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An Island in the Autumn    by John Smith
Price: $5.99 USD. 92310 words. Published by North Highland Publishing  on May 17, 2012. .

In 1970, after serving nearly twenty years in Nigeria, John Smith returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ready for a fresh assignment as a Commomwealth administrator. The ‘powers that be’ assured him that they would find him ‘an island in the autumn’
Strange Fruit On Tyburn Tree    by R. Jay
Price: $2.99 USD. 88480 words. Published on June 21, 2012. .

2005:Bodmin Moor,Cornwall,Ewan Hurd was raised an orphan.An unknown twin brother has traced their genealogy.A dark family history of pursuit by the Thief-Taker in a campaign to eradicate their bloodline.Hunted himself for murder, an enigmatic American girl reveals an amazing tale of 'Jack' an 18C ancestor who founded a dynasty, a family tree with roots embedded on both sides of the Atlantic.
Silver Flames (Bewitching Kisses Series)    by Rainy Kirkland
Price: $2.99 USD. 102780 words. Published on June 26, 2012. .

Williamsburg’s master silversmith, Christopher Carlson, was a happy man…until a mysterious fire destroyed his new shop. Forced to see temporary lodging at the Stag’s Head Tavern, Chris was in for another disappointment: the lovely innkeeper expressed her sympathy, but refused his advances – something no woman had ever done before.
Arcadian Daze    by Anthony W Blake
Price: Free! 140340 words. Published on September 9, 2012. .

Xavier Savage's progress to understanding life. A satirical, serious, and whimsical telling of episodes in the childhood of Xavier Savage, citizen of Monarchsland, a semi-fictional state of Australia, as he strategises a fail-safe way to avoid the eternal fires of hell, and at puberty, finds love, and loses it, just before a vital fact of life is made very clear to him.
Ghostly Tales from South Carolina    by Kendell Chad Watts
Price: $0.99 USD. 22360 words. Published on September 29, 2012. .

A collection of Ghost stories and folktales from coastal South Carolina. Many are passed down through the generations dating back to the Revolutionary War. Included are the author's personal experiences on his visits to the haunted locations.
Island Paradise    by Salubrious Farlight
Price: Free! 4120 words. Published on November 1, 2012. .

John and Julia went to a small island to relax. But an old pirate risen from a long sleep and some spiders have a different idea.
The Colonists    by Yuri Vinokurov
Price: $1.49 USD. 14170 words. Published on December 8, 2012. .

In the not-so-distant future, when the world economy is crippled and the Earth seems damaged beyond repair, a group of friends dream of escaping the unemployment and despair to the mysterious world of Mars-17, the first Earth-like exoplanet in the binary star system of Alpha Centauri... (The Colonists, a novella)
Terra Domina    by Max Davine
Price: $3.99 USD. 148680 words. Published by authorcamilson on December 31, 2012. .

1885. A ten year old boy is missing. His twin sister encounters a strange old man in the woods near her house. He seems infatuated with her, and displays unusual control over the world around him, over the events to follow in her life.
Gunwitch: The Witch Hunts    by David Michael
Price: $6.99 USD. 104700 words. Published on January 25, 2013. .

Rose Bainbridge and Janett Laxton arrive in Founsteeth as black stormclouds loom, and as pirates and colonial military officers meet to swap a noble prisoner for a hefty ransom. Rose, a convicted witch and former Gunwitch in the King's Army, feels almost at home. Young Janett, though, turns heads and more than one of the Three Captains seems to be calculating her possible ransom.
The Llungruel and the Lom    by Brian Wheeler
Price: $0.99 USD. 17350 words. Published on March 12, 2013. .

Llungruel linger in the lom fields around the village. The llungruel is a feared lizard, whose bite brings ravaging fever that drives the mind wild. Malek and Elloch hate the creature, but they must bear the poisonous lizard to grow a sustaining harvest. But after the llungruel kills a brother, Malek and Elloch vow to destroy the lizard, and so discover secrets more bitter than the choking lom