Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general

Soft Knock Life    by Colin Jordan
Price: $5.69 USD. 99590 words. Language: English. Published by Gingernut Books Ltd  on May 7, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Cyril’s life is perfect. It’s 1977 yet he knows little of the racial and social tension borne by his black British contemporaries. He’s a happily integrated entrepreneur and a liberal Pentecostal. Then along comes Natasha who unleashes Cyril’s sexual, racial and religious fears and deepest secret.
Children of the Cromlech    by John O'Neill
Price: $3.99 USD. 25900 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2012. Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Three young Irish growing up in the unromantic Ireland of the 1930's... As children they meet around a secret Druid's stone for illegal smokes... They follow very different paths, but later their lives reconnect in surprising ways when the Stone is destroyed and the village is bitterly divided... At last, however, they all find their own hard-won enlightenments.
Time Bowl. The Last one    by Rocksolana Koval
Price: $1.29 USD. 78350 words. Language: Russian. Published by T/O "Neformat"  on May 4, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Mulibris and his ward Delvilta having got the names of other people are illegally living in Aynakola - city gained their flesh ghosts who do not respect the alive. Mulibris intends to use his ward in order to get the magic vessel for returning to the past. Heiress of Time Bowl has other plans -she is ready to do everything to bring back to life the lost loved ones
“Alte Sachen”: From The Life Of An Arab Scrap Dealer In Israel - A Middle East Short Story    by Andre Klein
Price: $0.99 USD. 3400 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Urban.

Ahmed is an Arab scrap dealer in the Holy Land, just like his grandfather who used to cart away the unwanted belongings of foreigners with his old horse wagon, yelling "Alte Sachen", that ancient Yiddish call for clutter.
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.

(5.00 from 1 review)
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.

(5.00 from 1 review)
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.
Art for Art's Sake    by Roderic Anderson
Price: Free! 4110 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Short story.Satire on modern art.
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.