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Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers    by Paul A. Freeman
Price: $4.99 USD. 19580 words. Published by Coscom Entertainment on June 28, 2010. .

A zombie plague emerged from ’midst the sand. A necromancer’s alchemistic spell Reanimated corpses bound for Hell (And even bound for Heaven’s pearly gate). Soon after ’twas apparent that the fate Of all on Earth--the evil and the good-- Was in the hands of Robin of the Hood Whose outlaw men, along with Friar Tuck, Against rampaging hordes of zombies struck. Their tale lies within.
What of the Night?    by Stephen Carter
Price: $2.99 USD. 31570 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on July 14, 2010. .

"By proving contraries, truth is made manifest," said Joseph Smith. A good thing, because Stephen Carter's religious life is full of contradictions. This collection of award-winning personal essays wrestles the "used tin foil, the ratty teddy bears, the rusty bicycle frames, the dog-eared magazines, the empty toilet paper rolls" of Carter's life into stories compelling, candid, and insightful.
The Measure of Gary Mooney    by Jonathan M Barrett
Price: Free! 2260 words. Published on July 17, 2010. .

Miss Davis’s class have been studying measurement all term. Today, they will measure each other’s normal walking speed. But class misfit Gary Mooney has other plans. This playground tale reveals much about social conformity, betrayal and punishment. The Measure of Gary Mooney was awarded third place in the New Zealand 2007 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition.
Republic    by Wallis Peel
Price: $7.99 USD. 92380 words. Published by Amolibros  on July 20, 2010. .

Exciting historical adventure set in the time of Oliver Cromwell. Sarah Turner is a young Bristol widow, and works as a courier for Parliament. She seems to lead a charmed life until on one visit she stumbles upon an horrific scene which changes her whole way of life. With Charles II in exile, and the Puritans increasing their dull sway, the future of England is in the balance.
Adversarialism and Consensus? The Professions’ Construction of Solicitor and Family Mediator Identity and Role    by Lisa C. Webley
Price: $7.99 USD. 103860 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on July 20, 2010. .

Penetrating study of divergent messages that the Law Society (England & Wales) vs. UK College of Family Mediators transmit to their members about the professional approach to adopt in divorce and custody disputes. Webley uses grounded theory methods to analyse training, accreditation, best practice statements, & codes of conduct contrasting the two professions--and their divergent self-identities.
Dracula Refanged    by Brandy Stoker
Price: Free! 162310 words. Published by Jekkara Press  on July 24, 2010. .

Joanna Harker goes to Transylvania on business, but her client Countess Dracula is an evil undead force, and she barely escapes. When the Countess comes to England, can Joanna, Lady Artemis Godalming, Dr Joan Seward and Quincy Morris under the guidance of vampire hunter Professor Abrianna Van Helsing put an end to this vampiric terror, and save Joanna’s husband Minas? A Gender Switch Adventure
Pudgygate    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 6490 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 28, 2010. .

Imagine a dinner party in a English country manor with an American cook named Bubba making a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, waiters from Cal Tech, British royalty, a cat named Pudgy, and a thief. Honestly, what could go wrong?
Tarzan of the Apes Reswung    by Edna Rice Burroughs
Price: Free! 87880 words. Published by Jekkara Press  on July 30, 2010. .

A Tarzyn the Apewoman story. Joan Clayton and husband die, stranded in Africa. Their young daughter is taken in by a band of smarter apes. Raised to adulthood by her beast family, she becomes Tarzyn the Apewoman, one of the greatest heroes the world has ever known. Teaching herself from her parents belongings, she finds love in the arms of Jan Porter. A Gender Switch Adventure.
The Kiss    by Jeanne Desautel Foster
Price: $2.99 USD. 58760 words. Published on August 4, 2010. .

After many years in France during the Napoleonic wars, Sophie Deauville returns to England where she hopes to find Nicholas Marcham, the boy who kissed her when she was a teenager visiting his sister. The night of the kiss her father came to take her to France and the war has kept her from returning. Now she is returning hoping to publish her Gothic novel and find the love she cannot forget.
Pride and Prejudice: Mary's Story    by Jeanne Desautel Foster
Price: $2.99 USD. 44370 words. Published on August 4, 2010. .

The Bennet family had five daughters, three of them important to the plot of the original novel. Mary, the middle daughter, tells the story as she experienced it while revealing the unknown depths of her character. Mary has two suitors completely unsuspected by her family and, after the marriages of her three more popular sisters, marries the man who brings her out of her shell.