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	Awake: A Fairytale	by Jessica Grey Feb. 05, 2012	$2.99	94692 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Jessica Grey is an author, fairytale believer, baseball lover, and recovering Star Wars fangirl. A life-long Californian, she now lives in Montana with her husband and two children where she spends her time writing, perfecting the fine art of toddler-wrangling, and drinking way too much caffeine.
	Hindsight	by Sherry D. Ficklin Feb. 01, 2012	$5.99	48242 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Sherry D. Ficklin can often be found haunting the racks at her local bookstore with a white hot chocolate in one hand and a stack of books in the other. A former military brat, and later military wife, she grew up all over the country. She now lives in Colorado with her husband, four children, two dogs, and an ever-fluctuating number of chickens and houseguests.
	Little Red of the Riding 'Hood	by Nicole Sheldrake Jan. 26, 2012	$0.99	1045 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: I often get asked, what is a typical day like for a successful writer such as yourself? I stick to a simple schedule. Every day, I rise with the sun. After a 10 kilometer swim in the Pacific Ocean, I skip back home and make breakfast for my sweetheart. Then I sit down at the computer and write 3 chapters of my novel. At 1:00pm, I go for a chocolate massage. When 4:00pm rolls around, I open the gin and get hammered. I live in beautiful Vancouver, Canada and I love to read and write books! I practice yoga pretty much every day and would eat dim sum for every meal if I could. Oh, I love to bake cupcakes and play board games.
	The Girl With the Golden Egg	by Cathrin Hagey Jan. 23, 2012	$0.99	3490 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Cathrin Hagey spent much of her youth exploring the ravines and hidden places of the Niagara Escarpment near Hamilton, Ontario. She has been a tour guide, a caregiver of disabled children, a high school mathematics teacher, and a homeschooling mom for more than ten years. She holds a B.Sc. in mathematics (McMaster University) and a B.Ed. (University of Alberta). Cathrin has always loved books, animals, and wide, open spaces. Since 1996 she has lived with her husband and children in the Canadian prairies, where the smell of sage in the summer helps prepare her for another winter. She has been published in Prairie Fire, Cahoots Magazine, New Fairy Tales, and Luna Station Quarterly. Her blog "The Giant Pie" is an exploration of children's literature, mythic literature, and storytelling.
	Fairy Blues (Songs of Magic, #2)	by JL Bryan Jan. 20, 2012	$2.99	64922 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on English Renaissance and Romantic period literature. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina and assorted pets.
	The Wealding Word	by Adam Gogolski Jan. 18, 2012	$2.99	72776 words	Sample 5%
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	The Talk or Flirting With Dis Astar: An Underground Fairytale	by Lockjaw Lipssealed Jan. 07, 2012	$0.99	148588 words	Sample 7%
	Author bio: A Word of Warning! Let’s get a few things straight up front. To start with, the name’s Lipssealed. Lockjaw Lipssealed. Okay, Lockjaw I.N.T. Lipssealed, but that’s not important. I’m a storyteller and yeah, I’m a fairy Godfather, but before you start making cracks, let me tell you about the last smart mouth who tried that. Actually, I can’t tell you about the last guy, ‘cause the judge slapped a gag order on me. Point is, just don’t try it. Anyway, the story you’re about to read is true or my name’s not Lockjaw Lipssealed. No names were changed to protect the innocent, ‘cause there aren’t any. The story is what it is. Call it a fairytale if you want, but that don’t change the fact that it all happened if I say it did. Besides, who’s telling the story!
