The Task of Auntie Dido by Ryan M. Welch
Price: $4.99 USD. 49420 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 21, 2011. .
Feline sleuth C. Auguste Dupin investigates murder and sardine crackers in the latest Poeville mystery. C. Auguste Dupin wants three things: A warm sunny bench by the fountain, time with librarian Penny Copper reading a good book, and tuna. When Penny’s aunt Dido pays them a visit, a simple task turns deadly! In Poeville, weird things happen all the time.

Hidden Nests by Ryan M. Welch
Price: $0.99 USD. 3920 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 1, 2011. .
Chicken Cracks Case! Lilly’s favorite chicken heads out into the woods looking for a safe place to lay her eggs – and uncovers a terrifying secret in this new story from the author of the Poeville series.

The Greatest Gig and Other Stories by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 24190 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on September 20, 2011. .
Make first contact in this collection of five stories from the author of Dark Matters. Chrystal Eagle, starship plumber, deals with the messiest hazards on a starship — the passengers! An alien scientist discovers the unexpected truth behind his mission to another world! Emmett fights alien weasels for his survival! Keeping up with the Joneses — get the latest rocketship!

Dreaming Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $3.99 USD. 88560 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on August 25, 2011. .
Dead things in high school? Bad. At college? Deadly! Ravyn Washington's secret? She wakes dead things. If the Inquisition finds out she could burn. She thought she left that all behind her after high school. Not quite. Haunted in her dreams, Ravyn's curse spreads to her friends when their dream research project turns into a nightmare. Not safe awake. Not safe asleep!

Filming Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $2.99 USD. 59830 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on July 12, 2011. .
For decades, Stefan Roland’s quartet of Dead Things films thrilled, horrified and fascinated audiences. His work provides an insight into the witches that wake dead things, and the Inquisitors tasked with stopping them. Read the stories behind the films – Farm of the Dead Things, Mall of the Dead Things, War of the Dead Things, and Trailer Park of the Dead Things!

Five More Frights by R.M. Haag
Price: $2.99 USD. 59830 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on July 4, 2011. .
Five more horror stories to keep you up! A cyclist's commute turns to terror... A man moves back home, haunted by the past... A woman struggles to keep a stranger out in the icy night... A mother struggles to understand her daughter's affinity for creepy crawlies... and a child's first Halloween leads to an unexpected trick. This collection also includes an excerpt from R.M. Haag's Downland.

Trailer Park of the Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 22430 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on June 27, 2011. .
The call on Stefan Roland's supernatural tip line describes the Willow Lane trailer park as haunted and terrifying. It's possibly the only opportunity for Stefan to revitalize his Dead Things series of films. The whole gang comes back for one more shot at filming dead things before the Inquisition sweeps in to cover it all up. Assuming they can get out alive!

The Idea Man by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 6410 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on June 21, 2011. .

(4.00)
Where do you get your ideas? Every writer gets asked that question. Here's one answer. Also includes a bonus excerpt from the author's first Moreau Society novel, Dark Matters.

Strange Babies and Other Stories by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 24450 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on June 12, 2011. .
Strange babies abound in this collection of five science fiction stories about parenthood and other-worldly children from the author of Dark Matters. Includes Strange Babies, Different Gravities, Your Eyes, Bouncing Baby Boy and Better the Boy.

Journey to Emberland by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 9360 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on June 6, 2011. .
On the first journey to another world, Long Sight dreams of worldlets propelled by the the sun, traveling between the worlds of his solar system. Not all of the people share his dream, and some will go to any lengths to stop it.

Commuter by R.M. Haag
Price: Free! 10120 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 28, 2011. .
The roar of an engine inches away sends Ken's heart racing when his bike commute turns into a terrifying ride. Ken is haunted by PAIN.

Love, [unpronounceable] by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 9350 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 22, 2011. .

(4.00)
With the greatest gig in the unviverse, comes great responsibility to make sure the toilets function for both humanoid species and otherwise aboard the Elegant Slipstream. The job let Chrystal Eagle see the sights but it also had one main drawback — the passengers.

War of the Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 13350 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 16, 2011. .
In 1979 Stefan Roland's career needed a transfusion, a new film to restore him to his former glory. And as the Soviets invade Afghanistan Stefan gets word that dead things are being used in the conflict. Risking everything, Stefan goes to try and track down the hidden necromancer in this novelette from the author of Waking Dead Things.

Dumping Ground by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5140 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 9, 2011. .
Special Agent Alex Marks investigates a crime fifty million years in the making, in this short story from the author of Dark Matters.

