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	Damascus Proper	by T.D. McCoy Nov. 10, 2011	$2.99	384846 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: T.D. McCoy lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	Blood For Culture	by Mitul Mistry July 20, 2011	$4.99	338128 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: A strange young man with a diverse set of talents. He used to want to conquer the world and play in the NBA; now all he cares about is health insurance.
	The Man	by Irving Wallace May 18, 2011	$4.99	320046 words	Sample 20%
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	The Prize	by Irving Wallace April 16, 2011	$4.99	298518 words	Sample 20%
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	Life equal to death - Poems on life , death	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	278580 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
	Rehearsal: The Highest Aim	by LK Hunsaker Sep. 23, 2009	$4.95	274167 words	Sample 2%
	Author bio: ~ Literary Romance With An Artsy Twist ~ LK Hunsaker is the author of a string of novels centered around the arts and societal issues, combined with strong romantic elements. As spouse of a decorated career soldier, she traveled widely, moved several times, and held down the home front. She was honored with meeting some of Washington D.C.'s top names and a prized possession is her first novel signed by a former first lady. Having received inspiration and instruction from her family of recognized artists, Hunsaker also holds arts and psychology degrees heavy with English and creative writing emphasis. She is now settled in western Pennsylvania with her husband and two children. LK has been called one of the "great storytellers" with "brilliant writing" by reviewers and peers, and has won several peer awards and commendations. Her short stories, poems, reviews, and articles have been published in literary ezines and print magazines.
	Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime And Punishment	by Einstein Books Dec. 13, 2011	$9.99	261859 words	Sample 20%
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	You die , I die - Love Poems ( Part 1 ) - Poetry on Romance, divorce, friendship, lovers	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	261664 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
	Terminal Monday, a Dream of New York City	by Lee Edward McIlmoyle Dec. 17, 2011	$4.99	260486 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: I've written so many of these in the last couple of years, I feel like I should be an old pro at it, but alas, words elude me. Who am I? A storyteller. Aren't we all? I also draw, design and make music. I don't have a preferred genre or medium. I'm hoping to make one from the tools coming available now. I live in Canada. It's not as great as it used to be, but I'm still proud. Life here was a lot better before the less intelligent of us started voting in people who want to be Ronald Reagan. I'm married to a woman from NYC, who dabbles quite heavily in the occult and writes many, many book reviews. Someone should start paying her for this. She's quite good. We live with two savage felines. The less said about them, the better. I'm a Capricorn (born on Boxing Day), I'm Bipolar, INFP, LGBT-friendly, my favourite colour is blue, and my favourite number is four. My dream is to sell lots books and comics and music and art and games, buy up lots of property and start a commune for all of my immediate family and loved ones. And then continue to write and whatever until they have to send me to the glue factory. Oh, and I want to get in at least one real rock & roll tour before I die. I may need to start a new band for that.
	Squeakyclean	by Jonathan Sprung April 14, 2011	$0.99	254644 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Born in Scarborough, Canada under the signs of Libra and Pig, Jonathan was a surprise from the beginning. He was supposed to be a girl, and was named Sarah until his first ankle-held spanking in the delivery room. With three children of his own, Jonathan is a Dad, and a husband. He has lived in Los Angeles, Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and in the countryside of Ontario, Canada. Jonathan learned his craft at Concordia University in Montreal, studying joint honours in English and Creative Writing, and later in independent theatre. He has participated in Montreal performance collectives such as PRETEXTE and The Mea Culpa Collective. At various times in his life he has acted, produced plays and cabarets, managed the stage, flown airplanes, operated tower cranes, painted works of art, planted trees in the north, and more recently represented a labour union as Business Representative. squeakyclean was his first novel.
	Post Marked	by Mark R. Trost Feb. 18, 2011	$2.99	249337 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Mark R. Trost is an author, an essayist, an editor, a communications consultant, a sage, and a smartass. From 2007 - 2011 Mark R. Trost penned a popular literary blog that exceeded a million hits. He has written a novel: POST MARKED and he gathered his work into an anthology: BEER, BUDDIES, BULLSHIT, WOMEN, SEX, & GOD. The printed word is in evolution. Mark R. Trost is an evolutionist; he redefines words. With the advent of eBooks, literature has changed. Not since Gutenberg has the written word evolved with such extremity. Storytelling evolved from the pub, to the parlor, to the porch, to the paperback, and from the retold tale to the spoken call in the twentieth century. Now prose is propelled toward the blurted vowelless texted and the media messaged. Prose is shedding its scope. Gone are the days of lengthy exposition and landscaped plots. The internet has transformed attention spans in extremes television remotes didn't. Sentenced thoughts and concepts evolved into taglines and images: blurbs and bursts. A visual society. The panoramic novel with the plodded plot is as anachronistic as a kaleidoscope scrim flashing images behind Diana Ross & the Supremes. The scrim remains and the cross cuttings flash but the visuals mute the voices because the strobed static replaces the sound. Soon the lengthy and the loquacious will be spaced on a portioned shelf on the bottom near the librarian‘s knees. Mark R. Trost is a revolutionist; he redefines the art form. - POST MARKED is a contemporary novel restructured into an innovative form. It's a combination of essays: episodic narratives and cultural reflections. Each essay is a velocity wave from a male point of view. Each piece stands alone yet together form a mosaic of a man's life. - BEER, BUDDIES, BULLSHIT, WOMEN, SEX, & GOD contains unique reflections on contemporary culture, the arts, food, sex, politics, theology, and modern relationships. At times Trost is comedic; at times he's didactic. Yet he's consistently raw, real, and revelatory. Mark R. Trost is an evolutionist and a revolutionist. He changes the way we read. He changes the way we engage. He changes the way we think. His words have changed the game.
