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Silent Giants: A North American Odyssey    by
Price: Free! 7450 words. Published on May 2, 2008. .

Occasionally life presents the opportunity to do something very special. For me that opportunity came in the summer of 1991 when I flew my classic Cessna 195 from St.John's, Newfoundland, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Our story begins just as the cliffs of the Newfoundland coast slowly emerge from the gray ocean mist...
Vinland: The Beginning    by R.G. Johnston
Price: $6.99 USD. 75710 words. Published on May 31, 2010. .

After twenty years, Gudrid is returning to the land where she buried her two previous husbands, with her friends and the members of the previous expeditions to finish what they started, to open the cave and to take the treasure. One obstacle stands in their way Ari of Marrson, leader of a monastic order on Markland, the Culdees.
Midnight At The Mockingbird Motel    by William Gough
Price: $3.99 USD. 99140 words. Published on June 9, 2010. .

When Los Angeles begins to shake and rattle, it becomes strangely linked with the small outport of George's Cove in Newfoundland. Maud Tilley - old enough to ignore birthdays - persuades her friends to join her on an erratic path from George's Cove to post-earthquake LA. This is Book Three of "The Terra Nova Quartet"
Poet In A Pontiac    by William Gough
Price: $3.99 USD. 23940 words. Published on June 11, 2010. .

In his magical novella,"Poet In a Pontiac" William Gough creates a word-movie; an inner film that un-spools in the mind. The cast of characters includes the Poet himself, assorted Angels, & highly-defective singers. On this sleet-sucking night of a cruel-wind-whistling High School reunion, Teachers & Students are trapped between worlds, for this turns into the kind of reunion they can't escape.
Westsiders    by Tom Finn
Price: $9.99 USD. 45330 words. Published by Petra Books  on November 29, 2010. .

Finn gives us "real gems" (Darrell Squires, Library Resources Board, Newfoundland) -- sketches from the social fabric and the subtle influence of the American presence in Newfoundland, Canada, in the 1940s and 1950s. Like a ship in the mist there emerges from these ardent, tragicomic lives, a recognition of ourselves. -- * drama * relationships * desire and delusion * --
Corona    by Andrea Cothern
Price: $2.50 USD. 30200 words. Published on January 19, 2011. .

In the summer of 1998 the Phoenix, a research vessel out of Woods Hole, disappeared while investigating an oceanic phenomenon. What actually happened remained a mystery...until a young boy fished a log book out of the ocean. What he would read would set in motion a time loop that would affect the present as well as the past.
Dispatch #47: The Taking of Signal Hill    by Jeff Rose-Martland
Price: $0.99 USD. 1710 words. Published on February 5, 2011. .

When the United States invaded Canada, the Yanks captured St. John's, Newfoundland. Can a group of local firemen take it back? ***Short Fiction***
Come-From-Away    by Niko Silvester
Price: $0.99 USD. 3000 words. Published by White Raven Press  on February 19, 2011. .

Newfoundland is thick with fairies, if the old stories are to be believed. So what happens when a graduate student from away follows an old folklore text to a peculiar rock formation known as Puck's Chair? Will she return a poet or a madwoman?
This Is What I Must Remember    by William Gough
Price: $3.99 USD. 56930 words. Published on February 25, 2011. .

"William Gough brings it...straight from the heart. His stories flow with wit and intelligence. His unique blend of esoteric poetry and hard-line narrative shines a bright light on the human condition. In short, Gough is a true literary artist. No collection of books, private or public, is complete without his extraordinary Terra Nova Quartet." Michael Kanaly/Virus Clans
Captain Lewis's Dog    by Michael Wenberg
Price: Free! 2820 words. Published on May 15, 2011. .

While making preparations for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis saves a big black Newfoundland dog's life when he buys him from the dog's cruel master. Little does he know that his dog will get a chance to return the favor. If you like this story, you might also be interested in reading the sequel, "Dognapped," another Smashwords ebook.