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Vacation Bible School    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 4840 words. Published on July 5, 2010. .

(Companion story to "Jesus Bus") Dot Knight's car is brand-new in this story and she aims to keep it that way. Problem is, she has been enlisted by her adored preacher to drive those nasty Odums' kids to Vacation Bible School halfway across the county. Then her car breaks down along a remote road, and the kid's turn her car into a wreak...
The Odds Are Against It    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 2810 words. Published on July 6, 2010. .

Rural mail carrier, Tammy, bumps heads in a nightmare during a rare spring snow storm. Twenty years before, she was kidnapped and shot by a drug addict she met along her route. Now she picks up another stranger along her route and the memories come flooding back. Is she about to be kidnapped and shot again? No, she tells herself, because the odds against it are so great.
Minifiction Volume One: Marouflage    by James Stanson
Price: $2.99 USD. 13070 words. Published on July 6, 2010. .

Minifiction Volume One: Marouflage contains 90 carefully-crafted stories and fictions that open up 90 new worlds in less than a page each. Each piece explores the limits of conventional story telling, the extremes of parody and the absurdity of fictional advice. Marouflage will appeal to those who savour their reading, as well as those looking for a quick story with an unexpected twist.
It's Okay to Cry    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 3150 words. Published on July 7, 2010. .

Bethann, a struggling college student, decides to take care of Holly, her evil, manipulative younger sister after their grandmother, who raised them, dies. But Holly is a mess. And en route to Miami after the funeral, Bethann lays down the rules to Holly, while mentally trying to understand what makes Holly tick. If Bethann can figure her out she can fix her. So she thinks.
Between Showers    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3600 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 9, 2010. .

All he wanted to do was wash his Rambler Classic, but the volcano blew and started dumping ash everywhere. And just wouldn’t stop. An end-of-the-world story for one man who just really wanted it to rain anything but ash by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Journey Into Jung's Red Book: Liber Primus    by JC Andrijeski
Price: $2.99 USD. 17060 words. Published by White Sun Press  on July 17, 2010. .

A personal and theoretical look at “Liber Primus,” the first of the collection of books written by psychologist Carl Jung that were collectively entitled “The Red Book.” Unpublished until October of 2009, “The Red Book” is considered by many, including Jung himself, to be the foundation of all of Jung’s groundbreaking theories and writings to follow.
Blue Men, A Short Memoir of 1968    by Rob Shelsky
Price: $0.99 USD. 4010 words. Published on July 23, 2010. .

“The Flower Children Are Blue Men Everywhere.” It was 1968, the United States was in turmoil, and those lyrics encompassed the times in more ways than one. For one young man, coming of age in 1968 was to realize more truths about himself than about the times in which he lived. One teacher in particular showed him the way, a teacher he hated. This brief memoir is about enduring lessons learned.
Confessions of a Bookworm    by Ernest Slyman
Price: $0.99 USD. 3050 words. Published on July 24, 2010. .

I cannot stop reading books. There is a book among my collection that I love the most. A 1938 deluxe boxed edition, gold-trimmed with brazed lettering on the front and a blue velvet ribbon for a bookmark stitched to the spine. The book once belonged to my father. Indeed, it was one of his favorite books. He presented it to me on my eleventh birthday. A memento of my childhood.
Life Is Too Short -- Wear High-Heels    by Ernest Slyman
Price: $0.99 USD. 2290 words. Published on July 24, 2010. .

The strangest thing happened. I felt like a giant. When I put those high-heels on I felt grown up and I heard a voice inside me say, "Life is too short. Wear high-heels." It just jumped out of me. So I wore high-heels everywhere. I went to church in high-heels. I went to school wearing high-heels. I believed that wearing high-heels gave me something. I don't know exactly what. It was a msystery.
The Church Bells That Talked    by Ernest Slyman
Price: $0.99 USD. 1040 words. Published on July 24, 2010. .

For many years, the church bells whispered to us. But two years ago they started saying things. The beels told us the best prices for groceries. And where to buy them. Meatcuts and canned goods. They told who the best mechanic in town. And where we could get a good deal on a lawnmower. And what boy needed a haircut. You could learn a lot from church bells. But you had to listen carefully.