The Acorn Stories    by Duane Simolke
Price: $3.00 USD. 62110 words. Published on December 24, 2008. .
From romantic comedy to razor-sharp satire to moments of quiet reflection, Duane Simolke’s award-winning tales transform a fictional West Texas town into a tapestry of human experiences. “A lush tangle of small-town life branches out in this engrossing collection of short stories.” –Kirkus Discoveries. “If you liked WINESBURG, OHIO…rejoice.” –Watchword.

The Third Peregrination    by Edward C. Patterson
Price: $2.99 USD. 254910 words. Published on January 25, 2009. .
The Jade Owl Legacy Series: Book 2: The world is on the brink, now that the relics flow together again. The new China Hands should have left the Jade Owl in the tomb, to fester silently for another age, but they didn’t. Now there is a tapping in the basement and a flowering of new relics, all seeking to move Curator-General Rowden Gray and his crew into the field again.

The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I    by Edward C. Patterson
Price: $0.99 USD. 146150 words. Published on March 8, 2009. .
“A bigger fool the world has never known than I — a coarse fellow with no business to clutch a brush and scribble. I only know the scrawl, because my master took pleasure in teaching me between my chores. Not many men are so cursed . . .” Thus begins the tale of Li K’ai-men, a tale of 12th Century China, where state service meant a life long journey.

Aisle of the Dead    by Joseph E. Wright
Price: $0.99 USD. 80970 words. Published on March 18, 2009. .
An elderly clergyman tells Pat and Phillis of the strange happenings in the middle of the night in the old rectory. "I was at my wit's end," he told them. "I wasn't sure if I was having a nervous breakdown or becoming senile. Then, the noises. I can still hear those dreadful noises in the dead of night." Intrigued, they rush off to Philadelphia. They're too late. Murder gets there before them.

January Juggling The Jentons - A Xara Smith Mystery    by Bill McGrath
Price: $1.00 USD. 50770 words. Published on May 4, 2009. .
Xara Smith, a female private investigator operating in North Texas, takes a job guarding a socialite. As the mystery unfolds our detective finds herself involved in murder, drugs, and white slavery. This is the first book in the Xara Smith series.

February At Feldman's On Fifth - A Xara Smith Mystery    by Bill McGrath
Price: $4.95 USD. 50580 words. Published on May 4, 2009. .
Xara Smith, a female private investigator operating in north Texas helps a migrant worker find her family in this tale that exposes human smuggling across the border. This is the second book in the Xara Smith series.

March Of The Mustangs - A Xara Smith Mystery    by Bill McGrath
Price: $4.95 USD. 50600 words. Published on May 4, 2009. .
Xara Smith, a female detective operating in North Texas, investigates sports gambling while helping coach a basketball team. This is the third book in the Xara Smith series.

April At The Antique Alley - A Xara Smith Mystery    by Bill McGrath
Price: $4.95 USD. 50240 words. Published on May 5, 2009. .
Female detective Xara Smith of Dallas goes shopping for some used furniture. She finds a desk just like the one her grandfather use to own. Inside a secrete compartment is a little something special. Xara gets a girlfriend. This is the fourth book in the Xara Smith series.

May Might Mean Murder - A Xara Smith Mystery    by Bill McGrath
Price: $4.95 USD. 50650 words. Published on May 5, 2009. .
Private Investigator Xara Smith attends her fifteenth high-school reunion and while there solves two cold case murders that occurred just before she graduated as well as two more that occurred subsequently. This is the fifth book in the Xara Smith Mystery Series by Bill McGrath

The Nitch Witch's Guide to GLBT Book Publishers    by Mary Ellen Waszak
Price: $7.00 USD. 16000 words. Published on June 5, 2009. .
The Nitch Witch's Guide to GLBT Book Publishers is your insider's view into the gay/lesbian/bi/transgender markets. It provides profiles of 80+ book publishers specializing in titles across all genres written by and of interest to the glbt market. Each profile clearly indicates which accept unsolicited manuscripts from new authors and those that are actively seeking manuscripts.