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	The Unfettered Life of Kenyon of New Orleans	by Steven Sills April 04, 2012	You set the price!	49879 words	Sample 20%
	This literary novel explores the morphine induced sleep and troubled awakened state of Kenyon who is disabled, suffering from a degenerative illness, and suffering from isolation in a home that her husband rarely visits
	An Apostate: Nawin of Thais	by Steven Sills April 04, 2012	You set the price!	118609 words	Sample 20%
	This literary novel deals with a wealthy, self-established Thai man suffering a mid-life crisis and rejecting the life he has known to pursue a train trip to Laos and anonymity
	Corpus of a Siam Mosquito	by Steven Sills April 04, 2012	You set the price!	73768 words	Sample 20%
	This literary novel explores the life of Nawin Biangklang from poverty to rising Thai artist
	firstwriter.com First Short Story Anthology	by Various Authors April 04, 2012	Free!	24972 words	Read a sample
	The winner and ten special commendations from the firstwriter.com First International Short Story Contest, which ran from 2004 to 2005.
	The End of the World and Other Stories	by Alexander Lurikov April 04, 2012	$2.99	36460 words	Sample 20%
	Readers who have previously downloaded Lurikov's stories as individual e-books can now enjoy them together in a single volume for the first time. For those unfamiliar with Lurikov's work, this volume serves as an ideal introduction.
	Egerius	by AM Kirkby April 04, 2012	Free!	6721 words	Read a sample
	A story of ancient Etruria. Young Egerius is brought up by women after his father's early death; but there are secrets in his father's family, and as he grows older, he learns that he has a family he has never met, and is the heir to more than his father's slim estate... This is a chapter from 'Etruscan Blood', an epic novel of ancient Italy that will be published later this year.
	Death Angel: a short story of literary fiction	by S. E. Lee April 03, 2012	$0.99	4346 words	Sample 15%
	What kind of person works as a mercy killer? What makes a death a mercy killing, instead of murder? A 4,500 manuscript word / 18-page short story on death, and life, from the point of view of a man who is intimately familiar with the former.
	Yorick Magazine Spring 2012 Vol. I Issue 1	by Yorick Magazine April 01, 2012	Free!	12346 words	Read a sample
	Our first issue. Poetry by Heather Mallet, Kelsey Opalack, L.E.J. Rasser, and Cody Steinhauer. Prose by Jon Adams, Christian Belland, Adrien Bloom, L.E.J. Rasser, and Corey Watson.
	Carthago Delenda Est	by Pablo D'Stair April 01, 2012	Free!	72656 words	Read a sample
	Ten year old runaway Dimitri Kaske lives in transit between train stations, subsisting on petty theft and spare change from commuters. Suffering a concussion after a fight, he learns that case workers have posted his description throughout the transit system. His incoherent state leads to feelings of betrayal and intense persecution, as well as to increasingly violent acts of self-abuse.
	My Governor's House & other stories	by Josh Karaczewski April 01, 2012	$1.99	7742 words	Sample 33%
	A collection of writings from author Josh Karaczewski, including the Pushcart Prize nominated titular story. Through mostly short stories, you will meet a homecoming warrior defeated by housework, a lonely debut author impatient for recognition, a son losing a boyfriend because of his mother, the thoughts of someone who falls from great heights to the ground on purpose, and much more.
	To Find What You're Looking For	by Earnest Long April 01, 2012	Free!	17821 words	Read a sample
	Paul as a young man has some misadventures but then tries to make his life a success by a career in office work. Does he achieve success? Or is he destined to fail? Only time will tell.
	Extremus Terra	by J.D. Stimpson April 01, 2012	$3.99	131202 words	Sample 15%
	As a tenuous truce among the peoples of Extremus Terra continues to border on a world war, Lucas Torinac is reluctantly allowed to begin his Quest, a passage into adulthood among his people. But as he attempts to navigate his way through an unforgiving world, Lucas begins to realize that even magic and the fantastic creatures he must face are not as threatening as the races of humanity itself.