The Witch on Floor Six by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 16300 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 1, 2011. .
All Gran Maggie wanted was a good book, a cup of tea and a quiet retirement. But between a headache, the screaming baby upstairs, and the young paras that come to her apartment with a demon-tainted boy it doesn't look like she's going to get what she wants.

Trick or Treat by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 5340 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on April 24, 2011. .
Christina couldn't wait to take Roy out in his tiger costume for his very first Halloween. Big Roy told her not to bother, the boy wouldn't even remember it, but she took him out to trick or treat anyway...

Stay Extended by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 8630 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on April 16, 2011. .
The darkness surrounded the Park Vista hotel, trapping Ben and the rest of the guests. Their only connection to the outside world came from Sanders, a mysterious man who demanded blood tests from the guests in exchange for food. As tempers fray and the darkness closes in, Ben searches for a way out.

Attack of the Sand Gnomes by Michael Burges
Price: $0.99 USD. 8260 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on April 10, 2011. .
When the wind smells of blooming cactus, it heralds the coming of the sand gnomes. So Pete's family had been warned about settling at the edge of the desert but Pete's father had big plans to irrigate the barren landscape. Now it's up to Pete and his friends to stop the sand gnomes!

Killing Bennie by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 6390 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on April 5, 2011. .
Life on Communications Station 10 meant cramped quarters and mind-dulling routine. The pay was pretty good, but that only mattered dirtside. When Bennie's snoring causes sleepless nights for Paul there's only one possible answer. Bennie must die. A short story from the author of Dark Matters.

Alien Conspiracy Theory by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5180 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on March 27, 2011. .
Cleveland Parrish saw things that no other human had seen, but what he learned threatened to change him forever! A short story from the author of Dark Matters and The Gingerbread House.

Five More Futures by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 18400 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on March 27, 2011. .
A starship plumber faces an unusual problem, a father on the moon deals with an active child, another father watches his son develop in unexpected ways on Mars, colonists struggle to survive on an alien planet, and a family tries to welcome an alien into their family. This collection includes: "The Greatest Gig", "Bouncing Baby Boy", "Different Gravities", "Egg Hunt", and "Poly Contact".

This Treehouse is Haunted by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 3990 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on March 21, 2011. .
Homecoming didn't turn out the way Joel imagined, stirring up his past in unexpected ways, in this story from the author of Downland.

Locked Out by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 3230 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on March 14, 2011. .
In the arctic darkness a man demands that Lynn let him inside, but she doesn't dare. Not with the children to protect. If she waits he'll have to leave. A short story by the author of Downland.

People Love Rocketships by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3840 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on March 7, 2011. .
Hank always wanted a rocketship, something to put the Westerfield's old green rocketship next door to shame. He finally got his wish...and a bit more!

Watching You Sleep by Kate N. Ryan
Price: $4.99 USD. 82290 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on March 2, 2011. .

(4.80)
Comic book store-owner Abigail “Abby” Kirkman believes her life complete. She runs a successful business in a picturesque sea-side town. Other than her insomnia, and the fact that her boyfriend left her for his job. Her life turns upside down when she finds Jasper Lee, steampunk author, asleep in the superhero aisle. Can an insomniac and narcoleptic find love?

Better the Boy by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 2280 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on February 27, 2011. .
Bones remembered sleeping on the bed between his masters, and a time when the Cat was the only intruder in the house, one he avoided and ignored. Then the Boy came and everything changed for the worse. Or was there something even worse than the Boy?

Alley Cat by Michael Burges
Price: $0.99 USD. 8540 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on February 21, 2011. .
For Cat an afternoon off from her bike messaging job meant exploring the magical alleys that connected every city in the world to the goblin city in the faerie realm. A whole new world filled with adventure, wealth and danger! An irresistible opportunity, but she never expected the new guy to follow her. Can she find love around the corner, in another world?

Poly Contact by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5160 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on February 14, 2011. .
A dozen massive alien ships arrive in orbit while others begin building a colony on the far side of the moon. The beautiful, androgynous Giselians want formal relations with humanity — by marrying into our families.

Mall of the Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 23600 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on February 7, 2011. .
Stefan Roland gained fame with the release of his first documentary, Farm of the Dead Things: the Glenda Barker Story. But the public always wants more. When tip after tip failed to turn up another witch Stefan began to think that his time had passed. Until he and his film crew went to the well-off neighborhood of Westfield Spring on a tip about a zombie on the loose. A Dead Things novelette.

The Greatest Gig by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4070 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on January 31, 2011. .

(5.00)
Chrystal had the greatest gig in the galaxy as a starship plumber aboard the Elegant Slipstream. The only problem? The passengers. Humanoid passengers were the worst, but when she had to deal with the non-humanoid ones? Then things got really messy.

