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The Dinner Party    by Gordon Houghton
Price: $2.99 USD. 61870 words. Published on March 13, 2010. .

Tightly-paced and shot throughout with gallows humour, The Dinner Party is the chilling, ultimately moving story of a young man's obsession with ritual and the peculiar moral universe he inhabits. Printed editions: The Dinner Party (UK, 1998); Le Diner (France, 2003).
The Apprentice    by Gordon Houghton
Price: $2.99 USD. 79020 words. Published on March 15, 2010. .

A corpse is resurrected and apprenticed to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for seven days. During the course of the week, he tries to remember how he died, accompanies Death on his daily round, and learns what it means to be undead. Printed editions: The Apprentice (UK, 1999); Damned If You Do (US, 2000); Death's Apprentice (Russia, 2003); L'Apprendista (Italy, 2010).
Game Boy    by Gordon Houghton
Price: $2.99 USD. 75870 words. Published on March 15, 2010. .

A homage to gaming and gamers, this is a snapshot of the life of James Roach, gaming obsessive, collector and competitor. It's a story about growing old, and falling in love, and feeling as retro and useless as a Phillips CD-i. Essential reading for anyone who has ever played Mario Kart, Bomberman, Robotron, Soul Calibur or Katamari Damacy.
The Godmother's Apprentice    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Price: $5.99 USD. 101600 words. Published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing  on November 10, 2010. .

“Dear Rosie, Being an apprentice fairy godmother is complicated. Not only do I have to go out and find good deeds to do, but for a sidekick I have that hit man that Felicity changed into a toad. I wanted to take the cat but she seems to have had a big funeral to attend. Felicity isn’t around much. She keeps disappearing through a door in the guestroom that opens on the side of a hill . . .
Tears for Hesh (short story)    by Michael Radcliffe
Price: Free! 3240 words. Published on December 5, 2010. .

Set in the world of The Guardian's Apprentice, this is the story of Hesh, a young man who works for a coniving, power-hungry wizard who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Hesh is a gentle giant, towering above others, but soft spoken and afflicted with a stammer when he gets nervous. Sent on an errand for his master, he ucovers a terrible secret and must face the consequences.
Max    by Gordon Houghton
Price: $2.99 USD. 113550 words. Published on March 17, 2011. .

A dystopian society on the brink of revolution; a population chipped, regulated and drugged into submission; an overpopulated planet defined by the One Mother, One Child policy... Into this world a baby is born: a child with the power to change everything.
The Printer of Island Castle    by Mario Milosevic
Price: $2.99 USD. 6460 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing  on March 20, 2011. .

In the printer’s world ink is the ultimate judge: if she prints a poem of quality the ink stays fixed on the page. If the work is inferior, the ink disappears. Few poets can please the ink and the printer is resigned to producing pages that quickly become blank. Then she meets a poet whose relentless need to express himself draws her into his world and she may not come out of it the same.
The Underground Eagle Strikes    by Steve Games
Price: $2.99 USD. 14900 words. Published on March 29, 2011. .

The monthly e-zine dedicated to social commentary and analysis, featuring: One Wiki-Leak Too Many / Time Travelers Are Among Us / Keep Learning Or Die / How I Helped RFK / America Is The World and more...
The Sorcerer's Apprentice    by Dandi Palmer
Price: $0.99 USD. 600 words. Published by Dodo Books on May 26, 2011. .

A bucket, a broom, and badly cast spell… Picture book with 32 colour illustrations.
Restless    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $0.99 USD. 3040 words. Published by Olo Books on July 6, 2011. .

When magical creatures need a cure, they journey to the Wizard's Hospital. On a cold day in December, a mysterious man makes a pilgrimage to a hidden corner of Montreal, Canada. He has been walking for almost 2000 years and must negotiate a dwarf, a three-headed dog, and worse yet, pesky apprentices before reaching the poutine-loving wizard named Noah who might be able to help him.