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Subterráneo    by Oliver Meneses
Price: $6.99 USD. 35360 words. Published on August 11, 2010. .

Todas las noches un tren pasa a recoger las almas de todos aquellos que murieron cerca de cada estación de metro. Sólo que en esa madrugada, Sophia no debió subir. Samuel Dawson se aventurará en la leyenda de Caronte y la barca de los muertos para tratar de rescatarla, sin saber que al intentarlo la frontera donde convergen los planos de los vivos y los muertos desatarán un caos mundial.
Cryptic Armature: Verses in the Manner of....    by Michael R. Collings
Price: $0.99 USD. 11690 words. Published on October 19, 2010. .

More than just a collection of verses, this book is something of an informal commentary on the history of English literature, something of a conversation with a few of the finest poets in the language. These original poems are written “in the manner of…,” using forms and structures pioneered by great writers (and occasionally artists) of the past to create something contemporary and modern.
Emmy Goes To Hell    by Samantha Clements
Price: $2.99 USD. 72250 words. Published on July 24, 2011. .

Emmy Sands made the mistake of falling in love with Malkos, who just happened to be a demon. Because their relationship is forbidden in the demon world, Malkos is being held hostage in Hell. Now Emmy must to go to Hell to rescue him armed only with a red cape. Through nine levels of increasing torment, Emmy must struggle to make it through in order to not only rescue Malkos but save her own soul.
3/17    by MaryPat  Hyland
Price: $4.99 USD. 64380 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

In this loose parody of Dante's "Inferno," four Irish traditional musicians get lost in the backwoods of upstate New York the week before St. Patrick's Day. On the journey, the band descends through nine hellish circles of American-style March 17th revelry: Step-dancing princesses. Bobbing shamrock headbangers. Green beer bacchanals. Shillelagh-wavin' geezers. O'Fun, not!
Dante's Inferno: A Retelling in Prose    by David Bruce
Price: Free! 45780 words. Published on September 15, 2011. .

This is a retelling of Dante's Inferno in novel form.
The Crystal Spheres of the Illuminati    by Adam Weishaupt
Price: $4.99 USD. 36810 words. Published by Mike Hockney on October 26, 2011. .

This book explores the ancient Greek and medieval cosmology that supported the view that Earth was specially created by God. The "crystal spheres" of the heavens, with Earth at the centre, were beautiful, wondrous and inspiring. They fitted in perfectly with ideas of spirituality, angels and astrology. Mainstream religion made perfect sense seven hundred years ago, but not any more.
Virgil's Reason: An Alternate Inferno    by Jack Preston King
Price: $1.99 USD. 7570 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on November 16, 2011. .

A violent, riotous tale of one damned soul’s desperate bid to escape a “ringed” Hell structured on Dante Alighieri’s classic The Inferno, with a strangely sympathetic fallen angel and the Roman poet Virgil in hot pursuit. A fantastical blend of the Classical and contemporary!
Dante’s Inferno In Plain and Simple English    by BookCaps 
Price: $2.99 USD. 135290 words. Published on December 1, 2011. .

Taking a literary journey through hell certainly sounds intriguing enough--and it is! If you can understand it! If you don't understand it, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading the ancient classic, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation with a fresh spin.
Dante's Inferno Quiz    by BookCaps 
Price: $2.99 USD. 1400 words. Published on February 28, 2012. .

50 questions are included in this study guide.
Seicentonovanta anni dopo e altri racconti    by Mattia Bertoldi
Price: Free! 11790 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Tredici racconti premiati (e non) scritti tra il 2004 e il 2011. Decine di protagonisti diversi, da un emulo di Benjamin Button a un vampiro per non parlare di Michelangelo, Leonardo e Galileo che litigano a un tavolo del Bar Centrale. Un viaggio che va dal regno di Ade al Paradiso passando per ospedali, marciapiedi e strade di campagna. In poche parole "690 anni e altri racconti". Buona lettura!