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The Red Church    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $3.99 USD. 99630 words. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on January 5, 2010. .

A Stoker Award finalist. "Can you hear him a-knockin'?" A 13-year-old boy struggles with his faith when his mother joins a haunted Appalachian church led by Archer McFall, a mysterious preacher. As mutilated bodies turn up, a sheriff investigates and is tempted to join the congregation. "Sacrifice is the currency of God," McFall preaches, and if he gets his way, then everybody pays.
Burial To Follow    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $2.99 USD. 23820 words. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on January 12, 2010. .

When Jacob Ridgehorn dies, it's up to Roby Snow to help Ridgehorn's soul move on to its eternal rest. Roby can only accomplish this by serving the grieving family a special pie. And if he fails, then his own soul will be roasting... "Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--JA Konrath, author of Origin Includes bonus excerpts and essay
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. 9260 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.
The Harvest    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $3.99 USD. 98980 words. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on September 1, 2010. .

When an alien entity lands in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, a clairvoyant psychology professor, a drunken dirt farmer, and a disillusioned tycoon must team up to stop it before the infection spreads. A science fiction pulp thriller. Revised edition of 2003 mass market paperback.
Creative Spirit    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $3.99 USD. 92670 words. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on October 4, 2010. .

When artists gather at a remote Appalachian estate for a retreat, they are unaware that their energy is feeding something unwholesome. Sculptor Mason Jackson and dying parapsychologist Anna Galloway must uncover the dark secrets of Korban Manor before their spirits are trapped forever.
More Than Kin    by Ty Johnston
Price: $2.99 USD. 62710 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 edge of homelessness. Now he has run out of time as lung cancer has left him only months to live. Walt 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 find his son.
Staccato    by Deborah Ledford
Price: $4.99 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.