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	On how the Cockroach, after having died, and after a short conversation with Saint Peter, entered the Gates of Heaven	by V. Campudoni May 09, 2012	$0.99	3691 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born in Brooklyn. Presently living in the great state of Georgia.
	Chameleon On A Kaleidoscope (The Oxygen Thief Diaries)	by Anonymous May 09, 2012	$7.99	42684 words	Sample 10%
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	Igazi Labafo	by Titshabona Ncube May 09, 2012	$10.00	13789 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born Titshabona Malaba Ncube, in a closely knit family, comprising 4 boys and 2 girls, in the Sigangatsha area of Kezi. Mr Ncube began his schooling days at St. Sebastian Primary School where he spent his entire primary education career. He then proceeded to Regina Mundi Sec. School, Gwaai, where he completed his O Levels. In 1991 Mr Ncube advanced to Matopo High School for A Levels, and also got involved with the unforgettable church choir dubbed the Commissioned Brothers. In 1993 he progressed to the University of Zimbabwe and then deployed to JZ Moyo High School in West Nicholson as an A Level teacher. In 1999 Mr Ncube became the school sports master. As a consequence of his unquestionable passion for sports, especially football, he was appointed head coach for senior boys football team when his glamorous team went on to be adjudged the most disciplined team for the year 2000 in the then Peter Ndlovu Tournament. It was in the end of the same year that Mr Ncube migrated to the UK where he obtained an Honours Degree in Town Planning, and a post graduate Diploma, specialising in Planning Law. Mr Ncube is currently doing Masters in Town Planning and also involved in several projects including being a song writer, author, town planner, and a dj on Afrodeepradio.com, an entertainment internet radio station based in the London.
	Larks Monthly Review, March 2012	by Daniel Pool May 08, 2012	$0.99	21784 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Daniel J. Pool is a writer, editor and part-time funny man. His work has appeared in the Fringe, Weirdyear, Trend and Indigo-Rising Magazine. In his spare time he edits Larks Fiction Magazine--the flagship publication of his multimedia business.
	Fehér négyszögek	by Nyári László May 08, 2012	$5.99	44752 words	Sample 20%
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	Don't Cry	by W H.B May 08, 2012	$1.99	115017 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: I've started writing professionally two year ago, I wrote the first version of this book five years ago; all my life I have been working in the music industry, as a producer and song writer. I lived and studied in Switzerland and England. I presently live in Montreal.
	God's Own Country	by Leo OReilly May 07, 2012	$1.50	88789 words	Sample 20%
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	Postcards from Condi Rice	by Lee Patton May 07, 2012	$2.99	7417 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: After growing up in an immigrant/lumbering/fishing town on California's Mendocino Coast, and after college in Sacramento and San Francisco, I headed to Colorado to teach high school and work on my M.A. in Denver University’s Writing Program. In the late 80’s, I wrote plays for Denver’s legendary Changing Scene. That led me to develop plays produced in Arizona, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Alaska, then off-off Broadway in New York. A scholarship sent me to London to study theatre, where a jealous-love murder threat in our dorm inspired the fictionalized events of my first novel, Nothing Gold Can Stay (Alyson Books, 2000, published as Casey Nelson to avoid embarrassing my fellow students and teachers). In the second novel, Love and Genetic Weaponry: The Beginner's Guide (Alyson Books, 2009), I explored a completely fictitious Hitchcockian-paranoid-romance set among very real Western landscapes. The idea of the amateur sleuth fascinated me, especially my protagonist, Ray O’Brien, a young teacher forced into the role of accidental detective. He must solve the mystery and defuse danger using only his everyday wits and evolving insights into human nature. Like my character, I have found myself in the midst of a role I never predicted—accidental mystery writer. But I’m at work on the third novel in the series, Fresh Grave in Grand Canyon, which gives me a chance to explore more of what I love—whitewater rafting and the canyon’s surreal geology—and develop another romance interrupted, of course, by murder.
	The Gypsy Man	by Ronald Florence May 07, 2012	$4.99	145905 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Ronald Florence is a novelist and historian, the author of ten previous books, including The Gypsy Man, The Perfect Machine, and Lawrence and Aaronsohn. He has also written about a WWI assassin, women socialists, transatlantic flights on the Graf Zeppelin, racing and cruising sailboats, the last season before WWII in Newport, the Damascus blood libel, and an effort to rescue as many as one million Jews from the Holocaust. Several books have been published in foreign editions, and The Perfect Machine is the basis of a PBS documentary.
