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The Soldier    by WEB McLeod
Price: $0.99 USD. 3410 words. Language: English. Published by Taliesin Ambrose Books  on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Lise Monroe lost her brother in the first hours of a war between religions. Faithless herself, she has become a symbol. The leader of one of the armies, General Berem, hunts her relentlessly to eliminate her--both because of her status as a symbol and in revenge for a personal slight at the beginning of the war.
Het laatste schip    by Chris Hantzen
Price: Free! 2400 words. Language: Dutch. Published by Stofkonijn (Dustbunny) on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Een bedevaartsganger nadert het einde van haar reis. En haar wereld nadert het einde van zijn bestaan.
Dying Wishes    by Per Holbo
Price: Free! 2200 words. Language: English. Published on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » General.

0.5 star(3.50 from 2 reviews)
A hit using a car crash? Not the original plan, but who cares? It worked, didn´t it?
My First Suicide: A Portland Experience    by stephen h
Price: $2.99 USD. 1870 words. Language: English. Published on April 21, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

The original series of photography and short fiction based in Portland, Oregon, released online in 2005 and the subject of a gallery exhibition in Portland at the Sequential Art Gallery & Studio. This all-new eBook release of My First Suicide for 2012 includes a brand-new author's note.
Io sono Melody    by Duilio Chiarle
Price: $3.87 USD. 15950 words. Language: Italian. Published on April 20, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

Un uomo viene invitato per il periodo estivo nella villa di una ricchissima e famosissima imprenditrice, un piccolo regno a cui nessuno ha accesso. Chi è Melody? Melody è una bellissima, inquietante, eminenza grigia. Ma chi è davvero Melody?
The Sword of the Fifth Element    by Peter Harris
Price: $0.99 USD. 31370 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Historical.

A tale set in ancient Cornwall and the lost world of Aeden, about a man and his wife, and the man's quest for Truth at any cost - and for the Perfect Woman. He finds her, and she teaches him to honour the Goddess in his wife, and to return to her. But she has been taken far away. He must find her and win her back. Only then will they fulfill their remarkable destiny - and at last find true love.
Jade Wronged When At School    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 990 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime.

Jade is barely eighteen. At school one day she is shocked. A teacher makes her worry. She returns home a wreck. She claims she has been wronged, her father doesn't want to listen, and she continues to feel depressed!
Die Again Today    by Simon J Townley
Price: Free! 4710 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

Rescued from drowning, trainee doctor Sarah finds herself on board the yacht of an obsessive billionaire. He has saved her life, but now he wants answers to the most important questions of all: what lies beyond the grave, and can he take his money with him? A short story of around 4,200 words.
Some Lessons In Gaelic    by McCawley Grange
Price: $7.99 USD. 119030 words. Language: English. Published by Amolibros  on April 18, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.

When an eleven-year-old English boy arrives in Southern Ireland, walking on his hands and quoting Shakespeare, the natives begin to treat him with suspicion. The town he finds himself in is a small mid-century (1950) maelstrom of snobbery, nationalism, sexual repression and quaint quintessential Irish intolerance, presided over by a clergy, discharging duties of guidance and tutelage.
Elegy for Piano and Three Voices    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 5180 words. Language: English. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 17, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

Stacey’s mother has disappeared. Alzheimer’s has taken her and left a shell. Except, one night, Stacey—a composer who has given up everything to care for her mother—can’t take it any more. She sits at the piano. The music reveals amazing things, things Stacey does not expect, things she cannot hope for. Also included is the full bonus story "Stille Nacht."