	Between Blinks	by Janet Ference April 01, 2012	Free!	6717 words	Read a sample
	Between Blinks is a selection of over 200 very very short stories, originally shared with twitter fans by Blue Fern Press. These quick tales are each complete and unique. With styles ranging from literary to mystical to lyrical to just plain funny, these pieces will surprise you with intriguing characters and rich storylines, all within the length of a tweet!
	Short Journeys	by Sylvia Morice March 31, 2012	$0.99	4056 words	Sample 30%
	Mona really wants to get pregnant, and she really wants to stay pregnant long enough to deliver a live baby. But that isn't as easy as it sounds. Will she ever become a mother? And would the reward of being one outweigh the risk of losing her husband and her marriage along the way? Life isn't always fair, and Mona has some tough decisions to make.
	Summer Day	by Frank Parker March 31, 2012	$2.99	61253 words	Sample 20%
	July 1947. The day begins full of promise. Feel the tension rise with the heat and humidity as clouds gather. Meet the members of an isolated farming community: a young woman soon to be married; her aunts: one misses her friend in an asylum, the other caring for her disabled son. Suffer with her brother as he tries to evade his pursuers. The events of this Summer Day will change them all for ever.
	Ash Cinema	by KUBOA March 31, 2012	Free!	53388 words	Read a sample
	a novel by edward j. rathke: more information can be found at www.kuboapress.wordpress.com
	Exit Nothing	by KUBOA March 31, 2012	Free!	29281 words	Read a sample
	a novel by Pat King: more information can be found at www.kuboapress.wordpress.com
	Quintessence of Dust	by KUBOA March 31, 2012	Free!	38125 words	Read a sample
	stories by Craig Wallwork: more information can be found at www.kuboapress.wordpress.com
	This Book is Fucking Stupid	by Christopher Nosnibor March 31, 2012	$1.99	64998 words	Sample 20%
	Ben and Stuart are old friends. Having known one another since school, they’ve grown up together and remained friends into adulthood. But now into their thirties, their lives have taken very different paths, and they’re now very different people, leading very different lives, following different careers. At the heart of this radical novel lies a touchingly contemporary tale of friendship and loss.
	Abstract	by H.B Boylan March 31, 2012	Free!	32526 words	Read a sample
	Abstract is completely improvised. It is written in a style akin to Joyce, Stein, etc... etc.. There are four more volumes to be published soon.
	1-877-Yes-Quit	by Thomas Wauhob March 30, 2012	$2.99	28137 words	Sample 10%
	One man's attempt to stop smoking spirals out of control when he meets someone special. Someone very special, someone who may not be real. Watch the conspiracy of love unfold as Manfry S. Hampton grapples with a meaningless day job, goes in search of his jacket, aspires to bar trivia greatness, and generally loses his mind in this vertiginous exploration of the meaning of compulsion.
	Candour	by Pablo D'Stair March 30, 2012	Free!	43529 words	Read a sample
	An unnamed man, rapidly dying of a nightmarish disease, secludes himself in his apartment rooms. His only companion is his cat, Alastaire Cello, who he determines to keep unaware of his impending death.
	+ One	by Brian Baleno March 30, 2012	$8.99	74314 words	Sample 15%
	+ One is a general fiction novel that tells the story of Jake Andrews, a thirty year old investment banker who is torn between two worlds. He loves both his longtime girlfriend as well as job and therein lies the conflict. The long hours and incessant travel are taking a toll on his relationship.
	Pigs and Other Living Things	by Sean Boling March 28, 2012	Free!	14146 words	Read a sample
	Five short stories, some that explore our relationship to the animals inside us, and others to the animals around us.
	Confessions of a Sex Maniac	by David Henry Sterry March 28, 2012	$0.99	9086 words	Sample 20%
	Old-school noir meets the new millennium in this story of obsession, murder and San Francisco sex. A sex maniac will stop at nothing to get the thing he longs for most, a prize as beautiful as she is deadly, the Snow Leopard.
	The Birthday	by Ingrid Christensen March 28, 2012	Free!	4700 words	Read a sample
	Harriet is in denial over her daughter turning sixteen. She does everything to avoid accepting the day finally arriving - including unwittingly casting a spell. Realising her mistake and in desperation she tries to fix what is no longer in her hands.