	Going For The Wire	by Chris Leicester May 06, 2012	$3.99	109495 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Chris originates from Sheffield, UK but he now lives in Chester with his wife and two young sons. Along the way he’s had several adventures in the world including cycling across Australia for Cancer Research and buying land from cannibals. As well as books Chris also writes stage plays, screenplays, radio plays and poetry. His past work includes; ‘Mickey’, a radio play for the BBC in 2001, ‘Tales From the Riverbank’ in 2001, ‘The Last Train to Jordan Road’ in 2003, (called ‘Mafioso’ for the Edinburgh Fringe later in that year,) ‘The Fourth Wall’ which ran at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington and then in Edinburgh in 2005 and ‘The Baby Box’ which ran for a month at The Old Red Lion Theatre 2008, “Slasher” Kincade which toured the UK in 2010. His last play ‘Charlie Bangers’ premiered at the prestigious Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays, Manchester on September 2011 and tours the UK in 2012. His is writing his next new play, ‘Hurricane Hill,’ for a major TV and Stage name and this will be ready for production in 2013. “A brilliant evening of live entertainment and theatre at its rawest best.” (Four stars) whatsonstage.com on 'Slasher' Kincade 16/04/2010 “Slick production is a play of our times” Hackney Gazette on “Slasher” Kincade 6/5/10 “Leicester is also an accomplished director and blends clever lighting and physical theatre to bring his plays to life.” The Stage on “Slasher” Kincade 10/5/10 “The power of Leicester’s writing combined with the wonderful acting talent really carries the play through to the very end....the chemistry of such a beautiful text.” Extra! Extra! on ‘The Baby Box’ 2008. “Naturalistic, gritty writing – reminiscent of Mike Leigh.” Camden New Journal on ‘The Baby Box’ 2008 “Leicester's writing is confident and powerful..” Hampstead and Highgate Express on ‘The Baby Box’ 2008 “Chris Leicester’s clever, acerbic, unpredictable play…” The Stage on ‘The Fourth Wall’ 2005 ‘Achieves moments of mesmerising realism that Stanislavski would have applauded’, Time Out on ‘The Fourth Wall’ 2005. '…beg, borrow or knee-cap for a ticket!’ The Scotsman on ‘Mafioso’ 2003
	Cansville	by Alan Flurry May 06, 2012	$5.99	54788 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born in 1968 in Savannah, Georgia, novelist and filmmaker Alan Flurry is a distinctive new voice in American literature. His often cinematic approach to literature now takes to the stage as we go into the heart of the playwright, and the fevered dream that is the slowly unfolding act of creation, with Cansville.
	The Gatekeeper	by Colin Cohen May 05, 2012	$1.99	16485 words	Sample 50%
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	The Fetish	by T.L. Peters May 05, 2012	$0.99	22321 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: "There's no question that Peters is a master wordsmith." Gerry B's Book Reviews About the author: T.L. Peters is an ex-lawyer who enjoys playing the violin and giving his dog long walks in the woods. In between, he writes novels.
	La puta que leía a Jack Kerouac	by Susana Hernández May 05, 2012	$4.99	31095 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Nací en Barcelona. Estudié Imagen y Sonido e Integración Social. Actualmente compagino estudios de Investigación Privada y de Psicología en la Universidad de Barcelona. He colaborado en varios medios de comunicación escritos, ejerciendo como crítico musical y redactora de deportes, así como en medios radiofónicos. Entre 1995 y 2007 trabajé como locutora en Radio Canet. He publicado la novelas: "La Casa Roja" (Premio Ciudad de Sant Adrián 2005), "La puta que leía a Jack Kerouac" (Lesrain 2007) y "Curvas Peligrosas" (Odisea Editorial 2010) y el libro de relatos "Enamórate" (Odisea Editorial 2012) junto a otros autores. "Curvas peligrosas" ha sido considerada una de las tres mejores novelas negras publicadas en 2010. En mi haber cuentan diversos premios de novela, relato y poesía: I Premio Poesía Lésbica Versales 2009, Finalista Premio de novela Katharsis 2009, I Premio Ciudad de Sant Adrián de Besós de Novela 2005, Premio Contradiction 2003, Emilio Murcia de relato 2003 (accésit), Premio Mizares de poesía 2003, Segundo Premio Villa San Esteban de Gormaz 2002, y Premio de relato «Mujeres» de Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2001, entre otros. He participado en la III edición de Getafe Negro 2010 dentro de la mesa redonda Cosecha negra: Jóvenes Bárbaros. En 2006 fui seleccionada por la universidad de Alicante para participar en el VI Encuentro Nacional de Escritores y contribuí a la antología poética que se editó posteriormente a favor de Médicos sin Fronteras. En la primavera de 2007 la editorial Lesrain colaboré en el libro de relatos El espejo de los deseos en beneficio de la lucha contra el turismo sexual de menores y la prostitución infantil. Asimismo mis relatos y poemas han sido incluidos en diferentes antologías y publicaciones literarias. Actualmente imparto talleres literarios y colaboro en distintos medios como crítica literaria y redactora. En octubre de 2012 Alrevés Editorial publicará la segunda novela de la serie de las subinspectoras Santana y Vázquez que se inició con "Curvas peligrosas".
