Trampled Roses    by Johanne Lyhne
Price: Free! 6770 words. Language: English. Published on December 19, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Literary.
Since Johanne Lyhne read her first Harry Potter book when she was 9, she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life: write. Johanne is mostly passionate about her novels, but the four short stories in this collection seemed to almost write themselves. They are a fresh breath of honesty to battle a culture that praises perfection as if anything less is nothing.

The Sound of Snowfall    by Richard Quarry
Price: $1.99 USD. 6110 words. Language: English. Published on December 11, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.
Stuck inside Juvenile Corrections and facing a long prison sentence, a teenage girl tries to preserve her last memory of beauty by sharing it with a troubled youth who got himself punched in the face just to visit her in the Infirmary.

My Bahamian Girl    by Georgann Gibson
Price: $0.99 USD. 4880 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.
(5.00 from 1 review)
An eighth grader falls for a mysterious green eyed Bahamian girl, while vacationing with his family on a cruise ship. The only problem? She has a slightly strange hobby: voodoo. Ted absolves to rid himself of her “love spell”, and learns a few things about growing up and becoming a man.

Alien Offspring    by Rita Michaels
Price: $0.99 USD. 14530 words. Language: English. Published on December 2, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal.
Tallulah was abducted without her knowledge and forced to have intercourse with one of the aliens. After previously having series of miscarriages, she became pregnant and her husband was overjoyed and unaware their baby was a hybrid on a mission.

The Crick    by P. R. Jimson
Price: $0.99 USD. 1950 words. Language: English. Published by Mossy Feet Books  on November 30, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.
To Ricky Huening the creek on his father’s old farm held more than just water. It was brim full of memories as well.

dancer, zero    by S. Michael Choi
Price: Free! 3530 words. Language: American English. Published on November 29, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Literary.
(3.00 from 1 review)
Tatiana, the new girl, arrived in English IIIA amidst a murmur of expectation. We had already heard a beautiful "Russian princess" was coming to our own boring little neck of New Jersey, and her first impression on us was no disappointment... the SAT-cramming students of a high academic north New Jersey high school welcome a Russian exchange student; and lives are forever changed...

Fated Family    by Michelle Devon
Price: $1.39 USD. 17970 words. Language: English. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.
Luck seems in short supply for homeless runaway Joanna. Living in a shed with no electricity or running water, she’s cold, hungry, dirty, and desperate. She's not desperate enough to go back to the angry fists, boots, or whatever else Carlos might throw at her; and not desperate enough to go back to a mother who never really wanted her and barely acknowledges she exists.

The Family Camp    by Jordan Moyer
Price: Free! 830 words. Language: English. Published on November 27, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Entertainment.
A short story about a clever boy's childhood adventure; which was undertaken for the sole purpose of avoiding a long-time family tradition marking the boy's passage to manhood. What lengths will a young boy go in order to avoid tradition?

The Bed    by S. L. Marks
Price: Free! 8180 words. Language: English. Published on November 27, 2012. Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » Gay.
(4.00 from 1 review)
A Short Story One man's journey through coming out, estrangement and forgiveness.

Uncle Remy's Whizz-Bang Circus    by Maggie Clark
Price: Free! 9060 words. Language: English. Published on November 27, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
Lizzie couldn't be more thrilled that her Uncle Remy's coming for keeps to Callisto--and her parents couldn't be more reserved. As Lizzie drags her best friend Skif and her best dog Twinkie across the barrens to see the transport ship land, complex relationships between friends, family, and whole colonies raise questions that aren't easily answered, and spaces not easily filled.