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Street Smart    by Darren Shell
Price: $6.99 USD. 53520 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on March 19, 2010. .

Good money and bad change hands in this playfully naughty story. This crazy train wreck of a tale will have you on the edge of your seat, wondering how it all comes together. Pop open a Heineken and join Master Daniel Vines as he learns many of life’s important lessons via a simple little hand-written note…penned by his grandmother long before she died.
The Fruit Tree    by Jeff Cross
Price: Free! 1120 words. Published on March 22, 2010. .

This is a very short story, or perhaps more a fable, designed especially for school aged children dealing with bullies and learning about responsibility. This short story has a moral, or perhaps is moral, something not found often. This entertaining piece may be just what the doctor ordered.
The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
The Polyglot's Nightmares: Part X½ in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60080 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Fleeing a war and in search of himself, Ion finds himself residing in a number of strange caves, on the walls of which are written a strange language. He meets a woman who guides him through his state of being a refugee and is troubled by strange dreams that seem to incorporate the existence of the war, his love for the woman he has met and a sense of the divine.
Suff'rance    by Seltzer Cole
Price: $0.99 USD. 5780 words. Published on June 6, 2011. .

Fifteen year-old Toby forgets - or ignores - his mother's words of wisdom and is running late to get home in time for a curfew. Taking a wrong turn brings him face to face with the leader of a ruthless gang. Does he survive the encounter? Suff'rance is inspired by true events.
There is a Time for Everything Under Heaven - A Time to Hate and a Time to Love    by Richard Waltner PhD
Price: $5.99 USD. 132130 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on June 24, 2011. .

In this poignant love story, two people who could not be further apart in their professional backgrounds embark on an unlikely love affair that, without warning, comes to an abrupt end. Love is replaced with hatred, which leads to both learning the truth not only about each other, but also about themselves. In the end, love proves to be far more enduring than hatred and the two are reconciled.
Imagine    by Anne M Angell
Price: $0.99 USD. 32640 words. Published on August 9, 2011. .

Who would have imagined that going to a library could unfold into a mystery and adventure that would last a life time? Devon and his friends, Kyle, Tina, and Brad never did as they set out on a hot Saturday morning to while away the hours. In the uneventful town of Buford, hidden in an abandoned storeroom under the town’s library, Devon finds an unusual book, more to it than what is written.
Marvin Mallard and the Magic Medallion    by Jim Riva
Price: $4.99 USD. 12680 words. Published on September 17, 2011. .

A flying-impaired juvenile ducklinquent gets thrown into an action-packed adventure for young readers. Loaded with word-play and off-beat humor that will quack up adults as well as kids, this delightful story, with full-color illustrations set between text in the good, old-fashioned way, has a very important moral: that we stop playing the blame game and take responsibility for our own actions.
Slushy the Trombone    by Felix Mayerhofer
Price: $2.99 USD. 1760 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on April 23, 2012. .

Slushy, a talking trombone, tells the sad plight of his master, Slide Hooper, a professional trombonist who becomes ill. One of Slide’s compassionate students takes it upon himself to help him in his hour of need. Young readers will learn from this story that “life is not a “bed of roses.” The next Slushy story will be more uplifting and humorous, but read this first. (Age Level 9-11)