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Alterations    by Rita Plush
Price: $2.99 USD. 59720 words. Language: English. Published by Penumbra Publishing on May 23, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

SHORT STORY COLLECTION. These pieces feel so immediate and alive – the voices, every detail – like memoir. Intimate, funny, and full of surprises, they’re big – about love, death, sex, loss, longing. I especially enjoyed “Love, Mona.” The intimate, beautiful portrayal of grief and hope ends with a wordless gesture so tender and expressive, I will never forget it. –Mary Azrael, Editor, Passager
Olbers' Paradox: A Book of Short Stories    by Joshua Kurtz
Price: $2.99 USD. 49870 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Olbers’ Paradox is a collection of sixteen poignant, thoughtful short stories about characters confronting piercing questions, challenging decisions and life-changing moments. These moments are quiet and understated, but inside the quiet is a cacophony of doubt and confusion and conflict, as the characters struggle to unwind and reveal the hidden things that are most central to them.
High Cotton - Selected Stories by Joe R. Lansdale    by Joe R. Lansdale
Price: $3.99 USD. 128070 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Horror » General.

This collection of Joe R Lansdale stories represents the best of the 'Lansdale' genre -- a strange mixture of dark crime, even darker humour, and adventure tales. The stories are varied in setting and theme, but they are all pure Lansdale -- eerie, amusing, and occasionally horrific. In 'The Pit', modern gladiators square off against one another using Roman methods. More!
Wild Rides    by Wayne Hicks
Price: Free! 64170 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Seven original stories,with excerpts from the novels "The Very Swift Witches" and "Magic Trixie and the Crystal Witch", make a wonderful introduction to the world of Author Wayne Hicks.
Cuffs for the priest.    by Brian Elvis
Price: $2.99 USD. 20480 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

A collection of four exciting stories that look into the status quo in society and awakens the mind to accepted ills.
Stories Fiction & True of People Around the World    by James Gould
Price: $2.99 USD. 33890 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Fiction and nonfiction short stories set around the world, including Ireland, the Caribbean, Morocco, Croatia, Mexico, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Kauai, Massachusetts and Texas. The fiction ranges from being Scared Sober to the love stories The Love Lamb and Berber Boy Seeks First Wife, Must Like Camels. The nonfiction stories include Glenn Doherty, a SEAL killed in Benghazi and the people of Kauai.
Connections    by Robert Nicholls
Price: Free! 39710 words. Language: Australian English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

"In (Tower Zero) as in his other stories, Nicholls introduces the drug of compulsion - a prescription you cannot get over the counter." (Bruce Pascoe, Editor, 'Australian Short Stories' No. 53). Fifteen short stories to remind us that no life, whether rough or fastidious, is without its extraordinary moments.
Spagtionary Vol. 1    by JM daSilva
You set the price! 27410 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Grammar and punctuation.

Aesop used fables to teach morals. This style and SPAG guide uses stories to teach you to be a better writer. Learn to use intonation, not pause, to determine punctuation, as the ancient Greeks did to teach actors how to say their lines properly. BOOKS, REPORTS, JOURNALS, RECIPES, ARTICLES, ESSAYS No matter what you write, you'll find this book useful.
After the Bloodbath    by S. A. David
Price: $2.99 USD. 27130 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Nine overwhelming short stories bridging the gulf between verisimilitude and reality. In 'After The Bloodbath,' the aftermath of the Nigerian civil war alters the destinies of a once-happy family. A Nigerian pontiff in 'In The Pope's Bedroom,' is confronted with a bombshell. A girl in the most populous Black nation in 'My Colour My Offence,' is bedevilled by a brand of racism...
The Poet and the Bastard    by J. C. Bass
Price: $3.99 USD. 120880 words. Language: English. Published on May 7, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » General.

Todd is an overly-sensitive wannabe poet who spends his days working in a laundromat. Jon is a hard-drinking smart-ass who produces cheesy low-budget B-movies. As old friends, they're used to stumbling through life together, but when you add Todd's stripper girlfriend Rebecca into the mix, their misadventures get taken to a whole new level...