barba Nov. 21, 2011	$7.00	52626 words	Sample 10%
	The Village on the Edge of the Sea is a collection of short stories with the common setting being a small, seaside village. Most people in the Village are decent, hardworking folks who try to live according to wholesome ideals. But there is a number of people who are badly behaved, causing the age old conflict between good and evil.
	Dilenci	by Erman Demir Nov. 21, 2011	$3.00	14327 words	Sample 5%
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	When The Bough Breaks	by Dorothy Dart Nov. 10, 2011	$2.99	96785 words	Sample 10%
	Set in Hobart, Australia, in the mid 1870s 21 year old Meg Hamilton arrives from England to discover why she has not heard from her grandmother for two years. After learning that her beloved Grandma Kate is serving a prison sentence for a murder committed twenty-eight years ago, Meg sets out to prove her innocent, and her quest reveals the past.
	Sword: Tales from the Green Sahara.	by Lisa Agnew Nov. 03, 2011	$0.99	59055 words	Sample 20%
	A novel in the form of thirteen short stories spanning over two thousand years. The Sword is a catalyst for change. From 223 BCE to 2201 CE, we will walk with the Sword through history.
	What We Sow	by Idris Oladipupo Oct. 31, 2011	$2.99	10902 words	Sample 20%
	J-one & James Bond do not know that they are brothers but as someone that must be suppress & not given a chance to oppress. The latter happily murders his father as a professional killer without recognizing as anything but a business competitor to his boss. When his unknown victim does become known to him it touches him like a bullet fired into his heart.
	Three Tales - For Your Enjoyment	by Mike Wilson Oct. 17, 2011	$1.99	13361 words	Sample 20%
	Three stories covering relationships between gay men. One is about a wealthy gay couple living at a time when they must remain discreet. The second concerns a very unique roommate situation. The third is about what happens when a homeowner tries to reform a young robber. Some light fare for lgbt readers.
	Lin’s Story	by Lena Murrell Oct. 03, 2011	$3.29	53935 words	Sample 20%
	Lin's story takes us into the perfect life of a sixteen year old girl who has this turned upside down as a result of two wrong choices made in mere minutes. As she comes to grips with the reality of it all, the story takes you through this journey with her along with her best friend Ramano who is her pillar of support along with her other best friend Analina.
	Rollercoaster	by Sheryl Chappell Sep. 27, 2011	$2.99	53277 words	Sample 20%
	A reality read based on the true story of a 52 year old single career woman who is confronted by the crossroads of life. She is bored, restless and searching for adventure. Despite the best intended advice from family and friends she decided to sell her home, quit her job, desert her family and leave behind the one love of her life and go West in pursuit of the unknown.
	A Montage of Shorts & Shorters	by Thomas M. Kelly Sep. 07, 2011	$0.99	7315 words	Sample 20%
	A Montage of Short and Shorter Plays. By Thomas M. Kelly For an evening of entertainment. A mingling potpourri of drama, humor, nightmares, fantasies, hallucinations and daydreams.
	Forgotten Heroes - Canadian espionage in WW2	by Frank Josey Sep. 04, 2011	$3.99	10869 words	Sample 20%
	An adventure spy story based on true events but with fictional Canadian characters to protect the operatives’ identity. Read how two Canadian agents, Natalie and Ray, representing the activities of all agents in WW2, fall in love but do not let their passion for each other interfere with their dedication to the anonymous espionage work that helped the Allies beat Germany and Italy in WW2.
	Lassiter's Folly	by Frank Josey Aug. 13, 2011	Free!	2262 words	Read a sample
	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder creates strange urges - in many sufferers it's an impulsive desire to rob a bank. Here is one fictional experience.
	Nuts to Newton's Cradle	by Frankie Lassut Aug. 08, 2011	$0.99	13372 words	Sample 25%
	Executive stress is a killer disease caused by the expendables on the workshop floor or the office. How can workers be so disobedient as to upset executives to the point where they have to have toys to take their minds off the effort of running a corporation, and getting nothing but hindrance from the staff ‘they’ hired; who are obviously ‘out to get them.’
