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'Cream Mac'    by Sue Welfare
Price: Free! 1000 words. Published on November 3, 2011. .

A short story by romantic comedy writer, Sue Welfare, exploring how two strangers' worlds become entangled after one of them dies.
The Soccer Boy Book 1: Olympic Dreamer    by Kathleen Leatherbarrow
Price: $0.99 USD. 3560 words. Published on December 3, 2011. .

What is it that spurs some children on and holds others back from reaching their dreams? Is it a lifetime of training, rich supportive parents, or can it be one event, one moment, or perhaps one random act of kindness that makes belief possible? The Soccer Boy is the story of such a moment. This is the first story of a trilogy, about one boy's determined struggle in his attempt to reach fame.
Wakeful Nights    by Peter Lumba
Price: $2.99 USD. 6800 words. Published on December 14, 2011. .

Galana used to take advantage of his good natured twin brother, Sagana, by tricking him into doing the hardest home chores. But when he ran out of tricks, he sought the help of his treasured girl friend, Tana, to continue tricking his brother. But Tana discovered something about the characters of the two twins that made her reconsider her relationship with Galana in favour of his twin brother.
Ripples    by Rita Villa
Price: $0.99 USD. 48820 words. Published on January 15, 2012. .

Could Janet and Henry ever understand the reason their son had such charisma? Would Nurse Anita Scofield come forward with the truth about the child’s birth? How would the world, namely kindergarten, handle the presence of a Saint Francis want-to-be? Who is The Presence and why is he watching from afar? Will one innocent child and his simple acts of compassion save the human race from extinction?
Legends of the Lamed-Vav Volume 1, Number 2: The Jewish Cossack    by Lable Braun
Price: $2.99 USD. 18300 words. Published on January 19, 2012. .

Nissim Kozlovsky has been raised by his mother to believe in the legend of the Lamed-Vav, 36 hidden people who are the repositories of God's compassion in this world, but in the terrible early days of WW II, Nissim feels a greater call to be a warrior than a saint. As he directly faces unimaginable evil while leading a resistance unit in Poland, will Nissim discover the hidden power of kindness?
The Little Green Umbrella    by Heather Payer-Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 1310 words. Published on January 31, 2012. .

What good is a little green umbrella with a hole? That’s exactly what Annabel wonders when her mother insists she take it to school with her, just in case it rains. At first she complains, but Annabel soon learns that even an umbrella with a hole can keep those in need safe and dry.
Lilac's Book: Random Advice & Hippy Values, for Ages 12 to Adult    by Bill Orton
Price: Free! 10710 words. Published on February 29, 2012. .

Written by a father as a gift for his daughter, topics are in random order and range from "Hope" and "Tomatoes" to "Drugs," "Sex," "Relationships," and "Religion." Includes extensive reader comments and links to the author and website for the online version of the book.
A Handful of Stories    by Deepankar
Price: $1.50 USD. 62620 words. Published on March 15, 2012. .

A Handful of Stories is a collection of ten short stories. These stories reflect the hopes and aspirations of urban India and the young people gravitating towards it. There is passion, frustration, love, rejection, endurance, despair, faith, deception, ambition, tragedy and a host of other emotions in them, which is a microcosm, of life in India.
January T Ride    by Becky Meyer
Price: Free! 1570 words. Published on March 19, 2012. .

A stranger pauses to help another in this short story set in Boston, and learns of tiny miracles.
Unforgettable Kindness    by Diem-Tran Kratzke
Price: $2.99 USD. 60630 words. Published on March 27, 2012. .

Unforgettable Kindness is a memoir about a harrowing escape from Communist Vietnam in 1989. It is a journey seeking freedom recording the hardships of the dangerous days that the Vietnamese refugees had lived through, written to express their sincere gratitude to the benefactors they met on the way.