Fiction » Literature » Urban

El reencuentro    by Bosco Esteruelas
Price: $5.99 USD. 163090 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Chiado Editora on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Urban.

Cuando las cartas nos vienen malas y perdemos la partida que pensábamos que era nuestra única razón de ser, creemos que el reloj se ha parado y que la muerte es inminente. Sin embargo, suena entonces el teléfono y al otro lado del hilo se escucha una voz amiga y cálida, una de esas personas con la que no se ha hablado ni se ha visto desde los tiempos de la universidad...
Chroniques Terriennes    by Marc Hoffmann
Price: $5.99 USD. 62110 words. Language: French. Published by Rhetorical Ratatouille  on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Ce livre met en scène une série de petites histoires de plusieurs genres : horreur, fantastique, polar… et surtout parle de tragédies quotidiennes, des monstres humains qui rôdent dans notre société. C’est une virée réaliste dans la société, mêlée à une science fiction proche de Métal Hurlant. Bref, il y en a pour tous les goûts en somme. Sauf qu’ci, pas de happy end !
Love and the Art of War    by Dinah Lee Küng
Price: $4.00 USD. 117410 words. Language: English. Published by Eyes and Ears  on April 10, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

A London librarian is losing her job, her man and, possibly even her mind. Enrolling in an evening class, "Mending Marriage or Decent Divorce," Jane ends up by mistake with some oddball businessmen studying Sun Tzu's The Art of War and China's legendary Thirty-six Battle Stratagems. The distraught Jane has nothing to lose and in fact, gains more from Baldwin's coaching than she bargained for.
The Great Bordello. A Story of the Theatre    by Avery Hopwood
Price: $8.95 USD. 208990 words. Language: English. Published by Mondial  on April 1, 2012. Fiction » Drama » American.

The story of aspiring playwright Edwin Endsleigh (Hopwood's counterpart), who, upon graduation from the University of Michigan, heads for Broadway to earn his fortune and the security to pursue his one true dream of writing the great American novel. Shaping his journey is his love of three women...
Virá a morte e terá os teus olhos    by Luis Soares
Price: $6.99 USD. 114910 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on March 24, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Urban.

Nos três últimos dias de vida do famoso fotógrafo Josef Leitz, que atravessou o terrível século XX de máquina na mão, cruzam-se passado, presente e futuro, imagens e memória, o sexo, a violência e a identidade. Que papel teve nessa morte o jovem modelo Felix que com ele passou esse fim de semana? Que papel tiveram o desejo, as famílias, as verdadeiras, de sangue, e as que os laços do afeto criam?
12-12-12    by John Rachel
Price: $6.99 USD. 126840 words. Language: English. Published by Melange Books, LLC N Schumacher  on March 18, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire.

Welcome to the parallel universe of 12-12-12. This not what actually happened during 2012. But what unfolds is not more implausible. Nor is it less implausible. It is reality with healthy doses of surreality and comedy, spawned by the tragic absurdity of our times. It is laugh-out-loud brain food for hungry minds.
The Reflections Off Broken Glass    by M.R. Whyte
Price: $2.99 USD. 92900 words. Language: English. Published on March 4, 2012. Fiction » Christian » Contemporary.

When a young woman approaches the vicar of St James's claiming rape by another priest, his beliefs are called into question the more he listens and tries to help. Her story of abuse begins to take over his work in the small, deprived inner-city English parish with its funny and inspiring people. Can the church authorities be held to account, and how to find love and hope in such a struggle?
The Polyphonic Ringtones of the Damned    by Alan Walsh
Price: $1.99 USD. 78060 words. Language: English. Published on February 29, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Urban.

Madness, Paranoia, isolation, hot-desking. Welcome to the world of Moonbeam, a chain smoking, alcoholic Capuchin monkey trying to make it as a Web Designer in a London drained of all life and love. Hounded by a saboteur intent on ruining the little chance he has with life, Moonbeam struggles through the world of men. Can he break free of the madness?
Genre selection    by Victor Levashov
Price: $1.29 USD. 75500 words. Language: Russian. Published by T/O "Neformat"  on February 25, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Urban.

Былички Виктора Левашова, вошедшие в книгу «Вы­бор жанра», публиковались в журнале «Сибирские огни», в альманахах «Подвиг» и «Неизвестный Норильск», в Интернет-альманахе «Лебедь», в русскозычном ежене­дельнике «Панорама» в Лос-Анджелесе.
Furioso reloj    by Pau Palacios
Price: $6.59 USD. 66460 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Editorial Tria  on February 18, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Urban.

Un Plan descabellado. Un relojero de Lisboa. Un aventurero por Viena. Una prostituta en Múnich. Un empresario afincado en la Mérida mexicana. Un reloj que sigue su curso y Roberto Lares persiguiendo el movimiento de sus manecillas