	December 21, 2012	by M. S. West July 31, 2011	$4.29	40847 words	Sample 20%
	The time for reckoning is fast approaching. December 21, 2012 is a time of significance for the world, a date that will not soon be forgotten; if there is anyone left to forget that is. World leaders and power mongers have long been consolidating their power and are posed to strike at the very heart of humanity.
	Life Operatic	by E Black July 21, 2011	$5.00	50336 words	Sample 20%
	Our lives are intertwined like the melody of a song that gets stuck in your head. These short stories are connected by characters just like that melody. They touch one another's lives without really knowing one another, but there slight interaction changes each of their lives in a special way.
	Five Plays to Play With	by Pilar Orti July 18, 2011	$3.40	7875 words	Sample 20%
	‘Five Plays to Play With’ is made up of five short pieces, each with performance times of under ten minutes long. They have been put together as a resource for those who wish to explore different theatre styles either in the classroom or for pure joy. (The paperback version will be available in August 2011.)
	Even Sinners Still Have Souls	by E. N. Joy July 13, 2011	$7.99	73508 words	Sample 5%
	Even Sinners Still Have Souls hits readers hard in the gut with its twisted, edge of the seat storylines and plots. The characters draw the readers into their, often times, strange and distorted worlds. With conflict and tension so high, the reader is almost forced to mentally endure the same daily struggles as some of the characters.
	Mambo Leo (Current Affairs)	by John Coutouvidis June 17, 2011	$1.99	19239 words	Sample 20%
	Mambo Leo (Current Affairs) is a satire on the subject of genocide. The play is set in East Africa but is based on the East European crisis during the diplomatic prelude to the Second World War. It is written for a Swahilophone college audience but its appeal is universal.
	Bruce and Sheila and Bobby and Blue	by william roberts June 14, 2011	$0.99	2295 words	Sample 20%
	Tropical Australia, where men are men and women wish they weren't. Most blokes don't mind a drink or a fight. Black and white live together in harmony, most of the time. But red is a difficult colour.
	Thug	by Kristina Howells June 04, 2011	Free!	974 words	Read a sample
	This short story is about a young women who falls for a hoodie. Only to find that she was subjected to violence.
	Closure	by Lissette E. Manning May 22, 2011	$0.99	6444 words	Sample 40%
	Love is supposed to be forever. Sometimes, we're not meant to keep it.
	Short Walks: Volume II	by Graham Murray May 13, 2011	$1.99	47557 words	Sample 10%
	The second intriguing journey of discovery, loss, love and sacrifice through a collection of short stories.
	Please Tell Me If The Grass Is Greener	by Joylynn Jossel May 02, 2011	$0.99	20061 words	Sample 5%
	These 7 short stories are peerless of its kind. "Even Snowflakes Have Flaws" takes on the essence of a young woman and her struggle to grasp the perfection society is fixated on. James Sr. forces you to be an accomplice of his brutal thoughts as he fights to cope with failed drea
	Bi Polar - kill youself or fucking learn to live!	by Nicci Blount April 24, 2011	$14.95	9090 words	Sample 20%
	A collection of short stories from a bi polar mind
	After the Rain	by Shannon Eckrich April 18, 2011	$0.99	2013 words	Sample 35%
	Janie Chanson leaves Adam, her seven-year-old son, with her sister while she runs to the store. When she returns, her house is fully engulfed in flames, and her son is trapped inside. Powerless to save him, Janie can only watch as firefighters attempt to rescue him.
	PsychoHead Fiction Book Two And A Bit	by T.D. Green April 13, 2011	Free!	4560 words	Read a sample
	Four light humour short stories, perfect for a rainy day or boring journey. Start your day off with a smile from this free ebook.
	Collected Stories	by Charles Deemer Jan. 03, 2011	You set the price!	73828 words	Sample 20%
	22 short stories by Charles Deemer, most first published in Prism International, The Literary Review, The Mississippi Review, Northwest Review, Colorado Quarterly, or elsewhere, including 3 Roll of Honor selections from Best American Short Stories.
