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The Ungettable Joke    by Bill Dargen & Dave Squires
Price: $0.99 USD. 81420 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Mysterious encounters with phantom elements of an ancient tribal culture are the main snares used by an intelligence that wants two young professionals to know something about the universe. The Ungettable Joke is a fantastical, humorous, and intellectual adventure that readers have said they “would like to believe is true”.
For Whom The Curtain Calls    by Ian O'Regan
Price: $0.99 USD. 87840 words. Published on February 13, 2011. .

Mercurial amateur sleuth Denton Rourke embarks on his first major case and quickly finds himself neck-deep in a surreal world inhabited by inept mobsters, eccentric musicians, large, cranky birds, and a moron with a dream in this comedic mystery.
Necropsy In E Minor    by Alan Ramón Clinton
Price: $4.99 USD. 57730 words. Published by Open Books on March 1, 2011. .

Necropsy in E Minor is the tale of a young college professor who sits down to write what he calls a “memoir,” but which really only records the past six months of his life (with numerous digressions), and ends, with the last line, after a richly devastating encounter, at the moment of writing.
What's Wrong With Donny Speck?    by T.L. Peters
Price: $0.99 USD. 67450 words. Published on March 6, 2011. .

Bolivia teeters on the brink of civil war, and only a troubled young lawyer with a propensity for powerful women stands in the way. There's no question that Peters is a master wordsmith. Gerry B's Book Reviews
Life Seemed Good, But....    by Richard Bell
Price: $7.49 USD. 54140 words. Published on March 9, 2011. .

Things are not always what they seem. Take a walk through the funny, bizarre and unpredictable mind of Richard Bell. You may see yourself here and realize that life is not as bad as it seems.
Cooley's Panther    by Jody Wallace
Price: $0.99 USD. 7980 words. Published on March 17, 2011. .

Cooley likes her life the way it is: quiet, suburban and without surprises of the "zoo animals in the back yard" kind. Too bad a particularly pesky panther has other ideas. When she finally manages to snap a photo of the big guy and prove to the police she hasn't been lying, she's not prepared for what their--and her--investigations uncover. Book One of the Felidae Series
Shear Desperation: The Chronicles of Shame    by Tim Elliott
Price: $4.95 USD. 36960 words. Published on April 13, 2011. .

Women pay Bryan for his services and confide to him their darkest secrets. Unfortunately, they pay him because he cuts their hair and confide in him because they think he's gay. Join Bryan as he walks the fine line between painfully depressing and laugh-out-loud funny in this raunchy tale of uncomfortable moments, unrequited love, gay bachelor parties, John Lithgow, Thriller, corpses and catfish.
Frozen Grapes - Episode 1    by Eric Turri
Price: $0.99 USD. 8170 words. Published on April 15, 2011. .

For the first time in my life, I am without direction; unemployed and unmotivated, join me as I venture into my quarter-life crisis with sarcastic, witty and slightly offensive commentary about my daily escapades. The first short story in a monthly series, Episode 1 is an 8,000 word tale which recounts a typical Sunday in my newly changed life.
If You Go Into The Woods    by David Gaughran
Price: $0.99 USD. 6020 words. Published on April 30, 2011. .

If You Go Into The Woods is a collection of two unsettling short stories. In the title story, Jiri Beranek is drawn to a nearby forest, but each time he enters, his desire to see the mysterious birds is checked by his fear of the dark. When he finally forces himself to go farther, he find a new reason to be afraid. Plus bonus story: The Reset Button. Total length 4000 words.
Matching Wits With Venus    by Therese Gilardi
Price: $2.99 USD. 85050 words. Published by Astraea Press on May 12, 2011. .

With the fate of the natural and under worlds at stake, Cupid must decide whether to reveal his true identity and risk losing the chance to live happily ever after with Amelia.