	The Price of Longing	by Amber Marshall Jan. 02, 2012	Free!	9931 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I’m a writer. I’ve been writing off and on most of my life but decided I wanted “to be a writer” by 12 years old. Ever since then I’ve been writing, taking writing classes (I got a bachelors in English at UNH), and steadily improving. A couple years ago, my friend Kris and I started passing a story back and forth as a writing exercise. That story became our novel, The Trident of Merrow. You can find out more about that at our page, Tavern Tales from the Laughing Maggie. It’s out now in paperback and on Kindle. We’re planning on a few sequels eventually. In the meantime, I’m still working on my own stuff. I have a novel, Negatives, still pre-publication, and I’m working on its sequel, Apertures (which has nothing to do with Portal, by the way). I also have some short stories and novellas I may release at least on the Kindle as inexpensive downloads. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, this space is just for me to go on mostly about my own writing (I’ll try and keep it to that) as opposed to my projects with Kris. I mostly write and read young adult fiction and have a fascination with the supernatural, the occult, dystopias and post-apocalyptic worlds. I love romance but not romance novels. My vampires don’t sparkle, my boys are bad and angsty and golden-hearted and my heroines kick ass. My bookshelves are aching to the point where a Kindle is starting to look like a good idea. I told a friend once when he asked what demographic my writing aims for: “I don’t aim, I just land.” Besides Tavern Tales…, I’m on Twitter @talesofaquan, and on Goodreads and on Google+ (under the name Amber Sutton, my married name) so feel free to “encircle” me on the latter, or whatever we’re calling it now ;). I also recently opened a page on Diaspora so search for me there as well.
	UnEnchanted	by Chanda Hahn Dec. 29, 2011	$0.99	61880 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Chanda Hahn is the epitome of a jack of all trades. She left the fast lane of work as a costume character, zoo volunteer, waitress, mobile disc jockey, librarian and bridal consultant to settle down and write. She likes her coffee cold, chocolaty and preferably blended even when it’s below freezing out. We think she is part polar bear. She was born in Seattle, WA, grew up in Nebraska and currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband and their twin children; Aiden and Ashley.
	The Girl, the Ghost, and the Prince	by June Stevens Dec. 29, 2011	Free!	3597 words	Read a sample
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	A Pixie Called Pudding	by Travis Flynn Dec. 24, 2011	Free!	24986 words	Read a sample
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	Snow, Blood, and Envy	by Jean Haus Dec. 21, 2011	$1.99	70374 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: When I’m not writing, I’m usually reading. Anything from young adult to historical fiction as long as there’s at least a bit of romance, I’ll load it on my kindle. I also love to cook. And someday I will create the world’s best potsticker.
	Under a Blood Moon	by Jean Haus Dec. 21, 2011	$1.99	63458 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: When I’m not writing, I’m usually reading. Anything from young adult to historical fiction as long as there’s at least a bit of romance, I’ll load it on my kindle. I also love to cook. And someday I will create the world’s best potsticker.
	Sleeping Handsome	by Jean Haus Dec. 20, 2011	Free!	14752 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: When I’m not writing, I’m usually reading. Anything from young adult to historical fiction as long as there’s at least a bit of romance, I’ll load it on my kindle. I also love to cook. And someday I will create the world’s best potsticker.
	Asphodel	by S.B. Addison Books Dec. 20, 2011	$0.99	52060 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: S.B. Addison Books is a small traditional publisher with an independent edge. Our main focus is quality not quantity. We love books and we love the people who read them.
	Nettie's Tale	by Cathrin Hagey Dec. 17, 2011	Free!	2394 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Cathrin Hagey spent much of her youth exploring the ravines and hidden places of the Niagara Escarpment near Hamilton, Ontario. She has been a tour guide, a caregiver of disabled children, a high school mathematics teacher, and a homeschooling mom for more than ten years. She holds a B.Sc. in mathematics (McMaster University) and a B.Ed. (University of Alberta). Cathrin has always loved books, animals, and wide, open spaces. Since 1996 she has lived with her husband and children in the Canadian prairies, where the smell of sage in the summer helps prepare her for another winter. She has been published in Prairie Fire, Cahoots Magazine, New Fairy Tales, and Luna Station Quarterly. Her blog "The Giant Pie" is an exploration of children's literature, mythic literature, and storytelling.
	The Fairy Tale Trap	by Emily Casey Dec. 16, 2011	$2.99	45244 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Emily is a writer from Tallahassee who chases two crazy kids around the house all day before collapsing in front of her computer. She writes everything from fairy tales to zombies, from middle grade to young adult. Emily writes what's exciting to her and just hopes someone else out there likes it. Other little tid-bits: Emily's a dog person (he has a German Shepherd named Guybrush), she likes to run (and ran her first half marathon while 4 months pregnant) and majored in Psychology (which explains why she's a little nuts) at Florida State with a minor in English (which explains the whole writing thing).