	Stalker	by Michael Grant March 27, 2012	$2.99	72485 words	Sample 10%
	Every year more than a million women are stalked annually in the United States, which means that one in 12 women will be stalked in her lifetime. Sheila Kendall will soon become one those million women.
	Walk, Not Stay: a short story	by Jeff Posey March 27, 2012	$0.99	5971 words	Sample 30%
	After a three-night stand with a gorgeous college professor with no use of her legs, a man who spent years backpacking the American West thinks the unthinkable: he may be in love.
	A Tale of Romance	by Earnest Long March 27, 2012	Free!	3552 words	Read a sample
	A Tale of Romance is a traditional story of romance, yet a new take on the Troubadours. Really, it is boy meets girl, but with one or two twists. A wonderful love story. And one that might have a happy ending. The reader will see if they do live happily ever after or they don’t. They might.
	Leftovers: A Novel	by Arthur Wooten March 26, 2012	$2.99	59756 words	Sample 10%
	In 1954, a divorced and destitute suburban housewife hopes to find self-esteem, financial security and true love selling Tupperware.
	Straight People and Their Problems	by Lee Patton March 26, 2012	$2.99	7056 words	Sample 20%
	As college senior Gabe Mangan struggles with his crush on one of his male roommates, a party girl appears from the basement apartment. Even as the girl discovers she’s pregnant via the dissolute rich kid downstairs, Gabe becomes entangled with her. He finds his first sexual opportunity awaiting, as well as his first serious chance to prove his decency.
	Dark Metaphor	by Anachron Press March 26, 2012	$0.99	6904 words	Sample 20%
	Benedict Fry, a struggling writer living in an unforgiving city is ready to pack it all in, give up on his dream, and return to a soul-destroying job with a bank. Facing failure, and having his dreams crushed, a friend provides him with a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet with his literary idol. From that fateful meeting, everything changes.
	What Lies Buried	by John Bishop March 26, 2012	Free!	97582 words	Read a sample
	A story of family secrets and misunderstandings, and the way in which they impact down the generations. Walter Blake's death brings a flood of memories to his two daughters. There is the question of what Walter and his wife buried in the garden. The notion of things being buried is also a metaphor for all kinds of issues including, art fraud, family feuds, and holocaust survival.
	Tidewater Moon	by Don Katnik March 25, 2012	Free!	1381 words	Read a sample
	Two homeless teenagers carve out a thin existence on a New England beach, preying on the tourist life around them as it preys on them. This literary "slice-of-life" short story is gritty and dark.
	Catalogue Numérique	by Anne de Gandt March 24, 2012	Free!	10457 words	Sample 20%
	Compilation d’extraits, dont certains inédits, des ouvrages écrits par Anne de Gandt, ce catalogue est mis à jour à chaque nouvelle parution. Le + : il est gratuit !
	Falls the Shadow	by Tommy Dakar March 24, 2012	Free!	46320 words	Read a sample
	Falls the Shadow consists of twin short stories, Falls the Shadow and La Feria, which, although they have defined identities, share a common heritage and are in many ways inseparable.
	lifelongstolive.blogspot.com : A Blog	by Atul Sharma March 24, 2012	Free!	13380 words	Read a sample
	In December 2011 I started to blog. At that time I was not so serious about it but as the time passed I found that I love to write blog posts about life in general. And here I have compiled some of my short story blog entries for your reading. I hope you will enjoy reading them.
	Virá a morte e terá os teus olhos	by Luis Soares March 24, 2012	$6.99	114917 words	Sample 20%
	Nos três últimos dias de vida do famoso fotógrafo Josef Leitz, que atravessou o terrível século XX de máquina na mão, cruzam-se passado, presente e futuro, imagens e memória, o sexo, a violência e a identidade. Que papel teve nessa morte o jovem modelo Felix que com ele passou esse fim de semana? Que papel tiveram o desejo, as famílias, as verdadeiras, de sangue, e as que os laços do afeto criam?
