A Gift for the Sultan    by Geoffrey Fox
Price: $4.99 USD. 108540 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A Gift for the Sultan is a story of Christians versus Muslims, cosmopolitans versus anti-urbanites, the conflicts within each group, and the surprising complicities between supposed foes. Based on the true history of the siege of Constantinople in 1402 and the battle of Ankara, with a cast of historical figures and fictional composite characters.

The Leonids    by George Wier
Price: Free! 1510 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
It has been said that love transcends both time and distance. This brief tale of love and love lost by Texas author George Wier, is timeless in and of itself. It is one of the five haunting stories featured in Five Tales. Share this story with your friends and family.

Boxes    by Belea T. Keeney
Price: Free! 2150 words. Language: English. Published by JMS Books LLC  on May 27, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
After being in a prison cell for two years, Hector hopes to get home and breathe easy. But he can't. His dead father's things wait for his attention, and his sister can't help with much of anything. Getting back to civilian life is always tough for ex-cons, and it's no different for Hector. Seems that he's boxed in. Again.

The Lollipop Paper    by Yuri Alkin
Price: Free! 10730 words. Language: English. Published on July 16, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
On the day these twin brothers were born something went terribly wrong. Their charisma wasn't split equally. Jack ended up with a double portion of it, while Andrew got none. But when years later Jack ran for the president of the United States, Andrew became his second in command. This fictional memoir tells a story of the most unlikely duo to ever occupy the Oval Office.

Caring For Eleanor: A Novel    by Sonia Rumzi
Price: $2.99 USD. 64740 words. Language: English. Published by Heart Press on July 19, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Is it true that if we are abused, we turn around and abuse others? Not always. A story of courage, caring and starting over. Courage to face life, caring for others in the process and beginning again when all seems lost. When Salma is assigned to Eleanor, she did not expect a life coach. Frail and sick Eleanor opens her eyes to truths that seemed to slip out of her own grasp.

The Square-Shaped Tear    by T Arab
Price: $6.99 USD. 30400 words. Language: English. Published on August 26, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
When marine biologist, Zaid, encounters a leather-back turtle, he names Salt, he is drawn into the life of one of Earth’s most enigmatic marine creatures. Part experiment, part adventure, his small crew must navigate love, time and the great oceans of the world to protect this sea-giantess and her species from commercial slaughter.

A Car Crash of Sorts    by Frank Marcopolos
Price: $0.99 USD. 5560 words. Language: English. Published on August 26, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
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The only soldier in the history of the Army to bring both MACBETH and DUINO ELEGIES to boot camp, Dante Kronos recruits his best buddies to establish "The Reading Maniacs Reading Group" on Fort Bragg. When a barracks brothel-ring threatens to annihilate his team, can Dante destroy the threat and save the brotherhood? * This is a short story of 5,443 words.

Rod and Staff: A Short Story    by R.S. Guthrie
Price: $0.99 USD. 3530 words. Language: English. Published on September 12, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
After the death of his estranged, teenage son, a man returns to the mountain stream of his beloved Wyoming to reconcile with a God he has long since forsaken. This is a story of staggering loss---of the guilt, anguish, and disbelief a parent feels when a wedge is driven between them and their son or daughter. It is a story of the irrevocable profoundness of loss when a child dies.

Tess and All Kinds    by Elaine Orr
Price: Free! 2840 words. Language: English. Published on September 15, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Tess lives with Grandma Wilma now. Grandma manages a storage facility, and Tess watches people come and go. She places them in categories, and for a seven-year old she has some insightful thoughts.

Saving the World    by R. Eric Swanepoel
Price: $4.69 USD. 131220 words. Language: English. Published on September 19, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
'Business as Unusual' meets 'The World According to Garp' and 'Adrian Mole' meets 'No Logo' as 'Saving the World' charts the progress of Nathaniel Papulous from a dysfunctional childhood in English suburbia to the frontlines of the battle against the global tyranny of the transnational corporations.