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Under the Yellow Kite    by Rose Marie Colucci
Price: $5.99 USD. 64940 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » Canadian.

Set in a northern Inuit village, where Evil Spirits linger behind snow mountains, Under the Yellow Kite is a portrait of a woman’s courage, a visionary of changing times, and the survival she faces against her abusive husband, her community and traditions. It remains a story of untold love as her husband`s half brother vows to protect her only to intensify conflicts between brothers.
Gauche the Cellist    by Kenji Miyazawa
Price: $0.99 USD. 5780 words. Language: English. Published by Little J Books  on February 25, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Classics.

(3.00 from 1 review)
Another gem from the Japanese maestro of storytelling Kenji Miyazawa. Gauche plays the cello in the town orchestra, but he needs to do a lot better if he wants to keep his place. He realizes he is going to have to practice every spare moment if he is going to improve in time for the big concert. But will that be enough? Just when he is getting into his rhythm a visitor drops in - and then another.
Red Tape Stories From Indian Country    by Pamela Rentz
Price: $3.99 USD. 38860 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

This collection brings together nine speculative fiction stories linked by the people and territory of the Karuk Indian Tribe. In these stories Indians build time machines, wrangle with ever-changing bureaucracy and confront creatures that may or may not be allies.
Nothing Man    by Marc Lowe
Price: $0.99 USD. 23680 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » American / General.

Nothing Man is the follow-up to Marc Lowe's collection, "Sui Generis" and Other Fictions (2010, ISMs Press). "Lowe’s stories hack body and mind apart and sometimes put them back together in a new way. They disrupt comfortable logic and expectation with a Surrealist-infused Gothic prose tinged with hints of Borges and Poe." Rob Stephenson, author of Passes Through
The Woman with the Diamond Heart    by Judy Powell
Price: $2.99 USD. 48950 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » Caribbean & Latin American.

Discover the side of Jamaica you've never seen before... The son of a white plantation owner befriends a slave girl, an ex-slave struggles with the challenges of emancipation, a poor girl from the country has to fight off the sexual advances of her employer, ... This is the fascinating story of the woman with the diamond heart - Jamaica, land of love.
Red Moon Over Manhattan    by Patrick Shattuck
Price: $0.99 USD. 62050 words. Language: English. Published on March 7, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » American / General.

Red Moon Over Manhattan is a redemptive novel about a psychologist, who, through counseling teen murderers and grappling with a heart-wrenching divorce, is sent on a humbling journey of self-discovery. The doctor finds himself involved with two very troubled teens, both on the edge of horrible violence, and is eventually implicated in what the media came to dub the "Baby-Faced Butchers" case
Nabokov - Lolita in 1,000 Words    by Alex Zbooker
Price: $0.99 USD. 1430 words. Language: English. Published on February 8, 2013. Fiction » Drama » Russian.

You’ve just made the first step to finding the perfect read for your weekend, vacation or coffee breaks. “Lolita” in 1,000 words is exactly what it suggests – a 1,000-word summary of “Lolita”. This download will give you a first-person view into the story of this e-book.
Drawings in Sand    by Yvonne Spence
Price: $2.99 USD. 129900 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

Woken by her young daughter to the worst hangover of her life, Stella believes she can't sink any lower. Then she argues with her boyfriend, her ex and lies to her boss. Her only escape is more booze even though it means risking her job and losing her daughter. When a kindly colleague encourages Stella to seek help her search for healing takes her deep into disturbing secrets in her family’s past.
Sanctified    by Joseph Edwards
Price: $3.99 USD. 62600 words. Language: English. Published on December 4, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(5.00 from 1 review)
The people of a county in the southern Appalachian highlands have looked to Judge Jonathan Steadings to administer justice and keep the peace among the Cherokee, the Negroes, and the white folk on their mountain for more than two decades, but when a prominent member of the community commits an unspeakable evil against a young black musician, the judge cannot give the people the justice they seek.