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Trajan's Arch: Second Ephesians    by Michael Williams
Price: Free! 10240 words. Published by Black Wyrm on December 31, 2010. .

This complete, stand-alone short story was originally published in the novel Trajan’s Arch by Walden Books best-selling author Michael Williams. It has been made available by the publisher for promotional purposes. Feel free to share, reproduce, or distribute this story in any way you desire.
Blood Coven    by Christopher Fulbright 
Price: $1.99 USD. 18340 words. Published on March 1, 2011. .

On the filthy streets of Victorian London's East End, a centuries-old evil is amassing its forces. Only one man stands in its way: a legendary vampire killer called The Catcher. Trained from childhood by a secret society, he's fast, efficient, and deadly. He's also totally on his own, working undercover in the darkest quarter of the city, facing the closest thing to death he's ever known.
Mr. Wallace Takes a Wife    by R.S. Dean
Price: $0.99 USD. 3830 words. Published on August 21, 2011. .

A small English community is shocked when the local eccentric announces his plans to marry a woman no one has ever seen. Is his intended a real person, or is she a figment of his imagination?
Trials By Fire    by Richard Hein
Price: $0.99 USD. 89400 words. Published on November 13, 2011. .

When Daron becomes a fully graduated member of the Order - a divinely inspired establishment set to provide peace and justice within the land - he stumbles upon a plot surrounding a young woman, Leah, fleeing for her life before mercenaries sent to fetch her. While attempting to keep her safe and grow into his new abilities, he becomes tangled in the plans of a man in possession of unholy magic.
Past-Forward: A Three-Decade and Three-Thousand-Mile Journey Home    by Maureen Wlodarczyk
Price: $2.99 USD. 45970 words. Published on November 15, 2011. .

"Past-Forward" is the non-fiction account of the thirty-year search for the author's Irish ancestral roots. The book, written in the form of a letter to the author's grandmother Kate, tells both the story of the thirty-year search itself along with the discovered tale of Kate’s Irish ancestors,and their flight to America during the Great Famine and life as new Americans in the 19th century.
Sherlock Holmes Investigates. The Free Trade Consortium.    by Philip van Wulven
Price: $0.99 USD. 12810 words. Published on January 7, 2012. .

in this 12,000 word novelette Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate a gang of smugglers. They face danger and deplorable conditions in pursuit of those who flout the law and Her Majesty's Revenue Department.
The Playwright's Woman    by R. J. Creaney
Price: Free! 5570 words. Published on January 21, 2012. .

Playwright Kevin F. Darley struggles with both poor reviews and writer’s block. He begins a dalliance with the spirit absinthe and meets – and falls immediately in love with – an enigmatic young woman from his homeland. She inspires and enlivens him, but the man who knows Kevin better than any other cannot help but be wary of the profound and disturbing change that he sees in his friend.
Sea of Secrets    by Amanda DeWees
Price: $2.99 USD. 110780 words. Published on February 2, 2012. .

In Victorian England, innocent young Oriel Pembroke stumbles into a web of dangerous secrets at the seaside estate of the aristocratic Ellsworth family. As she falls in love with the brooding young duke, Herron, she begins to fear for his sanity—and for both their lives—as sinister events unfold.
The Holmes Boys: Sherlock and Mycroft    by Mona Morstein
Price: $6.99 USD. 154270 words. Published by UCS PRESS  on February 27, 2012. .

This e-book, by agreement with Galde Press, contains the entire contents of The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes by Mona Morstein and first published by Galde Press in 2000. The book has been repackaged as The Holmes Boys: Sherlock and Mycroft. Morstein's original work was critically acclaimed. It is UCS PRESS' hope that this "repackaged" edition will widen the reading audience for this epic work.
The Last Letter    by Jeffrey Miska
Price: Free! 4660 words. Published on March 22, 2012. .

Marie is a college student living in Laval Quebec. An unexpected tragedy brings her to a turning point in her love life. Little did she know that the voice of a young girl sharing her name and her pain, would give her the answer she was looking for.