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Incident in a Duckyard    by H.D. Greaves
Price: Free! 2580 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on May 15, 2013. Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.

This radio play, adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen story, illustrates how easily racism, bigotry, hypocrisy, stupidity, and apathy can escalate into violence and destroy an innocent and gifted creature. Andersen’s folk tales always have a dark side and involve moral and ethical issues. Using poultry and droll humour to show us ourselves, this one is, indeed, a cautionary tale.
Raven's Eye View    by Kimberly Bird
Price: Free! 1220 words. Language: English. Published on March 20, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

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ravens eye view is a first nations story about the creator and its companion the raven. the raven is sent out to find the perfect space where life could flourish. as the raven sits back and waits for the creator to form the stars and planets in new galaxies, a newborn planet becomes vulnerable to the very sky that is suppose to protect it from explosions of space birthing.
Chattanooga In Black & White    by A. L. Gates
Price: Free! 7270 words. Language: English. Published on March 11, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Two talented teenage boys deal with growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the shadow of Lookout Mountain, Travis & Willie deal with the old ways while creating new traditions. The two boys come to grips with what is and is not important.
Be Careful What You Ask For    by J. J. Haile
Price: Free! 2210 words. Language: English. Published by Write On E-Publishing, LLC  on March 9, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Miss Sophie Auguillard loved her husband Fred, but Fred loved to "cat around" in the streets. What's a good Creole girl to do to keep her man at home? Find out in this Min-e-Book from J.J. Haile!
Lakota's Way    by Heather M. Johnson-Emerson
Price: Free! 1410 words. Language: English. Published on March 6, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Lakota is a young Native American woman that is coming to terms with who she is when deciding to participate in her nation's annual Pow Wow.
University Challenge in the 23rd Century    by Mark Lambert
Price: Free! 1300 words. Language: British English. Published on February 9, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

The near to distant future as seen through the questions on a quiz program.
A Dream Of Switzerland    by John Kulm
Price: Free! 1320 words. Language: English. Published on January 25, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

A couple of guys have a casual conversation about dreams, psychology and their amazing lack of knowledge about geography.
Buddha's teachings    by Kanyanat David
Price: Free! 3280 words. Language: Thai. Published on January 20, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Buddha's teaching since centuries ago. This ebook (in Thai language only) is free for you to copy and distribute absolutely free. If you wish to donate towards man power and up keep, please kindly visit us at kanyanat.webs.com
Bushmen Stories: Mountains    by Jaco de Beer
Price: Free! 1070 words. Language: English. Published by Kameeldoring Boeke  on January 12, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

The Bushmen believe that in the beginning there was only a shadowy darkness all over the world. The sun, moon and stars did not even exist yet. Yet in the Kalahari lived a family with three daughters, the oldest daughter was called “Kou” or Mountains. This story follows on the previous one called Beginning and both were freely translated from the collection of "Boesmanstories" by G.R. von Wielligh
The Questioner    by William Gardner
Price: Free! 7810 words. Language: English. Published on December 18, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

At some point in the continuum of life comes the realization that one is indeed mortal. The phrase, “today is the first day of the rest of your life”, slowly becomes more poignant. Finally, the concept of one’s days being numbered becomes a constant companion. This story relates an experience of a man caught up in the end-game.