	Don Quixote	by Gerald J. Davis May 05, 2012	$4.99	212953 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Gerald J. Davis is the author of eight novels. He has lived in Central America and travelled extensively throughout Latin America.
	El acontecimiento literario del año	by Daniel Corpas Hansen May 04, 2012	$3.99	40287 words	Sample 20%
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	Hackettstown (A Short Story)	by Brian Hartman May 04, 2012	$0.99	8985 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Brian Hartman lives in Scotch Plains, NJ. He is the author of numerous short stories, including "Tuesday", published in Red Fez online, and co-author of "Valentine's Day" (along with Kenneth Weene and Salvatore Buttaci).
	The Writers Motel	by James Spurlock May 04, 2012	$0.99	74393 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: James Spurlock was born in 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has a degree in English and Speech & Theatre from Austin Peay State University and for 25 years has taught high school English. He is the author of the novels The Writers Motel and Candytuff. He and his wife Dianna reside in Tennessee. He can be contacted by emailing him at jim730@blomand.net.
	The Sound Collector	by Janet Parkinson May 04, 2012	$1.99	44665 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Janet is a writer and published poet in Rhode Island. She has been writing most of her life and has participated in National Novel Writing Month seven times. Although she knows some obsessive fans, she is not one herself.
	Silence	by R. P. Poe May 04, 2012	$3.99	77524 words	Sample 20%
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	Magic In Moon Time	by Dara Harper May 04, 2012	$2.99	40934 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Dara Harper is was born in Detroit, MI and developed a passion for storytelling at an early age. She is a novelist, Off-Broadway playwright, journalist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. She won the Best African American Filmmaker Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival for her short film, "la Revolution." While residing in New York City, she was accepted into the Harlem Writer's Guild. Her feature film, "Sweeter Without Sugar" was an official selection at the African American Women In Cinema Film Festival. Her debut play, "Passing" had a sold-out run Off-Broadway and was nominated for an AUDELCO Award. She authored three books, "Magic In Moon Time", "Grits & Grace" and "Forgiveness Season." She finds inspiration in Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, rainy days and a great cup of espresso.
	The Barkhouse Five	by PD Cacek May 03, 2012	$0.99	5431 words	Sample 20%
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	Miss Papa B.: a short story	by Jeff Posey May 03, 2012	$0.99	4982 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: “Where did these rocks come from?” asked the geology professor. The fifty or so students ambling among the pile of stones at the bottom of the hill offered answers in tentative voices: a Precambrian ocean, an ancient river, the continental shelf …. The professor shouted “No!” to each answer. Then a skinny, prematurely balding student pointed at the top of the hill with his rock hammer and said in a ringing voice, “They come from up there!” “Exactly!” boomed the professor. That skinny boy was me. I’ve always had a flair for pointing out the embarrassingly obvious. Friends and colleagues say I have a gift for explanation, clarification, synthesis. I’m also fascinated by darned near everything. Which explains why I: Have a geology degree, nearly earned a degree in biology, nearly earned a master’s degree in journalism, spent a decade as a magazine writer and editor, did five-and-a-half-years of night school to get a master’s degree in financial analysis (of all things), and once tried my hand as an independent financial consultant. I like challenges. If I feel ignorant about something, that motivates me to figure it out. My work credits include: DFW Writers’ Conference, for which I was Director in 2011 Founder and sole member of Jeff Posey Enterprises LLC, the business entity for both my Author and Corporate work Javelin Marketing Group, where I labored on more than 80 pitches to prospective clients and placed nearly 50 stories in the trade press Carter & Burgess Inc. (now Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.), where I managed external and internal communications Free Range Communications Group Inc., a marketing/communications company I founded and managed for five years VHA Inc., where I started up and managed a book-publishing division American Way magazine where I managed more than fifty freelance writers and started up a fiction section D Magazine, where as City Editor covering Dallas politics I learned over and over that nothing is as it seems Sun Exploration and Production Co., where I looked for (and found) oil and gas deposits The University of Dallas and Fun/Ed Inc., where I taught people how to write fiction Along the way, I’ve earned an award for investigative magazine journalism, gathered more than a dozen speaking awards with Toastmasters International, and published about a half-dozen short stories with small literary magazines.
