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The Japanese Sword    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 8950 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 1, 2012. .

Wedding photos capture a lot of things they shouldn’t. Including Susan’s husband Russell necking with one of his colleagues. Susan goes ahead with her plans for Russell’s birthday, plans that include a Japanese sword he’s always wanted. Only this sword has something extra—a talent for revenge. With the complete bonus story, "Present."
Forest for the Trees    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $3.99 USD. 9310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 25, 2012. .

Centuries ago, a tsunami hit the Oregon Coast, destroying miles of coastline. Now beach erosion reveals the stumps of the dead trees from that disaster. Anne and Louisa cut school to see them, but they freak Louisa out. She sees faces trapped inside the wood—and believes she has the magic to save them all. “Rusch builds up the suspense with two believable, clearly different young girls." —Best SF
The Secrets of Success: A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 14450 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 25, 2012. .

Once you’ve become successful, you never have to work again—or so many people believe. But becoming a success is just the start. Staying a success is the hard part. This short book will help you both become a success and remain one. International bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch will show you the secrets to success that will change your life.
A Dangerous Road: A Smokey Dalton novel    by Kris Nelscott
Price: $6.99 USD. 95660 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 22, 2012. .

Set against the backdrop of the strike and protests that will end with Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, A Dangerous Road combines the politics of race, betrayal, unexpected love, and the terrible cost of trust into a story so memorable the Mystery Writers of America chose it as one of the top five novels of the year.
Turbulence    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 3530 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 19, 2012. .

Every frequent flyer shares a nightmare—trapped inside a plane in trouble. The key? Don’t think about it. Until you sit next to the wrong woman on the wrong flight on the wrong day… Includes complete bonus story, “Physical Therapy.”
Physical Therapy    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 3530 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 19, 2012. .

After a particularly brutal attack, Sydne needs physical therapy for her knee. The therapists try a new technique that involves repairing not only the damaged muscles, but the damaged emotions as well. Sydne hates the procedure. She hates the therapists more… Includes bonus story, "Turbulence." “Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark.” —the London Times
Burial Detail    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 9780 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 11, 2012. .

The battle ended ten months ago, the war ended two weeks ago, and still the battleground remains a dangerous place—at least for one man. A man who sees everything, and can say nothing. A man no one else notices, a man who must bury the dead in order to remain among the living. Includes bonus story, "Valuables."
Valuables    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 9780 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 11, 2012. .

For his entire life, Willard Harrison envied Mrs. Rose Grenlauer, but never more than now. Willard lost his arm, his wife, and everything he owned to the Yankees. Now the Yankees hold Memphis, and he can’t do anything. Except think of Mrs. Rose Grenlauer, who escaped with her valuables into the wilds of Tennessee. Willard wants her valuables. Willard wants her life. And he means to get both.
Good Genes    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 6480 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 27, 2012. .

All parents think their baby perfect, but Alden truly is—at least on the genetic level. Now his parents have the opportunity to make money from Alden’s perfection. Should they? Or should they forget Alden’s perfection and raise him like any other normal child? Includes bonus story, “Results.”
Results    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 6490 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 27, 2012. .

Percentages. Chances. Opportunities. Before Bryan marries Jess, he needs to know what kind of children they’ll have. Fortunately tests exist for that. The results have arrived, and now Jess must chose: babies, percentages, or Bryan? Includes bonus story, “Good Genes.”
Elegy for Piano and Three Voices    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 5180 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 17, 2012. .

Stacey’s mother has disappeared. Alzheimer’s has taken her and left a shell. Except, one night, Stacey—a composer who has given up everything to care for her mother—can’t take it any more. She sits at the piano. The music reveals amazing things, things Stacey does not expect, things she cannot hope for. Also included is the full bonus story "Stille Nacht."
Star    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 11020 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 10, 2012. .

On the night Anna’s boyfriend tried to kill her, Anna’s badly injured cat Star disappeared. Now, half a continent away, Star has returned. Is it her ghost? Or has Star herself somehow made her own incredible journey across the country to be with the only person she’s ever loved? With bonus story, “Cat Nap.” "Rusch is a great storyteller." Romantic Times
Death on D Street    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 15890 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 7, 2012. .

D Street—the closest thing Hope’s Pass has to a red light district. The sheriff’s drunk the night Jeanne gets murdered, so Will, the mayor, leaves his sleeping wife and children to investigate the crime at the request of the local doctor. Only the crime has deep roots, roots that will touch Will’s entire family, and make him question everything he’s ever known.
Songbirds    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 15290 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 25, 2012. .

