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Grounding Quinn    by Steph Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 58030 words. Published on September 18, 2012. .

Eighteen-year-old Quinn MacPherson's biggest fear has always been turning out like her mentally unstable mother. (Solving algebraic equations comes in as a close second.) That is, until she meets Benjamin Shaw. Quinn thinks hooking up with Ben over summer vacation will be nothing more than a quick fling. She can’t even commit to a nail polish choice, much less some guy.
Materialism Is Masturbation : Essays In Freedom    by Joe Blow
Price: Free! 22750 words. Published by Aussiescribbler  on September 28, 2012. .

Has materialism become a joyless addiction? Is idealism making things worse for us? Have we underestimated the healing power of the erotic? Can the symbolic language of religion tell us something about the nature of the mind? Is the "Kingdom of Heaven" within? These are some of the questions explored in these essays by the author of "How to Be Free".
The Painter, She Smiles Like Sunbeams    by Rachelle Taylor
Price: $0.99 USD. 5580 words. Published on September 28, 2012. .

A stuttering, socially inept college student meets his idol, a cynical, middle-aged artist who might or might not bear a resemblance to Vivien Leigh. They begin an affair that is mutually destructive...but not necessarily dysfunctional. Contains brief scenes of sexuality. This story originally appeared, with some alterations, in Conte.
The Big Smoke    by Cally Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 130820 words. Published on October 2, 2012. .

Ceara’s desperate for love; Seb’s desperate to get laid. Two strangers, both moving from small country towns to Brisbane for uni. Will they survive life in the big smoke or crumble under the pressure?
In Sickness and In Health    by Jen Campbell
Price: $5.99 USD. 44350 words. Published on October 10, 2012. .

A Christ like response to living and loving a spouse with Bi-Polar Disorder. Living with someone with Bi-Polar disorder can sometimes be an up and down roller coaster. This book will help you navigate this treacherous journey with encouragement, hope and practical steps to take, in order to gain wisdom and insight as you walk this illness and relationship out together
Survivor's Tale: Mad Clown vs. Zombies    by Sean Roney
Price: $0.99 USD. 4080 words. Published on October 14, 2012. .

The zombie apocalypse is just about all that's needed to rob the world of laughter. One young woman working as a messenger recognizes the absence of laughter. She meets a clown who has gone insane in the cataclysm, and finds he might have the right take on everything.
A Larry Comes    by Ulf Wolf
Price: $2.99 USD. 54930 words. Published on October 19, 2012. .

“Tell me, what good is it to have God visit you if you can’t tell anybody about it? Or, if not God, then somebody looking very much like him, or how I had pictured him. Perhaps, to be safe, I should call him god, you know, lower case “g.”
Normalish    by Margaret Lesh
Price: $4.99 USD. 52580 words. Published by Musa Publishing  on October 22, 2012. .

Fifteen-year-old Stacy questions the strange world of high school, family, friends, love, and her role in the universe in Normalish.
Dodging Suicide - A Lifetime's Preoccupation    by Kit Johnson
Price: $3.99 USD. 29420 words. Published on October 25, 2012. .

Kit Johnson suffers from a form of Bipolar and Hyperthymesia, and has endured a life where suicidal thoughts, and attempts, have punctuated much of his existence. In this alternative 'self help' story, he takes a semi autobiographical and affectionate look at his condition
Walking In His Shadow    by Terri Whitmire
Price: $6.99 USD. 61770 words. Published on November 6, 2012. .

From the valley of the Connecticut Mountains comes the story of a troubled woman desperate to unravel the mysteries behind her father's death and her mother’s mental illness. Alaina Parker is faced with many obstacles—body image, broken relationships,and the battle within her own tormented mind. Alaina receives the comfort she desires from a surprising source.But is he the solution or the problem?