	The Faerie Chronicles	by Kathleen S. Allen Dec. 09, 2011	$5.99	45833 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Kathleen started writing when she was eight years old and self-published her first book of poems. She has two published books, one a young adult novel entitled Witch Hunter and one a collection of short stories entitled Please to See the King: Stories from the Ballads of England. She has published in various publications including The Rose and Thorn eZine, Boston Literary, Cardinal Sins, The Offbeat, Ann Arbor Observer, Six Sentences, Tea A Magazine and Calliope. She has a MA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and children’s literature.
	BeSwitched Witch (Book 2, BeSwitched Series)	by Molly Snow Dec. 09, 2011	$2.99	39569 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Molly Snow, Founder of Breezy Reads, wrote BeSwitched when she was just sixteen. As a bestselling author’s personal assistant at age twenty, she decided to do what her boss did and self publish. At age twenty-three, BeSwitched made its debut. Snow is married to her high school crush, has a set of silly twin boys and a bob-tailed cat named Meow-Meow.
	Oathbound: The Shimmer Trilogy, #3	by Kimberly Spencer Dec. 02, 2011	$1.99	20062 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Kimberly Spencer is an avid reader, writer and non-arithmeticer. Seriously, don’t ask her to count anything. If she’s not working on the next book in The Faerie Tale Girl Series, she’s probably fighting with her three-year-old shih tzu Macho. Her favorite authors are Rachel Vincent, Cassandra Clare, and Gena Showalter.
	The Orphan and the Shape Shifter	by Ashley Edwards Nov. 30, 2011	Free!	9367 words	Read a sample
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	Mesmerized	by Julia Crane Nov. 29, 2011	$2.99	47119 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Julia Crane is the author of the Coexist: Keegan Chronicles. She has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Julia has been weaving tales since a child and she’s an avid reader. Having spent most of her life on US east coast, Julia is currently living in Dubai with her husband and three children. She has believed in magical creatures since the first time she sat on her grandmothers lap and heard Irish tales.
	Quinn's Christmas Wish	by Lawna Mackie Nov. 23, 2011	$2.99	30342 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I have always believed in fairy tales and when I got tired of the old ones I made up my own. Each story would have a hero and heroine, but they were anything but typical. I devoured my first romance novel when I was a teenager. I couldn’t read them fast enough. Years later I stumbled across my first paranormal romance…an injustice would be done if I tried to explain my joy when I found this genre of romance. My passion was finally in print. Now, with the help of my bizarre dreams and crazy imagination, I have started to write and intend to share my stories with you. I hope you’ll love them as much as I do. I am truly blessed. My husband and my animals are my inspiration. We live on a small acreage in Didsbury, Alberta, with our most beloved companions, Dozer, Daisy and Mandarin. Happy reading everyone, I sure would love to hear from you. www.lawnamackie.ca
	The Strange Story of The Golden Comb	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	3039 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Star Lovers	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1266 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Singing Bird of Heaven	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1143 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Peony Lantern	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	2995 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Nurse	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1517 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Matsuyama Mirror	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1215 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Flute	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1601 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Bell of Dojoji	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1757 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Beautiful Dancer of Yedo	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1875 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	Karma	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1264 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	A Legend of Kwannon	by Nicholas Dixon Nov. 21, 2011	$0.99	1514 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nicholas Dixon is a writer/publisher who has been writing and publishing online since 2002. He is currently the head of Oceanroc Web Publishing.
	The Hidden Blame	by Badru Mulinsike Nov. 14, 2011	$0.99	6690 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Young author from Uganda
	Song of The Moth	by Katie M John Oct. 27, 2011	Free!	6490 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Married to a handsome giant and mummy to a mud-puddle fairy, Katie likes to write whilst drinking tea and eating jaffa cakes. Most of the time she lives in a fairytale world but other than that she is completely and utterly normal.
	Angelic (Part 1)	by Josh Strickland Oct. 18, 2011	$1.99	15954 words	Sample 20%
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	In the Halls of the Sky-Palace	by Nancy Fulda Oct. 10, 2011	$0.99	4946 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Nancy Fulda is a Phobos Award Winner, a Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award recipient, a freelance programmer and web designer, and the mother of three children. She lives in northern Germany and loves ballroom dancing.