One hunter. One songbird. He must convince her to sing for the king once again. But in so doing, he makes a bargain that could change everything he knows and understands about his world. And his life. And the decision could change the world itself. To sing or not to sing. The price might be too high. On both sides. Published with bonus story “Dragonslayer.”
The Observer    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 8250 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 17, 2012. .

They send the best and brightest to war, then observe them when the soldiers return. Only someone else observes too, someone closer to the soldier, someone quite surprising. Published with bonus story “Elites.” A thoughtful and thought-provoking story. RT Book Reviews
Cat Nap    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 11100 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 9, 2012. .

Triwell doesn’t adopt strays. He is a stray, a man who has lost everything even though he has a house and an antiquarian bookstore in Seavy Village on the Oregon Coast. The cat adopted him. She’s a mystery, a mystery who lives with him, a mystery he will solve one summer in a surprising—and deadly—way. With bonus story, “Star.”
So This Is Strange? Five Stories of Humor, Fantasy, and a Little Hint of Sex    by Dee W. Schofield
Price: $4.99 USD. 16950 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on February 1, 2012. .

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith sometimes writes stories that don’t seem to fit with his other work. So for these strange jumps into fantasy with a touch of humor and a hint of sex, he uses the name Dee W. Schofield. Stories include “Iron Eyebrows,” “Don’t Rust on Me Now,” and “Mated from the Morgue.” This is Dee’s first collection, but there are more to follow.
Facade    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $5.99 USD. 86870 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 31, 2012. .

Thomas’s estranged daughter Heather died on the Oregon Coast. Thomas has returned there, not to solve his daughter’s murder, but to see if he can live with himself and his past. Only someone leaves mysterious notes and birds die on his porch. As more people die, Thomas realizes he holds the key to it all. He can solve the crisis, if he only dares…
The New World of Publishing: Investing In Your Own Future    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4260 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 31, 2012. .

Everything has changed in the publishing industry. Opportunities for writers that didn’t exist two years ago explode everywhere. But how do you get control of the future of your writing in these uncertain times? In this short book, bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith gives some guidelines and suggestions on how to invest in your writing future.
Victory: The Fifth Book of the Fey    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $5.99 USD. 181070 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 31, 2012. .

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An Ancient weapon. A new source of power. One splintered family. Will it destroy the world? Or Save it? In the Cliffs of Blood, Blue Isle’s royal family has discovered a secret so powerful that it might destroy the Black King of the Fey. But the Black King’s power comes from the same source as the powers of his great-grandchildren. And they’re trying to defeat him.
The New World of Publishing: Pen Names    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 30, 2012. .

Why write under a pen name? If you have ever asked that question or wondered why writers decide to write under pen names, you need to read this short book by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith, who has published traditionally over one hundred novels, over half of them under varied pen names.
Surviving the Transition: How Writers Can Thrive in the New World of Publishing    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 16060 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 30, 2012. .

Most writers run their careers the same way they did in the 1990s. But publishing has changed so much since then that any writer who works on the old model will no longer make a living. In this short book, international bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch shows you how to think about the new world of publishing. She gives you a blueprint for survival
Red Letter Day    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $1.99 USD. 6410 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 28, 2012. .

Graduation Day at Barack Obama High School. The day the Red Letters arrive, the day that students get a glimpse into their own future. But a handful never get a letter and no one knows why. One teacher has an idea though, a teacher who never got a Red Letter herself, a teacher who will finally have answers before the day is out.
Poker Boy vs. The Silicon Suckers    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 25090 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 27, 2012. .

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith occasionally commits Poker Boy stories. In this collection are five. “The Old Girlfriend of Doom,” “Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate,” “Not Salable For Sale,” “Dried Up,” and “Mummy Murders.” In each of these stories Poker Boy deals with the dreaded Silicon Suckers, a race that lives in the sand outside of Las Vegas.
E-Male    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $1.99 USD. 6370 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 27, 2012. .

Gavin spends his morning reading the email of his ex-girlfriend, Stella. He has a restraining order, so he can’t approach her. The email has to do. Until it stops. Until Stella disappears from the world. Gavin thinks he knows what happened to her, but how can he help her? He’s not a hero—or is he?
The Karnikov Card: A Spade/Paladin Conundrum    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 8870 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 25, 2012. .

Secret Master of Fandom and Private Detective Spade faces an impossible mission: He must save Celebcon Five from itself. The convention that’s trying to out Comic-con Comic-con has decided to make Dmitri Karnikov its guest of honor. Then Spade’s mysterious friend Paladin reveals the secret to Karnikov’s attendance, and Spade must act to stop a horrid crime.
Spirit Guides    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 5360 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 25, 2012. .

