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Regenis 4 Chronicles {Book 1}    by Steve Simons
Price: Free! 39390 words. Published on November 14, 2009. .

The story of two young men,16 & 18. Who make a discovery, that indicates a plot to do serious harm, but harm to whom and by who? There is not a lot to go on. Deep into their research & their father discovers what they are up to; he surprisingly volunteers his services to help out, but then he disappears. Can they find him and come to that stop the plot? Suitable for age 9 -> 109.
For Whom the Minivan Rolls    by Jeffrey Cohen
Price: $2.99 USD. 87260 words. Published by Bancroft Press on November 18, 2009. .

Aaron Tucker isn't a detective. So he's baffled when the richest guy in his New Jersey town insists that Aaron, and Aaron alone, investigate the disappearance of his wife, who has inexplicably vanished from their home in the middle of the night. Funny, down-to-earth, lovable, and resourceful, Aaron Tucker, family man and freelance writer, reluctantly says yes, and continuously wishes he hadn't.
Secret of Wolf Island    by Teel James Glenn
Price: $4.99 USD. 34290 words. Published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing  on December 5, 2009. .

Jonathon Shadows is a private investigator who specializes in undercover assignments. He learns his friend and former Marine Corps colleague Danni Shaw is dead in a mysterious accident on the island of the video game mogul Barret K Wolf.
D'Amour Road    by Sigrid Macdonald
Price: $2.99 USD. 82160 words. Published on March 4, 2010. .

Tara Richards is about to turn 40. The thought fills her with dread. She's unhappy with her job as a rehabilitation nurse and disenchanted with her marriage, but lacks courage to make a life change. When her best friend disappears, Tara is thrown into turmoil. Has Lisa jeopardized her sobriety by going on a drinking binge or has she been harmed by her partner, who has a history of battering?
The Great Amphibian    by Michelle Richmond
Price: $1.99 USD. 5070 words. Published by Michelle Richmond  on May 25, 2010. .

In this award-winning short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog, a pregnant woman witnesses an unsettling act of violence at a model yacht race in Golden Gate Park. Inspired by the story of her famous great-grandfather, a man of strange aquatic gifts who disappeared on Lake Michigan many decades before, she decides to commit her own act of heroism.
Murder in a Mill Town (Nell Sweeney Mysteries, Book 2)    by P.B. Ryan
Price: $5.59 USD. 75220 words. Published by Patricia Ryan on July 9, 2010. .

Boston governess Nell Sweeney and her employer’s morphine-addicted son, Dr. Will Hewitt, investigate the disappearance of a young woman who worked in the Hewitt family's textile mill in Book #2 of P.B. Ryan’s historical mystery series, Murder in a Mill Town. A finalist for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award. Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime, a division of Penguin Group, Inc.
Mandolin    by Kevin Preis
Price: $2.99 USD. 6610 words. Published on October 18, 2010. .

A police investigation into an exclusive magician's club threatens to uncover a terrifying secret. Detectives want answers from Jerrold Scarlet, a veteran illusionist, about the club's final night of performances. Time is running out for him and for his brilliant protege, Cyrus Randow, and while Scarlet knows a magician must not reveal his secrets, he has to decide: what if it costs him his soul?
Satan's Widow    by JB Barber
Price: $5.99 USD. 94350 words. Published on January 1, 2011. .

Jonathan Foster is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his young sister, Sarah, at their next-door neighbor’s farm, owned by the Widow Hatcher. He feels responsible for her mysterious disappearance and his life is turned upside down as the tragedy comes back to haunt him twenty-five years later. Presumed dead, she has come back to wreak havoc on the family, resulting in murder and mayhem.
The Doll House    by Shirley Glynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 4360 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

It was a little wooden house with little wooden figures. A family of six, hand carved long ago by a loving father. Years later, another loving father found it in an antique shop. The perfect birthday present for his daughter. That is, until night fell. Darkness - voices - reaching out...things were not exactly how they appeared.
Desertion    by Karl Pfeiffer
You set the price! 8580 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

It's always hard to give a good hook for a short story without giving away too much. Desertion is a story about growing up. It's about imagination and possibility. About children and adults, about hope and loss. And as always, it's about where the lines lay.