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Wrong Season    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 4300 words. Published on June 30, 2010. .

It was all over the news, several years ago, the story of Susan Smith deliberately driving her car into a lake and drowning her two children. That was in S.C. In South Georgia, another young mother, Ginger, spellbound by the story, imagines the episode and thinks she has a special understanding of how and why Susan Smith killed her children.
Selfishness Matters    by Theo Selles, M.Sc.
Price: $9.99 USD. 35060 words. Published on July 10, 2010. .

A wickedly funny parody of the self-help industry. Family Therapist Theo Selles channels "The Big Fill" and tells you everything you need to know in order to "live your life completely right". If you're tired of pompous windbags thinking they know what you should do, this book is for you! A scathingly funny attack on the culture of Self!
Wherebouts Are We    by Janice Daugharty
Price: Free! 4380 words. Published on August 25, 2010. .

"Grannie has bad skin cancers but not bad enough to take her out of this world" where nobody wants her except one granddaughter. Luzanne drives her from house to house belonging to Grannie's three daughters, but each refuses to take her. It is while "visiting" Imo that the old lady finds a final rest while trailing a yellow cat out to a sunny porch.
You're Worth It    by Julian Smith
Price: $5.99 USD. 27800 words. Published on September 16, 2010. .

“You’re Worth It” is a reality check, aimed at helping realize that we usually are our own biggest obstacles in finding and maintaining healthy and meaningful relationships. It's also aimed at helping people realize that relationships aren't perfect and will only be as successful as the amount of work we put into them. Ultimately, it's aim is to help everyone realize their True Worth!
The Island of Jayne Grind (A Satire of Selfishness)    by Lon Prater
Price: $2.99 USD. 47000 words. Published on April 17, 2011. .

Don't look for some weak-kneed Ayn Rand or shrugging Atlas here; even H.G. Wells' Dr. Moreau wouldn't recognize his own island in this bizarre mashup of the classic tale! Edward Prendick, shipwrecked, discovers that noted neurosurgeon and selfish philosopher Jayne Grind faked her death and has since been secretly working to find a surgical cure for altruism--with horrific results.
Why Ayn Rand Is Wrong (and Why It Matters)    by Levi Asher
Price: $2.99 USD. 9470 words. Published on April 24, 2011. .

A completely new approach to the ethics of Ayn Rand! "Ayn Rand deserves to be taken seriously, and she deserves to be seriously refuted", argues author Levi Asher, who offers to take on any Objectivist believers on purely logical grounds and prove that Ayn Rand was a flawed, if fascinating, philosopher. An essential study of one of the most influential and relevant thinkers of our time.
Selfish or Selfless: Which One Are You?    by Eric Watterson
Price: Free! 5840 words. Published on May 3, 2011. .

The book “Selfish or Selfless: Which One Are You?,” discusses how you can discover whether or not you are doing things that are “selfish” (about your own wants, your own needs, and your own desires) or whether you are doing things that are “selfless” (things that are about other people’s wants, other people’s needs and that benefits others).
Two Weeks Since My Last Confession    by Kate Genovese
Price: $5.99 USD. 98780 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on August 3, 2011. .

A dramatically written family saga, Two Weeks Since my Last Confession is the story of one woman's survival in the face of serious childhood abuse and addiction. More than this, it is a tale that chronicles the triumph of the human spirit over its enemies — not only external enemies but also the ones we find within ourselves.
Living Sanely in an Insane World: Philosophy for Real People    by John F. Groom
Price: $4.99 USD. 19270 words. Published on February 15, 2012. .

Would you like to be more productive, have more energy, less jealously of others, a better, more focused plan with your life? Do you ever ask yourself: Why do I feel so tired? What's the point? What can I do to achieve my goals? Why doesn't the world make more sense? Why do such good things happen to bad people, while bad things happen to people like me? Living Sanely helps get you sane again.
Entrée    by Sylvan Scott
Price: Free! 580 words. Published on March 14, 2012. .

A piece of horror flash-fiction, 500 words, that I think is more about emotion than anything physical.