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The Angry Oxygen Breathing American    by Max Kongo
Price: Free! 1580 words. Language: English. Published on June 18, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

The Angry Oxygen Breathing American He lets you know where he stands on issues! Right or wrong!
Grounds for Divorce    by Patrice Stanton
Price: Free! 3150 words. Language: English. Published on June 17, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

Julia needs some relationship advice and a friend suggests she consult a psychic named Morgana. But this one doesn’t read tea-leaves. Nope. She’s a 21st century seer who requires a specific roast of a specific well-known brand of coffee beans. Julia finally tracks down the properly-dated vacuum-packed bag, but gets a rude (psychic-)awakening in the process: cryptic questions. To ask the psychic!
House of Escher    by Baeli Jaekel
Price: $0.99 USD. 3200 words. Language: English. Published on June 17, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

SHORT STORY The morning after too much to drink, a young woman finds herself in different clothes, in a strange building, in an unknown city, and trying to get away from a killer.
Confession is Good for the Soul    by Patrice Stanton
Price: Free! 6270 words. Language: English. Published on June 16, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

A loyal subject does not bite the hand that feeds her...without understanding the terrible price that will most certainly be extracted. But a high-ranking, middle-aged Admin of the ruling regime in Washington has had a pang of conscience. She decides to finally reveal the truth behind the elite pogrom, begun generations earlier, which essentially killed Liberty and Justice for the American male.
Memories    by Alex Hurst
Price: Free! 3600 words. Language: English. Published on June 15, 2013. Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » Lesbian.

"It is the shop of memories. Its stores are what moments we collect through our lives, those which gather dust or glory on the shelves of our mind. Some are forgotten, some boxed away; some touted as the very best of our life. Every article has meaning, every clipping, sensation. The store changes for each person. What will you see on its shelves? What will you find in its intimate interior?"
The Prelude    by Baron LeSade
Price: Free! 2140 words. Language: English. Published on June 13, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Technological.

This is the prelude to the RON series of stories. The Ron series is a group of stories where Ron is the main character. He lives in a housing development where all the houses are connected by an underground tunnel system and the heating and cooling ducts have viewing ports whereby Ron can look out into the houses of the residents…I hope you enjoy reading these stories...
Bookstore Stories    by White Feather
Price: $0.99 USD. 13540 words. Language: English. Published on June 12, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

A selection of stories for bibliophiles. If you like bookstores or if you ever worked in one you will be able to relate to these stories. While the world of books is the setting, the stories involve all the vicissitudes of life and are told in White Feather's engaging style.
Desert Prayer    by Gail F. Nalven & Patricia S. Rudden
Price: $1.99 USD. 17750 words. Language: English. Published on June 11, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

A young boy is abducted by his father and brought to the headquarters of a cult, but with the help of local citizens, his own intelligence, and Cantor Shoshana Goldberg, he lives to see his Bar Mitzvah.
Kismet X Numbers    by Lily de Cuir
Price: Free! 5450 words. Language: English. Published on June 11, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

Based on true Australian history, this is an inter-generational short story of synchronicity, fate, love, struggle and in particular, one white man's experience at the hands of the 'elite' ruling class in early colonised Australia. Through the synchronicity of numbers, the story chronicles the experiences of two families, one white, one Aboriginal, from the early 1800's through to 2048.
They Say    by Patrice Stanton
Price: Free! 3270 words. Language: English. Published on June 10, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

They say your 40’s are pretty cool but I’ll never know... My story started in Vegas and, sure as Hellfire, it won’t “stay there.” If I help just one of you young, careerist women out there, that's OK. Only the good die young, you say? Bull. I'm barely-living proof that's a lie. Are you a postmodern ladder-climber? Dread living in perpetual Bridesmaids-Ville? Then read, learn, and "don't."