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Sightings of Bono    by Gerard Beirne
Price: $2.99 USD. 3220 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Cult Irish Story adapted for film featuring Bono (U2)
A Dog Named Blue    by Hilary Walker
Price: $0.99 USD. 2370 words. Language: English. Published by JMS Books LLC  on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

When the author sets out to find a big companion dog, little does she expect to take home a huge Great Dane who knocks her over! As a beloved family member, Blue creates colorful memories and captures her four year old son’s youth in an unforgettable sunset tableau.
Friend of the Family    by Steve Nugent
Price: $1.99 USD. 3280 words. Language: English. Published by JMS Books LLC  on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Doris Campion's world is dull and banal, surrounded by the irritations and limitations of living in a seniors’ home. After a fellow resident's death, an enigmatic encounter with the woman's brother revives in Doris memories of the past and tempts her to consider the possibilities of a relationship. But would it be worth the cost?
Digging Out    by I. C. Talbot
Price: $0.99 USD. 4540 words. Language: English. Published by K. A. Jordan  on July 24, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Abbie lives with her grandmother and her twins, Jed and Jill, on a farm cluttered with old machinery. One day she snaps, and decides to clean up decades of mess. To her surprise, everyone benefits.
Paradigms and Curbside Boxes - two stories    by Richard K. Weems
Price: $0.99 USD. 6700 words. Language: English. Published on July 23, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

The Cheap Stories series--short eBooks, cheap as hell. 2 short stories about the pressures of contemporary life. Whether a business runs into problems when workers discover that potbelly pigs have the ability to teleport, or if a persnickety mailman refuses to deliver, the main characters struggle to keep the images of themselves they once thought were obvious...
Cursed Existence    by Raja Sharma
Price: $3.99 USD. 28400 words. Language: English. Published on July 23, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

There used to be divinity, piousness in relations and children were regarded as little Gods. They would be proud of their parents and they were the proud members of society. Now they are like a byproduct of the elders’ pleasure. Is producing children before getting married progress?
The Sculpture of Time    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 49680 words. Language: English. Published on July 22, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Our ninth novel is a 21st century adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winters Tale set in present-day Northern California, specifically in the exclusive Bohemian Club in San Francisco and in the equally exclusive Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio 70 miles to the north on the banks of the Russian River.
The Fine Art of Fletcherism and two more stories    by Richard K. Weems
Price: $0.99 USD. 4170 words. Language: English. Published on July 22, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Three short stories by Richard K. Weems: "The Cat Strangler," the title story and "Together, the Choir Grows Old." Three stories linked by music and the grotesque--an artist who murders cats as part of his milieu, Dr. Josef Mengele alive and well and singing Mozart to a tribe of Amazonian rain forest natives, and a choir quite past their prime (and exceeding their maximum weight allowance)
The Complexity of Being    by Khyiah Angel
Price: $0.99 USD. 1490 words. Language: English. Published on July 21, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

The Complexity of Being is a prose poem that explores life from an emotional and ethereal perspective during a serious accident. It is a subjective reflection of the good, the bad, and the indifferent events lived prior to a transformation enforced by circumstance.
My ‘Flash’ Abcedery    by William Naylor
Price: $0.99 USD. 2040 words. Language: English. Published on July 21, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

A Sampler of the Wit, Wisdom and Waggery of William B. Naylor, Concisely Conveyed in 26 Fifty-five Word Stories. Flash fiction is not to everyone's taste. If you haven't read or tried haiku you may not like the conciseness and brief beauty of Flash.