	The Ubiquitous Secret	by Charles Sarlanis Oct. 08, 2011	Free!	1850 words	Read a sample
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	Engel Jonas von Wolke 212	by Sigrid Wohlgemuth Sep. 26, 2011	$0.99	3515 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Sigrid Wohlgemuth wuchs in der Nähe von Köln auf. Seit 1996 lebt sie auf einer griechischen Insel. In ihren Kurzgeschichten, die zahlreich in Anthologien und Zeitschriften veröffentlicht wurden, möchte sie dem Leser Land und Leute ihrer Wahlheimat näher bringen. Sie schrieb eine Anthologie, die nicht nur das Inselleben sondern auch die kretische Küche mit zahlreichen Rezepten beinhaltet. In ihren Romanen spielt Köln und besonders Kreta, eine wesentliche Rolle.
	Fairy Metal Thunder (Songs of Magic, #1)	by JL Bryan Sep. 16, 2011	$0.99	60087 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on English Renaissance and Romantic period literature. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina and assorted pets.
	The Tall Tale of the Inch High Samurai	by Nick Davis Sep. 10, 2011	$0.99	5390 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Nick Davis is an Englishman currently living on the East Coast of the USA not too far removed from Charm City (aka Baltimore). He is a former White Dwarf feature writer, now freelance content creator and fully employed Web Designer. He is married to a very patient Irish American lady and has four children. When Nick is not working, running errands, playing with his kids or burrowing through an ever growing list of ongoing house 'projects'. He can be found plodding away on a keyboard exploring the worlds of his imagination that takes our reality and twists it around just a couple of degrees...
	The Natamyths	by Daniel June Sep. 09, 2011	$2.99	31678 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Daniel studied literature at Michigan State University, and has, for over a decade been writing the multivolume book, the Perfect Idius, as well as many novels. Since graduating from college, he has worked various jobs from editor, to barista, to cake decorator.
	Daughter of the East Wind	by Linda Jordan Sep. 08, 2011	$0.99	6399 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Linda Jordan lives in the rainy wilds of Puget Sound. Her fiction usually involves fantastic worlds, animals and plants. In her spare time she watches the weeds grow, harvests horse and cat hair, and attempts to avoid doing any real work.
	Stolen by Moon Fairies	by Krista Augius Aug. 28, 2011	$4.99	8316 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Krista Augius is a writer that combines storytelling with poetic language to transport the reader into vivid tales of imagination and wonder. In her fairy tale series, she reinforces concepts of the importance of nature, nature’s balance, good actions and everyday beauty to be seen as magic. She illustrates her own books, as she is a prolific artist in painting, drawing and mixed media. Further in her fairy tale series, she hopes to plant seeds of wisdom of the importance of meditation, self-awareness, conscious thinking and actions. With these attributes she creates positive affirmations for readers to believe that their dreams are possibilities.
	Immortal Beloved (#2 The Knight Trilogy)	by Katie M John Aug. 25, 2011	$2.99	75577 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Married to a handsome giant and mummy to a mud-puddle fairy, Katie likes to write whilst drinking tea and eating jaffa cakes. Most of the time she lives in a fairytale world but other than that she is completely and utterly normal.
	In The Mind of Thaddeus (Short Story)	by Julia Crane Aug. 20, 2011	Free!	8326 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Julia Crane is the author of the Coexist: Keegan Chronicles. She has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Julia has been weaving tales since a child and she’s an avid reader. Having spent most of her life on US east coast, Julia is currently living in Dubai with her husband and three children. She has believed in magical creatures since the first time she sat on her grandmothers lap and heard Irish tales.
	A Song for Rebekah	by Kate Everson Aug. 11, 2011	Free!	1945 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I am a Canadian freelance journalist interested in topics of spirituality, travel, ancient sites and Celtic history. I also like writing stories for my grandchildren Shannon and Ally.
	Not So Snow White	by K. Sean Jennkrist Aug. 08, 2011	$0.99	64657 words	Sample 20%
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	Romancing Snow White: A Prince Charmaine Story	by Karen Kiefer Aug. 06, 2011	Free!	8286 words	Read a sample
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