Category: Fiction » Literature » Literary

Mixed Media    by Bela Selendy
Price: $2.99 USD. 50590 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire.

Mixed Media is a fast-moving satirical nihilistic romp through the unlikely but inevitably intersecting worlds of art, religion, politics and love.
PERSPECTIVE    by Gregory  Kelley
Price: $4.00 USD. 29180 words. Language: English. Published on February 9, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Meet our writer/hero Howard Shifts but everybody just calls him Shifts. A terrible tragedy has occurred over the Christmas holiday in Shifts hometown of Aiken SC. A police officer was killed senselessly in the line of duty over the Christmas holiday.Shifts is asked by the aunt of the accused to find the truth and to help keep her nephew off of death row. Does Shifts have what it takes to help?
The Seduction of Silence    by Bem Le Hunte
Price: $9.99 USD. 121630 words. Language: English. Published on February 9, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

From a haunted room in the Spiritualist Church of Great Britain to the breathtaking hills of the Himalayas, 'The Seduction of Silence' takes us on the spiritual and emotional journeys of five generations in a remarkable Indian family. “Quite remarkable." Thomas Keneally - Booker Prize-winner. "I couldn’t put it down.” Geraldine Brooks - Pulitzer Prize-winner
I Stay a Little Longer    by Diana Allandale
Price: $0.99 USD. 2300 words. Language: English. Published by Diana Hunter on February 9, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed; I stay a little longer, as one stays To cover up the embers that still burn. Longfellow Everyone expects Maisie to leave the cemetery before the coffin is lowered, but she can't. Her husband is in that coffin, he has “taken up his lamp and gone to bed” and left her here. Only by staying does Maisie think she will find peace.
Words With Jam - February 2012    by Danny Gillan
Price: $1.99 USD. 45330 words. Language: English. Published on February 9, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

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Painting by Numbers    by Sally Patricia Gardner
Price: Free! 109290 words. Language: English. Published on February 9, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Painting by Numbers is the story of a lie that resonates down three generations. Though the lie is told from the best of motives,it eventually leads to incest and murder. The story is told by four voices, from their differing viewpoints, and covers seventy years, from the nineteen thirties to the present day.
Honor    by Daniel Grotta
Price: $1.39 USD. 15190 words. Language: English. Published on February 8, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

When hippie Jeff Smith fell in love with the boss's daughter, he ended up saddled with a family, a dead-end job, a bully of a brother-in-law, and, after his wife died of cancer, a mountain of debt. Only Jeff has a secret and a unique possession that could possibly solve his financial problems and help his daughter realize her dream, if he can ever overcome the guilt that's haunted him for 30 years
Well-Suited Sentry - A Short Story    by Lane Diamond
Price: Free! 2790 words. Language: English. Published by Evolved Publishing LLC  on February 8, 2012. Fiction » Horror » General.

This prison sentry is unlike any other. You don't want to cross him. Better that you should remain in your cell, follow the rules, and never get on his bad side. Transgression comes at far too high a price.
When Gods Fail    by Nelson Lowhim
Price: $3.99 USD. 26340 words. Language: English. Published on February 8, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

On a spelunking trip, Tom finds himself trapped when a series of earthquakes seal the cave entrance. Weeks later he pulls himself out. There is nothing to be seen for miles but ashes. A forest fire? He keeps walking until he finds a sign of civilization. But what he gets is more than he bargained for, and he soon realizes that nothing will be the same again.
Leo Rache.    by Pablo D'Stair
Price: Free! 11560 words. Language: English. Published on February 7, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Tracing a year in the life of Leo Rache, an aimless shoplifter-turned-poet, and drawn heavily from author Pablo D'Stair's personal experiences, this novella is a blunt, intimate investigation of the minutia that birth one individual's desire to create.