	Even Sinners Have Souls	by E. N. Joy Dec. 03, 2010	$5.99	76744 words	Sample 5%
	Each gritty story lures readers in by the poignant storyline. The characters face the same struggles any other person growing up in the hood might endure. What makes these stories unique is although the characters might be living a dangerous and unacceptable lifestyle, they are not so far gone that they can't acknowledge the power of a life changing moment that could alter their lives forever.
	A Moment In Time	by Eric Brook Dec. 01, 2010	$6.99	77514 words	Sample 50%
	A Moment In Time is Eric Brook's first novel, almost entirely written on an iPhone. Set in Sydney, the book is set on Thursday 1 April 2010. It follows women working in Sydney from various points of view as they do jobs that many people would not consider doing. Many people's biggest physical problem in their workday is not getting a paper cut. These women just want to finish the shift alive.
	Skewed Universe	by Megan Hart Sep. 21, 2010	$2.99	14422 words	Sample 40%
	A collection of short, skewed stories...just for fun. Not for the squeamish.
	Una desconocida flotaba en el Sena	by Moira Tapia Sep. 14, 2010	Free!	5509 words	Read a sample
	Cuento corto. Version libre de la Desconocida en el Sena. Un medico forense de comienzos de 1900, aquejado de su vida, recibe un caso que iluminara su dia de trabajo.
	Where Worlds Collide II, A Dark Anthology of Science Fiction	by Rob Shelsky Aug. 03, 2010	$1.99	62459 words	Sample 8%
	With Worlds Collide II, the second volume of Rob Shelsky's dark stories, we pick up where the first volume ended. Included in this anthology is a novella, An Imperial Death. This intricately wrought tale could be called space opera, but is also much more! Along with this piece are dark sci-fi stories, a dark fantasy about a spirit elemental, and an Indiana Jones-style tale of treasure hunting.
	(Mark Twain Style Novel) Toe Tags & TNT	by Rolland Love July 11, 2010	$4.99	81068 words	Sample 50%
	Toe Tags and Tnt is not a book for the faint hearted. Toe Tags and tnt is a vivid and rollicking adventure inspired by a true experience. A wild cross-country trip begins in Las Vegas, where Harley, an aging psychotic wired with explosives and holding a revolver, kidnaps two young environmental engineers, a hippie named Moon Love and a Alberta a roadie who captures Harley's heart at first sight
	A Very Hairy Adventure	by Tracey Alley May 20, 2010	$0.99	7689 words
	Slade and his friends are always on the lookout for fun and adventure. When they hear about a marauding werewolf it seems perfectly suited to their needs. But will the teens be able to prevail when they actually come face to face with the beast? The first of a series of short stories related to the characters from Kaynos as highlighted in Erich's Plea: Book One of the Witchcraft Wars
	A Brief Interval	by Bill Clem Jan. 15, 2010	$2.99	27755 words	Sample 25%
	In this collection of eighteen short stories, the author takes readers on a journey that stretches the imagination to its limit. . . . A hard-nosed publishing executive gets more than she bargained for after searching for the writer of a mysterious manuscript. . . a trip to the hospital turns out to be a horrifying revelation for one drunk driver. . . and more!
	Monologues for Teens and Twenties (2nd edition)	by Jim Chevallier Dec. 28, 2009	$5.99	14916 words	Sample 35%
	A collection of monologues for young adults from their teens to their twenties, organized by age group and gender. Monologues from this collection have been included in two other anthologies. This second edition includes revised versions of two monologues as well as three additional monologues.
	Suicide Monologues for Actors and Others	by Jim Chevallier Dec. 28, 2009	$3.99	8475 words	Sample 35%
	A collection of original monologues, exploring the issues around suicide from multiple viewpoints. Grouped into four sections, for use individually (for class, performance, auditions, etc.) or as a complete production.
	The Red Cross of Gold V:. The Quinta Essentia	by Brendan Carroll Oct. 17, 2009	$3.99	175854 words	Sample 10%
	Mark Ramsay's troubles increase as he tries unsuccessfully to come to terms with the fact that he has been gone from his beloved Scotland for 21 years during which time Meredith has married his best Brother and constant nemesis, Lucio Dambretti.