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	Youngman & Blind	by Mungo McClure July 01, 2010	$4.99	40157 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I live in Oxford, England - and have degrees in literature and contemporary art.
	The First Day of Winter	by Mungo McClure July 01, 2010	$4.99	44335 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I live in Oxford, England - and have degrees in literature and contemporary art.
	Shoes Hair Nails	by Deborah Batterman June 30, 2010	$2.99	62252 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Deborah Batterman is the author of Shoes Hair Nails (Uccelli Press, 2006). A story from her debut collection was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her stories have appeared in anthologies as well as various print and online journals, including Many Mountains Moving, Sistersong, Dunes Review, The MacGuffin, The Alsop Review, Octavo, three candles, Ensemble, Standards: The International Journal of Multicultural Studies, Prose Toad, and The Potomac.
	The Passer-By	by SG Hogg June 30, 2010	$0.99	12219 words	Sample 70%
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	Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder	by Hazel Holt June 29, 2010	$5.95	51998 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Hazel Holt has many devoted fans in the United States and Great Britain as a writer of “cosy” British mysteries; she has published nineteen Mrs. Malory novels to date. She is also known to admirers of Barbara Pym as the friend and biographer who edited Pym’s posthumous works. Ms. Holt originated from Birmingham, England, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She graduated from Newham College, Cambridge, and went on to work at the International African Institute in London, where she met novelist Barbara Pym and became her official biographer with the critically acclaimed, A Lot to Ask: The Life of Barbara Pym. Holt wrote her first novel in her sixties and is a leading crime novelist. She is best known for her “Sheila Malory” series. Her son is the novelist Tom Holt. Hazel Holt was a personal friend and literary adviser to Barbara Pym and is Pym’s official biographer. A former television critic and feature writer, she lives in Somerset, England.
	The Pool	by Judson Merrill June 27, 2010	$2.99	22748 words	Sample 42%
	Author bio: Judson Merrill's fiction has appeared in Soon Quarterly and a few times on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. He is a regular contributor to Electric Literature's Outlet blog. For two years Judson was an editor for and a regular contributor to the online magazine 90ways.com. He is an MFA candidate at Brooklyn College. Judson lives in Brooklyn where he is working on a novel.
	The Shortest Journey	by Hazel Holt June 23, 2010	$5.95	52912 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Hazel Holt has many devoted fans in the United States and Great Britain as a writer of “cosy” British mysteries; she has published nineteen Mrs. Malory novels to date. She is also known to admirers of Barbara Pym as the friend and biographer who edited Pym’s posthumous works. Ms. Holt originated from Birmingham, England, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She graduated from Newham College, Cambridge, and went on to work at the International African Institute in London, where she met novelist Barbara Pym and became her official biographer with the critically acclaimed, A Lot to Ask: The Life of Barbara Pym. Holt wrote her first novel in her sixties and is a leading crime novelist. She is best known for her “Sheila Malory” series. Her son is the novelist Tom Holt. Hazel Holt was a personal friend and literary adviser to Barbara Pym and is Pym’s official biographer. A former television critic and feature writer, she lives in Somerset, England.
	Honor in the Heart	by Ruth Fawcett June 22, 2010	$8.00	123585 words	Sample 16%
	Author bio: I am a former school principal, now a publisher and author writing literary fiction set in a school and filled with sharply drawn characters. The third book in this trilogy will be released soon. My next project is social commentary in the context of a novel. I am excited to be a part of Smashwords and the world of ebooks. After family, friends, and church, I love writing best and am thrilled that independently published books are going mainstream.