Strange Babies by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5780 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on January 24, 2011. .
Terry opened the daycare looking forward to meeting the children for the first time, only to discover that these children weren’t quite what he had expected.

Farm of the Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 26040 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on January 16, 2011. .
Stefan Roland wanted the career-making story. When the call came in about a disturbance at the Springwood cemetery, and the possible involvement of the Inquisition, he never expected that this was his chance. Or that it meant facing dead things. From the author of Waking Dead Things.

Witness to Dust by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 16570 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on January 10, 2011. .

(4.17)
Delancie Haines knew about the Dust that transformed people into monsters, she just never expected to become a Witness herself until the day when Death chased her down the trail and into the river. A new story by the author of Dirty Old Vampires and Waking Dead Things.

Artifact Angst by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 21670 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on December 30, 2010. .

(3.67)
One didn't let a Hell key disappear. Hades didn't like the idea that anyone might get out. Natalie thought it'd be easy. Grab and go. A simple job complicated by the bewildering variety of antiques and other artifacts that decorated the Golden Anchor Inn. Even worse, she had competition, in the form of a nephilim named Peter. If she couldn't find the key in time there'd be Hell to pay. Literally!

The Gingerbread House by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 71120 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on December 20, 2010. .
It’ll take someone inhuman to stop this killer. Brock Marsden — private detective, mutant by-choice with extraordinary abilities. Members of the Moreau Society willingly alter their DNA — incorporating the best traits of other species for pleasure or profit. Only now a member goes rogue, perverting the technology to murder-by-mutation at a distance. Can Brock save a planet?

Bouncing Baby Boy by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3300 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on December 14, 2010. .
Micro-Gee, Gary Poland Junior, weighed less than a pound on the Moon at birth. As the first Moon baby Micro-Gee found fame without trying, much like the SECOND time he captured headlines.

Egg Hunt by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4590 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on December 7, 2010. .
On the planet Autumn eggs are life. Scrambled, boiled, or fried, Emmett needed eggs any way he could get them. Assuming he beat the weasels to the eggs. He didn't even like eggs, but without them he couldn't digest most of what his crops produced. Without the eggs he'd starve. A new science fiction story from the author of Dark Matters.

Bed Bugs by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 3040 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on November 29, 2010. .
Anne's phobias get a workout when her daughter Carries develops an attraction for all sorts of creepy-crawlies, in this chilling short story from the author of Downland.

Different Gravities by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3110 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on November 22, 2010. .

(3.00)
When Kyle Rader joined the Mars Colonization Project he never imagined that his wife and the colony's first Governor would be pregnant before they landed, throwing out carefully planned timetables. From that point on Kyle learned the one thing that all parents eventually learn. With children, as with space exploration, expect surprises.

Quantum Uncertainty by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3650 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on November 15, 2010. .
Q-Prime hired Detective Barry Holliday, "Doc" to his friends, for a little piece of information recovery. Recover stolen files and email them back. Easy, nothing to it — except a secret that could change the world! A science fiction story by the author of "Dark Matters".

Five Futures by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 27650 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on November 9, 2010. .
An inventor recreates the future...An android searches for an open source emotion...A couple is faced with an impossible proposal...The smell of rotting aliens covers a town...A lonely man looks for someone to love... A collection of five science fiction stories from the author of Dark Matters, including: Future Wasn’t, The Copyleft Heart, Proposal, Eetees, and Your Eyes.

The Murders in the Reed Moore Library by Ryan M. Welch
Price: $0.99 USD. 10330 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on November 2, 2010. .

(4.00)
Librarian Penny Copper and her cat, C. Dupin, never expected to find bodies in the book returns. Dupin reluctantly assists Ms. Copper as she attempts to solve the mystery of the murders in the Reed Moore Library!

Five Frights by R.M. Haag
Price: $2.99 USD. 17110 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 24, 2010. .
A woman's cat dies in a horrible, bizarre fashion... Nightmares come to life... On a lonely stretch of road a man meets temptation... A killer lurks in the back seat of a car... A child's ghost returns to her favorite place... A collection of five spooky short stories to haunt your favorite reading device from the authors of Downland and Dark Matters.

Proposal by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3790 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 14, 2010. .
Tom wants to believe that Unity brings everything it promises. Peace and love, a way to belong safe from the conflicts, but Rachele doesn't believe he has the whole picture and sets out to uncover the truth. A short story by Ryan M. Williams

Flame Breaker by Michael Burges
Price: $0.99 USD. 3920 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 9, 2010. .
Folks talk of Estelle's magical wagon far and wide, which has drawn the interest of the Inquisition. Searching, they claim, for dangerous books. A fantasy short story by Michael Burges.

