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Twin Beeches -- An Illinois Love Story    by Paul Schoaff
Price: $0.99 USD. 88410 words. Published on May 28, 2010. .

Discover quiet Woodland, its sharply drawn people never quite who you think. Murder, suicide, moonshiners, explosions, disappearance -- a few realistic intimate situations -- challenges met and overcome. A background of amazing local history and lore. Martha Jo and her babygirl hostage in the basement at old Twin Beeches ; Eddie & Buddy, escapees. Gunfire, flight, tragedy... who lives, dies?
Kananaskis    by Jim Walker
You set the price! 86150 words. Published on October 1, 2010. .

Banff park wardens, Jessica and Sam are after the toughest predators of them all, poachers killing grizzly bears. They discover a decapitated bear and unearth two bodies in the high country. The team realizes that there appears to be more happening than illegal hunting. Embroiled in international drugs, kidnapping and a fateful attack on Kananaskis; the hunters become the hunted.
Rhino    by Burton Horwitz
Price: $2.99 USD. 100670 words. Published on January 28, 2011. .

RHINO is a rich mixture of action, adventure and mystery. The story is set in South Africa, London, New York, Hong Kong the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
Useless Tears    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 1500 words. Published on February 10, 2011. .

Like the fabled unicorns, the Le'enle are often hunted for their magical bodies, to be distilled into potions and ground into powders to heal the sick and give powers to the mundane. When Agile Storm's mate dies on a distant world, he returns there to seek her killers... and justice. Originally published in The Leading Edge #45.
The Ballad of Sixteen    by P. V. LeForge
Price: $2.99 USD. 10160 words. Published by Black Bay Books  on March 27, 2011. .

A long story-poem about some very unusual denizens of the Florida Everglades who band together to stop a gang of poachers who have set up shop in their neighborhood. Trixie McQueen, Jumpy Jim Camp, Smelly, Senor Skin, Big Ned, Sick Sam and the rest are characters you won't soon forget. Written in a style between Longfellow and Robert W. Service, this book is a hoot from start to finish.
The Pot Poachers    by William Staats
Price: Free! 4990 words. Published on June 17, 2011. .

Kevin, a church missionary worker imprisoned in Sudan for smuggling food and water to a village attacked by a Muslim militia and recently released and recovering from malaria, has returned to his old neighborhood in San Diego to save his childhood best friend, Danny, from becoming a crazy homeless person.
What the Orangutan Told Alice    by Dale Smith
Price: $1.99 USD. 55710 words. Published on September 14, 2011. .

When two American teens visit Indonesia, they follow a gibbon into a Borneo rain forest where they meet orangutans threatened with extinction. They meet scientists working to save them. And… they learn how young people can make a difference in the world. “… one of the leading environmental writers for children…” -- Dr. Jane Gooda
What the Orangutan Told Alice: Teacher's Guide    by Dale Smith
Price: Free! 3630 words. Published on September 28, 2011. .

For teachers and home school instructors: Over 50 ways to integrate ‘What the Orangutan Told Alice’ into environmental studies curriculums.
Let Fall Thy Blade    by Glenn Vanstrum
Price: $2.99 USD. 92150 words. Published on October 4, 2011. .

A cardiac surgeon and long distance runner, Malcolm Hartford, takes his family on safari. At first, the Serengeti works its magic, but when the travelers encounter a gang of poachers, the vacation becomes a disaster. As the long rains threaten, events cascade into a raging torrent. Malcolm must run the marathon of a lifetime and use all his medical skills to rescue his his loved ones.
Of Lion Paw and Tiger Jaw    by Glenn Vanstrum
Price: $2.99 USD. 72090 words. Published on November 6, 2011. .

Humans may not be the only animals who crave freedom. In these stories, we enter the minds of thirteen wild creatures and the people interacting with them. No anthropomorphizing here--these beasts may be sentient, but they do not think like us. Whether we encounter an eagle nervous about an approaching photographer or a tiger aching to kill a deer, we step through these pages into an alien world.