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Ghost's Night Out    by Jenny Harrison
Price: Free! 2800 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A paranormal short story. Jaz and her friend Helen are ghost-hunters, helping to rid people of unwanted spirit manifestations. But when Mrs Smallman asks them to rid her house of an incubus, the results aren't quite what they expected.
What Beauty    by Mark Beyer
Price: $6.99 USD. 182280 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(5.00 from 1 review)
A story of art, obsession and ego. Minus Orth walks dogs for a living & sculpts for his life. He’s creating a unique sculpture cycle: Mythical Gods in Their Twilight. He has a girlfriend who’s itching to get married. His friend owns artistic success that’s inspiring and a thorn. Then Minus sees Karen Kosek, a 60s & 70s culture critic, who is now a bag lady. Or is she? This mystery he must unravel.
Emily    by Teel McClanahan
Price: $4.99 USD. 71100 words. Language: English. Published by Modern Evil Press  on May 12, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Before she met Nicholas, Emily believed the vampires had her best interests in mind. Now she stands by his side in the fight for what's right, while waging her own campaign in the fight for his heart. Emily follows Nicholas from the woods of Vermont to the White House and home again, putting her life and her blood on the line for a cause almost as important to her as the love she feels for him.
Crossroads    by Cristian Mihai
Price: Free! 1140 words. Language: English. Published on May 10, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(3.00 from 1 review)
"His chest felt heavy, his legs tired. Dead leaves rustled under his feet. Nailed to the sky, the moon’s sardonic smile quivered among a cluster of cold stars. His body just a coffin for his soul, Robert seemed to take every footstep with infinite precaution, as if fearing that the dirt road would swallow his feet."
The Spiritual Awakening of Hayden Caine - Book 1    by Linnea Bailey
Price: $9.99 USD. 57000 words. Language: English. Published by Henschel Haus Publishing, Inc.  on May 10, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

Tangled in an unhappy relationship with a tyrant, battling depression, self-esteem issues, alcoholism, and wicked nightmares, Hayden Caine is searching for happiness and fulfillment. Her quest for happiness and purpose is answered as she follows her intuition on her path to becoming a spiritual warrior.
The Court Martial of Kiddo Slacks    by D Reeder
Price: $0.99 USD. 5970 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2012. Fiction » Horror » Ghost.

...We stared hard at him trying to weigh him up. He was weird. And it wasn’t just the neatness of his clothes, which looked as if they’d been ironed by some social worker; more that there was a stillness about him, as if he’d stood in the presence of some god and had been blessed.
The Book Reader    by D. L. Mackenzie
Price: Free! 2750 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
An elderly collector of second-hand books wrestles with his unusual ability to "read" the lives of his books' previous owners... and with one unique book he can't seem to read.
THE WEL-MART WAY    by Kevin Bayless
You set the price! 4250 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » General.

The Wel-Mart Way is a fictional, humorous account of how one of our nation's largest retailers plans to solve the health care crisis.
Two By Two Souls Fly    by Richard Garfinkle
Price: $4.99 USD. 134950 words. Language: English. Published on May 4, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » General.

Two by Two Souls Fly is a lyric fantasy about families, family religions, the joining of cultures, and the ways societies use stories. Dominic, from a fallen noble family of horsemen, and Serafina, a farm girl of deep family magics join in marriage to create a new clan of horse farmers. But the village is suspicious of the stranger boy and his foreign gods and magics. How will they make peace?
Everything Changes (Willowbrook Saga Book 1)    by Shannon Muir
Price: $0.99 USD. 66350 words. Language: English. Published on May 4, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

Willowbrook is a town where a past of agriculture and pioneer medicine collide with a town moving forward in state of the art commerce and healthcare. With the changing times have come changing ideas that lay hidden in the dark for many years which these two families will begin to bring to light. The series, of which this book is the first, explores dark places yet will also show glimpses of love.