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Towers to Nowhere    by Yakov Keller
Price: $5.99 USD. 254330 words. Language: English. Published on March 23, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Russia at the turn of the century, a country beset by revolutionary tensions and upheavals, where Jews are increasingly threatened. From a straightforward commercial venture, Feivel’s voyage on a riverboat will turn into a series of adventures, some of them absurdly funny, some hair-raising. Few foresee that much worse is still in store for Jews, in this new century – but what to do about it?
Sunday Girl    by Kalliope Lee
Price: $1.99 USD. 127750 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American.

Full moon night in Seoul. Victim of a brutal crime, beautiful, mentally troubled Jang-Mee dissociates form her body and becomes a channel for an ancestral ghost who hints at historical secrets. Seeking out the ghost again, Jang-Mee becomes addicted to dangerous, extreme situations that will bring her to the edge. Sunday Girl explores the traumatic wounds that haunt the blood for generations.
Requiem: Cloud of thoughts that rained ink unto paper.    by Amr Moneib
Price: $0.99 USD. 17630 words. Language: English. Published on June 13, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Requiem is a book about the life in Egypt. A compilation of short stories and articles about people who abuse religion, women and principles for their own benefit.
Alterations    by Rita Plush
Price: $2.99 USD. 59720 words. Language: English. Published by Penumbra Publishing on May 23, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

SHORT STORY COLLECTION. These pieces feel so immediate and alive – the voices, every detail – like memoir. Intimate, funny, and full of surprises, they’re big – about love, death, sex, loss, longing. I especially enjoyed “Love, Mona.” The intimate, beautiful portrayal of grief and hope ends with a wordless gesture so tender and expressive, I will never forget it. –Mary Azrael, Editor, Passager
The Goomeri Pointing Bone : Sequel to Dwarg in the Seventh Dimension    by Tony Lourensen
Price: $2.99 USD. 86730 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.

Dwarg is reunited with his host Aggie. Aggie has grown and has found a lover. Trouble with mysterious disappearances of some of her people in Algeria takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride of intrigue and spiritualism where Native American Shaman meets Australian Aboriginal Ngangkari and the puzzle is finally solved in a little township in Southeast Queensland called Goomeri...or was it?
Deceptive Cadence    by Timm Rolek
Price: $3.99 USD. 50730 words. Language: English. Published on January 10, 2013. Fiction » Historical » General.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Musicians and spies in counterpoint at the twilight of the Cold War.
The Well-Tended Garden    by Shaheen Ashraf-Ahmed
Price: $2.99 USD. 24370 words. Language: English. Published on March 14, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Safiyah must raise her daughters alone after her husband finds a second wife. She is surprised by the offer of another chance of happiness with a faithful admirer, but she is a mother first and has a difficult decision to make: she must weigh her happiness against the future of her daughters, who have also been vulnerable to the unspoken longings of the heart.
Santa Fe Voices: Poems of New Mexico    by Charles Sullivan
Price: $0.99 USD. 15290 words. Language: English. Published on May 4, 2013. Fiction » Poetry » American poetry.

49 short poems giving voice to the thoughts and feelings of some colorful characters, encountered in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, plus a reader's bonus of 9 tales of the Southwest from the author's recent collection, Uncle Sam's Family: Stories of Exceptional Americans and Their Amazing Animals.
Jenno's Gangs    by Jenno Bryce
Price: $0.99 USD. 7720 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » General.

Jenno's private look at gang members and life, in her territory of Widdlington.
Smoking Mirror Blues    by Ernest Hogan
Price: $0.99 USD. 59510 words. Language: English. Published on February 26, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Cyberpunk.

In a dystopian near-future, an East L.A. Chicano hacker steals a god-simulating program from his Mexico City girlfriend. He uses it to resurrect Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec warrior/trickster god, but the god possesses the hacker's body and goes on a rampage in a futuristic, Hollywood Day of the Dead celebration. It's a mad, post-cyberpunk romp.