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A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling    by Bill Johnson
Price: $3.50 USD. 75650 words. Published on April 9, 2011. .

A Story is a Promise offers a deep look into the mechanics of how to tell a story and how a story engages and rewards the attention of an audience. Examples are used from popular books, movies, and plays. The Spirit of Storytelling focuses on how writers can transcend their personal issues when they write and give story characters fully realized internal lives.
Doggirl    by Robin Brande
Price: $4.99 USD. 54350 words. Published by Ryer Publishing  on April 28, 2011. .

Riley Case has always been an expert with dogs--it's people she doesn't understand. She's been keeping a low profile at her high school--well, except for that incident with the birds--but when the chance comes to use her talents as a dog trainer to help the drama department win a national competition, she knows she can't stay in the shadows any longer.
Of Love and Vengeance    by Roger Laird
Price: Free! 4660 words. Published on August 10, 2011. .

Love is a powerful thing, not just between lovers, but also between friends. The desire for vengeance can be even stronger. Draco is about to experience this first hand. When duty compels him to avenge the death of his best friend, it becomes his primary obsession. How will this obsession affect his relationship with his new wife? Will Draco and Julia be ripped apart by his desire for vengeance?
The Treadmill    by Andrea Adriani
Price: $0.99 USD. 7570 words. Published on September 16, 2011. .

The Roman Province of Judaea, Anno Domini XXXIII. The main character, a demon, acts as a puppeteer who pulls the strings of the other characters. They are the unaware spectators and actors of an evanescent show, which references to a plausible historical reality and eventually compels the reader to get lost in the maze of a metaphysical symbolism.
Wittenberg    by Brennan Smith
Price: $3.99 USD. 27080 words. Published on October 5, 2011. .

A prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. To win his lady’s favor, a Swedish soldier conspires to kidnap Hamlet off the streets of Wittenberg, unaware that Hamlet's brother has come in secret to woo the lady for himself.
Deep and Serious    by Ernest Kinnie, PhD
Price: Free! 1580 words. Published on December 25, 2011. .

Seven minute play, skit, farce, spoof, whatever. Four people are hoping to join a playwriting group. The problem is that they are more for fun than serious playwriting, but think they can learn something if they join. They first write a funny skit, but decide that won’t impress the play writers, so they turn the skit into a deep and serious play. Not easy.
The Ostraka Plays - Volume FIVE - CONSTANTINOPLE, ITS DREAMS    by Francis Hagan
Price: $1.99 USD. 27370 words. Published on January 22, 2012. .

Constantinople, once the greatest city ever known, has degenerated into a grotesque; a carnival of buffons and butchers who stumble with abandon and glee through this city's mazes and its endless riddles. In this play, the City is both a meditation and an escape – a dream in which the past imagines the present.
Mastering Story Structure - A guide for writing unforgettable plays    by Bill Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 22120 words. Published on January 27, 2012. .

Bill Johnson uses reviews of Romeo and Juliet, The Heidi Chronicles, Death of a Salesman, Hamlet, and The Iceman Cometh to teach the art and craft of writing powerful plays. Using this guide, you'll be able to learn about writing plays from masters of the craft.