Chronology of an Egg    by Peter Tieryas Liu
Price: Free! 5670 words. Language: English. Published by Typhoon Media on May 1, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » Asian / General.
Peter Tieryas Liu’s Chronology of an Egg is a companion to his debut Watering Heaven, published in October 2012 by Signal 8 Press in Hong Kong. Chronology of an Egg is a mini-collection containing five short stories -- two from Watering Heaven (“Gradients” and the title story) and three others.

The Anti Book    by David Francis Jeffery
Price: Free! 8790 words. Language: English. Published on April 30, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » Australian & Oceanian.
A book of bits especially written to break all the rules of what a book should be.

খোলা জানালা (Open Window)    by Wahida Afza
Price: Free! 14900 words. Language: Bengali. Published on April 3, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » Asian / General.
This book is a collection of shot stoies. We see the world through the invisible window before our eyes. The location, size, design and structure of this window varies from person to person depending on one's surrounding. By observing the outside world, my open window has helped me to write these stories within the time period from 2008 to 2013.

Book 5 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 3880 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This is a story about a young migrant worker who made good in the big city and returns home after several years’ absence. He makes a grand entrance into his village showing off his material wealth. However, his family and the village elders teach him a lesson in “uBuntu” the African tradition of sharing.

Book 4 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 2360 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This serious short story is set in South Africa during the 1950-1960s and traces the effect that the influx control laws had on the families of migrant workers.

Book 3 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 3110 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This short story poses the question: where does one draw the boundary between a husband’s infidelity and a polygamous marriage in traditional African society?

Book 2 Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 4750 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This story is set about forty years ago at the time when laws were passed forbidding mixed marriages and sex across the colour bar. The main character in the story is faced with a moral dilemma: whether to co-operate with the authorities and betray his respected mentor for breaking the law, or whether to sacrifice a friend in order to protect his mentor.

Book 1 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 5290 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
Johannesburg, the city of gold! The streets, so it was thought, were literally paved with gold. Millions of migrants flocked to the city every year looking for work. This story, set in the 1960s, follows the fortunes of a migrant worker at a time when influx control caused untold hardships for many.

Gauche the Cellist    by Kenji Miyazawa
Price: Free! 5780 words. Language: English. Published by Little J Books  on February 25, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Classics.
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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.

Travelling Time Plains    by Deborah Weetman
Price: Free! 1260 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » Australian & Oceanian.
This is a poetry collection that scans many different topics: love, nature, travel, inspiration, history and general.