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Nap 1.4    by NAP BOOKS
Price: Free! 11570 words. Language: English. Published on September 13, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Featuring DeMisty D. Bellinger, Vanessa Blakeslee, J. Bradley, Thierry Brunet, Tobi Cogswell, Matthew Fugere, Howie Good, Adam Graupe, John Harvey, William Henderson, Jessica Hollander, Kit Kennedy, Julie Kovacs, M.G. Martin, Michael Martin, Carrie Murphy, C. Jak Mussington, John Nyman, Peter Richter, Kathryn Roberts, Daniel Romo, Diana Salier, Parker Tettleton, Randall Weiss, and Russ Woods.
The Steps They Took    by Scott A. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 110630 words. Language: English. Published on September 13, 2011. Fiction » Women's fiction » General.

Renn Allen, a loving middle-class father reeling from his wife’s affair, and Suzan King, a South Texas socialite whose affair with an ambitious younger priest leaves her heartbroken and pregnant, meet at the low point in their respective lives. Drawn by mutual suffering, they become friends, then lovers, as they lean on one another to recreate their shattered lives.
Cheeseburger    by Charles Harvey
Price: $0.99 USD. 4210 words. Language: English. Published on September 13, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Cheeseburger is the 1987 PEN/Discovery Prize First Place winner in Fiction. It was selected by Joyce Carol Oates and appeared the following year in the Ontario Review edited by Raymond Smith. It is the story of a young girl's unrequited love and longing.
Honor Bet    by Sonia Rumzi
Price: $0.99 USD. 8240 words. Language: English. Published by Heart Press on September 12, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

A short story by women's fiction bestselling author Sonia Rumzi. At the age of eight, she was promised to him, at the age of twelve, they married. But a family secret revealed could upset the happy life. What is the truth? A story of unfairness, oppression and final joy.
Bird    by William Hrdina
Price: Free! 2840 words. Language: English. Published on September 12, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

A man in a mental hospital finds solace in music.
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.
A Novel Approach to Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing    by Catherine Jaime
Price: $2.99 USD. 22350 words. Language: English. Published on September 11, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

For those who are interested in Shakespeare, but are intimidated by it, I have worked to make his Much Ado About Nothing more understandable. I have taken most of the original dialogue and tried to add just enough scene and character identification to make the play make sense. For Shakespeare novices, I hope you enjoy this novel look at one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies!
La vida pasajera    by Victor Manuel Ramos
Price: $3.99 USD. 53720 words. Language: Spanish. Published on September 11, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Novela que mereció el premio unánime del Primer Certamen Literario de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, «La vida pasajera» es el retrato realista de una familia enfrascada en la lucha por la vida. Pobreza, migración, emigración, amores, esperanza. Esta novela retrata los lugares con agudeza y nos deja con fuertes imágenes y reflexiones sobre las ganas de vivir.
Requiem for Locusts    by Wendy Parciak
Price: $2.99 USD. 114070 words. Language: English. Published on September 11, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

A mentally-ill young woman wanders through the backyards of her neighborhood, inadvertently opening up its inner sanctums. This story is about neighbors forced to confront the chaos in their own lives, prompted by the psychological chaos of one of their own. It is Frost’s "good fences make good neighbors" adage transformed into "good fences mask the inevitable connections all neighbors have."
Kiss Me, Genius Boy (No More Dreams #1)    by Ben Hourigan
Price: Free! 51650 words. Language: English. Published by Nameless Books  on September 10, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Joshua Rivers was born to expect great things. A former child prodigy and the son of a lottery winner, he also believes himself blessed with a vision of his perfect destiny and his perfect love. Now in his early twenties, he waits for the moment, and the girl, that will show him his time has finally arrived. And when it does, he resolves to take what is his, whatever it costs him or anyone.