	Porcelain	by Jess C Scott June 21, 2010	$2.99	40371 words	Sample 8%
	Author bio: Jess is a full-time author/artist/non-conformist. She works in a diverse range of genres such as urban fantasy, erotic (not pornographic) fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk. As a writer, Jess focuses on style and substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype. Visit her website for free samples and more! WEBSITE: http://www.jessINK.com MEDIA: http://www.jessINK.com/media.htm DISCLAIMER: http://www.jessINK.com/porn_vs_erotica.htm + + + FB: www.facebook.com/jessINKbooks TWITTER: www.twitter.com/jesscscott
	Hangover	by Andrew O. Dugas June 19, 2010	$3.00	2591 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: My fiction and poetry have most recently appeared in Instant City, Flatmancrooked, SoMa Literary Review, Unlikely Stories 2.0, Bear Creek Haiku, Poems Niederngasse, and elsewhere. I'm regularly invited to read at local literary events, including San Francisco's city-wide Litquake Festival 2008 and 2009. A graduate of Ithaca College, I'm a two-year veteran of the Advanced Writing Workshop at Cornell University.
	Pretzel	by Andrew O. Dugas June 18, 2010	$2.00	1014 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: My fiction and poetry have most recently appeared in Instant City, Flatmancrooked, SoMa Literary Review, Unlikely Stories 2.0, Bear Creek Haiku, Poems Niederngasse, and elsewhere. I'm regularly invited to read at local literary events, including San Francisco's city-wide Litquake Festival 2008 and 2009. A graduate of Ithaca College, I'm a two-year veteran of the Advanced Writing Workshop at Cornell University.
	Gone Away	by Hazel Holt June 15, 2010	$5.95	51609 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Hazel Holt has many devoted fans in the United States and Great Britain as a writer of “cosy” British mysteries; she has published nineteen Mrs. Malory novels to date. She is also known to admirers of Barbara Pym as the friend and biographer who edited Pym’s posthumous works. Ms. Holt originated from Birmingham, England, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She graduated from Newham College, Cambridge, and went on to work at the International African Institute in London, where she met novelist Barbara Pym and became her official biographer with the critically acclaimed, A Lot to Ask: The Life of Barbara Pym. Holt wrote her first novel in her sixties and is a leading crime novelist. She is best known for her “Sheila Malory” series. Her son is the novelist Tom Holt. Hazel Holt was a personal friend and literary adviser to Barbara Pym and is Pym’s official biographer. A former television critic and feature writer, she lives in Somerset, England.
	Neighbors	by Victor J. Banis June 14, 2010	$0.99	2554 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Victor J. Banis is the critically acclaimed author ("the master's touch in storytelling," Publishers Weekly) of more than 160 published novels and numerous non-fiction and shorter works as well, over a career spanning nearly half a century. A native of Ohio and long time Californian, he lives and writes now in West Virginia's beautiful Blue Ridge.
	Sirocco Express	by Tony Judge June 14, 2010	$2.99	76713 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Tony Judge lives in Worcestershire, England. He writes novels, short stories, satirical pieces and short poems. He makes a living as a freelance writer, is the author of several non-fiction books, published by BWCS and ARCchart, and is a member of the UK Society of Authors. He produced his first novel, Sirocco Express, in 2006; it has subsequently received many excellent reviews. It describes the experiences of a young Nigerian student at the hands of people smugglers while travelling from Lagos to London. In 2010, he completed his second novel, The Whole Rotten Edifice. In this work of historical fiction, set during the desperate defence of Moscow in 1941/2, a father and daughter fight for the Red Army: he as a general, she as a sniper.
	Letting Go of Sacred Things	by Sally J. Walker June 12, 2010	$4.95	55446 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Sally J. Walker, a novelist-poet-screenwriter-editor lives with her husband in Omaha, Nebraska, where she writes, teaches, rides horses, and enjoys Scottish activities.
	Poet In A Pontiac	by William Gough June 11, 2010	$5.99	23947 words	Sample 6%
	Author bio: William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
	Prairie Sunset	by Eric Wilder June 10, 2010	$3.99	64795 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Eric Wilder grew up about a mile from fabled Black Bayou in northwest Louisiana and began listening to ghost stories and tall tales at an early age. Author of ten books, including the French Quarter murder mystery Big Easy, he recently published his newest mystery titled A Morning Mist of Blood. City of Spirits, his newest novel, is the sequel to Big Easy. He now lives and writes in Edmond, Oklahoma along with his wife Marilyn, four dogs and two cats.
