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Fausterella and other stories    by Kate Harrad
Price: $2.99 USD. 17950 words. Published on June 10, 2011. .

Creepy, comic and unsettling, this collection of nine stories features new, retold and mashed-up fairy tales as well as ghosts, puppets and a pet zombie.
Looping With Quinia: A Time Travel Comedy    by Karen Kolodenko
Price: $2.99 USD. 9370 words. Published on June 26, 2011. .

When eccentric barista-cum-inventor Quinia Schmul casually tampers with time while babysitting, she discovers some disturbing truths about time looping and, as it were, spaghetti. This substantial, yet tongue-in-cheek short story features a plateful of adventure, a dollop of romance, and not a few grateful bows to some of the greatest Golden Age masters of the genre.
Mother Nature Faerie Tales    by Roberta Swan
Price: $0.99 USD. 19840 words. Published on July 23, 2011. .

In a groundbreaking retelling of traditional stories Mother Nature brings the faerie tale genre into the modern world. Thrill to 10 tales of horror and greed as Jack defeats the Beanstalk Corporation and Red Ridding Hood takes on the medical establishment. You cannot read a story like Snow White and the Junkyard Dwarfs and ever litter again. For adults who want to indulge their inner child.
Lights, Camera, Action    by P B Thompson
Price: $0.99 USD. 13750 words. Published on August 10, 2011. .

What do you do when a planned kidnapping goes wrong? Carry on for the cameras of course. Bill Barwin's dream of completing his film looked to be over. He was unable to secure all of the money needed to finish filming until one of his minor actors came up with a proposal. To take part in a kidnapping for some wealthy clients. How hard could it be? A short story of 7 pages.
Space Sucks and Heaven, Inc.    by Krista D. Ball
Price: $0.99 USD. 4110 words. Published on September 16, 2011. .

**2-for-1 short-short story combo!** SPACE SUCKS: Prepared to be disappointed with the universe. HEAVEN, INC: Answering prayers is a full time job.
Crosscut    by Christopher Kneipp
Price: Free! 4130 words. Published on October 23, 2011. .

A Sci Fi short story, tragi-comedy 4000 words
Snake Dance Disaster    by Lorraine Ray
Price: Free! 6980 words. Published on October 26, 2011. .

Two teenage boys participate in a ridiculous Snake Dance enactment at a mansion in 1960s Arizona.
Laughter in Court - Percy French v West Clare Railway    by Brian Comerford
Price: $2.99 USD. 5430 words. Published on November 7, 2011. .

Travelling entertainer, Percy French, sued the West Clare Railway, when, due to his delayed arrival in Kikee, the audience for his entertainment had left the Concert Hall. This dramatisation was performed to hysterical acclaim by the Corofin Dramatic Society in Ennis Courthouse. It is dedicated to the memories of producer, Haulie Lafiffe and Paddy Browne, who played the Judge.
Death by Subway    by Jon Ricson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5800 words. Published on January 11, 2012. .

Someone is killing people in the subways of Chicago in a really sick way. Detective Filton Sibley investigates in his own unique way, dealing with beef and sausage combos, Neil Diamond, a plant-hating industrial madman, and more henchmen than you could shake a stick at. What's that light ahead? Death.
Larry The Alien Book Two    by John McDonnell
Price: $2.99 USD. 6560 words. Published on January 22, 2012. .

Book Two of the wacky adventures of Larry The Alien, who came to Earth to conquer it but ended up tending bar for a guy named Murphy. Larry gets anxiety attacks and changes into things like a six foot tall pink rabbit, a walrus, and a chimpanzee. He lives with a dysfunctional family and has many funny adventures with them.