Kincaid always shows up at a crime scene before the crime happens. Except at the Burger Joint. He got stuck in Los Angeles traffic and arrived just after the shooting ended. Now he must deal with carnage, carnage he couldn’t prevent—carnage he’s never been able to prevent. The carnage takes him to the end of his singular talent, and face-to-face with his future.
Becalmed: A Diving Universe Short Novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $3.99 USD. 17510 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 24, 2012. .

Mae, chief linguist on the Ivoire, heads a diplomatic mission to Ukhanda. Her handling of relations with the Quurzod lead to a battle that causes the Ivoire’s anacapa drive to malfunction, stranding the ship in foldspace. Mae can’t remember what she did wrong. If she doesn’t recall it, she won’t be able to prevent another disaster.
Bring Me the Head of Anne Boleyn    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 5760 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 24, 2012. .

Before her twenty-fifth year, she was both a princess and a prisoner, a royal daughter and the daughter of a traitor. Now Elizabeth Tudor has become queen of England and, in her private moments, cannot quite believe she survived. She has to figure out how to rule, but first she must reclaim her past, and to do that, she must find the last thing her mother ever gave her.
Up on the Rooftop: A Short Novel    by Kristine Grayson
Price: $3.99 USD. 18400 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 3, 2012. .

Reality and fairy tales collide. Julka part of Santa’s Advance team, but she’s spending her days inspecting rooftop entrances for the Big Night. And she’s traveling with an annoying elf who just happens to be on double secret forever probation. She hates her job. She wants excitement. She wants to explore the Greater World. She wants romance.
The Resistance: The Fourth Book of the Fey    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $5.99 USD. 164200 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 2, 2012. .

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A Ruthless Warrior. A Brilliant Tactician. One Family. Opposite Sides. The Black King of the Fey, Rugad, has conquered Blue Isle’s capitol city. He thinks he’s conquered the Isle itself, even though he can’t find its royal family. That family has retreated and will regroup and attack again, this time with a new weapon, one that can change everything.
The Rival: The Third Book of the Fey    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $5.99 USD. 169330 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 25, 2011. .

A Land Scarred by War Faces a Conqueror Without Mercy. The Fey have conquered half the world with their great skills—not just at combat and with powerful magicks. The Fey have another weapon, a greater weapon: Patience. Twenty years after their first invasion, the Fey try again to conquer Blue Isle.
Christopher's Crummy Christmas    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 1310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 13, 2011. .

Eleven-year-old Christopher always spends Christmas alone. This year, he’s going to change that. This year, he’s going to make his parents stay home. Everyone tells him he’ll ruin Christmas, but he doesn’t care. He wants a good Christmas, and he’ll do anything to get it. A classic Christmas story that first appeared in Boy’s Life Magazine.
The Last Christmas Letter    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 10090 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 3, 2011. .

“Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s eerie and slow-starting ‘The Last Christmas Letter’ decisively delivers the Twilight Zone’s trademark out-of-this-world wonder…exceptional, with vivid characters and some mind-bending narrative moments.” Publishers Weekly
Duplicate Effort: A Retrieval Artist novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 96200 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 29, 2011. .

“If there’s any such thing as a sci-fi CSI, the Retrieval Artist novels set the tone.” The Edge Boston. Flint can no longer take on the entire universe. He violated the rules of his Retrieval Artist mentor and now has a lot to lose. But he can’t reverse the events he set in motion—and the crisis he caused might destroy everything—and everyone—he loves.
Recovery Man: A Retrieval Artist novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 88420 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 28, 2011. .

“This high-tech detective story, part of the Retrieval Artist series, has hard science fiction, a complex whodunit and a fascinating look at alien bureaucracy. All the elements for an entertaining story are here: well-drawn, believable characters with frailties and flaws, credible scientific theory, and authentic-feeling settings.” RT Book Reviews
Anniversary Day: A Retrieval Artist novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $7.99 USD. 89320 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 27, 2011. .

The long-awaited return of the Retrieval Artist series! Four years ago, a bomb destroyed part of the dome protecting Armstrong, the largest city on the Moon. Now, as the city celebrates its survival with an event it calls Anniversary Day, a larger threat looms—one that begins with the murder of the mayor, and spreads across the Moon itself.
Just Shoot Me Now!: A Poker Boy Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3280 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 29, 2011. .