	What Eats Us	by Jason Boyd March 23, 2012	$0.99	25672 words	Sample 25%
	A tiger terrorizes a Stone Age town. Young boys Dori and Git must leap forward centuries in thought and craft a bow and arrow or they'll be eaten next. Brandon, a graffiti artist, trades his cans for money from an art project. Robert, his new tutor, risks his career to give them back. These two tales mingle across centuries, trading dirt for concrete, but end the same -- with a beast and a bow.
	El Puente Sobre el Caos	by Javier Orrego C. March 22, 2012	$12.00	180827 words	Sample 17%
	Una historia de amor que florece en el curso de una iniciación en los grandes misterios de la historia humana
	A Small Steel Box	by Sylvia Morice March 22, 2012	$0.99	3772 words	Sample 40%
	"It rained the day we buried him, deep in the ground.” So begins 'A Small Steel Box', a story about every parent’s worst nightmare. How does a mother or father go on after the death of a child? This compelling short story will make you ask the same question. Could you go on?
	Born of Necessity	by Joe Boschi March 22, 2012	$0.99	79340 words
	A covert organization's next step after eliminating a key player in an anti government association is the removal of the US President from office in Boschi's thrilling sequel to Conceived in Liberty. The New Wave Patriots enlist Roland Southfield to ensure someone new is behind the desk in the oval office.
	Sane Asylum	by Shelley Altamont March 22, 2012	$5.00	10642 words	Sample 20%
	Welcome to the Sane Asylum, we hope you will enjoy your stay. Please listen to the stories of those who populate these hallways. You will discover enlightenment or madness . . . or both or neither. It is entirely up to you. Pieces from this collection have been published, under different attribution, in 3rd Bed, Twelve Stories, and Anemone Sidecar, among others.
	Chicago Time	by Richard Hellinga March 22, 2012	$2.99	74285 words	Sample 20%
	When the Chicago City Council goes on strike and good things happen all around the city, love is the last thing on the cynical minds of Robert Grabowski and Elise Callahan. Robert is worried about his job and his father's questionable political activities. Elise is determined to reclaim her old expat life in Paris. But thanks to the smooth-running city, fate has other things in store for them
	La Bocca della VeritÃ	by Andrea Scordino March 22, 2012	$1.00	3749 words	Sample 5%
	una storia al cioccolato ...
	Ancient Tales, Modern Legends	by Ted Gross March 22, 2012	$6.99	83311 words	Sample 10%
	Ancient Tales, Modern Legends, a short story collection by Ted William Gross presents the reader with engaging and thought-provoking stories spanning the ages. Covering subjects of love, loss, pain, desire, need, frustration and hope these stories are meant to entertain as well leave an indelible impression upon the reader. Some of these stories can be purchased individually in E-Book format.
	AffectionAires Part 4	by Jeffra Hays March 21, 2012	$2.99	40860 words	Sample 20%
	On Island Bunny it all ends funny, shouting, shouting, It's my money.
	Sometimes You Need To Be Able To Talk	by Earnest Long March 21, 2012	Free!	3981 words	Read a sample
	A young man's feelings reach a new low when a well-loved relative dies. He vows he will make something of himself. Something others will be able to see even if his relative never saw it. Someone he could meet who would be special to him. The plot takes a twist as a female friend suggests he does a research project. And he finds the oddest subject to research. But hey! It might still work out.
	Elijah's Coins	by Ted Gross March 21, 2012	$1.99	8762 words	Sample 20%
	"Elijah's Coins" is a historical fiction story in which the biblical Elijah appears in more recent times to grant those who wish the ability to change the course of their lives. A beggar sits on a street in Warsaw with his hand out for coins. Two people answer the request. Then fate intervenes and the two are offered a choice which will effect generations to come.
	Kapparot	by Ted Gross March 21, 2012	$1.99	5000 words	Sample 20%
	What happens when one man is allowed to view the most intimate of discussions between another man and his God? How does one react when hearing another judge God in the same way he judges himself? How does one truly atone for deeds they wish they had not done? “Kapparot” is a story of that long lost world where humility, compassion and honesty are crucial to the discovery of oneself.