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Of Aging Angst    by Albert de Lorenzo
Price: $9.95 USD. 7650 words. Published on October 7, 2009. .

Seventy-one poems exploring mortality and immortality, from the whimsical to the tragic. The celebration of life and writing flow throughout this book of unusual poetry.
What's Your Expiry Date? Embrace Your Mortality - Live With Vitality    by Patrick Mathieu
Price: $3.99 USD. 13650 words. Published on January 7, 2010. .

At the age of 18, Patrick Mathieu learned from his cardiologist that he was already past middle age. In time, he turned his death sentence into an early wake-up call. But not before facing the ultimate reality: We are all mortal. With piercing honesty & insight, Patrick shares his Mortality Manifesto, reveals the true Power of Mortality, and shows you the way to a new & vibrant outlook on life.
Pretty Piece of Work Vol. 1    by Shannon L. Arrant
Price: $0.99 USD. 13170 words. Published on June 30, 2010. .

A collection of short stories from Shannon L. Arrant, featuring the four new stories Jasmine Forever, Chaos, Unity and The Truth as well as the previously released works Brilliance, Shadows of Self, Chameleon, and Canary in a Coal Mine.
Bicycle Rider    by Richard Taylor
Price: $0.99 USD. 19650 words. Published on August 21, 2010. .

Having touched mortality with a recent heart attack, Tom Ryder sets off across the desert on his bicycle in an odyssey of meaning. His destination – Phoenix, the city of rebirth. Behind him is an abandoned wife, a discarded job, and a life of conformity so heavy it threatened to crush him. Ahead is a rendezvous with fate and a truth long hidden in the recesses of his mind.
After    by Annie Reed
Price: $0.99 USD. 2820 words. Published by Thunder Valley Press  on February 2, 2011. .

What comes after we're done with this life? For elderly cartoonist Belle Creedy, a news story about the scattering of Jerry Garcia's ashes near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco the day before leaves her with a keen sense of her own mortality. Belle's lived a full life, what some would call the life of a crazy, old hippy vagabond, but does that mean she's ready to let it all go?
Migrations    by William Coughlin
Price: $9.99 USD. 6540 words. Published by Aquitaine Media  on February 5, 2011. .

William Coughlin's first collection of poems has been called "unimposing yet forcefully sharp enough to strip a moment to its core...once there, they are confidently free of overly staged interpretation" (Ed Roberson) as well as "intelligen[t], vulnerab[le], and playful..." (Tony Trigilio). Coughlin's focus is on loss as the fundamental condition of life; on healing, redemption, and salvation.
Bill's Tome    by Bill Rosoman
Price: $3.90 USD. 10960 words. Published on February 8, 2011. .

An ebook, “Bill's Tome”, All That I Know about Life, the Universe, Mortality etc! My thoughts and remarks as regard the World and Humanity
Remedy (A story of Aligare)    by Heidi C. Vlach
Price: $3.99 USD. 94800 words. Published on February 14, 2011. .

Peregrine, a deaf and aging avian, wishes he could set Tillian free. He needs his keen-eared adoptive daughter to relay the world to him. But when plague strikes a neighbouring village, there is no time for a gradual lifestyle change. Peregrine must fly for supplies on weakened wings and Tillian must nurse critically ill strangers -- separating the two for the first time in Tillian's life.
Coming Home Again    by Philip R. Sullivan
Price: $4.99 USD. 57050 words. Published by Foremost Press  on April 14, 2011. .

Coming Home Again is the story of Jud Gerard, an earnest young man who is dying before his time. The portrayal is candid, yet socked with humor of the sort that’s inherent in our human efforts to find ultimate meaning in life and love and loss.
Ozzy    by Kyle W. Bell
Price: $0.99 USD. 3780 words. Published on May 12, 2011. .

Ozzy is the short story of a cat and his master. After losing his beloved wife, the man struggles to cope with a lonely life, a troubled son, and the nightmares of his past.