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Grosse Fugue    by Ian Phillips
Price: $7.50 USD. 94400 words. Language: English. Published by Alliance PublishingPress on May 25, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

On one side, the genius of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert. On the other, depravity at its worst: hounding of innocents, appalling transports, death camps. Stuck in a grey world between: Reuben Mendel, musician, sage, survivor. This searing and compelling narrative confronts the legacy of genocide, survivor guilt and the redemptive power of great music.
The Door to Freedom    by Curtis Ackie
Price: Free! 52400 words. Language: English. Published on May 25, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Steeped in his own brand of disquieting melancholy, Curtis Ackie’s surreal debut maps Eilian’s unsettling journey through the mind of his obsessive lover.
The Missing Portrait    by Geraldine Glodek
Price: $6.99 USD. 70560 words. Language: English. Published by Echolocation Press  on May 25, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Mary Frances McDonald, hoping to meet the child she had at sixteen, finds no records of the baby or the unwed mothers' home where she had supposedly given birth. Her mother, who had blindfolded the pregnant teen and driven her to that home in the night, isn't talking. Only one person seems willing to help. Posing as a lawyer, he's planning to make Mary Frances sorry she ever started that search.
The Giftie    by Max Halley
Price: $5.99 USD. 83130 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

In his mid-forties, a great man’s protégée, Chief Executive Chauncey Applegate senses an impending crisis of identity. When his firm falls to the venal Krieg Corporation, he bolts to the sanctuary of a run-down farm in order to re-engineer his life. But corporate politics dog him in exile and Chauncey is driven into a personal wilderness from which the only escape is locked in the past
Warrior's Song (The Parker Shaw Series)    by Thomas Hill
Price: $0.99 USD. 74990 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Parker Shaw is a typical twenty-year-old college junior—or so he thinks. He has a strange dream that vexes him but, for the sake of his sanity, he decides to disregard it. In the coming months, however, it is clear that the dream has a special message for him.
The Red of Flowing Blood I See    by Mary Cote
Price: $6.99 USD. 87550 words. Language: English. Published by Writers AMuse Me  on May 23, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

In an attempt to avoid serving in Vietnam, Chuck Franklin heads to Canada, begins a new life, only to find that the war plays an even more significant role in his life.
Remember Me    by Julia Jay
Price: $6.99 USD. 57000 words. Language: English. Published on May 22, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

REMEMBER ME is an experimental work; a tale of love set in Venice. Is the entire story a memory held or a sought after wish; a remembrance of lives spent in other times, ages past, now recalled, or does the tale hinge on the mysterious ring? The unusual structure of this book lends itself to the creation of a rhythmic and poetic beat, much like the tides, in this watery but divine setting.
DEBUT, Song for My Birth Mother    by Lois Mathieu
Price: $4.95 USD. 72530 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2012. Fiction » Women's fiction » General.

“Debut, Song for My Birth Mother” is the novel about a mother and child whose bond is broken when a college-bound teen gives her child up for adoption. The two live much of their lives secretly yearning for each other. More than 20 years later, they fear that time is running out. They have both suffered deeply from the irrevocable loss and they weigh the pros and cons of meeting.
What Beauty    by Mark Beyer
Price: $6.99 USD. 182280 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Minus Orth walks dogs for a living & sculpts for his life. He’s creating a unique sculpture cycle: Mythical Gods in Their Twilight. He has a girlfriend who’s itching to get married. His friend has reaped artistic success that’s both inspiring and a thorn. Then Minus sees Karen Kosek, a '60s & '70s culture critic, who is now a bag lady. Or is she? This is the mystery that Minus hopes to unravel.
Bajo la mirada del cóndor    by Eva Nicco Chiurazzi
Price: $4.99 USD. 62230 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Literaturas Comunicación, S.L.  on May 11, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

"Bajo la mirada del Cóndor" nos cuenta la historia de Jorge, un activista argentino que, con la llegada de Videla al poder en su país, ha de escapar con la «patota» siguiéndole los talones. Por fortuna, encuentra refugio en Perú, pero será solo un refugio momentáneo, porque pronto también se hacen los militares con el poder en el país andino y el siniestro Cóndor comienza a agitar sus alas...