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Legends of the Lamed-Vav: Volume 1, Number 3: Descent Into Darkness    by Lable Braun
Price: $2.99 USD. 22460 words. Published on January 19, 2012. .

This story is a prequel to "Simple Chaim". Readers of that story will know that Raizel's father, Nathan, was a very hard-hearted man. But how had he been turned from the Lamed-Vav path of compassion and kindness? What traumatic events could produce a man like Nathan? In "Descent Into Darkness" we learn that, like Jonah, when we fight against our own destiny we end up in the belly of the Beast.
Forest of the Faerie (The Society On Da Run #24)    by Nipaporn Baldwin
Price: $0.99 USD. 1140 words. Published on January 23, 2012. .

An Iry Kid (Faery-forest dweller) wonders about her biological Father's location. She sets out to find him with the help of her little black dragon Mikey. This is a new story in the acclaimed space dragon chapbook series, The Society On Da Run.
Kyrgyz Legends    by Oksana Vasilenko
Price: $0.99 USD. 3880 words. Published on January 26, 2012. .

Four legends from the beautiful land of Kyrgyzstan: Legend about Lake Issyk Kul; Legend about the Burana Tower; Legend about the Santash Pass and Legend about Tash Rabat.
The Elves of Lincoln High    by Rebecca Shelley
Price: $5.99 USD. 89670 words. Published by Wonder Realms Books  on January 27, 2012. .

Carla is a half-elf, half-human girl just coming into her powers. But her genetic timing couldn't be worse. The elves in America have split into factions: those who want to retreat from the human world, and those who want to integrate with the humans. Carla faces the outbreak of a deadly civil war, her own untrained powers that could kill her, and a struggle to make a place for herself at school.
Garbage-to-Gold Spindle--On Sale Now!    by Eileen Wiedbrauk
Price: $0.99 USD. 2060 words. Published by World Weaver Press  on January 27, 2012. .

A witty reimagining of the classic Rumpelstiltskin tale. "Garbage-to-Gold Spindle–On Sale Now!" opens with a page from Granny Gopper's Cosmic Catalog of Everything You Ever Wanted!, a mail-order company selling mystic and magical wares to denizens of the enchanted forest, and unfolds as only could be told through business correspondence from the mail-order company to one Mr. Stiltskin.
Stories From A New England Campfire    by John French
Price: $1.99 USD. 17520 words. Published on January 27, 2012. .

This book will take you deep into the forest where ghostly figures roam and creatures of lore still exist. Follow its pages along pristine waterways in search of peace, only to find chaos and tribulation. Learn of the screams from long ago past, and sit by the fireplace with settlers in a time when anything beyond the coastline was frontier. Climb high into the mountains and brace yourself.
African Tales    by Rony P
Price: $0.99 USD. 46170 words. Published on January 31, 2012. .

African folklore is in its nature plain, and primitive in its simplicity; not adorned with the wealth of palaces and precious stones to be met with in the folklore of more civilized nations, but descriptive in great measure of the events of everyday life, and of such imagery as is connected witwith the phenomena of nature.
The Troll's Wife    by Carrie Ann Maxwell
Price: Free! 1710 words. Published on February 2, 2012. .

A hunting party discovers a small skeleton in a field, leading them onto a dark path to the truth. Loosely adapted from the works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a Grove" and "Kappa".
The Green Lady and the King of Shadows    by Moyra Caldecott
Price: $4.99 USD. 43570 words. Published by Mushroom Publishing on February 3, 2012. .

An extraordinary struggle between good and evil is played out in ancient and magical Glastonbury.
Crystal Legends    by Moyra Caldecott
Price: $5.99 USD. 67040 words. Published by Mushroom Publishing on February 3, 2012. .

Stories drawn from world mythology retold with commentaries to show the significance of crystals and precious stones as symbolic icons in a variety of traditions.