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Bred in Chicago to Be A Catholic Women's College Activist    by Mary K. Perkins
Price: $4.95 USD. 3470 words. Published by Worthy Shorts on December 3, 2010. .

This reflection on growing up during the Depression, her college days and later teaching career, is an adaptation of a memoir by Sister Perkins that appeared in an anthology published by Praeger in 2006 (American Students Organize).
The Chicago Princess    by Thomas Kennedy
Price: $2.99 USD. 78520 words. Published on May 27, 2011. .

In ancient Celtic Ireland, the beautiful Princess Fionnuala is changed by a Druid into the ugliest woman imaginable and then thrown by magic into modern-day Chicago. In a city of gang warfare, terrorists and madcap characters she must find a new destiny. And to regain her beauty she must find a true love. Characters from her past pursue her, seeking her secret,the mythological Salmon of Knowledge.
The Terminal Diner    by MaryPat Hyland
Price: $3.99 USD. 61740 words. Published on August 5, 2011. .

"Men like pie." Elaina Brady's mother shared that bit of wisdom with her shortly before hitching a ride West with a trucker from Missoula. Elaina takes on her mother's job making pies at the family diner—a dull existence. Then on the eve of Sept. 11, people she meets expand her horizons, inspiring her to be impulsive like her mother. Will she survive the consequences of her actions?
3/17    by MaryPat Hyland
Price: $3.99 USD. 64380 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

In this loose parody of Dante's "Inferno," four Irish traditional musicians get lost in the backwoods of upstate New York the week before St. Patrick's Day. On the journey, the band descends through nine hellish circles of American-style March 17th revelry: Step-dancing princesses. Bobbing shamrock headbangers. Green beer bacchanals. Shillelagh-wavin' geezers. O'Fun, not!
The Reason    by S Driscoll
Price: Free! 32170 words. Published on October 20, 2011. .

There are things in your life that change you right down to your foundation. Amy has changed Chris's and Duff's lives forever and all she had to do was die. This story is the prequel to "The Confession" and tells the story of of Chris's and Duff's decision to enter the FBI and become the agents they are today.
Sex on the Beach    by Raud Kennedy
Price: $3.99 USD. 54840 words. Published on January 16, 2012. .

In Boston's Irish neighborhood of Charlestown, the Code of Silence still reigns. Witnesses never live to testify. When Sean, a transplant from the West Coast, overhears two townies plotting a murder, he warns the victim. Soon he finds himself in a life or death struggle with those who live by the Code of Silence.
Punchdrunk    by Bill Lowenburg
Price: Free! 9690 words. Published on January 25, 2012. .

Ex-welterweight contender Johnny Mullane can hook off the jab with either hand and recite Shakespeare while backpedaling from an opponent. But he can’t stop drinking. Facing a hungry Mexican slugger half his age, Mullane begins his comeback. Recalling the teachings of his venerable departed trainer, Mullane discovers new meaning in his life.
The Cyber Miracles    by MaryPat Hyland
Price: $3.99 USD. 55270 words. Published on February 18, 2012. .

Maeve Kenny loses her bright Manhattan career and soap star boyfriend suddenly through a run of bad luck. She's forced to move back to her parents' upstate N.Y. home where she befriends their quirky, computer-hacking neighbor, Andy. When he creates a website to help her get re-employed, Maeve tells him she needs a miracle. Who would have thought the whole world would be watching when it arrived?
A Celtic Darkness: Supernatural Tales Of Ireland    by Eoghain Hamilton
Price: $3.00 USD. 27800 words. Published on February 20, 2012. .

An exciting collection of short stories that reinvigorates the Irish ghost story tradition! A Celtic Darkness: Supernatural Tales of Ireland by Eoghain Hamilton is an insightful blend of local settings, folklore and legends, with classic Gothic and ghost tales. Hamilton creates a new and unsettling landscape in among the haunted hills and rolling countryside of Ireland.
Shaketown; a Tale of San Francisco's Victorian Underworld    by Joanne Orion Miller
Price: $5.99 USD. 109680 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Shaketown follows the intertwined lives of an "accidental" Madame who chooses freedom over respectability and a Chinese scholar who defies a city bent on destroying him in San Francisco's Victorian underworld. This unusual family saga--based on real people and events--features strong and clever characters, a great city, murder, true love, and one hell of an earthquake; that's Shaketown!