Barefoot Southern Boy In Shortz    by J Daniel Reaves
Price: $1.00 USD. 10660 words. Published on May 5, 2010. .
This collection of short stories comes from a fresh new voice of the American South. Growing up in the mid-twentieth century in the Southern U. S. was at once idyllic and tenuous. For a barefoot southern boy, the cocoon of what the South had been protected children from what it was going to become. These vignettes carry the reader back to a myopic though heart-warming time in history.

A Leaf on the Wind    by Sasha Petrova
Price: $8.49 USD. 89860 words. Published by Omega Publications on July 18, 2010. .
Sasha Petrova takes us through her traumatic childhood memories of living with an abusive father. Her experiences almost destroy her life and the lives of her family members. Finally, she perseveres and overcomes her past to become a successful author and artist. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Sasha Petrova moved with her mother to Mazatlan, Mexico.

Going on a Picnic: Poetry Especially for Children    by Michael R. Collings
Price: $0.99 USD. 2730 words. Published on October 1, 2010. .
These twenty-one poems, written with a younger audience in mind, recall special moments of childhood--moments of discovery, of excitement, of joy, of learning. All are designed to appeal to the child in the reader...regardless of age.

Pallbearer    by E. G. Fabricant
Price: $0.99 USD. 5970 words. Published on October 2, 2010. .
From "Matters Familiar." Two boys, one mother; two lives, separated from birth.

Bubble Gum in Disguise    by Georgiann Baldino
Price: Free! 1280 words. Published on November 24, 2010. .
When does a child's earliest memory become a life lesson? For author Georgiann Baldino, it's when a troublemaker offers her a bite of very suspicious looking bubble gum.

Love by Destination    by robert renshaw
Price: Free! 4620 words. Published on December 30, 2010. .
A child is surrounded by lifes influences,only some children are set a more rocky street to play on. A inside vision from the cold steps to the last steps of a tender mind.

The Shoeshine Boy    by Wallace Brazzeal
Price: $4.99 USD. 46290 words. Published by Publisher's Place  on January 28, 2011. .
“...A book that warms the heart.” “Gentle, frank, funny, with just enough detail to bring it to life. Brazzeal’s 20/20 hindsight reveals both humor and depth...” – Kristy Ann Pike The Shoeshine Boy is a rewarding read, and the kind of childhood memoir we’d all like to write if we could.”

Wiffle Ball Summer: The Ride of the Elmoron    by Geoffrey Arthur Drewyor
Price: $9.96 USD. 76150 words. Published on June 10, 2011. .
After a sun-drenched daydream in London, a 20-something nomad journeys through a "vast Buckeye nowhere" in search of his childhood. Along the way he meets bearded drunkards, delightfully dorky Boy Scouts, and baby-pitchforking spirits while finding that home might not be exactly as he remembers. But the true test of his voyage is around the corner and the wandering Elmoron never sees it coming.

The Ashes of Her Shelter    by Deirdre Maultsaid
Price: $1.35 USD. 66440 words. Published on July 3, 2011. .
The Ashes of Her Shelter is a lyrical novel, with "home" as a strong motif, about the bond between sisters, told from the unreliable viewpoint of an activist, Christine, who loves with a twisted loyalty her conventional sister Leigh-Anne. Christine by accident leads Leigh-Anne into danger and fails to protect her from bad relationships with men. The novel shows the West Coast in the 70s and 80s.

The Christmas Challenge    by Linda Boltman
Price: Free! 2070 words. Published on December 11, 2011. .
Trying to recreate a family tradition when my Grandfather took me with him to cut down and carry home the family Christmas tree, my children and I would traipse out to our local tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree. Our tradition culminated in the Christmas my friends and family still refer to as the year of "The Mother Lode" tree. Laugh and cry at an attempt to preserve childhood memories.