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American Avatar    by Leni Matlin
Price: $3.99 USD. 178750 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Visionary & metaphysical.

What if an enlightened Spiritual Master took birth in North America? How many of us would recognize him? And how would American society react to a potent message of spiritual unity which transcends religion, class, race, gender, politics, and all else that keeps us divided? The teacher is Lazarus, an eighteen-year-old phenomenon who takes the country by storm, and American Avatar is his story.
Free Fall - (Marcus King Series #1)    by MP Zorn
Price: $3.99 USD. 79300 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General.

Marcus King is invited to join the Omega Group—a hidden order tasked with protecting the U.S. from outside influence and manipulation. The group uncovers that a classified file has been stolen from a Defense Department computer and the government intends to cover it up. Marcus then learns that the file has been sold to a foreign billionaire with the objective of crashing the financial Markets.
Then I Saw A Sparrow    by Doreen Bennett Cooke
Price: $2.99 USD. 2840 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Poetry » Themes & motifs.

This is a book of mystery, of pain and of love; with accents of endurance and hope. It voices from a soul touched by sorrow but on a path to acceptance and enlightenment. Its fluid and simple poetic language will tug at your heart and leave you in wonderment.
Utopia    by Otessa Marie Ghadar
Price: $0.99 USD. 1580 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Drama.

They said she well. She was not well... Based on the true events of a mentally unwell woman who finds her way into the lion’s den at the National Zoo, this is a short story exploring the final and faint internal moments of a woman's life.
For Love or Money    by Paige Williams
Price: Free! 1760 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Gail wished she knew whether her husband still loved her. He had asked for a divorce but changed his mind when she came into money. It seemed he was happy, but can one ever be sure? In this short story of 1,800 words Gail learns a hard lesson: beware what you wish for. A quirky tale of questions, conniving and loss.
Let Us Be! A Mining Saga: Is the Gold Worth the Water    by Chris F. Fotheringham
Price: Free! 136080 words. Language: English. Published on May 16, 2013. Fiction » Historical » General.

Spawned by a modern-day gold boom, family turmoil and social unrest draw Bud Foster and Sarah Stetson back to their home town in northern Nevada, only to find death, danger and deceit threatening to derail their renewed love.
Losing It    by Valentine Williams
Price: $3.99 USD. 51650 words. Language: English. Published by Tirgearr Publishing  on May 16, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

Jane has been locked up in a high security hospital for killing her children. Well meaning intervention by Dr. Townsend begins to uncover early events in Jane's life. While attending her sister's funeral, Jane escapes and goes back to the Belgian caravan site where the murders took place.
The Hunted    by Steven J Davies
Price: $0.99 USD. 13840 words. Language: British English. Published on May 15, 2013. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense.

Carl Strang, having escaped from the Meadow View Hospital for the criminally insane, has struck out into the world determined to cause as much carnage as possible.
The Death of the Dollar    by David Barth
Price: $0.99 USD. 3570 words. Language: American English. Published on May 15, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Educational.

(3.00 from 1 review)
This is a fiction story about a possible future of the United States. Overspending and over-borrowing put the U.S. in great debt to China. In 2030, China called the loan, to be paid back in gold. China knew there wasn't enough gold in the world to cover the $40 trillion debt that had piled up over the years. China gave the U.S. "an offer it couldn't refuse."
Evangeline: Book Three    by E.A. Gottschalk
Price: Free! 10640 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2013. Fiction » Horror » Crime.

Angeline Gottschalk is a bullied, socially withdrawn sixteen year-old who lives on the family farm with a psychotic mother, an abusive stepfather and a dark secret she keeps hidden… even from herself. That secret is Evangeline, the cold-blooded murderess who narrates this gleefully twisted memoir of growing up a teenaged serial killer in rural Nebraska. Novelette; part three of five.