Poker Boy wants nothing more then to be left alone in a good game of poker. But a cherub circles overhead in the poker room wanting to talk. And Poker Boy knows this cherub and knows the little guy represents trouble. Even worse, the question the cherub asks Poker Boy could change a lot of futures. How really, really annoying.
Miss Smallwood's Goodies: A Pilgrim Hugh Incident    by Jesse Grove
Price: $0.99 USD. 3110 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 28, 2011. .

Sent to investigate the sudden appearance of the statue of a naked woman in a park, Pilgrim Hugh must first decide if placing a statue without permission is a crime? And why the statue of the naked woman is missing all her personal parts? Are those missing personal parts the answer of the origin of the statue? Another strange Pilgrim Hugh Incident.
Paloma: A Retrieval Artist Novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 101430 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 23, 2011. .

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“Rusch does a superb job of making the Retrieval Artist books work as fully satisfying standalone mysteries and as installments in a gripping saga full of love, loss, grief, hope, adventure, and discovery. It is also some of the best science fiction ever written.” New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card
The War of Poker: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3630 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 18, 2011. .

Poker Boy somehow finds himself facing an imitation of his girlfriend, Patty Ledgerwood, an imitation that scares him more than he has ever been scared on any mission. Within a fraction of a second he somehow saves himself and maybe the world from another war. Or maybe he helps set up a new war.
The Case of the Intrusive Furniture: A Pilgrim Hugh Incident    by Jesse Grove
Price: $0.99 USD. 4920 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 15, 2011. .

Pilgrim Hugh has been called out on some odd cases before, but an old, smelly couch sitting in the middle of a beautiful lawn seems to have strange written all over it. With his friend and assistant, Carrie, he must figure out why the couch ended up there and what the woman living in the perfect home hid besides a bad facelift and a heart of stone.
Think Like a Publisher    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $5.99 USD. 27990 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on August 8, 2011. .

(5.00)
2012 Updated Version. A Step-By-Step Guide to Being an Indie Publisher. Written by Dean Wesley Smith, USA Today Bestselling writer and former publisher of Pulphouse Publishing. Point-by-point, Dean tells you what is needed to start up a publishing house and sell your books both electronically but also to bookstores.
Standing Up For Grace: An Imperia Encanto Adventure    by Kristine Grayson
Price: $2.99 USD. 13610 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 31, 2011. .

(4.00)
Imperia Encanto, the oldest daughter of Prince Charming and Cinderella, can’t stop the girls at her exclusive private school from picking on her sister Grace. In her home Kingdom, Princess Imperia merely has to frown and everyone does her bidding. But in Beverly Hills, no one knows she’s a princess. No one believes fairy tales are real and Imperia’s not allowed to tell them.
Models: A Short Mystery Novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 11320 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 31, 2011. .

Kendall Dee disappears on her first day as a professional hairdresser at a New York Fashion Week runway show. When she turns up murdered, her friend Corry Lindstrom decides to find out what happened. Chosen by the readers of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine as one of the top five stories of the year, “Models” takes place in a world not often seen by outsiders.
Kuchen    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 4890 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 30, 2011. .

Lawyer F. Reed Hamlin has everything—money, success, a small amount of fame. But he doesn’t have close relationships. He doesn’t have family. Until he hears on the news that police have caught a Vietnam protester who bombed a munitions site. An anti-war radical who has hidden for twenty years. An anti-war radical who just happens to be Reed’s mother.
Fifteen Minutes At Mercy General    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 2310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 30, 2011. .

An emergency: a bleeding teenage girl in ripped clothes on a gurney in a hospital corridor, her mother hastily brought in by the investigating police officer. An emergency, a girl, a family, and a crime so horrible that no one understands until it’s too late…
Monuments to the Dead    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 6780 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 30, 2011. .

Mount Rushmore has disappeared. No presidents grace its face. The area looks like it did before those craggy faces got carved into the hillside. The American Observer has sent Emelia Sunlake to give the California perspective on a strange experience but, she says, she’s writing “a white, middle-class, female California perspective” on the experience.
Kindred Souls    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 7470 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 30, 2011. .

She calls herself Linda, although it’s not her name. She travels from nursing home to nursing home, fixing problems, helping others. Until she meets Eloise Mortimer. Rich, famous Eloise Mortimer. Dying Eloise Mortimer, who fancies herself a latter-day Miss Marple, but who might simply be something much more dangerous. Much more destructive.
Jackie-O    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 5760 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 29, 2011. .

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—former first lady, editor, mother, grandmother—lives a life of mystery. But she wants to solve a mystery of her own: who changed the world on November 22, 1963? Oswald? A group of conspirators? Originally written for a mystery anthology titled The First Lady Murders. Includes the complete bonus story, "Bring Me the Head of Anne Boleyn"
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