	Beautiful; Till You Wake Up	by Lyubomir Nikolov May 03, 2012	$2.70	3311 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Lyubomir P. Nikolov lives and writes in Sofia, Bulgaria. His publications include a non-fiction book on psychology, a collection of short stories in Bulgarian (2010) and in English (_David's Child_,2011, _The Netizen_,2011), and various appearances in Bulgarian anthologies and magazines, both SF and mainstream. Among his literary awards are a second place in a national short story competition (2006), the 2008 Chudomir Award for humorous prose, and a nomination for the Helikon Bookstore Chain Award for his Bulgarian collection (2010).
	Unwoven: six short stories	by Jeff Posey May 02, 2012	$2.99	31288 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: “Where did these rocks come from?” asked the geology professor. The fifty or so students ambling among the pile of stones at the bottom of the hill offered answers in tentative voices: a Precambrian ocean, an ancient river, the continental shelf …. The professor shouted “No!” to each answer. Then a skinny, prematurely balding student pointed at the top of the hill with his rock hammer and said in a ringing voice, “They come from up there!” “Exactly!” boomed the professor. That skinny boy was me. I’ve always had a flair for pointing out the embarrassingly obvious. Friends and colleagues say I have a gift for explanation, clarification, synthesis. I’m also fascinated by darned near everything. Which explains why I: Have a geology degree, nearly earned a degree in biology, nearly earned a master’s degree in journalism, spent a decade as a magazine writer and editor, did five-and-a-half-years of night school to get a master’s degree in financial analysis (of all things), and once tried my hand as an independent financial consultant. I like challenges. If I feel ignorant about something, that motivates me to figure it out. My work credits include: DFW Writers’ Conference, for which I was Director in 2011 Founder and sole member of Jeff Posey Enterprises LLC, the business entity for both my Author and Corporate work Javelin Marketing Group, where I labored on more than 80 pitches to prospective clients and placed nearly 50 stories in the trade press Carter & Burgess Inc. (now Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.), where I managed external and internal communications Free Range Communications Group Inc., a marketing/communications company I founded and managed for five years VHA Inc., where I started up and managed a book-publishing division American Way magazine where I managed more than fifty freelance writers and started up a fiction section D Magazine, where as City Editor covering Dallas politics I learned over and over that nothing is as it seems Sun Exploration and Production Co., where I looked for (and found) oil and gas deposits The University of Dallas and Fun/Ed Inc., where I taught people how to write fiction Along the way, I’ve earned an award for investigative magazine journalism, gathered more than a dozen speaking awards with Toastmasters International, and published about a half-dozen short stories with small literary magazines.
	Fallen Angels	by Alice Duncan May 01, 2012	$2.99	73872 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Award-winning author Alice Duncan lives with a herd of wild dachshunds (enriched from time to time with fosterees from New Mexico Dachshund Rescue) in Roswell, New Mexico. She’s not a UFO enthusiast; she’s in Roswell because her mother’s family settled there fifty years before the aliens crashed. Since her two daughters live in California, where Alice was born, she’d like to return there, but can’t afford to. Alice would love to hear from you at alice@aliceduncan.net. And be sure to visit her website: http://www.aliceduncan.net
	The Man Who Was Shot	by Marià Vayreda May 01, 2012	$1.50	11973 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Marià Vayreda (1853-1903), Catalan writer from a family of rural nobles. Veteran of the Third Carlist War. Brief exile in France after the defeat of the Carlists. _La punyalada_ is his best-known work.
