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The Figures    by Nigel Hems
Price: Free! 4990 words. Language: English. Published by Ex-L-Ence Publishing  on February 19, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

(5.00 from 5 reviews)
Haunting, perplexing Figures trouble an unnamed man, pulling at him with their eerie, magnetic presence. The exact nature and purpose of the Figures is unclear, but they have an insatiable desire to possess the man and direct him towards ever more secluded regions, until an agreement is made to borrow him ... but to what ends and where and to whom will it lead?
Leicht verdientes Geld    by Carlos Wolf
Price: $1.29 USD. 1400 words. Language: German. Published by Turnshare Ltd.- Publisher  on February 18, 2013. Essay » Business.

Er war es gewöhnt seine Handelsgeschäfte am Telefon abzuwickeln. Als ihn ein Fremder telefonisch zu einer Wette aufforderte, hielt er mit, denn wer nicht wagt der nicht gewinnt.
Seamus Conan's September 11th    by Sha'ul Lipschitz
Price: $1.75 USD. 1760 words. Language: English. Published on February 16, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Media tie-in.

Seamus Conan is a director who wants to start his next project: a film about the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. He wants to add a fictional intertwining love story to it. Is it ethical for a film director to do this? Many people would struggle with their conscience if this is right or wrong. Seamus Conan, however, has no conscience.
Town Without Guns    by R. Chandler Scott
Price: $4.99 USD. 43770 words. Language: English. Published by R.D. Byron-Smith on February 16, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

When tragedy strikes his school fifth-grader Nathan Granger comes up with a unique way to end gun violence in his tiny rural town. But is this intelligent, resourceful boy big enough to smash heads with one of America's most powerful gun organizations? A thought-provoking story for our troubled times.
Dark Aims    by Johnny Delca
Price: Free! 73320 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

In this plot driven fast-paced thriller, Johnny Delca submerges the reader to an intriguing world of conspiracies in the future. A conspiracy is taking place just south of the border. An obscure group of international powers aims to revive a long-thought abandoned nuclear program by taking undue advantage of a failing regime. Only a lawyer, an ex-soldier and a mysterious woman stand in the way.
The Broken Road    by Simon J Townley
Price: $4.99 USD. 44680 words. Language: British English. Published on February 15, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Ten short stories around the themes of the wasteland, the post-apocalypse, spirituality, sanity, madness, war, enlightenment and liberation. Stories in this collection include: Remnants New Recruits Buried Deep The Frail Man The Secret Weapon If You Find This… The Patient Die Again Today Buddha on the Road Children of the Dome
Edge of Square Nine    by Lois Fenn
Price: $5.00 USD. 86530 words. Language: English. Published by Amolibros  on February 15, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

The Edge of Square Nine is the third book in A Lincolnshire Trilogy. Time is moving on too quickly, it seems, for Hannah Clayton who finds herself drawn inexorably into the joys and tribulations of family life, although her continued interest in paranormal happenings and her strong belief in predestination cause concern.
The Eternal Question    by David S Reynolds
Price: $0.99 USD. 1270 words. Language: English. Published on February 13, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

Why are we here? I had a chance meeting with a strange old man the other day that claimed to know. His answer makes a frightening amount of sense.
A Kindness of Ravens    by Richard Cheney
Price: $4.99 USD. 104370 words. Language: American English. Published on February 10, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

“Everybody got to watch the sky turn gray.” This is a feather, fallen from a place where you cannot be, a place inhabited by deep sleep from which one does not awaken. Icarus Huxley feared its November sky, cleaved by an unkindness of ravens, a cloud of black wings flying as one hunting for anyone willing to dare congress with the shadows of a place of the dead where the air and the sky are free.
The Last Words of a Suicidal Author    by Suleiman Buhari
Price: $0.99 USD. 4660 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal.

(5.00 from 1 review)
the story of a disillusioned ungalleried artist who decides to leave the world by painting a masterpiece in his own blood written and left behind by a an equally disillusioned author just before he commited suicide.