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The Ghost Family    by Myanne Shelley
Price: $1.99 USD. 61830 words. Published on January 6, 2011. .

The Ghost Family is a quiet, contemplative portrait of a California family. Laurel and Mion are cousins who grew up close as sisters. But there is an unknown third branch of the family. Their half cousin Jane was raised in communes with her hippie mom. When she stumbles across letters that trace back to her married grandfather’s affair, a generations old secret begins to unravel.
The Goat Herder    by Stewart Ronen
Price: $0.99 USD. 76980 words. Published on January 9, 2011. .

At 15, Zulu boy Nathi finds a photograph under the sand in his village. It is of a young white couple. He is captivated by the beauty of the woman in the photograph and believes this is a sign from the ancestors. Later, he goes to seek work in the city and finds a job as a gardener. When he sees his employer's daughter he is dumbfounded. She looks exactly like the woman in the photograph.
The Meteorologist    by Blake Crouch
Price: $0.99 USD. 7380 words. Published on January 22, 2011. .

Peter, a disgraced meteorologist and chronic wanderer, has traveled the country for years in his Winnebago, in search of the only thing that gives his life meaning. He’s just arrived in the middle of nowhere—Hokie, Kansas—for the same purpose, but when he meets a waitress named Melanie, he’s faced not only with his first real human contact in years, but perhaps someone who can save him.
Imagine This    by Sade Adeniran
Price: $2.99 USD. 95810 words. Published on January 24, 2011. .

Imagine This is the story of a young girl’s journey from childhood to adulthood. Lola Ogunwole leaves all that is familiar behind in London and is sent to live in a village in Nigeria. Dogged by events she has no control over Lola’s journal is a compelling story about one girl’s resilience against the odds, which culminates in the bittersweet fulfilment of a long held desire.
Dominance Games: An Essay on Power A Novel    by B Schiff
Price: $0.99 USD. 50770 words. Published on January 26, 2011. .

Back alleys. Aphrodisiacs. Sweet honor, power, revenge. A hard, tough country with life full, intimidation fast, heat coming as a whippet, a whirlwind. A hard cynical little novel. 50,000 words. Dominance Games. A dirty rapt primer. a mean searing little story. Intimidation stalks time and decades. A tempered stew radiates out from the sinews and muscles of longing and regret.
Electric Literature no. 5    by Electric Literature
Price: $4.95 USD. 22880 words. Published on January 26, 2011. .

In Kevin Brockmeier's tale, "A Fable for the Living," notes are passed between the living and the dead. J. Robert Lennon's "Hibachi" unleashes the power of a hibachi grill. In Carson Mell's "The West," a father and son go on a quest for the perfect hamburger. Ben Greenman rekindles old rivalries in "Come Out," and in Lynne Tillman's "The Original Impulse," a woman cycles through memory.
Lust Games: An Essay on Honor A Novel    by B Schiff
Price: $0.99 USD. 58090 words. Published on January 29, 2011. .

Honor; the wicked master. Redemption, the tough and unforgiving act. Lust; the wicked mistress. Death. Legacies. A heathen home. Paradise lost. Lust driven temptresses. Besotted clowns. Worlds in flux. Cynical chiselers, power hungry bastards, low rent power vacuums. Integrity. Victory. Two lovers. A muse. Lust Games: an Essay on Honor, 58, 000 words. High rent parades of fools.
Vestal Review Issue 36    by Mark Budman
Price: $2.99 USD. 5770 words. Published on January 30, 2011. .

Issue 36 of Vestal Review, a flash fiction magazine.
The Smoke That Thunders    by Nathan Bassett
Price: Free! 108860 words. Published on February 5, 2011. .

"Africa held the promise of changed hearts and souls. This Africa would offer renewed hope and the possibility of love. It would define their destinies. Yet, at any moment, this Africa could rob them of hope, love, and destiny. Chad and Peter were to be tested and refined in ways they dare not imagine."
OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM, A Novel of Biblical Times    by James M. Becher
Price: $8.99 USD. 90230 words. Published on March 2, 2011. .

In 33 A.D, a cynical, non-conformist salesman, a disgruntled blacksmith, and a musing mendicant all seek something better. The non-conformist, Herod’s foster brother, helps Herod foment an insurrection against Pilate, using the blacksmith, Barabbas, as leader, to the dismay of Barabbas' Godly but fearful wife. The mendicant, a young man, joins with a completely unsympathetic older mendicant.