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Owl Hunt    by Ben Birdy
Price: $1.49 USD. 1580 words. Published by Fiero Publishing  on January 22, 2011. .

When a late night owl scoops up his pet mouse, he’s not going to just let it get away. But the only thing that might be worse than losing the owl is catching it.
Boat Story    by Waran Payce
Price: $1.99 USD. 3610 words. Published on March 18, 2011. .

a Roy Harper Adventure Roy's missus goes to live with her mother, and Roy uses the opportunity for a Mexican vacation. He loads up his twenty-one foot Morgan sloop and sets sail for Acapulco. As usual, things don't go exactly as planned and nearly six months later he has not returned.
The Gangster's Apprentice    by Waran Payce
Price: $1.25 USD. 2850 words. Published on March 19, 2011. .

a Roy Harper Adventure. Roy is as green as they come when he first arrives in Chicago at age ten, but with Sal's help he learns fast. Before long he's a foot soldier in the rackets, and even the police can't keep him out of the city and back in Indiana.
Never According to Plan    by George Berger
Price: $0.99 USD. 12010 words. Published on July 7, 2011. .

Never According to Plan is a brilliant and unconventional early Victorian mystery-adventure which dwells on the exploitations that occur when the foolish are introduced to the darker corners of society. When the naiveté of a professional scoundrel leads him to take on a job that could cost him his freedom-or his life-his latest victim must come to his aid-if she can set aside her hatred of him.
Roaring River    by Richard Puz
Price: $0.99 USD. 5190 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Bushwhackers ambush two men, killing one. The survivor leads a posse to track down the band of killers, leading to an epic battle.
Three Bells & Newtonia    by Richard Puz
Price: $1.29 USD. 6270 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Two short stories are presented about American frontier life in the 1800s. Three Bells- -Settlers on remote Indiana farms prepare for attacks from Chief Blackhawk's warriors. What happens one fateful night changes everyone forever. Newtonia--Compassion is found by settlers on the frontier, caught between warring armies as the Civil War rages in southwest Missouri.
Abraham    by Richard Puz
Price: $1.29 USD. 5930 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Young raw-recruit Abraham is exposed to the terror of war during the Battle for New Orleans. A frontiersman provides the wisdom to help him survive and become a man.
Arkansas Storm and Captain Jonathan Buzzard    by Richard Puz
Price: $1.29 USD. 4880 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Contains two short stories from the American frontier of the 1800s . . . Arkansas Storm is the tale about pioneers traveling the big rivers of America on flatboats, when they run into a storm that threatens their lives and the loss of all they own. Captain Jonathan Buzzard is an action-packed tale. Brazen and courageous, he takes on outlaws threatening a pioneer's family on a remote Ohio farm.
The Dung Maidens    by Alfred Tinner
Price: $0.99 USD. 3700 words. Published on December 21, 2011. .

Deep in the countryside swamps lies the remote muck-farming village of Woodpen, where an over-worked girl dreams of leaving her muddy life behind. However, a trip to the magnificent capital city of Highwall soon becomes a fight for her life against terrifying creatures of the night. 3500 words.