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Framed: A Historical Novel about the Revolt of the Luddites    by Christy Fearn
Price: $4.99 USD. 56360 words. Published by Open Books on March 5, 2013. .

If you liked Les Miserables, then you’ll love Framed!
Thoughts of Maria    by Gregory Heath
Price: $4.99 USD. 39000 words. Published by Open Books on February 3, 2013. .

When Gerry Thorley decides to marry a mail-order bride, trouble is lurking just around the corner as Gerry’s son Callum feeds the fires of an escalating sexual obsession with his father’s new bride, and his ex-wife Rachel resolves to see the marriage fail.
A Week with Fiona Wonder: A Novel    by Kelly Huddleston
Price: $4.99 USD. 81960 words. Published by Open Books on December 25, 2012. .

Sixteen-year-old Mercy Swimmer's world turns upside down when she wins a contest in a magazine to spend a week with a movie star.
Happy Ending    by David Rat
Price: $4.99 USD. 11470 words. Published by Open Books on September 29, 2012. .

Every Happy Ending implies a not-so-happy beginning, and David Rat's story—from a groundbreaking career as the drummer of the 'Noise-Rock' cult band Rat At Rat R to a devastating addiction to heroin—follows a path from soaring heights (and highs) to the hellish basement of desperate addiction (the lowest of all possible lows).
Highway    by Donald O'Donovan
Price: $4.99 USD. 59200 words. Published by Open Books on November 2, 2011. .

Highway is the road trip you always imagined but never took; mile after mile is marked with candid observations, outlandish circumstances and insights that define the American experience.
Secrets of an Old Typewriter    by Susie Duncan Sexton
Price: $4.99 USD. 37910 words. Published by Open Books on August 29, 2011. .

The written accounts of the life of a ‘smart and sassy small town girl’ are as urbane as those of any city dweller. From ’50s and ’60s nostalgia to modern-day values, and from the drama and insight of America’s great books and motion pictures to politics, religion and animal rights, Susie Duncan Sexton’s ‘secrets’ always hit the mark with unexpected candor and a unique perspective.
Necropsy In E Minor    by Alan Ramón Clinton
Price: $4.99 USD. 57730 words. Published by Open Books on March 1, 2011. .

Necropsy in E Minor is the tale of a young college professor who sits down to write what he calls a “memoir,” but which really only records the past six months of his life (with numerous digressions), and ends, with the last line, after a richly devastating encounter, at the moment of writing.
Tarantula Woman    by Donald O'Donovan
Price: $4.99 USD. 54470 words. Published by Open Books on January 23, 2011. .

Not since Charles Bukowski's Factotum has a transgressive autobiographical novel touched upon with such rawness the everyday realities of a modern-day American desperado.
The Virtual Life of Fizzy Oceans    by David A. Ross
Price: $4.99 USD. 121940 words. Published by Open Books on January 2, 2011. .

Fizzy Oceans lives, works and travels in the virtual world where the dead are very much alive, places like ancient Babylon have been reconstructed, and with the click of a button—WHOOSH!—one is transported throughout the Ages to events and destinations that make up our human history.
Curtain Call: A Metaphorical Memoir    by Alan Ramón Clinton
Price: $4.99 USD. 48220 words. Published by Open Books on September 28, 2010. .

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Stalking academia, re-ordering double prints and rewriting the autobiography of Buster Keaton, Clinton's hapless and sophomoric intellectual narrator offers his poignant and funny insights on modern-day culture in a series of slapstick misadventures.
Simple Intent    by Linda Sands
Price: $4.99 USD. 70160 words. Published by Open Books on August 28, 2010. .

When two legal interns uncover the case of a drug dealer wrongly convicted of murder, their simple intent is to free an innocent man and bring the guilty to justice, however their effort is complicated by a crooked cop, a mobster, his ambitious attorney and a secret alliance.
The Sugarhouse: A Novella (plus four novel excerpts)    by Donald O'Donovan
Price: $2.99 USD. 26510 words. Published by Open Books on August 13, 2010. .

