Forgotten Cross    by Morris Thyme
Price: $4.99 USD. 49470 words. Language: English. Published by Martian Publishing  on April 28, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish.
Frank Mayhew has watched, through repeated tragedies, the size of his family get smaller and smaller. The recent passing of his mother leaves him alone with one remaining son, the one he never learned to get along with. It seems God was having some monumental joke at his expense. While clearing out his late mother's house, they uncover a small Jewish shrine in the attic. What had mama been hiding?

Djanbun and the Fire-stick    by T. D. Hilliard
Price: Free! 370 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic.
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A retelling of an old story that originates in Australian mythology, about a native who is transformed into a platypus.

Shifting Sands    by Ike L. Obidike
Price: $2.99 USD. 76720 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.
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After seven-years, Uche returns to Nigeria to introduce Thembi to his family. Instead, his mother presents another prospective bride to him. He spurns her proposition and his life spirals out of control - arrested for robbery, betrayed by his best friend and assistant. When his father lapses into coma, he has to make a decision fast. But whatever he decides, his life will not be the same again.

Angie Gets Creeped Out    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 1020 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.
Angie comes home. She phones up a friend. She meets her father Nathan. She gets creeped out.

Defining Moments:Insights Into This Soul-Filled Sista And How I Redefined Myself    by Carmen M Colon
Price: $3.00 USD. 27420 words. Language: English. Published on April 18, 2012. Fiction » Inspirational.
Go figure. Not even getting beat down by the crap that life throws at you motivated me to put pen to paper. It took my hanging out with a 'sistah'. Let me be more specific - getting trashed with my sistah - that I knew I had to write it down! A Self Exorcism if you will! And all over - ugh, LOVE! My definition of "sista" is Smart -Innovative - Selfless-Tolerant -Assertive & Kick-ass!

Spirit of the Siberian Tiger: Folktales of the Russian Far East    by Alexander Dolitsky
Price: $9.99 USD. 19770 words. Language: English. Published on April 17, 2012. Fiction » Literary collections » Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Dolitsky and Michael have selected four of Nagishkin’s folktales in which the Siberian tiger is closely associated with the main characters. The Siberian tiger is a native species of the Southeastern region of the Russian Far East, and an essential neighbor of the aboriginal people.

L'itinerario di Sigerico    by Andrea Scordino
Price: $0.99 USD. 2550 words. Language: English. Published on April 17, 2012. Essay » Literature.
La Via Francigena, che da Canterbury in Inghilterra porta a Roma, rappresenta un itinerario storico, percorso in passato, ma ancora oggi, da migliaia di pellegrini

When Pigeons Fly to Nowhere    by Stefan Raicu
Price: $4.99 USD. 85110 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2012. Fiction » Romance » Historical.
The story of the love affairs of two ‘blood brothers’ in the 1970s, set against a background of the repressive regime in communist Romania, during the “golden era” of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Bull City    by Stuart Albright
Price: $3.99 USD. 84710 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
Sid Ellison believes that he’s left Durham, NC, for good. But when his older brother, Tyrell, is charged with the murder of a Pakistani woman, Sid has no choice but to confront his troubled past. Bull City moves from the tobacco factories of Durham to Pakistan and finally to Boston before returning to the South for a dramatic and unexpected climax.