	Love Song for the Dead	by Jack Forge May 01, 2012	$2.99	15204 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Born John Stephen Rohde in Los Angeles, California, I focused my academic study on the liberal arts and I have striven to create worthy art most of my life.
	A Civil War	by Corinda Marsh May 01, 2012	$2.99	126957 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Corinda Pitts Marsh is a native of Northwest Florida. She earned a Ph.D. in English (major areas: American Literature post Civil War and British Literature 20th Century) at Florida State University, and after teaching composition and literature at FSU and working as an editor for a regional magazine, she is retired. She enjoys her family, her pets, and her passion for writing. Her favorite writers are Wolfe, Hemingway, and Nietzsche. She invites comments on her work via Facebook or Smashwords reviews and is available for questions and discussions of her work or that of Thomas Wolfe.
	George's Tonic	by Allison M. Dickson April 30, 2012	$1.29	11557 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Allison M. Dickson is the author of dark fiction with a speculative bent. Although horror is one of her biggest influences, she prefers writing stories that chill rather than splatter. She hasn't yet gained the ubiquity of her esteemed literary heroes (Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Cormac McCarthy to name a few), but she is enjoying the climb up the ladder and the chance to explore as many genres as possible, from urban fantasy satire to mainstream women's fiction to steampunk, to young adult fantasy. Allison lives in Dayton, Ohio with her husband, two children, and a gigantic bobtailed house cat. When she isn't writing, she's often doing freelance editing for her company, Allison Edits. Several of the stories below have been previously published in other online venues and have been made available here as reprints for your favorite e-reader device.
	A Noiva Judia	by Pedro Paixão April 30, 2012	$4.99	19400 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Nasceu em Lisboa em 1956. Estudou em Lisboa, Lovaina e Heidelberga. Tentou ensinar filosofia. Depois desistiu. Publicou vinte e um livros de ficção e dois álbuns de fotografia. Escreveu dois textos para teatro e um para ópera. Não é membro de qualquer clube, associação, partido ou igreja. Nunca votou. Tem um filho. É casado. Vive em Santo António do Estoril. Prepara um filme.
	The Island	by Antonio Dias April 29, 2012	$2.99	5165 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Antonio Dias is an artist, designer, writer living in Rhode Island. His writing includes essays, short stories, poems, and novels, as well as a book on boat design. Stay tuned as more works appear here on Smashwords!
	À Procura de um Livro	by Ágata Ramos Simões April 29, 2012	$2.99	38229 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Colaborou na tradução japonesa das obras “Todos os Nomes” e “A Caverna” de José Saramago. Representada com três poemas na colectânea de poesia contemporânea portuguesa, “Ventana A La Nueva Poesía Portuguesa”, editada no México pela Ediciones Desierto. Escreveu “Lisboa singular”, livro infanto-juvenil, publicado em português por uma editora francesa (Éditions 00h00). Teve uma participação no Salão do Livro em Paris, entre os dias 16 e 21 de Março de 2001, convidada pela editora Éditions 00h00. Ganhou o 1º prémio no concurso literário “António Mendes Moreira” da Câmara Municipal de Paredes com o manuscrito “À Procura de um Livro” e ganhou igualmente o 1º prémio ex-aequo no concurso literário Orlando Gonçalves da Câmara Municipal da Amadora com o mesmo manuscrito. No princípio de 2006 foi publicado outro livro seu, de ficção, pela editora Saída de Emergência: “Senhor Bentley, o Enraba-Passarinhos”. Participou no DN Jovem durante alguns anos.
	Congruent Spaces Magazine, Issue 4	by Congruent Spaces April 28, 2012	$1.99	11539 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Congruent Spaces Magazine is a community edited magazine of Short-Short Fiction and Poetry. At Congruent Spaces, you are allowed to take part in the editorial process by helping to select which short stories and poems will be published in our magazine through our star ratings process.
	Inmersos en el vacío	by Gustavo Enrique April 28, 2012	$2.99	48411 words	Sample 20%
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	Twisted Together	by Meagan Noel Hart April 27, 2012	$2.99	21191 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Meagan Noel Hart is a lover of all stories and is grateful she gets the chance to add her own to the mix. She has the privilege of twisting and molding the minds of young college students, and currently she resides in Baltimore with her husband, birds, and cats, but who knows where life will take her next? Meagan holds a MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. Previous publications include “Better Off Gone” in Welter, Spring 2009 and a hand-made edition of _A Short Stack of Silly Shorts for the Morally Sidetracked_, which is in its 6th run at Atomic Books in Baltimore, MD.
