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Under my Patchwork Quilt    by Violet Fulford Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 45790 words. Published by Candida Slater on March 24, 2010. .

Taken as a child from South Africa to rural Devon; a young bride in India in the last days of the British Raj; Vi’s house in Lisbon during World War 2 becomes a clearing house for refugees. She meets the family ghost, a Mutiny baby and a Texan millionairess, and her ambulance, escaping from war-torn France. This charming book brings a vanished world vividly to life.
Archetypes Alive in King Arthur's Camelot    by Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm
Price: $3.99 USD. 18340 words. Published on January 28, 2011. .

The story of a thirteen person tour to King Arthur's Britain in the 1990s when each of the participants was subsumed by an archetypal character from Camelot. Robert Bela Wilhelm is identified as "The Storyteller" and Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm was the organizer of the event for Storyfest Journeys. Read more about the strange spell that befell the travelers in the Long Description (below.)
Pick Any Title    by Russell James
Price: $2.99 USD. 104830 words. Published on March 2, 2011. .

In this black comedy ‘Lord Clive’ inveigles Jane Strachey into helping him sell British ‘Lord of the Manor’ titles to Americans. Among his gulls are a shrewd businessman, a hell-fire preacher and a New York gangster. When lawyers pounce and guns start to fire, Strachey finds she need more than good looks and smart words to save her skin. ‘A brilliant page-turner,’ said the Times.
Time Watchers: The Greatest of These    by Julie Reilly
Price: $1.99 USD. 141840 words. Published by Words'n'Music  on March 10, 2011. .

Robert, a keen young time-travelling historian from the year 2361 AD, is out of his depth. His mission is to spend six weeks learning about a community of Mesolithic humans living near ancient Kents Cavern. Dropped into a world of violence, rape, ugly death and harsh retribution, six weeks suddenly seems like a very long time.
Qinmeartha and the Girl-Child LoChi    by John Grant
Price: $2.99 USD. 48600 words. Published by infinity plus  on March 10, 2011. .

Tarburton-on-the-Moor: just another sleepy Dartmoor village. Or so it seems to Joanna Gard, until the fabric of the place begins, like her personal life, to unravel. In this disturbing tale of clashing realities, Hugo- & World Fantasy Award-winner John Grant skilfully juggles a strange cosmology with images from the darker side of the human soul. Includes bonus novella "The Beach of the Drowned".
Black Wedding    by Felicity Savage
Price: $0.99 USD. 5400 words. Published by Knights Hill Publishing  on April 14, 2011. .

Special ed teacher Jess travels to Devon to attend her best friend Sophie’s wedding. She falls in love with England – and gentlemanly Tom Fairweather. But Tom’s stiff upper lip conceals a frightening secret about Sophie’s family, and their uncanny neighbors. An unbundled short story from Felicity Savage's collection BLACK WEDDING AND FIVE MORE FUNERALS. Length: 18 pages.
Secret of the Scarab    by Jay Roudebush
Price: $2.99 USD. 40510 words. Published on May 13, 2011. .

Spanning the globe from England to Egypt, Secret of the Scarab is a young adult adventure story filled with action, mystery, and suspense. Set in the early 1920's, the book centers on an orphaned 11-year-old British schoolboy named Robert Henry. Through a friend, Robert comes into possession of an ancient Egyptian talisman that leads him into an astonishing adventure.
Letter Of Love    by Virginia Henley
Price: Free! 11430 words. Published on July 20, 2011. .

My short story is set in Elizabethan times. The queen arranges a marriage for her ward Burgundy Bedford with Lord Nicholas Mountjoy, Earl of Devon. But Burgundy plans to thwart the queen by eloping with another. She finds an ancient book passed down the centuries from mother to daughter. In the book she finds a letter from her mother. The message of love touches her heart and changes her life.
Rebekah of the Stones    by Kate Everson
Price: Free! 1390 words. Published on August 23, 2011. .

Rebekah connects to the ancient stones of England. She finds King Doniert's stone and the Tuloe Stone Circle before seeking out the stone circle of Avebury.
The Oak Apple    by Roger Whale
Price: $2.99 USD. 82550 words. Published on January 11, 2012. .

A Romantic Novel telling of the ups and downs of life in a Dartmoor Village.