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Cupid Pulls a Prank and Other Lesbian Tales    by Q. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 22100 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2012. Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » Lesbian.

Ten short stories are in this collection. The lead story is "Cupid Pulls a Prank." For the first time in American history, both the Republicans and the Democrats have female candidates running for president. The Republican is Alice Cowell, and the Democrat is Gillian Marshall. Cupid strikes them during a live, nationwide televised debate, and Alice's and Gillian's reactions shock even Cupid.
The Collected Bartleby and James Adventures    by Michael Coorlim
Price: $8.99 USD. 36660 words. Language: English. Published by PoMoCo Press  on April 10, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Alton Bartleby is a savvy deductive savant. James Wainwright is a socially awkward inventive genius. Together the pair of consulting detectives hunt steampunk monstrosities and protect Victorian London from danger for the police, for the crown, and for private citizens.
Hearth and Harvest    by Julie Cox
You set the price! 11310 words. Language: English. Published on July 5, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
In "Hearth and Harvest," Julie Cox explores the roles of parents and children through stories steeped in magic, wonder, grief and inevitability. A farmer hatches an unlikely egg; a barren girl searches for a god; death and birth abound, and creators clash with their creations. These six stories find the fantastic in the mundane, and the grounded, dirty world in the unreal.
Roadside Ghosts    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 27430 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 29, 2011. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Come on along with Steve Vernon - ghost story collector, writer and teller - as he brings you eight of the creepiest yarns imaginable; stories that will creep up on you and teach you the fine old art of the booga-booga. Eight stories - including Steve's haunting salute to the road gang - "The Forever Long Road of Olan Walker".
Huntbrother    by Michelle West
Price: $2.99 USD. 22270 words. Language: English. Published by Rosdan Press  on July 10, 2011. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
An old story: Girl who must marry for duty falls in love with boy who cannot fulfill that duty. The boy goes away to war, and war takes him; he never returns. But this story is slightly different. The boy was given leave to return, in the casement of his god’s flesh, and the girl, leave to spend one night with him. The night was glorious. The morning was terrible. And after? This story.
Reflections and Tails    by Krista Tibbs
Price: $2.99 USD. 19560 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

From moose and mental illness to cat rhymes and an ode by sheep, this illustrated collection reflects human hearts through the animals that touch them. A service puppy, a medical laboratory, two friends and a seagull, dads, and a dude ranch are some of the pieces of life inside these animal stories for grown-ups.
Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, and Horror    by Saul Tanpepper
Price: $4.99 USD. 85530 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Insomnia (n) an inability to sleep; a state of agitated wakefulness, often as a result of troubling thoughts. This collection includes the following titles: The Grin * The Scenario Egg * A Thing for Zombies * Reached in Error * Raise the Dead * The Sacrifices We Make * The Promises We Keep. Approximately 85000 words. Some material may not be appropriate for readers younger than 14.
The River of Time    by David Brin
Price: $4.99 USD. 90300 words. Language: English. Published on February 25, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

The River of Time brings together twelve of David Brin’s stories , including The Crystal Spheres, which won the Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story of the year. Here are powerful tales of heroism and humanity, playful excursions into realms of fancy, and profound meditations on time, memory, and our place in the universe.
Dystopia    by Richard Christian Matheson
Price: $4.99 USD. 92780 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 21, 2011. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

The critically acclaimed collection of Richard Christian Matheson's stories of dread and the 'irreal'. Inescapably troubling and bizarre, these sixty stories are severe and immediate. These stories are a scape of ominous excess and psychological revelation. Matheson's heralded style is, as always, both distilled and hypnotic.
Blood & Gristle    by Michael Louis Calvillo
Price: $3.99 USD. 54320 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 18, 2011. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

BLOOD & GRISTLE is a collection of twenty screwed up stories paired with twenty exquisite illustrations. It's about detachable children, and self worth, and hungry, hungry, garbage disposals. It's about boxes that shape destiny and Magic Eightballs that don't. So brace yourself, unplug the goopy gray of your brain, and get ready...things are about to get very, very messy.