	Decades - English Edition	by Anne de Gandt April 27, 2012	Free!	11273 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.
	Bank Holiday	by Michael Hartford April 27, 2012	$0.99	4146 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I am a writer and photographer living in Minneapolis with my wife and twin sons.
	The Last Stoic	by Hidden Brook Press April 26, 2012	$4.50	66291 words	Sample 10%
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	The First Chicano Time Traveler	by Jeremy Charo April 26, 2012	$0.99	2112 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Jeremy Charo is a fiction and poetry writer out of El Paso, Texas. Growing up predominately in the southwest, the unique environment and culture has given Jeremy a growing perspective of life and death in the desert. At the current time, Jeremy is a full-time writer, full-time reading teacher, and a full time husband and father.
	My Mother's Yukata	by Mary Claire Mahaney April 25, 2012	$0.99	3724 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Mary Claire has written fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews of the arts. Her fiction explores the intricacies of interpersonal relationships and tells complex stories that are both imaginative and recognizable to her readers. Mary Claire’s first novel, Osaka Heat, follows an American schoolteacher, Ginger O'Neill, who finds herself in hot circumstances during a month-long visit to Japan. Caught between cultures, Ginger is also caught between her future and her past. Mary Claire’s writing often references the arts. Music and painting play major roles in her life. Her own artwork reflects various media and techniques. Working primarily abstractly, Mary Claire uses shape and line to investigate the patterning that originates in nature, and she refers to graphic influences from around the world to add depth to her work. Recently Mary Claire’s photography has offered her a means to present a view beyond the literal. Mary Claire’s favorite color is orange and her favorite food is sushi.
	My Indian Queen: A Novella	by J.M. Moris April 24, 2012	$2.99	33174 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: J.M. Moris has been filling notebooks with stories since she was old enough to write. A self-proclaimed geek, her passions include reading, video games, napping, and vast quantities of iced tea. Her goal is to one day make it to Ireland, where she can roam free amongst her fellow redheads. Currently she resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she is constantly penning whatever odd stories pop into her head. She is supported in her efforts by her loving husband and her two overfed cats.
	A Beauty So Loud	by James Grant April 24, 2012	$1.99	54522 words	Sample 20%
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	tập truyện Nguyá»…n Thị Thảo An	by Nguyá»…n Thị Thảo An April 23, 2012	$4.99	110335 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nguyễn Thị Thảo An Nguyên quán Sài Gòn Năm 1980: dạy học Năm 1982: Vượt biên & Định cư tại Atlanta, tiểu bang Georgia, USA Viết cho các báo: Văn, Văn Học, Hợp Lưu, Chủ Đề, Văn Học Liên Mạng, Văn Tuyển, Phố Văn, Trẻ Magazines, ,… Và trang mạng Da Màu, Gió-O, VOA, RFI. Thành viên trong Ban Chủ Trương Tạp Chí Phố Văn online. Tác phẩm: Tuyển tập 14 Tác Giả (Văn Tuyển xuất bản năm 2000) Tuyển tập Bức Phù Điêu Khắc Cạn (Văn Mới năm 2001) Tập truyện Nguyễn Thị Thảo An (Văn Mới 2011)
	Survival Instinct	by James Kinsak April 23, 2012	$1.99	5980 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: James Kinsak writes fantasy, mystery, and horror stories that go into dark places and sometimes don't come out again.
	La obra	by Alfonso Casasola Gómez-Aguado April 23, 2012	$3.99	11885 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Alfonso Casasola Gómez-Aguado, natural de Algeciras, pero malagueño a todos los efectos, nació el 21 de abril de 1978, casado y con tres hijos. Se licenció en Derecho por la Universidad de Navarra, e ingresó en el Cuerpo Jurídico Militar español en 2005. Actualmente reside en Sevilla, en donde ejerce su profesión. Empezó a escribir desde edad muy temprana, gracias a una máquina de escribir antigua que tenía su padre en su despacho, que le hacía sentirse especial al oír el sonido de las teclas sobre el papel. Esta es su primera obra de teatro publicada, aunque ya ha participado en diferentes libros de poemas y antologías. Es en esta editorial donde comienza a andar en el mundo literario, y se da a conocer al gran público.