	Midnight At The Mockingbird Motel	by William Gough June 09, 2010	$5.99	99143 words	Sample 6%
	Author bio: William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
	At the Diner	by Neil Plakcy June 07, 2010	$0.99	2467 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Neil Plakcy is the author of the Aidan and Liam bodyguard adventure series, Three Wrong Turns in the Desert and Dancing with the Tide. His other books are Mahu, Mahu Surfer, Mahu Fire, Mahu Vice, and Mahu Men, about openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka, GayLife.com, and In Dog We Trust, a golden retriever mystery. He edited Paws & Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man and Dog and the gay erotic anthologies Hard Hats, Surfer Boys and Skater Boys (2010). Plakcy is a journalist and book reviewer as well as an assistant professor of English at Broward College’s south campus in Pembroke Pines. He is vice president of the Florida chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and a frequent contributor to gay anthologies.
	Colorado Knox	by Mungo McClure June 06, 2010	$4.99	45208 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I live in Oxford, England - and have degrees in literature and contemporary art.
	BRAKENSTROOM	by Jacob Singer June 05, 2010	$8.00	73929 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: JACOB ASHER SINGER WAS BORN in 1935 in a small town west of Johannesburg, in South Africa. After attending school at the Potchefstroom High School for Boys, he studied Pharmacy at the Chelsea Polytechnic in London, England. In 1960, he married Evelyn Jackson, and practiced successfully as a pharmacist for the next 25 years, retiring in 1985 and emigrating to Canada in December 1992. His first book, BRAKENSTROOM, is a book of short stories about Potchefstroom, the town he grew up in as a boy, and where he and his family lived for many years. His second book, THE VASE WITH THE MANY COLOURED MARBLES is now available from Amazon as an i-Book. The soft cover book is not yet available, but should be on bookstore shelves sometime in October. The story is based on true life experiences and people he knew in Potchefstroom. “There are so many stories to tell about South Africa” he says. “South Africa is a beautiful country, with a fascinating although controversial history. Unfortunately with the increase in criminal activity and tardiness in controlling violence it is rapidly falling into the ‘Africa trap.’ Jacob was never politically active, but he personally met and knew many of the active players on both sides of the political fence. When threatened by the security police for not giving them certain confidential information, he encouraged his children to emigrate, and joined them in Canada once they had established themselves.
	The Album	by Sandra White June 04, 2010	$4.95	70057 words	Sample 20%
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	Chips & Gravey: A Ghostly Love Story	by William Gough June 04, 2010	$5.99	63224 words	Sample 6%
	Author bio: William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
	Wherever You May Be Searching	by Wes Patterson June 03, 2010	$4.99	132119 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Wes Patterson (1938-2010) graduated with highest honors from Johns Hopkins University on a full academic scholarship, majoring in psychology and creative writing. He completed his post-graduate work at the University of Florida. After leaving school, for a brief period of time, he became involved in crossbreeding and popularizing animals and reptiles as pets. He believes, he was responsible for the current "ferret pet craze" as he "re-discovered" and "re-introduced" ferrets as pets in 1964. He popularized and sold ferrets by the thousands to pet shops throughout the U.S. from his animal and reptile farm in Melrose, Florida. There are now more than ten million pet ferrets in the U.S. and just recently New York City has become so inundated with the cute intelligent carnivores that the city council is considering new licensing laws. He also popularized the malamute-wolf cross and various snakes and other reptiles as pets. He has always been acutely aware of the environment and endangered vanishing species. His other life-long interests include, paranormal psychology (regression and reincarnation) and serious literature. He was a prize winner in the annual publication of "Best College Writing of 1964". His poetry and prose have been published frequently in anthologies and poetry journals throughout the world, including Russia, India and Japan. His writing deals with life, death and love and the ageless philosophical questions of existence that ancient philosophers have been pondering since the beginning of time. In 1992 he met and married Irina Trefilieva, a Russian doctor of medicine, who came from a country where poetry and literature are greatly appreciated. In her translation, much of his poetry has appeared in major Russian literary magazines and received excellent reviews.
