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Elnora by Johan Lindback
Price: Free! 2880 words.
Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy.
A short story about a young girl who made a decisive decision. Is it too late to change her mind ...?
My Last Bullet by Robert Hart
Price: Free! 23620 words.
Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.
(4.50 from 4 reviews)
Johnny Gage is released from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after serving a sentence he didn't owe. He's got to make it back to Philadelphia and settle Chubby's hash before Chubby has him killed. Gage wants his revenge, with interest, and nothing Chubby throws at him is going to stop him. It's non-stop action, mayhem, destruction and a double figure body-count in this thin slice of Classic Pulp.
A Skillet, a Spatula, and a Dream by Barbara Bretton
Price: Free! 15550 words.
Language: English. Published on July 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » General cookbooks.
USA Today bestselling author Barbara Bretton shares forty easy-to-prepare recipes that range from Almost Perfect Pad Thai to Atlantic City Zuppa, from Lake Tung Ting Shrimp to Cape May Clam Chowder with humorous and heartwarming takes on the writer's life peppered throughout.
Hole in the Wall: A Jude Magdalyn Exclusive by L.M. Pruitt
Price: Free! 57500 words.
Language: English. Published on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Before Jude could throw fire...Before she could heal people...Before she chose between two men...She was a bartender.
In this short ebook exclusive, find out what Jude was up to the night before her world went nuts. Hole in the Wall is available for a limited time in honor of the August release of the second edition of Shades of Gray.
Bonus-Includes the first 18 chapters of Shades of Gray!
Life Lessons from the Celtic Gods by Kate Everson
Price: Free! 1930 words.
Language: English. Published on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy.
Rebekah takes a journey to a dream world where she is a queen in a castle. It changes how she sees her life. Laughter and lightness is a gift from the gods.
Blood Shadow: Book of Hartwell by Phil Wohl
Price: Free! 48680 words.
Language: English. Published on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.
(3.67 from 6 reviews)
This is the first book of the Blood Shadow new-age vampire series.
It is early 20th century San Francisco and the Black Death has taken over the city. Thomas Hartwell loses his wife and young son to the plague and is ready to take his own life, until someone knocks on his door and says, "Don't do it. I have a way that you will be able to see your wife and son again."
Twist Turn and Burn by Libby Heily
Price: Free! 7390 words.
Language: English. Published on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
This is a collection of twelve flash fiction pieces. The stories range from character studies to exploding bodies to tree eating humans to a day in the life of a piece of gum. Twist Turn and Burn is a quick read that allows you to explore different genres in only minutes.
PeeDee3, Intergalactic, Insectoid, Assassin in: Fafafalala and Dosido my Eggplant, Part-2 by RyFT (RiFT)
Price: Free! 7390 words.
Language: English. Published by Tricorner Publishing on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Fafafalala, a planet with a constantly changing past, present, and future, it’s one of the most dangerous places in the galaxy and the bug’s barely keeping his antennae attached to his head, and his head attached to his thorax. Unknown to PeeDee3, his mark’s hired a gun of his own, the lethal disco-dancing assassin, Convoy Shasta Badself. The bug may have just met his windshield.
Stories by Scott Fitzgerald Gray
Price: Free! 8350 words.
Language: English. Published by Insane Angel Studios on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » General.
AN EBOOK-SINGLE SHORT STORY — This excerpt from the fantasy anthology "A Prayer for Dead Kings and Other Tales" tells of a reclusive storyteller who yearns to be a hero — and who is forced to rise to the occasion when the story of his own life becomes more heroic than he ever thought possible…
Enlightenment to Go by Zorba Publishers
Price: Free! 3570 words.
Language: English. Published on July 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Asian philosophy.
In Enlightenment to Go, David Michie provides a lively, accessible antidotes to contemporary problems, including stress, anxiety and depression. He also offers a structured meditation program to help readers integrate transformational insights at deeper levels of consciousness where genuine change becomes possible.