	All but one	by Pina Varriale April 23, 2012	$2.99	36381 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: English: I was born in Naples (Italy) A journalist for several dailies and magazines I edited and presented cultural and current affairs programmes for TV and radio stations. I dealt with “youngsters at risk” conceiving a theatre and art workshop. I wrote and staged original theatre plays for primary and junior-high school children. I translated literary texts from French, Spanish and English. I also exhibited my paintings at regional and national level. I also published several books for adults and children’s novels including "Ragazzi di camorra" , “I Bambini Invisibili” and “All but one”. You can read some of my books in the Public Library of New York. Italiano: Ha collaborato come giornalista per diversi quotidiani e periodici nazionali. Ha curato e condotto servizi di attualità e culturali per emittenti radiofoniche e televisive. Attualmente collabora con il quotidiano l’Avvenire con brevi racconti dedicati all’infanzia e all’adolescenza. Si è occupata dei “ragazzi a rischio” progettando e realizzando un laboratorio artistico e teatrale. Ha scritto e messo in scena lavori teatrali per ragazzi. Ha partecipato, come pittrice,a mostre e concorsi nazionali. Ha insegnato Scrittura Creativa presso la sede di Napoli della Fondazione Humaniter. Cura la rubrica “Pollicino: per non perdersi tra i libri” sul settimanale “ioCome”
	Mabel's Elephant	by Charles Harvey April 23, 2012	$0.99	4277 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Charles W. Harvey is a native Houstonian and a graduate of the University of Houston. He has studied fiction under the guidance of Rosellen Brown and Chitra Divakaruni at U of H. He has studied poetry under Joyce James and Cynthia MacDonald. In 1987, Charles was a 1st place prize recipient of PEN/Discovery for Cheeseburger, which went on to be published in the Ontario Review. In 1989 Charles Harvey was awarded the Cultural Arts Council of Houston Grant for Writers and Artists. Also in 1989 he was a finalist in the MacDonald's Literary Achievement Awards. Charles has been published in Soulfires, Story Magazine SHADE, High Infidelity, The James White Review, and others. His novel The Road to Astroworld awaits the world. He challenged himself to participate in the 2010 NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writer's Month) Contest in which he pinned the rough draft of his future novel: The Holey Sweets Underwear Manufacturing Co. During the 2011 NANOWRIMO he penned the novel The Butterfly Killer. Look for Charles W. Harvey in the exciting anthology Mighty Real (edited by Darius Omar Williams and Royce Bryant Smith His other works of fiction and poetry can be perused through NEWVERSENEWS.com and Velvet Mafia.com. You will also find Harvey on Amazon and Barnes&Noble. You may contact Charles at veyles57@hotmail.com.
	Inner Legacy	by Douglas Stuart April 22, 2012	$3.99	48299 words	Sample 40%
	Author bio: Douglas Stuart has been writing for the last fifty years, publishing articles and poetry. He is a happily married Grandfather of four. The novel Inner Legacy was conceived under the working title Pictures at an Exhibition in 1967. It has been on the back burner of his mind for a very long time. He promised himself in his teens it would see the light of day by the time he was 21. It was the approach of his 60th birthday in 2011 that prompted him to finally bring it to fruition. Douglas Stuart is a graduate of Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities has spent all of his life in the West of Scotland. His next novel is due for publication later in 2012. This biography was provided by the author or their representative.
	The Howling Winds	by Jess O'Connell April 21, 2012	Free!	3549 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: ❤ The first time I recall becoming excited about writing was when I was about 6 or 7 and writing a poem about Winter, in my English class at school. The poem maybe long gone now but the memory of that excitement is still with me. These days writing poetry that means something and can move the reader emotionally is important. My first book of poems 'The Promise' has been published 'The Howling Winds' has now been published Following on from that will be a fictional novel containing letters and memoirs, then after, an epic fantasy adventure of two books. The order to which these will be published, will most likely change. Updates will be posted via my Facebook Profile. My new website will be up soon. Writing comes from the heart, the imagination and life experiences. ❤ Please add a review or comment, if you have the time. Would love the feedback as it is helpful to me. Thank you :) Also if you would like your e-book to have a nice cover design. Please contact me via my author page on Facebook, where you can check out my other book designs. Payment: Free. Just credit for design in the book and social network mentions.