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The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Bobby Murdoch, Different Class    by David Potter
Price: $5.95 USD. 86780 words. Published by Empire Publications  on December 9, 2010. .

The rise of Celtic's Bobby Murdoch mirrored his club's emergence in the Sixties. With Murdoch in midfield, the Hoops became one of the most formidable teams in British football history - winning an unprecedented 9 Scottish titles in a row, 5 Scottish Cups, 5 Scottish League Cups to add to their immortal triumph in Lisbon in 1967.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
The Polyglot's Nightmares: Part X½ in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60080 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Fleeing a war and in search of himself, Ion finds himself residing in a number of strange caves, on the walls of which are written a strange language. He meets a woman who guides him through his state of being a refugee and is troubled by strange dreams that seem to incorporate the existence of the war, his love for the woman he has met and a sense of the divine.
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?
Freedom First, Peace Later    by Jenette Hewitt
Price: $2.99 USD. 68280 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on August 25, 2011. .

Stu is a young soldier on his first tour of Northern Ireland and is enamoured with local girl Bronwyn, who has problems of her own, her boyfriend, Danny, and his links to the I.R.A, and her brother ‘s secretive lifestyle. Bronwyn's friend, Rosina, is hiding her relationship with a Protestant. When that news breaks, Rosina learns a secret about her past that has tragic consequences.
The Merfolk That Visited Hawaii    by Krissttina Isobe
Price: $2.99 USD. 9120 words. Published on September 28, 2011. .

“Oh no! Tell me I didn’t see what I just saw.” Malcom said with dread. “You did see it and I don’t believe it myself” Barbara said with the most surprised yet melancholy look as they both watched the ocean where they were picking clams. They saw a mermaid with a green fishtail and black hair swim away going out to the deeper part of the ocean.
The Life Business    by John Grant
Price: $0.99 USD. 8390 words. Published by infinity plus  on November 12, 2011. .

With astonishing power, award-winning author John Grant portrays the human facility to falsify history, using as his backdrop the beginnings of the late-20th-century troubles in Northern Ireland, as an unwitting mainland schoolboy finds himself caught up in a violence he barely understands. "...a compelling coming-of-age tale" (Declan Burke, Crime Always Pays)
Voices    by Jonathan Traynor
Price: $0.99 USD. 3890 words. Published on January 31, 2012. .

A journalist working on a small time mid-Ulster newspaper takes on freelance work that leads to depths of horror he could never imagine as blood sacrifice stalks the land
The Statue and the Stones    by Gerard O'Keeffe
Price: $5.99 USD. 105150 words. Published on April 25, 2012. .

A young man seeking to build a life on Gran Canaria discovers that his own family history is tied up with his new home. From Northern Ireland during the Troubles to the tourist towns of the Canary Islands today, Gregory Sheridan follows a trail of love and betrayal, and family secrets kept through the generations...