	Beyond Redemption - The Forbidden	by Jax Alexander June 03, 2010	You set the price!	155729 words	Sample 50%
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	Embrace the Rain: A Novel	by Michael Holloway Perronne June 02, 2010	$4.95	41265 words	Sample 20%
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	The Trial of Frankenstein	by Walt Edinger June 02, 2010	$3.99	63866 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: I teach medical ethics at the University of Toledo. I have taught and consulted on issues of research ethics and clinical ethics since 1987. I have found writing to be a way to express my doubts and frustrations about the cases I have been asked to address over the years. Most of my writing has been short stories or poetry. The Trial of Frankenstein is my first attempt at a longer work.
	Décades	by Anne de Gandt May 30, 2010	$2.99	11373 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Écrivain-photographe, Anne de Gandt crée des univers où se mêlent passé et présent, rêve et réalité. Son travail est une invitation aux voyages, à travers le temps, l'espace, la mémoire, l'identité et l'espoir. Writer-photographer, Anne de Gandt creates worlds which mingle past and present, dream and reality. She invites you to journey across time, space, memory, identity and hope.
	Spiritual Apathy	by Edward St Amant May 29, 2010	$5.99	67036 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: E A St Amant is the author of How to Increase the Volume of the Sea Without Water, Dancing in the Costa Rican Rain and Stealing Flowers.
	Last of the Zacharys, A Novel with Songs	by Morty Shallman May 28, 2010	$9.99	134636 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Born and raised in Rock Island, Illinois, Morty Shallman has been writing and performing original songs since the age of 12, and wrote his first novella, "To Exist with the Night" while still in high school. Morty is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, where he studied creative writing with renowned novelist Richard Stern, and where he began to explore the nexus of music and literature. After serving as lead singer and songwriter for popular Chicago Rock Band, “Minds of Babes,” Shallman moved to Los Angeles, where he has released several critically acclaimed solo CDs, performed at top clubs, and continues his work as a singer-songwriter, novelist and screenwriter.
	Perception — a novel	by Dan Catalano May 28, 2010	$1.99	126582 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: "A wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently." - Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side
	Notes from an Isolated Man	by Craig Cain May 27, 2010	$0.99	11297 words	Sample 20%
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	An Exciting New Career in Medicine	by Michelle Richmond May 26, 2010	$1.99	4995 words	Sample 18%
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	The Seventh Compass Point of Death	by Richard Sanders May 26, 2010	$2.99	36170 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I worked as an Executive Editor at Entertainment Weekly for 11 years and (in two separate stints) at People magazine and people.com for 12 years. I often speak to young journalists and try to use myself as an example for inspiration—a guy who spent time in jail, rehab and a psych ward and somehow went on to become a successful editor at Time Inc. and managed to keep himself sane and alive. I’ve tried to reflect those experiences in these books My wife, Laurie, and I live in Garden City, N.Y..
