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Amelia Earhart: Never in Man's Shadow    by Daniel Alef
Price: $1.49 USD. 1480 words. Published on October 19, 2009. .

Biographical profile of Amelia Earhart. Earhart’s disappearance has mesmerized the American public ever since her fateful around-the-world flight in 1937. However, the public’s fascination with Lady Lindy began long before her disappearance as she ventured into what was an almost exclusively male domain: airplanes and flight, flaunting convention with panache. This is her story.
Balls of Fire    by Ben Games
Price: $6.99 USD. 30510 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on December 3, 2009. .

Set in 1970 during the Vietnam War, this semi-biographical story was compiled from the journal of Ben R. Games, PhD. He flew for the 1st Cavalry Division. He and his crew flew many missions and even received the Distinguished Flying Cross for their efforts. The story is told from the perspective of Chinook #037 while it flew for Company “B” stationed at Thai Firebase Bear Cat, Vietnam.
A Terrorist's Mirror    by Ben Games
Price: $6.99 USD. 13370 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on December 4, 2009. .

A non-fiction story of a Chief Warrant Officer of the US Army taking his wife on a trip through a free fire zone in Vietnam to act as bait for an ambush. The success of the trap depended upon complete secrecy, and needed to appear logical and genuine to the North Vietnamese. Find out how they pulled it off.
The Invincible Alice    by Alice L. Luckhardt
You set the price! 28560 words. Published on December 5, 2009. .

Alice L. Walters Wallace is a Florida-raised, privileged, educated and lovely young woman in 1940. Yet, for the next 69 years she endured numerous personal illnesses, family deaths and four different husbands within a few years. In spite of the problems she managed to live life to its fullest; whether being a pilot, model, businesswoman or nurse, she attempted it and achieved success at them all.
The Belt    by Raymond Hancock
Price: $0.99 USD. 4540 words. Published on December 26, 2009. .

One aliens love of grav-bike racing and the racial ignorance that will stop at nothing to quash his dreams. The race of the belt is the most prestigious grav-bike race of them all. Rand stands to win more than a cash prize, trophy, and bragging rights; he will win the hearts of his people. He only has his life to lose!
The Meaning of Larf    by Philip Bradbury
Price: $2.99 USD. 29370 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

125 luscious pages of amusement for anyone who likes a laugh and some thoughtfulness. Gathered from hundreds of unsolicited emails over eons of monitor-staring pleasure, these tid-bits of nonsense, sense and otherwise gritty, pithy and rather silly jottings of so many scribes, most called Anony Mouse, cannot go unheralded.
Unfaithful Servant    by Tom Casey
Price: $4.99 USD. 46960 words. Published on April 4, 2010. .

Brilliant, disgruntled CIA officer Jack Harris avenges the death of his military fiancé in a fast paced thriller. Jack’s clever technique applied to strategic targets in the U.S. is discovered by his childhood friend, FBI agent Frank Warren, who invokes a blood vow to learn why and wherefore. A compelling read with a surprise ending.
What do you mean I can't stay for Dinner?    by Eric Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 8840 words. Published on April 15, 2010. .

Sniper Pilot Alexei Karmarov is tasked by the United States Navy for a strike against a terrorist leader in Turkey. Follows a plotline started years ago on SimHQ.com. Strike Fighters 2 was used in the creation of this story.
An Airman's Tale    by Monica P
Price: $0.99 USD. 430 words. Published on June 5, 2010. .

Being up in the air is scary enough - but then you get a commander who has a world of stories that tell of the facts and figures of life in the air, and the sky almost falls on you.
Broken Faith    by Diane J Cornwell
Price: $6.99 USD. 95110 words. Published on July 18, 2010. .

When empathic gene engineer, Keeper Sonja discovers she was unknowingly impregnated with the first talented embryo she created, she is determined to abort, until she realises the fifteen-week-old embryo is already self-aware and mind speaking to her, leaving her only one option: flee the complex to protect him from testing and termination.