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Easy Target    by David Grace
Price: $4.95 USD. 133970 words. Published on September 17, 2009. .

NYPD Lieutenant Greg Webster retired to teach at a small Kansas college but before even a year had passed his wife was killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident. Greg suspected nothing sinister but one of his students thought Carolyn's accident might be the latest in a series of murders. Apparently, the serial killer wanted a tougher opponent than the campus cops. Big mistake.
Kyleah's Tree    by Janet Muirhead Hill
Price: $0.99 USD. 40900 words. Published by Raven Publishing of Montana on December 7, 2009. .

Wishing on the sunrise from her treetop refuge, eleven-year-old Kyleah clings to the hope of finding her twin brother and attaining beauty to please the father who abandoned her. When her foster parents bar access to her favorite tree, she runs away with her foster brother, Benjamin. They experience many narrow escapes and breathtaking adventures on their journey from Kansas to Moose Jaw, Canada.
Quad Delta    by Bob Spear
Price: $4.99 USD. 64260 words. Published on January 19, 2010. .

Retired Army Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel, Enos Hobson, is hired to discover what has happened to a $2.5 million family trust of a military widow and her general officer son. Hobson, a severely damaged PTSD victim of the first Gulf War, is faced with an evil Satanic group, Quad Delta, and assisted by a list of fascinating characters, which includes his Rhodesian Ridgeback hound, Sheba.
United States Post Offices Volume 2 The Great Plains    by Richard Helbock
Price: $12.99 USD. 80200 words. Published on April 4, 2010. .

The second volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date. The listing for each office contains a county location, dates of operation and a Scarcity Index (S/I) value that offers postmark collectors with a guide to the relative value of postmarks from that post office.
Rocket Science    by Jay Lake
Price: $4.99 USD. 72000 words. Published on May 15, 2010. .

A novel of flying saucers, family secrets and conspiracy in WWII Kansas. A return to classic science fiction with action, adventure and some good old-fashioned sense of wonder, all rolled into an fast, easy read.
BACK IN THE DAY more Ozark Mountains Stories    by Rolland Love 
Price: $2.99 USD. 20240 words. Published on July 11, 2010. .

To understand Overland Park, Kansas writer Rolland Love, think Mark Twain, says Nick Kowalczyk of The Kansas City Star. Award winning Mark Twain style short stories enjoyed by those of all ages who like family stories, horses, dogs, cats, birds, fishing, Ozark Mountains, barns, farms, gardens, ice skating on a pond, swimming in the river, moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, brothers, sisters, cousins.
Gambler    by WIll Welton
Price: $5.99 USD. 85390 words. Published on August 1, 2010. .

In the early years of the War Between the States, Civil War or War of Northern Aggression, as some southerners called it, a man paid his debts however he could. In the southern states, at times, slaves were used as collateral and won or lost on the turn of a card in games of chance. Whole plantations was lost because of this war and the slaves set free with no where to go.
My First Ninety Years    by Mary Jane Baird
Price: Free! 3330 words. Published by Murder Creek Publishing  on August 22, 2010. .

The author gives us an opportunity to experience some of the more memorable moments in her long, rich life. First, as a child growing up in a small town in Kansas during the Depression, later as one of the fortunate young women who went to college during that time, and then as the wife of a very successful Presbyterian minister for 50 years.
Tanner Oaks Texas Ranger    by WIll Welton
Price: $5.99 USD. 73460 words. Published on October 1, 2010. .

In 1974 I had the honor to be able to see a case containing the two of the badges mentioned in this novel. The original owner was long since dead and his granddaughter had them in her possession. She told me the stories of her grandfather and a friend of his, who also give a set of badges, which wore the badges during their life time and died with distinction and honors.
One of Eleven, a true story about finding your way    by Jerry Forristal
Price: $2.99 USD. 89000 words. Published on October 5, 2010. .

One of Eleven is a raw, honest, and hilarious memoir about growing up as one of eleven children in a poor, Catholic family in the middle of nowhere Kansas. Written by the ninth, very different, and "probably adopted" child, it is an entertaining and poignant coming of age story that vividly captures Jerry Forristal's inspirational search for identity and purpose.