	In The Light Of Memory	by Leonardo Lunanero May 25, 2010	You set the price!	18375 words	Sample 100%
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	On The Gathering Storm	by Jason McIntyre May 25, 2010	$2.99	63155 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Born on the prairies, Jason McIntyre eventually lived and worked on Vancouver Island where the vibrant characters and vivid surroundings stayed with him and coalesced into what would become his novel, On The Gathering Storm. Before his time as an editor, writer and communications professional, he spent several years as a graphic designer and commercial artist. Jason is the author of more than two dozen short stories, several novellas and full-length fiction. Currently, Jason is hard at work on a novel series about The Night Walk Men, based on the novelette of the same name. His latest full-length novel, THALO BLUE, is out now! Synopsis: A young man on the brink of true adulthood, Sebastion Redfield experiences an extreme, life-altering trauma when a trespasser breaks into his home. Sebastion and the psychiatrist assigned to help him recover from the break-in begin to unravel a more disturbing truth about his ordeal: that someone or some thing has been following Sebastian for some time...and he has no idea what kind of power and determination it has to ultimately find him.
	Maud's House	by William Gough May 25, 2010	$5.99	44578 words	Sample 6%
	Author bio: William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
	A Summer Wedding	by Jesse Greever May 25, 2010	$0.99	1035 words	Sample 25%
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	The Tunge Pit	by Kevin Kato May 24, 2010	$2.95	116391 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Kevin Kato is an avid writer and incurable traveler. Since pursuing an advanced education in forensic science he has hiked, biked, boated and otherwise locomoted through forty countries across six continents, mostly in legal fashion. When he is not on the road Kevin plays husband father and writer in Fukushima, Japan.
	Gina, Found Again - Part 4	by Lawrence Bridges May 18, 2010	$0.99	9591 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Lawrence Bridges is best known for his creative work in the film and literary world. Having directed hundreds of TV commercials and and Music Videos, founding his own editing and design company Red Car, Bridges has been able to bring his ideas to fruition across numerous forms of media, from poetry to internet TV game shows. He is considered the primary architect of the so-called “anti-commercial.” His feature film "12" has amassed a cult following, beginning with the much-hyped guerrilla drive-in screenings in downtown Los Angeles. More recently, he directed a series of six documentaries on prominent American authors for the NEA's Big Read Program, which included Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, and Tobias Wolff. Lawrence's book of poems, Horses on Drums (Red Hen Press), was praised by The Literary Review as being part of a new group of "Dissociative Poets" who create coherent structure through startling juxtapositions and other unconventional means. In addition, he has been a guest lecturer in the department of English at Stanford University where he holds an MA degree. In October of 2009, Red Hen Press published his second book of poems entitled Flip Days. Bridges currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Elizabeth.
	Disappearances	by Luke Bergeron May 18, 2010	$2.99	68718 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: I’m a writer and a geek. I like eating stir-fry.
	Henry's Nursing Notes	by Ian Martin May 16, 2010	$0.99	18298 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Now I understand why my muse waited until I was 50 before giving me the nod. Mainstream publishers would never have touched the stuff I write. Years of humiliation and disappointment might have been too much for me to bear, and maybe I would have succumbed to full-blown alcoholism and drug addiction, and ended up by committing suicide. To save me from such a fate my muse held back until technology advanced to the point where I could safely sidestep those obscurantist gatekeepers trying to prevent me from getting to my readers. Now I can write what I like, put it up on Smashwords, and share the contents of my mind with anyone discerning enough to enjoy a certain brand of dark humour.
	Of Sound And Silence	by Casey Dyson May 16, 2010	$0.99	1201 words	Sample 30%
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	Heads	by Eddie Stack May 13, 2010	$2.99	61307 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Eddie Stack is an Irish writer. He received a Top 100 Irish American Award in 1991 in response to his book of short fiction, The West: Stories from Ireland. He is also the recipient of an American Small Press of the Year Award. Originally published by Island House (US) and Bloomsbury (UK), The West received excellent reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Eddie Stack's work is included in State of the Art: Stories from New Irish Writers; Irish Christmas Stories, The Clare Anthology and Fiction in the Classroom. His stories have also appeared in literary reviews Fiction, Confrontation, Whispers & Shouts and Criterion 83. Stories from The West have been read on radio worldwide and a CD of four stories read by the author, with music by Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill was released in summer 2002. His latest collection of stories, Out of the Blue, was published in Spring 2004. His work is available for Kindle on Amazon Eddie Stack was co-founder and artistic director of the Irish Arts Foundation in San Francisco. He was a member of the Irish trad group Last Night's Fun with Tommy Peoples, Paddy Keenan, Johnny Moynihan and the late Shane Holden. He is currently working on a book about the culture and traditional arts of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland. Due out in 2009, the book includes interviews with Micho Russell and Paddy Shannon as well as profiles on the Russell and Killoughery brothers. It has features on storytelling, dancing as well as music and songs from Doolin.
