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A Huckster's Paradise    by Michael Antoniak
Price: $5.00 USD. 142770 words. Published on May 12, 2010. .

All Jack Schlitz wants is a second chance at success. When he finds it, as a purveyor of “natural products” with his partners in MacNatural Organics, it proves a velvet prison he half-heartedly longs to escape. Along the way to his epiphany, and beyond, the novel presents a comic view of one microcosm of our marketing-driven consumer culture, where all that really matters is a sale.
The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel    by Richard Crasta
Price: $5.99 USD. 126500 words. Published on October 8, 2010. .

Vijay Prabhu grows up Catholic in an Indian town, determined to become the first Indian Pope. But when his first erection arrives and he repeatedly fails to lose his cherry, he decides to lose his religion instead, to enlist the aid of Jackie Kennedy, and to make love to 100 women by age 30. Who or what planted this unusual ambition in him, and what happens next? "Very funny"--Kurt Vonnegut.
Red Hot Property    by Devin O'Branagan
Price: $4.99 USD. 76000 words. Published on April 10, 2011. .

Molly O'Malley is a plucky rookie real estate agent who is learning to swim with the sharks at the town's most cutthroat agency. A former cocktail waitress, Molly uses her street savvy to avoid being eaten alive by vindictive office staff, neurotic colleagues, crazy clients, and an abundance of sexy men.
The Stories of Haven: Divine Intervention    by J.A. Giunta
Price: $0.99 USD. 4880 words. Published by Brick Cave Media on April 12, 2011. .

No one knows how deities come into being, unless you are in the city of Haven. Join author J.A. Giunta on this great twist on a fantasy tale. From the author of the Guardians, Keppers of the Magic Series. While the stories are not serial, you can pick up any in the series, this is officially Story #12
Foreign Matter: In Trouble with My Fantasies    by Robert MacLean
Price: $2.99 USD. 73890 words. Published on June 13, 2011. .

Toby travels with a woman who pays. He's got it made, except that her nine-year-old daughter is smarter than he is. Part of the Toby series. Original hardcover published by Atheneum/Macmillan, New York. “A very, very funny book"—The West Coast Review of Books. “Enormously enjoyable”—Kirkus Reviews. “Fresh and spirited”— Publishers Weekly.
Viewmaster    by Ferdinand Stowell
Price: Free! 91570 words. Published on September 8, 2011. .

1 tourist day = 2 human days = 14 dog days. This is the philosophy that undergirds the comic novel 'Viewmaster'. Roy, recovering alcoholic & proprietor of Golden Rules B & B in San Francisco, is shaken & stirred by a mix of tourists, dogs & even a human being or two that will break your balls & your heart. If life were a cocktail his would be the love child of Molotov & Shirley Temple.
The Cad    by Robert MacLean
Price: $2.99 USD. 73280 words. Published on October 16, 2011. .

Lovable slacker Toby Tucker, an incompetent tour guide and guardian angel to a group of travelers in Greece, has a love affair that threatens to make a solid citizen of him. Part of the Toby series. From the reviews of Foreign Matter: “A very, very funny book"—The West Coast Review of Books. “Enormously enjoyable”—Kirkus Reviews. “Fresh and spirited”— Publishers Weekly.
A Question of Alignment    by Barnaby Wilde
Price: $1.99 USD. 86180 words. Published on November 8, 2011. .

Tom Fletcher is an unlikely man to save the universe. In fact he is an unlikely man to do anything requiring action, but when the family cat talks to him, then walks through the sitting room wall, even he is intrigued. Someone from a parallel universe is altering the laws of probability by swapping Lottery balls. Soon, Tom is littering adjacent universes with stuff that just shouldn’t be there.