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Fear of Rain    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $0.99 USD. 9630 words. Published on March 11, 2010. .

The sorcerous Mr. Flood has drowned Johnstown, Pennsylvania three times. The fourth time will be the charm, and the city will vanish beneath the waves forever...unless his flood-making apprentice, Dee, has anything to say about it. Dee uses her own powers against her wicked mentor, setting off a cataclysmic battle of magic rainmakers in the heart of a raging storm to end all storms.
50 Stories for Pakistan    by Greg McQueen 
Price: $7.99 USD. 26400 words. Published on November 28, 2010. .

Look at the cover of this book. A man and a boy knee-deep in water. Father and son? Uncle and nephew? Teacher and pupil? Or perhaps just a kid, lost, tagging on to an adult in the hope that he will be taken somewhere safe, dry? They can’t ask for your help. You must choose to give it. A simple way of doing that is to buy this book. Proceeds go to helping the victims of the Pakistan floods.
The Last Giant    by Mario Milosevic
Price: $6.99 USD. 53910 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing  on January 17, 2011. .

Firefly yearns to tattoo giants, just like her mother. But one morning a rogue giant kidnaps her mother and takes her up to the plateau, a dangerous place for all river people. Firefly attempts to rescue her mother, putting her own life in peril. Then she learns her mother harbors a secret that calls into question everything Firefly ever believed about her people, her family, and herself.
An Enlightening Lie About the Lucidity of Bees    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60270 words. Published on January 18, 2011. .

Crofton Eer, a member of a militaristic society set in a canyon that knows only war, seeks an escape from the troubled canyon in which he lives, guided by the embodiment of the lone star that is visible from the canyon depths. His escape takes him on a journey in which he discovers that there are a great many more stars (gods) in the sky, which leads to a search for truth in the valley of life.
Luke's cubby House    by Mark Stewart
Price: Free! 2900 words. Published on January 21, 2011. .

Luke doesn't see himself as a hero. Then the river floods.
The Definitive Guide to Flooding    by Neil 
Price: Free! 7690 words. Published on May 3, 2011. .

As flooding is becoming an ever present and increasing problem globally, this definitive guide covers the sources of flooding, how to prepare for a flood and what to do after a flood strikes.
Robin's Double Life: Island to Outback Australia    by Robin Stewart
Price: $4.99 USD. 113880 words. Published on July 16, 2011. .

Plunged into the depths of a devastating drought, Mitchell in the outback is home to Robin, her husband and menagerie. Month by month, throughout 2007, Robin takes you to the heart of an outback community with its river, warmth and abundance. Will the drought break? What fate befalls Sally, the terrier? Summer on Phillip Island and winter in Mitchell sounds ideal. But the truth is more complex.
Global Warming-Alarmists, Skeptics & Deniers: A Geoscientist looks at the Science of Climate Change    by Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC 
Price: $6.95 USD. 70060 words. Published on January 25, 2012. .

In an easy-to-understand question and answer format requiring no background in science, all the main arguments advocates make in support of global warming are examined and found wanting. Without attacking anyone's politics and documenting all its conclusions with references to scientific literature, the book is the most concise guide to the global warming controversy any scientist has written.
Locum on the Loose -Adventures in the Australian Bush    by Jane Stevenson
Price: $1.99 USD. 15270 words. Published on February 1, 2012. .

Alone on the road in the Australian outback .... follow the author's adventures working as a country locum in the back-blocks of rural Australia. Often fun, often scary, always exciting! Battling bulldust,outpaced by emus, learning about the land and its people, there was never a moment's boredom, but plenty of times of near panic when survival seemed unlikely!
The Fourth Man    by Brian Parker
Price: Free! 2430 words. Published by MoshPit Publishing  on March 14, 2012. .

In this short story by Brian Parker, a few words uttered by a lunch companion bring back a flood of memories from another lifetime.