	The Box	by H. Lovelyn Bettison May 13, 2010	$2.99	51989 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: H. Lovelyn Bettison was born into a creative family with a strong tradition of storytelling. From an early age, she wrote stories. Some of her first works of fiction involved talking trees and magical creatures. She started writing flash fiction in her early twenties. Before she knew it her flash fiction started turning into novels. Though the trees in her current stories don’t usually talk, she has remained true to her childhood interest in the magical aspects of life. She currently lives outside of London with her husband and stepson.
	A Huckster's Paradise	by Michael Antoniak May 12, 2010	$5.00	142774 words	Sample 33%
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	Norton's Ghost	by R Canepa May 10, 2010	$2.99	119213 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: R. Canepa is a writer, musician, beginning composer, and general dabbler. Never content to stay in one place, whether physically or otherwise, he moved from California to Gainesville, FL and has been an English major, pre-medicine with emphasis on neurobiology, a middle school science teacher, and a programmer. Once upon a time, he also wanted to be a comic book artist, a chef, a stuntman, a robotics engineer, and a pilot. He still thinks those options sound pretty good. In his spare time, R. Canepa reads, watches movies, plays video games, and takes up way more hobbies than he could possibly have time for. Visit http://rcanepa.net for the scoop on it all.
	Einstein's Road Trip	by George Brinner May 10, 2010	$4.95	89434 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: I paint pictures with orange skies and purple trees and write stories that explore the recesses of their character's minds-in a casual way. I own a little bar called Kahale's Beach Club in Kihei on the southern coast of Maui where I can take refreshment while the whales play. Maui has been home since I came to Hawaii by chance in the summer of nineteen seventy eight. One perk I have as an artist and writer is I can survive in one place about as well as any other, and so far I've found no place I would rather be. Occasionally my friends lounge in the shade of five palms that line the grassy knoll at the beach of Keawakapu - the Hawaiian word for forbidden harbor according to my bartender, Kimo Kuaana. They sip mai-tais and gin as they prattle on about this and that. Sometimes I join them, of course, but you may be more likely to find me in my studio a block away readying paintings for show or writing whatever comes to mind.
	White Pine	by F. J. Mackelroy May 10, 2010	Free!	1572 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: F. J. Mackelroy is from Detroit, Michigan, the state with the motto, "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice."
	Fighting for Eden	by Jeff Stilwell May 09, 2010	$4.99	104008 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Jeff Stilwell has spent many of his happiest years riding bareback at full gallop on the family ranch in the Yakima Valley where his father-in-law raised just about everything, including custom-fed cattle. Stilwell is indebted to John Schilperoort and his cousin (and customer) Harry Kwak for enduring thousands upon thousands of questions about the raising of Angus cattle. Stilwell, currently at work on his novel Running on Austen, has seen fifteen of his plays produced, earning such laurels as Enterprise Newspapers' judgment of One Tile Short: "an uninterrupted, 90-minute power pack with something to say...;" and Everett Herald's salute to Penny Upstart and the Widget War: "Clever dialogue and quips showcase Stilwell's talent for comedic writing..." The Driftwood Players production of Stilwell's Traffic Stop garnered two awards at the Kaleidoscope competition in 2007. Stilwell lives in Seattle with his wife, Manya, running their art gallery and writing about the local art scene at http://manyaveeselects.blogspot.com/.