The Christmas Challenge    by Linda Boltman
Price: Free! 2070 words. Published on December 11, 2011. .
Trying to recreate a family tradition when my Grandfather took me with him to cut down and carry home the family Christmas tree, my children and I would traipse out to our local tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree. Our tradition culminated in the Christmas my friends and family still refer to as the year of "The Mother Lode" tree. Laugh and cry at an attempt to preserve childhood memories.

The Gift - A Supernatural Hint as to what Peter is ...    by Doug White
Price: $3.99 USD. 116210 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on January 2, 2012. .
The third book in the Jake Winters Series...At the time they met, Jake recognized Peter as a neglected and shy child. A week later, Jake learns Peter’s father murdered the boy in 1901. Jake accepts the fact that his independence is being sacrificed for the care and nurture of Peter. Peter learns about Thanksgiving, Santa and receives a mysterious gift ...

The Funeral - The Beginning or the End?    by Doug White
Price: $3.99 USD. 67200 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on January 2, 2012. .
The 4th book in the Jake Winters Series. With Christmas over, as with all cross-country truckers, it was back on the road for Jake and Peter. Dead ahead lay June 30, 2002, the scheduled date of Peter’s new funeral. His first funeral in 1901, in the wicked mining town in Montana had been a mockery of a Christian burial. Now all wonder if the new funeral will return Peter to the grave...

Shoes With New Strings: Poems of Domestic Wondering    by Dahlia Parrish
Price: $0.99 USD. 1000 words. Published on January 16, 2012. .
FREE with coupon code DR82D . Shoes With New Strings: Poems of Domestic Wondering is a small collection of poems about love of home and family. These poems evoke memories of the delights of childhood, the loss experienced when family relationships change over time, and the hope for their recovery.

Sometimes They Do    by Tyler Vitt
Price: Free! 2630 words. Published on January 27, 2012. .
A brief, touching tale of a boy and his grandfather, a knight and his foe, and coping with life's hardships.

Anybody's Dog    by Jerome Francis Lusa
Price: $0.99 USD. 5470 words. Published on January 28, 2012. .
Sometimes we don't fully understand a friendship until long after it is over. This short story posthumously explores such a relationship between a boy and a unique dog, but it could be about any friendship with an unusual or peculiar being.

Burial at Sea    by Jerome Francis Lusa
Price: $0.99 USD. 2900 words. Published on January 28, 2012. .
I wasn't present when my family cast my maternal grandfather's ashes into the Atlantic Ocean. This short story is how I imagine his burial.

The Dream Grandfather Had    by Amy Laine
Price: Free! 4520 words. Published on February 14, 2012. .
Anne is about to embark on a journey no human has been before- the center of the Earth. Jonathon a native of Forgotten Island accompanies her-another rule the Forgotten Island has set up for her. The next best part? They get to go into the Missing Cave. Anne would never have done this- except that her grandfather, was counting on her.

My Grandfather and the Bird    by Masa Sunna
Price: $3.99 USD. 370 words. Published on March 16, 2012. .
It's a story that was written by a 9 years old girl based on a true story. Focusing on strong relations between members of family that is exactly the same with animals.

Julian Rigby and the Keepers of Time    by John S. Grammatico
Price: $5.99 USD. 61370 words. Published on April 3, 2012. .
From the moment Julian steps into the mysterious swirling portal in his granddad's clock shop he realizes that there is no going back. Instantly, he is sucked into the wormhole and spit out in a world very different from his own - a dimension frozen in time.