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Second Thoughts (a story from Time, emiT, and Time Again)    by Teel McClanahan
Price: $1.99 USD. 9400 words. Published by Modern Evil Press  on April 15, 2010. .

This is a story about getting so caught up in love with someone that you stop living your own life, stop moving forward. This is a story about finding yourself so stuck in seeking the same somebody that you become unstuck from the world. This is a story about love, and about waiting. This is a single short story, also available as part of a collection.
The StrathNaver Legends    by Robert G. Makin
Price: $7.99 USD. 130210 words. Published on December 17, 2010. .

Those of my friends who have read Strathnaver Legends tell me they had the same experience I had when I finished writing it. It was a sense of disappointment because I had so enjoyed living in this world of Scottish Elves, fighting for a desperate cause between good and evil, searching for a rescue for the afflicted Lurelei. This one you will want to read again, in time. RGM
Da Danmark gik ned    by Claes Blom
Price: $5.99 USD. 109960 words. Published on April 9, 2011. .

En atypisk spændingsroman om cyberkriminalitet, undervandseventyr og desperat kærlighed.
Paintings in Words    by Jenni Munn
Price: $4.99 USD. 3310 words. Published on May 8, 2011. .

Paintings in Words is a book of poetry by Scottish artist and author, Jenni Munn, currently living in Western Australia. The poems are based on the authors observations of the world around her and have been created over the last 10 years, and compliled into this book.
Demise    by Alexander Lurikov
Price: $0.99 USD. 2910 words. Published by Gray Cadence Publishing House  on June 25, 2011. .

A man makes a modest living working at the library. He leads an uneventful life in a small apartment by the park. But then one day he is fired from his job. In the months that follow he is unable to find new work. Just as he reaches an unbearable state of desperation, he is offered $100,000 by a mysterious stranger. To earn the money, however, he must first commit a terrible crime.
His Warmth    by Wendy Coleman
Price: Free! 1020 words. Published on August 18, 2011. .

A parent's nightmare.
Muckydum - The Story of a Haunted Man    by Stephen Chiarelli
Price: $0.99 USD. 76990 words. Published on March 8, 2012. .

Bill Hammond feels cheated. Cheated out of a happy childhood because of the dysfunctional relationship of his parents. Cheated out of the love of his true sweetheart. Cheated because he has to deal with the ghosts that haunt him every day of his lonely life. He wants it to change. But the only way to change it is to face his ghosts and appeal to the one person he let slip away.
Turpitude & Bad Financing    by James M. Weil
Price: Free! 5670 words. Published on June 25, 2012. .

A misguided middle-aged man deals with the heartbreak of losing the love of his life, his job, his marriage, and ultimately his loss of self. A painful, brutally honest dissection of a man on the edge and what he will do to win back his identity, even though he is sitting on a house of cards.
The Seven Shades of Darkness    by Newton Fortuin
Price: Free! 33150 words. Published on July 26, 2012. .

In every single waking moment we make simple choices that empower either a higher or lower reality for our lives. Much of the associated thinking taking place without our knowing. The Seven Shades of Darkness looks at the many reasons we in those moments consciously or unconsciously choose to walk the lower path. The path that takes us into the proverbial valley of the shadow of death.
Happiness for the Practical Mind: 7 Steps to Discovering and Loving Your Authentic Self    by Jared Akers
Price: $2.99 USD. 31820 words. Published on August 6, 2012. .

In a powerful yet caring way, Happiness for the Practical Mind shows you exactly what the problem is. You! Yet as the book reveals, this is the most empowering lesson of all; for you now have access to the solution. Jared's writing style is clear and concise yet retains a personalized flair, making the content extremely accessible. A must read for anyone serious about finding happiness.