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I BE DAMN    by Gusdavis Aughtry
Price: Free! 9020 words. Published on June 1, 2009. .

Cal Wallace is ocked into an unhappy marriage. His brothers feel his pain. Cal develops early alzheimers. In an uncanny sequence of events, with all the sugary existence and proper behavior that the South exhudes, Mary Lou Wallace puts her husband away. The brothers discover that their brother Cal is less gone "south" than thought.
The Misplaced Battleship Lure    by Harley Harrison
Price: Free! 11320 words. Published by Jekkara Press  on July 31, 2010. .

A Staynless Steel Rat story. Slippery Jem de Griz has been digging in the archives as punishment. She has found a sting, she believes, and tells her Special Corps boss. To prevent the end of a presidential career, they set a golden trap for an egomanical thief. But who is actually conning who when you can smell a big staynless steel rat? A Gender Switch Adventure.
The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
Heaven Knows He's Homesick Now    by Matt Simon
Price: Free! 1150 words. Published on February 20, 2011. .

In the latest installment of the Heaven Chronicles, Paul releases he's a fish out of water down under and Phillip is getting on rather well with a young nurse.
Drawing Dead    by David Hendrickson
Price: $0.99 USD. 1390 words. Published by Pentucket Publishing  on March 21, 2011. .

Smitty sees dollar signs when his latest mark maneuvers a wheelchair up to the poker table. But the stakes in this game run higher than Smitty ever imagined. A memorable horror story by award-winning author David H. Hendrickson. For more information about his work, go to hendricksonwriter.com.
The Razor Files    by Tor Richardson
Price: $7.99 USD. 103280 words. Published by Grey Cat Press  on September 26, 2011. .

A billion-dollar insurance company fails and a young Axel Crane, accounting clerk, loses his job. When regulators hire him to help them look for clues to a scheme that may have bled it dry, he stumbles into an unfamiliar world of shell companies and corporate intrigue. The last man to look into the matter met with a fatal accident. Will Axel recognize the danger in time, or will he be next?
What A Waste    by Paul Comstock
Price: Free! 6090 words. Published on October 1, 2011. .

Chase Ransom is a high tech garbage man, and proud of it. He should be. Garbage of the future is a valuable commodity, and mining old landfills is big business. But he isn't the only one in the business. One of his mob-connected competitors is getting in his way. Now Chase must teach him a lesson if he wants to stay on top.
The Girl in the Queue    by Deepankar
Price: $0.99 USD. 7010 words. Published on February 3, 2012. .

Small town boy sees a beautiful girl at the bus stand. He can’t bring himself to talk to her even though he desperately falls in love with her. When he finally does, he discovers she is shrouded in mystery. She is so distant that he couldn’t bring himself to speak his heart. Would he be successful in love? Would he know her secret? At what cost? A boy meets girl story with a twist.
Charity    by Deepankar
Price: $0.99 USD. 9650 words. Published on February 29, 2012. .

An Indian American woman is bored with her life in New York. She is passionate about making a contribution to humanity and her zeal brings her to Mumbai. Would it be easy to find and adopt a cause? Would she be able to make a difference when she is simply struggling to settle in and get used to a new way of life? While her heart goes to the poor, would it find the right purpose?