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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 New York Druid    by Thomas Kennedy
Price: $2.99 USD. 78050 words. Published on April 13, 2011. .

Live Corp. is a hedge fund seeking niche markets in evil. Aided by the attractive witch Morag they seek a Druid who can be put on the path of evil and read stock market trends. Connor is a young conservative tax accountant. His life changes when he meets a short man in a Leprechaun suit who seeks his advice in the matter of goldmines. Humor, Romance, Adventure.
Confessions of the Meek and the Valiant    by Steven Porter
Price: $4.99 USD. 123000 words. Published on May 24, 2011. .

Confessions of the Meek and the Valiant is not your father's -- or godfather's -- mob story. It's a fast-paced chronicle of love, family, adventure and redemption. It is a story of a young man's quest to discover who he is, who he wants to be, and whether he can accept what the world believes he has become.
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.
Border Crossings    by Carole Bellacera
Price: $2.99 USD. 111070 words. Published on June 11, 2011. .

Border Crossings is the story of an American woman, Kathy O'Faolain, happily married to Pearse, an Irish professor at Trinity College. . Kathy's ordered life falls apart when relatives convince Pearse to return to his family home in Enniskillen and take over his brother's work in the Republican cause.
Spotlight    by Carole Bellacera
Price: $2.99 USD. 101300 words. Published on June 14, 2011. .

On Jan 6, 1972, ten-year-old Devin O'Keefe takes part in a peaceful demonstration march through the Catholic ghetto of Bogside, Northern Ireland—never suspecting that the demonstration is doomed to become Bloody Sunday, and that he will watch the British Army kill his brother along with twelve other defenseless marchers. Wounded in the arm himself, Devin vows revenge on his British oppressors.
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.
An Interesting Mix - Volume 1    by Justin Van Winkle
Price: Free! 45780 words. Published on November 30, 2011. .

"A most random collection of writings" from the mind of a well traveled, highly educated, over-achieving student of love and life. Ranging from high fantasy to literary fiction to heartfelt essays to graphic rants about modern day life - this is truly the term "random" at its best.