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Wild Turkey Tales    by Allison Crews
Price: $4.99 USD. 10390 words. Published on March 15, 2012. .

Proof positive that turkey hunters are not marching to the drums the rest of us hear. These lighthearted, funny stories about an otherwise normal family during springtime in Mississippi will have you laughing alongside them...without suffering through the many indignities imposed upon them by the eastern wild turkey.
Slaveboy, The Fiddling for Freedom Series, Book 1    by Michael Wenberg
Price: $0.99 USD. 40760 words. Published on March 24, 2012. .

"Slaveboy,"the first book in the Fiddling for Freedom series, was inspired by the life of African-American slave and pioneer, Louis Southworth, who traveled the Oregon Trail with his mother and master in the early 1850s and then went on to earn enough money to buy his freedom by playing fiddle in the gold camps in California and Nevada. This is a middle-grade chapter book.
The Unbridled Woods: Malbec    by Emelia Nosser
Price: $0.99 USD. 25310 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Just when the twins think they will never see Princess Lia again, Matthew and Samantha are thrust into the realm of Malbec in search for the princess. Little do they know how dangerous their adventure will become when they find themselves caught in an epic war between good and evil! They soon learn that their only hope for safety lies in the hands of the Britlinger family.
History of Rock    by Erika Celeste
Price: $5.99 USD. 24560 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Long before the days of the popular British rock band, a group of boys from Mississippi started the Original Rolling Stones. Each time they composed a tune, they were creating a new sound, which would become known as rockabilly the precursor to modern day rock. These were the godfathers of rock and roll and this is their behind the scenes story of what life on the road was really like.
Atmosphere of Violence    by Michael Henry
Price: $2.99 USD. 110100 words. Published on April 12, 2012. .

Yaloquena County District Attorney Willie Mitchell Banks' murder prosecution following a convenience store shootout leads to the violent confrontation of white supremacist bikers, Muslim commune militiamen, and the sharpshooting hill clan from Brewer Hill, all of whom converge on Willie Mitchell's courthouse in the racial cauldron that is Sunshine, Mississippi.
Magpie    by Kyle Bennett
Price: $5.99 USD. 85040 words. Published on May 6, 2012. .

“Magpie” is a well-nurtured novel set in Oxford, Mississippi. Its flavor develops from its vibrant characters, as they are revealed through a garden of budding relationships and adventures. Experience a special project that just might have the potential to change the world. Join Lily as she answers an ad on the Student Union Bulletin Board, Wanted - Lab Assistant - Drug Test Mandatory!
The Remnant    by William Giles
Price: $4.99 USD. 121730 words. Published on June 6, 2012. .

In 2078, sixty years after a destruction nearly ended life on earth, a small group yet survived in a protected valley in North Georgia. Only Lon, a renegade, had ventured outside the valley. Then an injured stranger arrived and before she died, told of her settlement 400 miles west. Lon and two others were sent to find her home. This is an account of their epic journey, and dangers they endured.
The Band Played Dixie: Race and the Liberal Conscience at Ole Miss    by Nadine Cohodas
Price: $5.99 USD. 108170 words. Published by Iconoclassic Books  on June 25, 2012. .

A penetrating look at the University of Mississippi - ‘Ole Miss’. Nadine Cohodas (author of Spinning Blues Into Gold) covers the institution’s tumultuous racial history, with emphasis on how Ole Miss moved forward from the riot that erupted after James Meredith, the first African-American student, enrolled September 30, 1962. Updated in 2012 for the 50th Anniversary of the integration of Ole Miss.
Ociee Nash, the Finale    by Milam McGraw Propst
Price: $3.99 USD. 46800 words. Published on July 4, 2012. .

This story, the fifth in the Ociee Nash series, opens with 11-year-old Ociee frantically searching for her brother Ben in the Chattanooga Railroad Terminal. Only the first "mishap" in the novel, Ociee and Ben will experience many thrilling moments during the summer of 1900 as they run from a rabid dog, befriend a mysterious neighbor, and receive a surprise visitor from Asheville.
Who Murdered Etienne Bastarache    by Lionel Lizee
Price: $2.99 USD. 78140 words. Published on July 18, 2012. .

1730 Etienne Bastarache has many lifeskills for his duties as a soldier. But he had an ability to corrupt some of those who are closest to him. He is found dead of either suicide, as the priest believes, or murdered. His body has a bullet wound to the forehead, part of a rope hanging from a tree limb above him, and, a knife in his back and in his heart. New France's legal system is ill equipped.