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Warrior's Song (The Parker Shaw Series)    by Thomas Hill
Price: $0.99 USD. 74990 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Parker Shaw is a typical twenty-year-old college junior—or so he thinks. He has a strange dream that vexes him but, for the sake of his sanity, he decides to disregard it. In the coming months, however, it is clear that the dream has a special message for him.
The Year It Rained    by Crescent Dragonwagon
Price: $2.99 USD. 63750 words. Language: English. Published on May 23, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.

Having survived three suicide attempts and treatment in a series of mental hospitals, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth continues to fight for happiness in a life filled with confusion and turbulence. "A beautiful and significant book about love." The New York Times.
The Alchemist's Heir    by John Mathis
Price: $2.75 USD. 62910 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Visionary & metaphysical.

Following the tradition in literature that uses the Merlin / Young Arthur framework, I used a mysterious grandfather and his troubled grandson as my fictional characters to explain a very real tale. It's my tale of discovery as I explored astral projection, reiki, meditation, spiritualism and several techniques taught by Silva Mind Method while balancing my career in pharmaceutical research.
Turning a Blind Eye to the Sun    by Christine Dias
Price: $1.99 USD. 48620 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Drama.

The stories of an Indian businessman and a European woman interlink in unlikely circumstances in the South of France. The woman, disillusioned with her Western lifestyle, is a product of 21st century self-absorption. The man has an Eastern ability to see life as a selfless flow yet is seduced by his London lifestyle. Death and an attempt to reconcile the past with their future bring them together.
Stone Octopus    by Ross Doughty
Price: $2.99 USD. 95070 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Drama.

Joe Marlow's compulsive quest of self discovery goes from New Zealand to Spain, the US and back to NZ. Hine Wairau is tragically dislocated in an alien world, shrouded in her Maori past, and resentful of her Pakeha present. She makes her own painful odyssey to France in search of security and happiness. Solomon Castile and his spanish family must face the consequences of his ambition and passion.
The Magic Wagon    by Joe R. Lansdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 44560 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 18, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Western.

When the Magic Wagon comes to town, folks get a genuine medicine show that includes a wrestling ape, fancy shooting, and a peek at the petrified body of Wild Bill Hickok himself. They also get bottles of a whiskey-laced elixir to drown their aches and pains. Old Albert drives the wagon, a rawboned youngster named Buster Fogg does the odd jobs, and "champion" trick shooter Billy Bob Daniels.
Hospital Story    by Earnest Long
Price: Free! 24260 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Hospital story is about the tragedy of wasting time and wasting your life doing nothing much. The book is set in a mental hospital where nothing much happens and the doctors and nurses are not bothered about discharging the patients. Can someone find a second wind? This book is about hope. Hope bureaucracy is not always the monster it sometimes is. Change really is possible.
Panic! A Shepherd's Story    by Rosca Marx
Price: $2.99 USD. 56110 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Alternative history.

When the world comes to a brightened end the question of what truly matters comes secondary to the needed survival against what in it went most wrong... And lives on...
Life Cycles    by Simon Kewin
Price: $2.99 USD. 28810 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Collected Stories of Life, Death and Other Stuff, 1999-2011
The Undiscovered Country    by Gervase Shorter
Price: $2.99 USD. 61270 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical.

Past and present are intertwined in the life of a writer as his ghost looks back and revisits scenes from his childhood and youth. He relives past love affairs and reviews his successes and failures. As he watches the destinies of old friends and lovers now inexorably unfolding beyond his control, he takes a fresh look at the part he played in their lives.