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From the Ashes of Courage
By J. Timothy King
Price: $3.97 USD. Words: 53,080. Language: English. Published: January 20, 2010. Category: Fiction
Gail Bishop is a headstrong, driven, single-minded businesswoman, a successful independent professional at only 29 years old. But she still feels empty. Eddie Chase is a fun-loving real-estate agent who made a mint in the boom market, now fast running out of money. And their friends set them up on a blind date, unaware that many years ago, they were once married to each other...
A Sword Called…Kitten?
By Gordon A. Long
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 106,820. Language: English. Published: September 14, 2010. Category: Fiction
Lost years ago from its traditional owner, thrown into a swamp by a Hand with no ear for music, the Sword struggles through the seamy underside of society to regain the path towards honour, glory, and a Name. This new prospect is only a woodcutter, but he has a strong arm and a receptive mind. A chance for heroic deeds? The Sword dares to dream again. Now, if only someone had a sense of humour!
"Pine" and 7 Other Short Romances
By J. Timothy King
Price: Free! Words: 6,280. Language: English. Published: March 7, 2011. Category: Fiction
Enjoy this free sampler of 8 short-short romance stories by J. Timothy King.
"Disorder" and 7 Other Flashes of Character
By J. Timothy King
Price: Free! Words: 5,670. Language: English. Published: March 9, 2011. Category: Fiction
Enjoy this free sampler of 8 character-driven flash stories by J. Timothy King.
Predestination (and Other Games of Chance)
By J. Daniel Sawyer
Series: The Antithesis Progression, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 124,010. Language: English. Published: April 25, 2011 by AWP Books. Category: Fiction
When leaving Earth to escape a contract on his life, Joss Kyle finds his poker habit gets him caught up in a struggle for control of the entire solar system. He just wants to build a new life, but in the looking-glass world above the gravity well, survival, like poker, is just another sport. And in this contest, it isn’t whether you win or lose, it's how you rig the game.
The Undeniable Labyrinth
By Alan Alaric Roi
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 90,650. Language: American English. Published: June 10, 2011. Category: Fiction
Althea Ram, exile from a culture which survived an intergalactic apocalypse, has been searching for answers amongst the lost worlds of the Consortia. She has planned a desperate transit to Elysium, a world which can provide her everything she needs.But the probability of getting there on the first try is very low. And she has no way of telling how dangerous her destination might be.
Night Sights
By Charlie Fernandez
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 69,610. Language: English. Published: July 14, 2011. Category: Fiction
"Bobber" Mulligan walked into a convenience store looking for doughnuts and forgot to duck when the shooting started. Now, his nerves frayed by post traumatic stress, all he wants is to live a quiet life. When his simple plan is shattered by escalating neighborhood crime, he realizes he may not only have to fight for his quiet life, he may have to kill for it.
The Unexpected Neighbor
By Terri Peterson
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 94,300. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2011. Category: Fiction
Janis and Rick are dealing with their rocky marriage when their middle child, Kit, tries to kill herself. When Kit is released from the hospital, she gets to know the new neighbor, Veronica. Although Kit and sister Lindsay attach themselves to the nomadic Veronica, Janis remains suspicious of the neighbor, especially when Veronica’s revelations threaten Kit's unsteady sense of self.
In Times Passed
By L. Darby Gibbs
Series: Students of Jump, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 60,340. Language: English. Published: July 31, 2011. Category: Fiction
Brent Garrett has felt manipulated by his mother since before he can remember. When he unexpectedly turns a prototype Nerg box into a time machine, stepping out of her reach and into a time without expectations is his brand of change. Meeting Miranda Jenkins, a painter who gives him temporary sleeping rights to her couch, is just the beginning. Unfortunately, even a time jumper runs out of time.
The Proving
By Tom Szollosi
Price: $3.50 USD. Words: 69,170. Language: English. Published: August 3, 2011. Category: Fiction
Edgar Lamp is no average mass murderer. What sets him apart is technique: he separates victims from their internal organs. Lt. Husky Martin, LAPD Homicide, must stop Lamp, who sees his ability to kill as a miracle, and remembers what his religious fanatic grandfather said: "The whole world wants a miracle, and the miracle is in the Proving." Lamp has a lot of proving to do, and he loves his work.
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