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Birthday Girl    by Diane J Wright
Price: $9.99 USD. 114660 words. Published by Seedpod Publishing on December 3, 2009. .

Sixteen-year-old Tracey Burns has been confined to a single room for two years. One night, amid chaotic spring winds, she slips to freedom and inadvertently sets herself on a journey that takes her further away from the one thing she wants most: to find the mother who left her behind.
Sleepwalker: The Last Sandman    by Brad Marlowe
Price: $2.99 USD. 133570 words. Published on January 13, 2010. .

A dark force is born from the imaginations of two young brothers, casting a shadow over Nod, the mercurial land of dreams. When the malevolent entity abducts the Sandman, and then snatches its own creators from their cozy beds in an Iowa farmhouse, the boys’ cynical father must rescue his sons and save the Sandman before the sleep-deprived citizens of the world burn everything to the ground.
THE PRINCE OF WALES by Kirby Wright    by Kirby Wright
Price: $0.99 USD. 4480 words. Published on February 21, 2010. .

The two brothers from the novels MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA and PUNAHOU BLUES resurface in this hunting episode set on the east end of Moloka'i island. Ben and Jeff are camped above Brownie's Gulch when Ben fires across Kainalu Valley at a buck. Jeff is about to discover the underpinnings of his brother's relationship with their grandmother.
Herman Bylles testamente    by Gustav Stålhammar
Price: $4.99 USD. 121360 words. Published on July 14, 2010. .

På sitt etthundrasjätte levnadsår får Herman Bylle veta att han har en okänd son och dotter. I den åldern har man inte tid att tveka. Beslutsamt dammar han av sitt gamla skrivbord och börjar skriva sitt testamente. Han berättar om sin ungdoms stora äventyr. Om sin resa genom 1920-talets Sverige. Förklarar varför han blev en enstöring. Sätter omsorgsfullt sitt märkliga liv på pränt.
Zach's Secret    by Matthew W. Grant
Price: $3.99 USD. 37170 words. Published on February 13, 2011. .

Senior Zach Denham, editor of a small town high school newspaper, struggles to act like a "normal" guy by dating Meghan, his religious friend. Key, the newly arrived attractive jock, forces Zach to confront the truth about his sexual identity. Unsure of himself, Zach is reluctant to help start a support group for gay students. Friends will become enemies as the explosive issue divides the school.
Unplugged    by Michael Agelasto
Price: Free! 157200 words. Published on March 30, 2011. .

What might Holden Caulfield be like if he lived in the 21st Century media-infested environment? What if he does something so naughty that his parents severely punish him by taking away all his electronic devices? "Unplugged" takes place in contemporary Durham, North Carolina, and follows a few weeks in the life of a 17-year-old, Sterling Eumorfopoulos, a Mensa-registered genius.
Crossed Genres Year Two    by Crossed Genres Publications 
Price: $2.99 USD. 57920 words. Published on April 10, 2011. .

A labor conflict on a distant asteroid; An environmental catastrophe unlike any other; A most unusual dinner guest; The irony of Luck. 12 stories selected from the second year of Crossed Genres: the magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy with a twist!
The Wire Donkey    by Charlie Dickinson
Price: Free! 76070 words. Published on June 30, 2011. .

No gf, no car, his job stacking produce in question, twenty-year-old Ocean Gebthart watches his good works project--Oregon Organ Donors League--blow up. He must leave town. And does with a wise, older woman. By turns sacred and secular, Ocean journeys to discover his calling in life, riding his wire donkey across a Rose City known for beer, bikes, and books.
Interview with the Bard    by Raymond Markley
Price: $0.99 USD. 4630 words. Published on September 4, 2011. .

A young writer faces a challenging interview subject and finds much more than she had expected.
Birch Hills at World's End    by Geoff Hyatt
Price: $3.99 USD. 60690 words. Published by Vagabondage Press LLC on September 10, 2011. .

Birch Hills at World’s End begins between Detroit and nowhere, in 1999, when high school senior Josh Reilly senses an apocalypse approaching. A web of domestic strife, romantic rivalry, and millennial anxiety challenges two boys to stand together as their youth comes apart. Columbine... Y2K... can friendships survive the end of the world?