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Faster Pastor    by Sharyn McCrumb & Adam Edwards
Price: $9.95 USD. 102000 words. Published by Ingalls Publishing Group, Inc  on July 29, 2010. .

Camber Berkley, a hopeful stock car driver, wrecks his car on a mountain road, literally crashing the funeral of a NASCAR fan. As punishment for his spectacular wreck,local authorities sentence him to spend two weeks teaching the local ministers to drive stock cars, so they can compete for the $2M legacy. Even Jesus' is in on the fun. Will the best man, or woman, win? Only God knows.
American Crossroads    by Ty Johnston
Price: $0.99 USD. 9040 words. Published on August 28, 2010. .

Five short stories of turning points. Kings of 772: A group of buddies gather for beer and poker. Cadillac Dreams: She saw him on the side of the road and had to pick him up. Just Like Fourth of July: A mother and daughter's day will end in a way never imagined. Steven Spielberg and The Magic Box: A young writer meets a famed movie director. Lesson of the Samurai: A soldier comes home from Iraq.
More Than Kin    by Ty Johnston
Price: $2.99 USD. 62570 words. Published on November 15, 2010. .

Walt Johnson has been a rolling stone most of his life, moving from town to town and living on the edges of homelessness. Now he has run out of time as lung cancer has left him only months to live. Walt then begins a quest to find the son with whom he lost contact decades earlier. Out of money, he gets a job at a small-town restaurant in an attempt to save enough to buy a bus ticket to finhis son.
Staccato    by Deborah Ledford
Price: $6.99 USD. 80050 words. Published by Second Wind Publishing, LLC on December 9, 2010. .

Performed against the backdrop of the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Staccato transports readers to a behind-the-scenes glimpse of professional musicians, the psychological twists and turns of its characters and, in the end, retribution that crashes in a crescendo of notes played at the literary pace of a maestro's staccato.
Bent Creek    by Marlene  Mitchell
Price: $2.99 USD. 78030 words. Published by Black Wyrm on February 14, 2011. .

Rachael Riley was one of six children born to Ida Mae and Roy Riley living in a tumbled-down shack on the edge of Bent Creek. Roy was a coal miner all his life. When the mine closed his life came to a halt. Rachael didn't know how or when she was going to leave Bent Creek, but she knew in her heart that someday she would escape her life of poverty.
From the Graves of Babes    by Kevin Lake
Price: $2.99 USD. 53420 words. Published on February 26, 2011. .

After the disappearance of his daughter, Patrick Hanna retreats to his secluded cabin high atop the mountains of West Virginia. His plans to live in seclusion are soon interupted when he starts receiving visists from mysterious little girls. It turns out they are ghosts, coming to him for help. To help them, he must solve the mystery of their deaths, while facing his own ghosts at the same time.
The Curse of One-Eyed Jack (A Dark Hollows Mystery)    by J. Kent Holloway
Price: $2.99 USD. 55420 words. Published by Seven Realms Publishing on June 7, 2011. .

One-Eyed Jack has returned... FBI crime analyst Kili Brennan has come to Boone Creek, Kentucky, looking for her missing brother…looking for answers. Locals say her brother, and a string of others, may have been killed by One-Eyed Jack—the fabled giant guardian that protects the region. For help, Kili turns to a man more feared than the spirit protector. She turns to Ezekiel Crane.
Seer's Blood    by Doranna Durgin
Price: $4.49 USD. 100090 words. Published on June 23, 2011. .

Award-winning author Doranna Durgin has over 30 published novels (MMPB, trade, and hardcover) and another 19 short pieces. SEER'S BLOOD is an Appalachia-based coming of age fantasy in which a threatened community rediscovers its lost roots--and its magic--in the grit of an outcast girl, the heart of a stranger, and the loyalty of his hounds.
Log Cabin King    by Mary Rice Somerville
Price: $1.99 USD. 24700 words. Published on July 23, 2011. .

A story of faith in the Appalachian Mountains
How the Hippies Ruin't Hillbilly Music    by St. Wishnevsky
Price: $4.99 USD. 96270 words. Published on September 12, 2011. .

Being a Nice and Accurate Compendium of Recollections Delineating The Old Time String Band Revival From Washington Square to “Brother Where Art Thou” With interviews of: Mike Seeger: “New Lost City Ramblers” Roger Sprung: “The Shanty Boys” Nancy Banjo Sluys: “The Pilot Mountain Bobcats” Joe Thrift: “The Red Hots” And many more