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Father    by Linda Ann Rentschler
Price: $2.99 USD. 77280 words. Language: English. Published on June 13, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Medical.

From the moment Cole Montgomery stepped foot on the Hoffmans’ farm, he felt his energy soar. But when he shook his future father-in-law’s hand, Jack Hoffman’s life penetrated Cole’s consciousness with a series of images and intense feelings. As Jack becomes ill with cancer, Cole leaves his family law firm and moves to his in-laws farm where he seeks to find an alternative cure.
Jenseits von Deutschland    by George Tenner
Price: $4.49 USD. 69520 words. Language: German. Published by Annemarie Nikolaus  on June 13, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

In George W. Bushs Amtszeit fielen die Terroranschläge am 11. September 2001 und darauf folgend der Krieg gegen den Terrorismus mit Kriegen in Afghanistan und dem Irak. Erkennend, dass er sich übernommen hat, ruft er den Nato-Verteidigungsfall aus. Seit Beginn des Kriegs in Afghanistan starben dort 3000 Isaf-Soldaten, die meisten davon Amerikaner. Unter den Toten sind auch 52 Bundeswehr-Soldaten.
Mystic Inner Journeys: Scraps of Life: Stella's Story    by Tanja Vu
Price: $1.20 USD. 4860 words. Language: English. Published on June 13, 2012. Fiction » Inspirational.

Stella Road was born for miracles but grew up to forget them. How to find her lost essence? In “Scraps of Life” her journey home is about to begin. It is a short story about choice. She can continue to observe the material reality from the brink of self-destruction or to discover every cell of an ethereal and ever more fulfilling world.
Conversion    by Sylvester Youlo, MD
Price: $1.99 USD. 35820 words. Language: English. Published on June 11, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Medical.

Conversion is a medical suspense that chronicles the life of a surgeon originally from West Africa and a mysterious illness that leaves him paralyzed and muted while living in the United States.
Convergence    by Michael D. Britton
Price: $2.99 USD. 4290 words. Language: English. Published on June 11, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

It's Temperance Hall's big day - her chance to exact revenge and ruin some lives. Just the kind of thing she relishes. But when all the skeletons in her closet converge in a tragic car wreck, only her mind-reading chauffeur understands the full significance of this life-changing event. This slipstream short story may leave you with second thoughts about . . . your thoughts.
Carmine Vermilion    by Caspar Frederik Riga
Price: $9.99 USD. 185550 words. Language: American English. Published on June 11, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Technological.

An underground train of thought. A roadside prairie in an old corner of France was home to Ralph's great-uncle, who sold him the house. There is a garage with a new and revolutionary philosophy, and Saul, who knows dreams that go back hundreds of years. Ralph has to accept a reality that is, on second thought, even stranger than what goes on in the garage.
A Light in the Darkness    by J.S. Wayne
Price: $5.99 USD. 61100 words. Language: English. Published by Black Velvet Seductions Publishing Company  on June 10, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

(5.00 from 1 review)
In A Light in the Darkness, the inaugural anthology from the authors of WOCA, a dark world awaits you. Spanning centuries of time, encircling the globe, and running the gamut from eerie historical fiction to gritty urban fantasy to page-scorching erotic romance, these authors unflinchingly dissect the horror of child abuse in all its forms.
15 Civic Square    by Dave Cornford
Price: Free! 13400 words. Language: English. Published on June 7, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime.

The 15 Civic Square series uses the setting of the fictitious National Civic Bank to delve into the challenges and complexity of modern life at a time when "money" is constantly in the news.
Hotel Noir    by Casper Silk
Price: $4.99 USD. 54130 words. Language: English. Published by Pale Fire Press  on June 4, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

(4.00 from 3 reviews)
An imaginary island. A gracefully decaying hotel. A renegade saint. Hospitality was never like this...
After the Tears Melt - Vol. 2 (The Muse Series #4)    by M.D. James
Price: $2.99 USD. 15800 words. Language: English. Published by Porterlance Books  on June 3, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

After Jimmy discovers that his mother was impregnated at her psychiatric hospital, he must try to take care of her and the rest of his family, while planning his wedding and new life with his girlfriend, Jennifer. Along the way, more danger awaits around every corner. His sister is kidnapped and held for ransom because of a secret Grandfather kept from everyone for forty years.