A charming and sentimental trip back to a world of homespun characters, fertile fishing ponds, innocent love, and, at the center of it all, Cooperstown, New York's much-loved house of ill repute, the Sugarhouse. Excerpts from four novels by Donald O’Donovan accompany THE SUGARHOUSE, including ORGASMO, NIGHT TRAIN, CONFESSIONS OF A BEDBUG HAULER and TARANTULA WOMAN.
Xenos: A Novel    by David A. Ross
Price: $4.99 USD. 64960 words. Published by Open Books on August 10, 2010. .

Sometimes the only way to find yourself is to leave behind everything you've ever known... and become a stranger.
American Blow Job: A Novel    by Teri Louise Kelly
Price: $4.99 USD. 79620 words. Published by Open Books on July 2, 2010. .

With neither mercy nor apology, AMERICAN BLOW JOB penetrates to the core of America's now vacuous soul and exposes Lady Liberty for the paramour that in fact she has become in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
The Loyal Opposition    by Keith Ainsworth
Price: $2.99 USD. 8480 words. Published by Open Books on April 20, 2010. .

Environmental attorney Keith Ainsworth focuses our attention on the day's most critical environmental issues, addressing them in contemporary verse as well as poignant prose.
Stones    by David A. Ross
Price: $4.99 USD. 66840 words. Published by Open Books on April 1, 2010. .

A novel of art, love, intrigue and magic in the South of France.
How High The Wall: A Novel    by David A. Ross
Price: $2.99 USD. 80660 words. Published by Open Books on March 31, 2010. .

How high must a wall rise to ensure the separation of barely distinguishable classes in a modern-day American suburb?
Girls Like Me: A Book of Modern Poetry    by Teri Louise Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 10350 words. Published by Open Books on March 13, 2010. .

The first collection of poetry from Teri Louise Kelly showcases the methodology of an author whose life has been lived both within, and beyond, the borders of the binary system.
Night Train    by Donald O'Donovan
Price: $4.99 USD. 88720 words. Published by Open Books on January 25, 2010. .

Fast, furious, unforgettable and set against the backdrop of a crumbling civilization, NIGHT TRAIN follows arch-outsider Jerzy Mulvaney in an audacious account of what it means to be homeless on the streets of Los Angeles.
A Winter Garden    by David A. Ross
Price: $4.99 USD. 110580 words. Published by Open Books on November 18, 2009. .

With his longtime Greek friend Modestos Thromos at his side, Doran plants a winter garden; and as he patiently tills the Grecian soil, he reclaims his integrity, his sense of joy, and his humanity.
Sacrifice and the Sweet Life    by David A. Ross
Price: $2.99 USD. 43980 words. Published by Open Books on November 15, 2009. .

A profound and disturbing collection of eight short stories, four poems and one vignette by award-winning author David A. Ross.
Calico Pennants    by David A. Ross
Price: $4.99 USD. 50720 words. Published by Open Books on October 25, 2009. .

0.25 star(4.33)
A weekend sailor shipwrecked in the South Seas eventually discovers the island's only other human inhabitant - a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to 1930s lost flying ace Amelia Earhart.
The Courage of Intimacy    by Keith Ainsworth
Price: $2.99 USD. 7210 words. Published by Open Books on October 23, 2009. .

Life, death and the relationships we forge between. THE COURAGE OF INTIMACY is a collection of modern poetry exploring the fundamental human need to connect with others.
Good Morning Corfu: Living Abroad Against All Odds    by David A. Ross
Price: $4.99 USD. 46030 words. Published by Open Books on October 22, 2009. .

Often funny, always thoughtful, and surprisingly esoteric in nature, the forty-four short essays written by award-winning author David A. Ross deal with expatriate living in detail - from myth to reality, from novelty to stagnation, from glorious experiences to down-right gory experiences, and back again.
Alone in the Company of Others: A Novel    by Kelly Huddleston
Price: $4.99 USD. 124700 words. Published by Open Books on October 19, 2009. .

0.5 star(4.50)
With a cast of eccentrics that rivals "The Royal Tenenbaums", ALONE IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS is about people and their treasured possessions, and the distinctive role that each of us plays as part of a group dynamic. The book questions where each of us essentially exists — within the singular, the plural, or both.


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