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Decision of the Umpire    by Troyo Soos
Price: $0.99 USD. 5630 words. Language: English. Published on May 25, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

"Decision of the Umpire" is a historical baseball mystery short story set in 1894.
Vampire Thomas Jefferson    by Jon Burr
Price: Free! 5120 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

The story continues as Benjamin Franklin Bache's life takes an unexpected turn, and Tobias Lear's growing power is unleashed. "Vampire Thomas Jefferson" is the third part of Domestic Tranquility, a long series intertwining American presidents with vampirism.
Wings of Forgiveness: A Short Story (of a WWII Airman Confronting his Past)    by Haley Whitehall
Price: $0.99 USD. 3900 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

A man haunted by memories of WWII travels to Germany to try to put them to rest but while there he finds more than peace, he finds forgiveness. One nightmare. One reunion. One life-changing moment. Wings of Forgiveness is a 3,000+ word SHORT STORY plus bonus material.
Lorenzostein: A Bizarre Tale of the Depravity of a Young Academic    by Mary Smetley
Price: $2.99 USD. 31830 words. Language: American English. Published on May 16, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Lorenzostein is the story of a young academic who is a bit different from the most of us in that he has an overwhelming fixation on sex and is quite paranoid. The story details his problems in academia and his relationships with his various mistresses. Furthermore, in the course of the story he comes to feel that he is a Christ-like figure who has come to save humanity.
Blizzard from Hell    by Robert Waggoner
Price: Free! 3640 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

(2.00 from 1 review)
A short story of fiction based upon fact. History has created some unique people, but these three brothers will amaze you for what they did to help save some lives.
Huntsville: A Story of Post Civil War Texas    by Glynn Rogers
Price: Free! 113590 words. Language: English. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Huntsville, Texas, 1874: Jacob Magruder, a former Texas Ranger, receives a pardon from his prison sentence. Soon he meets a beautiful widow whose husband has just been robbed and killed by highwaymen. Magruder vows to catch the killers and recover the lady's money. And this adventure leads to romance.
Charles Boeckman Presents: Johnny Nickle    by Pro Se Press
Price: $2.99 USD. 30310 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction » Adventure » Action.

From The Imagination of a Classic Pulp Author come New Stories Featuring His Characters! Prolific Pulp Author Charles Boeckman gave the world unforgettable tales in the days of the Pulps and through the age of digests and into the modern era as well! And now characters created by Boeckman from the golden age of Pulps live again in new tales written by today's best authors!
Moments In A Crowd    by Ray Daley
Price: Free! 570 words. Language: English. Published on May 1, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

(3.00 from 2 reviews)
The moments in a crowd can make a lifetime. And they can end one too. Trying to stop a killer is like trying to stop a runaway train, can our hero succeed?
Texas Shrugged    by Matthew McKinley
Price: $2.99 USD. 129140 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

Texas Shrugged is a novel about a 2013 Texas revolt that ultimately leads to a Texas secession movement, lead by the Governor and a select group of influencial Texans.
Tug River Murder    by James Knox
Price: Free! 52330 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

This is a fictional murder mystery set in 1897 at the site of the Hatfield & McCoy feud. Deputy Sheriff Richard James, a Canadian, finds himself having to juggle cultural differences, grief over the recent loss of his wife and son, and a murder investigation, after a McCoy is found dead from a snakebite. The death threatens to reignite the Hatfield/McCoy feud as Richard struggles to solve it.