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Andrea's Secret    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 114080 words. Published on July 23, 2009. .

In early 1974, a pregnant Andrea Steedman leaves home to conceal the birth of her daughter Mary Therese. A few months after she has given birth, depressed and confused, she agrees to an adoption under highly irregular circumstances. Twenty two years later on her deathbed, Andrea reveals the existence of her daughter to her wealthy brother Warwick, who promises to find Mary Therese.
The Grief Manifesto    by Melanie Peut
Price: $4.99 USD. 14980 words. Published on November 4, 2010. .

A memoir by Melanie Clare Peut. Both cutting and gentle, this ultimately uplifting account about surviving grief after the loss of a child is set against the background of a fertile, rural Australian landscape. 'The Grief Manifesto' is a deliberate celebration of love and of beauty and of the struggle we all sometimes face in life.
Luke's cubby House    by Mark Stewart
Price: Free! 2900 words. Published on January 21, 2011. .

Luke doesn't see himself as a hero. Then the river floods.
Here Today    by Simon Groth
Price: $4.95 USD. 79760 words. Published on March 1, 2011. .

Astrid Reinhart is a stand-in therapist seriously out of her depth. Martin Finn, a successful novelist whose stroke has left him with the rare locked-in syndrome, wants Astrid to help him write his next story – one letter at a time. Shortlisted in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and featuring stories previously published in literary journals Meanjin, Island, and Overland.
A Secondhand Dreaming    by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 61230 words. Published on May 20, 2011. .

After witnessing the sacrifice of a newborn baby to the sea, Tez and Mig leave their home and head south. They are looking for a derelict city which might be the source of the ancient power that existed before a nuclear catastrophe wiped out most of the world’s population.
Dangerous Women & Desperate Men    by Rick Mofina
Price: $2.99 USD. 27910 words. Published on June 19, 2011. .

Four gripping stories of people on the brink; a broken-hearted woman in Las Vegas plots to take what she is owed, a haunted street cop finds his life on the line in a way he never expected; a desperate agent in California makes a life-changing choice; a hard-working middle-aged woman whose world is coming apart fights back with shocking vengeance.
Robin's Double Life: Island to Outback Australia    by Robin Stewart
Price: $4.99 USD. 113880 words. Published on July 16, 2011. .

Plunged into the depths of a devastating drought, Mitchell in the outback is home to Robin, her husband and menagerie. Month by month, throughout 2007, Robin takes you to the heart of an outback community with its river, warmth and abundance. Will the drought break? What fate befalls Sally, the terrier? Summer on Phillip Island and winter in Mitchell sounds ideal. But the truth is more complex.
Cannibals' Gold    by Richard G TOMKIES
Price: $4.99 USD. 83050 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

Set in the wild and hard times of the 1870s this story describes in graphic detail the life of the gold-diggers in Austalia's far north amongst the fierce and cannibalistic Aborigines.This story although fictitious, is woven around actual historical events of the time. It describes the exploits of two prospectors as they gather a fortune in gold with a novel and dangerous but illegal method.
Nobody Dick in Dreamtime    by Will Lorimer
Price: $2.99 USD. 98800 words. Published on September 14, 2011. .

the secrets of a tibetan trickster and master thief, learned by his hapless scottish apprentice as they blaze an unstoppable trail through the boondocks of the australian dreamtime.
In Dreamtime - the Illustrated Nobody Dick    by Will Lorimer
Price: $3.99 USD. 98890 words. Published on October 17, 2011. .

the secrets of a tibetan trickster and master thief, learned by his hapless scottish apprentice, as they blaze an unstoppable trail through the boondocks of the australian dreamtime.