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Conspiracies to Live By    by Vincent Casspriano, Jr.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4040 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 19, 2010. .

Our estrangement from meaning, our inability to discern truth from pseudo-truth, reality from pseudo-reality and all the consequent anxiety of our 21st Century lives is a product of having forgotten we are playing a game. Becoming conscious players of the game enables us to join the conspiracy, to remember that we have been co-conspirators all along. But most of all, it frees us to enjoy the game.
God/he    by Andrew Kooman
Price: $9.99 USD. 3680 words. Published on January 4, 2011. .

A collection of vivid, image-based poems, God/he is both love song and shouting match, a struggle between human and Divine. Through the collection /he faces the agony and insanity of existence head on as /he starts to become more unfamiliar with the God /he thinks /he knows so well, a God who is slippery as a fish, a trickster and green-thumb, a bloodhound on the hunt.
The Quite Possibly Near Death of Hurol Davelrish: Part Three in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61010 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

When an arrogant stuntman, Hurol Davelrish, has a seizure during a stunt, he finds himself in the kingdom of Scalter, a land in which he is king, but which is strangely ruled by a phantasmic man named Viscount Vaunt. Hurol meets a strangely kind friend, Grib, in the malevolent world, who tries to pull him back from the ledge of his pride - what will become of the much-admired stuntman?
Wolverine the Trickster, Labrador Innu Tales    by Lawrence Millman
Price: $4.95 USD. 9170 words. Published by Komatik Press  on February 10, 2011. .

These tales of the Innu people of Labrador center around Wolverine, a trickster figure reminiscent of Raven or Coyote, but with a ribald twist.
A Fox In The Old Hen House    by Luke Atkinson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5170 words. Published on April 22, 2011. .

Some people believe pub games are only for fun, but some see it as an opportunity to seize money. Lucas Fox is one of those people and secretly rigs card games and takes bets on dart games. He recounts a story of his latest swindle and tries to justify his shady dealings.
The Shape-Shifters    by Louis Bertrand Shalako
Price: $2.99 USD. 76070 words. Published on August 17, 2011. .

Widowed Janet Herbert has two children to raise. Out of work and with unemployment benefits running low, she needs a knight in shining armour to sweep her off her feet and carry her away on a big white stallion. The stranger in town is very handsome—and very French. But the more she learns, the more uncertain she is. Jean Gagnon has just done seven years for a crime he says he didn't commit.
The Winged Fae    by Terry Spear
Price: $3.99 USD. 45210 words. Published on September 2, 2011. .

Serena, a royal member of the Mabara winged fae, has one goal in mind. Stop an impending marriage with a dark fae. As the fae are known to do, she stirs up trouble that she hopes will make her point and get her off the hook. Only nothing goes as she plans.
Literary Perspectives: Mythology in Context    by Christopher Mansour
Price: $2.99 USD. 9950 words. Published on November 10, 2011. .

Myths are examples of the greatest stories ever told. Their impossible circumstances, famed heroes, and villainous gods have influenced literature, films, paintings, poetry, and sculptures. Adapted for teachers and students, and designed for introductory courses, this survey of Egyptian, Greek, and Native American myths provides carefully chosen selections from three cultural histories. From Osiri
The Fountain of Eden: A Myth of Birth, Death, and Beer    by Dan H Kind
Price: $3.99 USD. 85950 words. Published on November 13, 2011. .

Mythical mayhem goes down in a Virginia tourist town when a beer brewed with the Water of Life hits the streets. Bursting with familiar characters from world mythology and classic literature, "The Fountain of Eden" is a modern-day Trickster tale and a rollicking tribute to myth and story.
Listen to the Glow    by Dwayne Bearup
Price: $0.99 USD. 2440 words. Published on January 21, 2012. .

It's not unusual for a psychiatrist to be fooled by his patients. The doctors are only human, after all....