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Once Upon A Time...At The Learning Annex by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 6870 words.
Language: English. Published by Vauk House Press on January 8, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.
He came from nowhere, footing across sand and brush, to confront a parking lot and an Edge City. He made his way through parked cars, cheroot dangling between scarred lips. He removed his hat to wipe the sweat; his heavy brow still cast shadow over dark eyes. The creases surrounding his mustache cut like canyons. How tall? Tree tall. Includes bonus stories: "Kank's Last Breath" and "Borges, Yo!"
Shapeshifter Finals by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $0.99 USD. 8400 words.
Language: English. Published on January 8, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
When Hog Donovan joined the Games of IIMAWL, the IntraGalactic Interworld Multicultural Amateur Wrestling League, he knew he’d be facing alien competition. But a shapeshifter? With Earth’s honor at stake and his mother screaming from the stands, what’s the young wrestler to do? “Shapeshifter Finals” originally appeared in Warriors of Blood and Dream, edited by Roger Zelazny. 7800 words
Teaching Abroad: an alternative life by David Jenkins
Price: $5.99 USD. 69680 words.
Language: English. Published on January 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Teaching Abroad combines travelogue, cultural description and teaching tips into a memoir giving a first hand account of what it's like to teach and earn a living overseas. The journey takes us from Central Europe to Oman, from Micronesia to East Asia. As creative nonfiction, it reminds us that success is not a destination; it is a journey.
The Happiness Guide to Cheap Real Estate around the World by O-O Happiness
Price: $2.99 USD. 2760 words.
Language: English. Published on January 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Real estate.
Not all of us have the money to invest in high priced real estate.
But in today's depressed housing market, there is plenty of opportunity for those who only have a few thousand dollars to spare to get into real estate.
We introduce you to many areas of the world where you will find remarkably cheap real estate opportunities from land to apartments and houses. We cover the $0-$100,000 price range.
Graceful Blur by Ian Thomas Healy
Price: Free! 3480 words.
Language: English. Published on January 7, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
At Speed Week, superhero Mustang Sally aims to be the first person ever to break the speed of sound...on foot!
Iron Eyebrows: A Romance With Too Much Hair by Dee W. Schofield
Price: $2.99 USD. 3050 words.
Language: English. Published by WMG Publishing on January 7, 2011. Fiction » Romance » Paranormal.
Maria Webb hated men with too much body hair. But then a magical guy with a lot of hair came striding nude toward her on the beach and everything changed. This time she fell in love with a man with very bushy eyebrows and some special talents that no one would have expected to find with a nude man on a nude beach.
Everyone's Blood is Red by Oksana Vasilenko
Price: Free! 2190 words.
Language: English. Published on January 7, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
A lot has been written about this Man, but his true story remains unknown. And hardly anyone even wonders what Yeshua was like as a boy. How did he grow up to become the person who changed the world?
This story is the prologue for the coming sci-fi novel Everyone's Blood is Red.
John's List by Brent Knowles
Price: $0.99 USD. 4690 words.
Language: English. Published on January 7, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.
John Seven, a clone, is scouring deep space to rescue his creator's lover from a race of brutal aliens. It falls to him and his crew of fellow clones to finish what their originals started. In the final battle between human and alien John will be forced to choose between following his duty or following his heart.
The Broken World Book Four - The Staff of Law by T C Southwell
Price: $3.99 USD. 83650 words.
Language: English. Published on January 7, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Epic.
(5.00 from 4 reviews)
The broken world falls deeper into madness without the laws that govern life, and the son Talsy bears Chanter is an abomination, able to kill with his stunted powers. The young Mujar who roams the lawless land, blinded by golden fire, is the world’s last hope. The chosen must brave the madness to find him, but if the Ghost Riders find them only a creature of the chaos can save them…