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Love at Hôtel St-Jacques    by Michaele Lockhart
Price: $0.99 USD. 6550 words. Language: English. Published on August 20, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

“Once upon a time, not so long ago, there lived a man who loved a woman, forever…” Thus begins a story set in today’s Paris, part real and part modern magic. Two lovers are united, at last, against odds that ordinary minds cannot understand. Is it real, is it imagined? Is this the end? Or is it really the beginning? Gérard and Julie have been in love forever it seems... Or have they?
Good Money    by Felicity Savage
Price: $2.99 USD. 29620 words. Language: English. Published by Knights Hill Publishing  on August 20, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Money talks. But it never confesses. Ruth earns more as a hostess in a Tokyo nightclub than she’s ever made in her life. Rule number one: never give a customer your phone number. The day Ruth breaks that rule, she stumbles into the middle of a dangerous new money game, with only one thing to rely on… her Catholic faith. Novella. Length: 100 pages plus a free book preview.
Men of Winter    by Ted Morrissey
Price: $3.99 USD. 76230 words. Language: English. Published by Punkin House on August 19, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Hektr Pastrovich, journalist and aspiring poet, is traveling by train to the frontline of his country’s long-standing war when he meets a beautiful woman who’s so shrouded in mystery she won’t even tell Hektr her name. He decides to call her “Helena” after a childhood friend, not suspecting that she would eventually ask for Hektr’s assistance in making her way to the front.
Since Tomorrow    by Morgan Nyberg
Price: $4.99 USD. 112980 words. Language: English. Published on August 18, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

It is 40 years in the future. A string of catastrophes has transformed Vancouver, Canada. An old man called Frost and those who live on his "farm" among collapsed warehouses at the edge of the city struggle to maintain human values. But when others in this makeshift world are driven only by greed and the need for power, all values must ultimately be replaced by the simple instinct for survival.
Writes for All Volume 1 Issue 2    by Writes for All Inc.
Price: $2.00 USD. 12620 words. Language: English. Published on August 17, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Writes for All Magazine continues to break down the barriers of fiction in Issue II with three excellent short stories by James P. Hanley, Bob Kalkreuter, and Timothy Martin. Read high-quality short stories of all genres in Writes for All Magazine!
Mind Fiction Series No 4. - Seduction of The I    by U. Turner
Price: $9.99 USD. 14780 words. Language: English. Published on August 17, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

GROUPING ENTITIES: Mathematics is a retreat, a facility to rest from intention-making and intention-evaluation; a place it can seem we are not human, as it is as far away from being human we can conceive of while still being able to be human within it. Mathematics is our way out, it can seem, but only, my claim is, if we can find in it the exact location of the intention of reproduction.
Making the Jump    by Belea T. Keeney
Price: $1.99 USD. 5040 words. Language: English. Published by JMS Books LLC  on August 16, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Bob Andolini heads down to Florida for Bike Week, but ends up ditching his biker buddies to see his daughter and ex-wife. For the first time in his life, Bob has some freedom. Freedom to ride his Harley on weekends, freedom from a wife and child, freedom from parenting. Then he sees Megan struggling in a local horse show and his feelings veer.
Five Stories    by Nell Goddin
Price: $2.99 USD. 10860 words. Language: English. Published on August 16, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Stories with gorgeous sentences and unsettling insights.
Setting the Compass    by Karen Overman-Edmiston
Price: Free! 2370 words. Language: English. Published on August 16, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

The Druids viewed themselves as caretakers of the universe and considered the natural and the supernatural worlds to be one. In this story set in the time of the Druids, a very young man, dark-haired, dark-eyed, sits alone in the shadow thrown by the Poulnabrone Dolmen, County Clare. He has been set a test. And, despite himself, he will pass.
Terfarim the Frumious: a short story    by Joe Pan
Price: $0.99 USD. 8230 words. Language: English. Published by Brooklyn Arts Press  on August 15, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

A magical realism tale touching upon corporate greed, colonialism, environmentalism and responsibility. Harry Solomon, a corporate shark, jumps at the opportunity to turn a South Pacific island into a playground resort. Cutting corners to bring Solarium to fruition, he undermines the locals and their government and spoils the pristine coastline. But Harry is soon forced to reconcile his misdeeds.