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Dog Boy Bobbing in a Boat, The Autobiography of God    by RMark Johnson
Price: $2.99 USD. 12370 words. Language: English. Published on June 14, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

In this wry, understated, illustrated novelette, RMark Johnson claims that God was originally a small Dog bobbing in a row boat on a Cosmic Lake, speaking in fluent Sunfish. Sometimes God is a He, sometimes a She. The Serpent isn't evil (He's Mexican, usually). The Forbidden Tree has poisonous almonds. Adam hangs by his knees hooked around a branch and addresses God as "O Great Twerp." Eve cooks.
The Auction    by Kitty Thomas
Price: $3.95 USD. 19680 words. Language: English. Published on June 24, 2011. Fiction » Erotica » Literary Erotica.

0.5 star(4.50 from 8 reviews)
Belle Walker lives in a place where women are auctioned off when they come of age. Outside the city are monsters who have allowed the humans a small area to inhabit. They promise to leave citizens in peace as long as they never cross the boundary. On the day Belle is sold, one of the monsters breaks that promise and enters the city, intent on having her as his own.
This Treehouse is Haunted    by R.M. Haag
Price: $2.99 USD. 5910 words. Language: English. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on March 21, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

The accident haunted Joel his entire life. Now he returns to the scene, an adult, to finally confront the his memories, his past, and determine his future. Includes complete bonus story "This Book is Haunted"
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.
The Bargain, a Faustian Tale    by Ariella Nasuti
Price: $2.99 USD. 13310 words. Language: English. Published on December 20, 2010. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Would you risk your soul for those you love? When Aveeva Kenig's family is savagely beaten, she makes a Faustian deal to save them. That she’s mortgaged her future isn’t in doubt, but who holds the note and what are its terms? With the help of a private investigator and a priest, she takes on the most formidable of adversaries - determined to redeem the debt and herself.
The Justine Case    by Silja Hansen
Price: $1.99 USD. 8330 words. Language: English. Published on May 30, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

The Justine Case is a fictional short-story that creeps up on you.
Het jachtgeweer    by Patrick Brannigan
Price: $1.49 USD. 9960 words. Language: Dutch. Published on January 28, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Jan van Ittersum is een mislukt schrijver die worstelt met zijn innerlijke demon. Een demon die zich een weg naar buiten weet te banen. Een demon die Jan een inter-dimensionaal reisje aanbiedt naar de gouden jaren van zijn jeugd. Maar is het verleden wel altijd zo rooskleurig als we ons voorstellen? En slaagt Jan er in de liefde van zijn dochtertje te herwinnen?
Old Farts    by Vera Nazarian
Price: $0.99 USD. 2730 words. Language: English. Published by Norilana Books  on April 18, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Everyone knows that bookstores are such enticing places, filled with the complex scent of books, periodicals, freshly ground coffee, and infinite possibilities. Wonders, secrets, and delights lurk among the stacks... And yet, few know the real truth. Bookstores conceal unimaginable dangers! This very short story by two-time Nebula Award Finalist Vera Nazarian packs a very literary punch.
The Descent of the Magyar    by Brian Tomaine
Price: $0.99 USD. 1680 words. Language: English. Published on April 2, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Ignaze is disaffected, navigating the aftermath of the Prague Spring. A Hungarian abroad during times of great changes and social upheaval,he must withstand his passage through events outside of his control. In the end, he reaches a sort of state of absolute grace, wittingly or otherwise.
Midnight Baseball    by Bob Pajich
Price: $0.99 USD. 3150 words. Language: American English. Published by Mendicant Bookworks  on April 7, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Brilliantly showcasing one of the lone, remaining adolescent rites-of-passage -- a boy's first beer -- "Midnight Baseball" chronicles a fathers-and-sons fishing trip that quickly devolves into cards and drunken revelry. Mendicant Bookworks presents literary short fiction by Bob Pajich.