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The Fourth Man    by Brian Parker
Price: Free! 2430 words. Language: English. Published by MoshPit Publishing  on March 14, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Drama.

In this short story by Brian Parker, a few words uttered by a lunch companion bring back a flood of memories from another lifetime.
Amirah    by Rene Lathrop-Nethercot
Price: Free! 710 words. Language: English. Published on March 14, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Religious.

After 9/11 life in the United States became more difficult for Muslims. They are looked at like terrorists. Simple story on the difficulties facing a person under religious persecution. Fiction short story.
Dandelion Request Form    by Emily Hopkins
Price: Free! 4420 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Drama.

Shelly Bibsin arrives at her mother's burial in nothing but a yellow bikini. After inheriting her childhood home, Shelly takes revenge on the small town of Bloomfield for the cruel treatment of her brother who is dieing from AIDS and for herself. Dandelion Request Form is a short story about reconciling the past and living for the future, one dandelion at a time.
Outcome, A Novel: There's more than a hurricane coming...    by Barbara Ebel
Price: $2.99 USD. 84310 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Fiction » Inspirational.

A homeless dog, a surgeon you’ll despise, and a feisty female pilot tackle a monstrous hurricane while wheels turn for a major liver transplant.
Perfect Soldiers    by John Porter
Price: $2.99 USD. 6790 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

A young boy grows to adulthood watching the horrors of the Pol Pot regime destroy Cambodia. One in a series of ten stories in the compilation A Collection of Dirty Little Stories.
Natural Justice    by John Porter
Price: $2.99 USD. 5800 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Medical.

Dirty dealings in a country hospital lead to an unexpectedly natural punishment for the perpetrator. One in a series of ten short stories in the compilation entitled A Collection Of Dirty Little Stories.
A Collection Of Dirty Little Stories    by John Porter
Price: $3.99 USD. 49340 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » General.

No erotica in this collection, despite the title! Just tales of people getting filthy mad at each other, commiting dirty deeds out of greed, lust or jealousy, and generally a whole swag of grubby goings-on. Some are filled with wry humour, others will make you laugh out loud, and some are filled with pathos. Adventure, mystery, smiles and history, there's something for everyone in this collection!
Homeland: A Comedy    by James Hufferd
Price: $4.99 USD. 74600 words. Language: English. Published by ePublishPartners.com  on March 12, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire.

Homeland: A Comedy is a rollicking but merciless satire of the crisis-ridden American political scene, involving a president who sells the United States to pay off the national debt. When the newly elected President, slick but not too bright, sells his bankrupt nation – damn the Constitution! – to The Corporation, what happens? This satiric novel gets at what is wrong with today's America.
Mind and Reality - A Psychedelic Trip to the Doormat of the Unknown    by Daniel Towers
Price: $0.99 USD. 39110 words. Language: English. Published on March 12, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

In the Fall of 1966 Monroe A. Dunlop, PhD, Parapsychologist and Dean of Paranormal Studies at Deusian Academy presented his "mind transforming" philosophy in a six-part Paranormal Studies Lecture Series called Mind and Reality every Friday from August 19th to September 23 at eight o’clock at night in the auditorium in Kings Hall on the campus of Deusian Academy: he simply disappeared soon after.
Good Fences Make Good (A Dan Wilder Short Story)    by Chris O'Grady
Price: Free! 6120 words. Language: English. Published by Twit Publishing  on March 12, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

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Wilder, like any good crook, is just trying to fence some loot. Diamonds, to be exact. But now, come to find out, his fence says there's a syndicate he's gotta deal with, which means less of a cut for him. But there's just one problem: Dan Wilder likes to keep what's his.