So Little Time by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 6250 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 1, 2010. .

(4.00)
Veronica's Ma warned her that you can't trust dead men. They'll steer you on a wrong course every time but when the opportunity arises to make extra money cleaning out a ship she can't refuse even if it means working with a beautiful dead guy. But is she getting in for more than she bargained?

The Special by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 4120 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on September 23, 2010. .
Nick thought that the railroad car diner looked like an oasis in the barren desert of the highway. A place for tired, lost souls looking for a hot meal and a bit of company before facing the lonely blacktop. Someplace safe. He couldn't be more wrong.

Eetees by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 8490 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on September 18, 2010. .
The stink of rotting aliens chokes a town caught in the crossfire of an alien space battle. Chris joins the town's first team to enter a crashed alien ship, unsure what they will find inside.

Future Wasn't by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5070 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on September 9, 2010. .

(3.00)
Rodney dreamed of a future with intelligent robots, flying cars and space colonies. What happened to that future? What if he could find a way to change the past in order to change the future?

The Good Samaritan by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 2690 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on September 2, 2010. .
Jane geared up for battle when she left work. With two girls already dead this month she didn't plan on taking any chances. But would it be enough?

The Copyleft Heart by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4600 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on August 26, 2010. .
As a DM-1000 series android Clifford knows he lacks the smooth lines and grace of current androids. But when he sees a newer DF-3000 series gynoid wearing designer clothes he can't help but fall in love. Sharing his feelings, that's another problem.

Dreamstone by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 4440 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on August 19, 2010. .
Alone in the house, Emma strives to save her son Emmett from her nightmares.

Truth-Seeker by Michael Burges
Price: $0.99 USD. 4310 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on August 13, 2010. .
Regi claims he's not a Gandalf of any color — but his magic may be the only hope for finding a lost child.

This Book is Haunted by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 2110 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on August 4, 2010. .
Librarian Scott Taylor discovers an after hours visitor in the library.

Your Eyes by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 6400 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on July 26, 2010. .
Just like the real thing only better. With your eyes. All the joy and none of the trouble, yours at a new low price! Wyatt found the catalog and maybe found something other than cleaning to make his days worthwhile. Short story, honorable mention in Writers of the Future Contest

Dirty Old Vampires by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $4.99 USD. 93650 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on July 7, 2010. .

(4.00)
Natalie King never wanted to move around from town to town but every time her mother pulled out the atlas she packed her bags. Only what fit in the van. Now they've moved to Pierce, Washington. Can you say rain? And secrets. Secrets in the town, in her own past. Classmates with secrets. Natalie wants a normal life. Not likely. Not in Pierce.

Goblin Alley: The Bloodied Fang by Michael Burges
Price: $4.99 USD. 101480 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on June 14, 2010. .

(4.00)
Dalton Hicks runs for his life, plunging into Goblin Alley — a deadly world-wide web of magic, wealth and danger linking every city around the planet. Believing that Dalton stole a magical artifact, the Goblin King puts price on his head. Running for his life, Dalton finds his way through the twists and turns of the alleys. His only chance — steal the fang back from the real thief!

Downland by R.M. Haag
Price: $4.99 USD. 88180 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 26, 2010. .
A new house. A chance to start a family. Samantha Ramsey stays home remodeling her dream home unaware of the ancient evil stirring deep below. Her elderly neighbor Maggie O'Leary tells her stories about the house. Some houses are bad luck, and this house sits above Downland.

Waking Dead Things by Tennessee Hicks
Price: $3.99 USD. 85740 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on May 15, 2010. .
Ravyn Washington. Ordinary high school teen worried about getting her driver's license, dates and passing classes. Oh, and dead things. Sometimes dead things wake up. It happened to her Nana, branded witch and necromancer by the Inquisition. Now Inquisitor Lockwood shows up in town, checking if Ravyn inherited the curse. And dead things wake up. If Lockwood finds out, Ravyn could burn.

Dark Matters by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 72890 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 31, 2009. .

(5.00)
Brock Marsden. A genetically-modified private detective who solves the toughest cases on a world populated by a mix of humans and aliens. Like this one. A young woman, Chrissy Winston, murdered in a bizarre fashion that leaves police chasing false leads. A case that needs all of Brock's unique abilities and maybe new ones if he hopes to catch the killer.

What Dragged in the Cat? by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4080 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press on October 18, 2009. .
When Monica's cat dies in a horrible and bizarre fashion she seeks answers.

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