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Painting the Roses Red    by Kathleen Sky and Stephen Goldin
Price: $1.99 USD. 10110 words. Published by Parsina Press on June 7, 2009. .

Marc Shikari, an inspector for the Interstellar Investigation Institute, knows something illegal is going on. The diMedici family, a clan of interstellar swindlers, is trading stock madly among several different worlds--all among themselves. Every transaction seems legit, but Shikari knows there's got to be more to it than that. What's their angle? (Star Rooks story #1)
True Friend    by Mark McKlendin 
Price: $0.99 USD. 7920 words. Published on June 14, 2009. .

Jack the writer goes to a party that changes his life forever. What would you do for a true friend?
Mind Games    by CHRISTINE DEURLOO
Price: $3.95 USD. 55830 words. Published on November 30, 2009. .

In Thompson Research Station (TRS),scientists have been working on a semi-syntactic virus called Caryo.32. The virus is a major break through in the battle against several brain diseases. When mentaly ill Anthony Baker is offered the option to take part in medical experiments in Los Angeles he takes the opportunity with both hands; not knowing he puts his life and that of others in great danger.
Gloria    by David  Sartof
Price: Free! 5310 words. Published on February 7, 2010. .

I’m dying, well that’s what I’ve been told. How has my life come to this: death, betrayal, friendship, love? Yes, love. I know it’s there somewhere, but I’m struggling to make sense of things. How can I, Oliver Beaton-Court, be here in this cabin, looking at my dead wife and holding an axe… Maybe Tom can give me the answers I need, or maybe there are no answers…
The Found    by Genaro Zamora
Price: $0.99 USD. 24030 words. Published on March 10, 2010. .

During a fishing trip in hopes to cope with the loss of his wife and child's mother, Tony and son Ricky Mendez uncover a human skull. As detectives begin to search cold case files, something strange begins to brew in the Texas Sabine River. Disappearances begin to occur. It seems the killer has resurfaced igniting a race to save the captured, no matter how far back, the terror may take them.
Times of Trouble    by Victoria Rollison
Price: $3.89 USD. 103710 words. Published on June 1, 2010. .

Ellen’s sister is in trouble. She knows something she shouldn’t and people want her dead. Ellen wants to help her. But how do you find someone who doesn't want to be found? Ellen's determination to find her sister leads to dead ends and near misses, lucky breaks, personal danger and devastating betrayal.
In The Mind Of A Mountie    by T.M. 'Scotty' Gardiner
Price: $5.99 USD. 305610 words. Published by AgioPublishing on June 2, 2010. .

Scotty Gardiner's epic memoir is one of the most insightful books about the R.C.M.P. in decades: 131 chapters of true adventures. "A refreshing page-turner as Scotty leads from one crime investigation to the next, while offering shrewd insights into the nature and habits of career criminals and RCMP officers alike."
Another Life    by John J. Gaynard
Price: $2.99 USD. 135100 words. Published on September 13, 2010. .

The Prendergast family returned to rural Ireland in search of a place in which to get their lives back together. But it doesn't work out that way. Peter's brother spends years in prison for killing a man and signs up to a radical form of religion after his release. Then Peter returns to the farm one afternoon and he too is accused of murder.
The Play of Light and Shadow & Writing    by Barry Ergang
Price: $0.99 USD. 16110 words. Published on September 15, 2010. .

The crime was impossible, but it happened. The gallery was locked and under constant observation, but the valuable painting was stolen, and later the prime suspect was murdered. A private detective and a professor turned bartender team up to solve who did it and how. Can you spot and interpret the clues and solve it first? Plus an article about how the novelette came to be written.
The Reluctant Miracle Part One: The Escape    by David C. Ashley
Price: $0.99 USD. 101710 words. Published on October 8, 2010. .

What if Jesus appeared to actually return on Easter 2016? A famous architect is falsely accused of murder and has to escape to his secret camp with the help of his attractive young lawyer. He is pursued by the villainous Boris Karpinski seeking a reward and five months later he reappears bearded and in sandals during a miraculous event in a glass top church and is proclaimed a returned Jesus.