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Humanimal    by Vergil Z. Ozeca
Price: $4.99 USD. 51560 words. Published on December 21, 2009. .

A collection of 1001 thoughts, remarks and quotations of great thinkers, Nobel prize winners, celebrities,anonymous and ordinary people, about the ideal and actual relationship between human race and other animals, from veganism to hunt, from vivisection to farming.
POP-splat    by Ian Martin
Price: $2.99 USD. 48370 words. Published on April 24, 2010. .

A prominent businessman is murdered in an apparent hijacking. For Matt Dreyer the death of his father seems like murder most foul. This disturbed Hamlet of the 21st century sets off on a tortuous and bloody hell ride to track down his father’s killers. Ian Martin's POP-Splat looks at today’s South Africa through cynical eyes and uses his unique brand of sick humor to satirize a sick society.
Why They Do It: Beliefs & Emotional Gratification Lead to Violence    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $1.39 USD. 3600 words. Published on May 1, 2010. .

Beliefs and emotional gratification are core issues in violent acts. Other explanations such as mental illness and being victims themselves take second place to belief systems. Through case studies, the author shows how beliefs and gratification are central to understanding and preventing violence
Cruelty the Human Heart    by O'Neil De Noux
Price: $0.99 USD. 4490 words. Published on April 16, 2011. .

This story asks the question - How cruel are we? A law enforcement officer in a small Louisiana village learns a painful, illuminating lesson in human nature. Cover art by Vincent De Noux.
Stars and Turtles    by Michael McLaughlin
Price: Free! 3820 words. Published on April 19, 2011. .

A little girl struggles with her own loneliness and its effect upon her life.
Wire Mesh Mothers    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $2.99 USD. 89270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 9, 2011. .

It all started with the best of intentions. Kate McDolen, an elementary school teacher, knew she had to protect one of her students, little 8-year-old Mistie, from parents who were making her life a living hell. So Kate packed her bags, quietly picked up Mistie after school one day, and set off with her toward what she thought would be a new life. It becomes a nightmare.
The Happy-Unhappy Bridegroom: a ghost story    by Benjamin Parsons
Price: Free! 4630 words. Published on November 5, 2011. .

Brandon Stewart can't be happy without his beautiful new bride Lucille - but she can't be happy unless she's making him miserable. For a couple so enslaved by the cruel tyranny of their own love, is death itself strong enough to part them?
Computer Bug    by John Porter
Price: $0.99 USD. 4470 words. Published on January 25, 2012. .

The date is 2280 and the world is very different. Virtual reality has replaced much of the actual world and many of the planet's inhabitents are no longer even made of flesh and bone. But children are still children; they still crave new toys, they still deceive their parents, and they can still be very cruel. In a future where not everything is as it seems, pain and torture remain real enough...
The Scorpion's Voice    by Cyn Bagley
Price: $0.99 USD. 5790 words. Published on January 26, 2012. .

Another short story from the "living in the desert" series. Two children like to spy on a man who is mentally incapacitated. The protagonist learns certain things about herself like sometimes we are more cruel to family than to strangers.
Lost Kingdom    by William Forde 
Price: $3.00 USD. 14220 words. Published on March 3, 2012. .

The story is about a Prince whose greedy parents plan that one day their son will become the wealthiest and most powerful monarch in the world. When the King and Queen die, so do their dream. The Prince becomes aware of the consequences produced by his parent’s behaviour and seeks to make amends to all those whose blood and sweat was the heavy price paid.