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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).
POP-splat    by Ian Martin
Price: $2.99 USD. 48370 words. Published on April 24, 2010. .

A prominent businessman is murdered in an apparent hijacking. For Matt Dreyer the death of his father seems like murder most foul. This disturbed Hamlet of the 21st century sets off on a tortuous and bloody hell ride to track down his father’s killers. Ian Martin's POP-Splat looks at today’s South Africa through cynical eyes and uses his unique brand of sick humor to satirize a sick society.
The Friend Request    by Alex Ford
Price: $2.99 USD. 85020 words. Published on May 9, 2010. .

Do you really know all the people listed as 'friends' on your Facebook page? What if somebody from your past assumed the identity of someone from your present, so they could get close to you? What if they wanted to get close to you, just to hurt you - again. Have you accepted a 'friend request' when you should have clicked ignore? *Contains Swearing & Adult Themes. Reader Discretion Advised*
Henry's Nursing Notes    by Ian Martin
Price: $0.99 USD. 18290 words. Published on May 16, 2010. .

Ian Martin spent three years as a hospital orderly and kept a ward diary chronicling the sights, sounds and smells that assailed him. Based on this record, "Henry Fuckit's Nursing Notes" is an unflinching account of nursing the sick and dying. Looking through the eyes of his disreputable hero, Martin uses a brutal blend of cynicism and dark humour to describe a world of suffering and pathos.
Boracic Lint    by Martin Bryce
Price: Free! 66790 words. Published on May 22, 2010. .

An out of work actor with a serious superiority complex lands work playing Santa Claus in the grotto of the world famous London department store, Harridges. It seems like child's play , it turns out to be anything but. Every ounce of his improvisation skills is challenged by the children who come to see him. His colleagues stretch his wit and wisdom to the limit until he makes a fateful decision.
Parable of the Forgotten    by simon fenn
Price: $3.99 USD. 104730 words. Published on June 25, 2010. .

A damaged addict searches for the killer of his friend, Lady; a Thai Transvestite, after a premonition that finding the murderer will also bring him his own end..
In the Fifth Season    by Jonathan M Barrett
Price: Free! 64070 words. Published on July 13, 2010. .

Against a background of modern corporate culture and a tragic death, this bitter-sweet comedy weaves stories of love and relationships, ambition and folly.
SCHIZO    by Grant Foxon
Price: $1.99 USD. 460 words. Published on July 14, 2010. .

A series of mind twisting horrific and black humour short stories.
Ghostwriter    by Ravis Harnell
Price: $2.99 USD. 28810 words. Published on July 20, 2010. .

Budding horror screenwriter Chris Skinner enlists friend and police detective Rand Allen in his search for a location with an unsavory history. What he finds in a vacant local apartment, however, entices him beyond lurid inspiration into a generations-old legacy of obsession, murder and supernatural power that offers him the ultimate story ... if he's willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Tom Sawyer In Hell    by Peter Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 63950 words. Published on September 9, 2010. .

All life is a series of stories and Tom Sawyer in Hell is mine. The narrative follows the misadventures of a naive young man who has optimistic expectations about life that rapidly go south as he makes his way thru college, courts and jails and small town lawyers, strip clubs, a gig as a Park Avenue doorman, hopelessness, psychopharmacology, absurdity, and the struggle to land a corporate job.