	Black Body	by H. C. Turk Jan. 21, 2009	$2.99	249064 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: A: This is hard. Q: Why is making a bio so hard for you? A: Because it's like talking. I don't like to talk; I like to write. Q: But people want to know about authors. Reading a book requires a lot of effort. A: Writing one ain't exactly playtime. Q: That's better. Go ahead, tell us more. Did you have a pleasant childhood? A: Ask my dog; he was there. Q: Your dog is stuffed. He's not a real dog. A: He's more real than you are. You can’t even ask a good question. Q: Here’s one: Why should people read your books? A: Because my puppy will be sad if they don’t. Q: We need to get serious here. How many novels have you written? A: 33. Q: I’ll bet your dog can’t count that high. How long have you been writing? A: I’ll answer if you promise not to kick my dog again (metaphorically). Q: He wouldn’t feel it—he’s stuffed. A: If someone kicked the stuffing out of you, I bet you wouldn’t enjoy it. Q: Would I enjoy it more than reading one of your books? Or would it be equally painful? A: You’re cruel to dogs AND to authors. Q: If you answer my last question, I promise to be nice. How many years have you been writing? A: [mumbles] Q: That’s pathetic. A: Why don’t you ask me about my stories? Q: Stories are for campfires. A: The basis of history’s greatest novels is the story: the story of nations, cultures, families, individuals. The greatest idea that can be expressed in fiction is story. Q: Great, so tell me about your characters. A: Dull and Dumb are not two of my characters, or characteristics. Q: Do you ever write about animals, stuffed or not? A: Rescued greyhounds in Heaven Again, tiny ponies in Only The Impassioned, mudfish in Resurrection Flowers, ghosts in An Atmosphere Of Angels. Q: Ghosts aren’t animals, they’re unsettled spirits. If ghosts continue to read, what will they find in your novels? A: They will find passion, idea, and spirited characters whose lives are a story. And puppies. My music is available here: http://hcturk.bandcamp.com/ My animated music videos are here: http://exposureroom.com/members/HCTurk
	Moses Trod	by Stephen Morley Nov. 07, 2011	$8.59	225081 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: Music and the British countryside have always been strong influences in my life and I have brought them together in my novel, Moses Trod. I have walked more miles than I can remember and I know all the areas described in the book. I am a lover of the many long paths that traverse the hills and valleys of this beautiful country. I am also an enthusiastic musician and songwriter with a long established interest in guitars. I believe in the virtue of music to cross boundaries and join people with its universal language.
	The Village Wit	by Mark Beyer Sep. 26, 2010	$4.99	221382 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Mark Beyer was born and raised in the Chicago area, and was graduated from Illinois State University in 1981 and earned an MFA from Columbia College Chicago in 1998. He has been a college instructor, book editor, journalist, and freelance author. Mark has won awards in fiction writing and news features writing. He writes from Europe. Mark and Siren & Muse Publishing will release his new novel, WHAT BEAUTY, in late March, 2012.
	Hominine - it's time to choose	by Lewis Evans Jan. 24, 2011	$9.99	211225 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: Lewis has a long and varied history. Everything from inventing and marketing one of the first mobile phone radiation protection devices (that was him causing all that fuss in the media around 1996!), to working with the UN on AIDS, to formulating (in 1997-8) a global humanitarian and environmental project to re-configure the web into a more intuitive and effective tool (one of the two inventors of the worldwide web at CERN in Switzerland described it as 'laudible') to design and marketing communications projects with large and small companies and more. He has worked with many startups as a consultant to help them become successful. He was a consultant with the DTi Business Link organization for many years and worked with the UN on HIV/AIDS, as a specialist in marketing communications. He also consults in corporate identity and marketing strategy. More recently, he has been mentoring companies through Enterprise Ireland, and he is a partner in a company specializing in social business. Right now his activities fall into three main areas. Art. "That is at the core of what I do, and is my journey of self-discovery." See www.lewisevans.net. Forex Education. "I discovered something about currency movements when I was introduced to it a few years ago, and have been teaching that ever since (www.leftbraintrading.com). It's rock solid, and with a combination of mindset tools and the Absolute Fibonacci Framework, it works!)." "And my other work focus is my lovely wife Olga, whom I am working on building her profile so she can get the recognition she truly deserves. See www.olgasheean.com."
	My Half of the Sky	by Jana McBurney-Lin Jan. 23, 2012	$8.99	207265 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Jana lived in Asia for fifteen years. She wrote for media in seven countries, including National Public Radio, Writer's Digest, Hemispheres (United Airlines), Islands Magazine, Singapore Straits Times, Japan Times and dozens of others. She was an editor at ALC Publishing in Tokyo when she met her husband, a native of southern China. They then lived in Singapore, frequently visiting his family in Fujian province, China. Jana now lives in the Santa Cruz mountains of California with her husband and four children. She's a dedicated participant in the Bay Area writing community, having served five years as President of the Peninsula Branch of the California Writer's Club. She also founded the Writers Camp for Kids and volunteers annually in the local schools to teach creative writing.
	Đôn Kihôtê - Nhà quý tá»™c tài ba xứ Mantra (tập 1)	by Nha Nam Oct. 18, 2010	$8.99	204665 words	Sample 5%
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	God's House	by S. Dorman Aug. 27, 2011	$6.99	199193 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: S. Dorman writes the fantastic and is the author of Fantastic Travelogue: Mark Twain and C.S. Lewis Talk Things Over In the Hereafter. In fantastic settings, this is a creative dialogue between C.S. Lewis, Mark Twain, and the universe—with fictive guest appearances of Johannes Kepler and George MacDonald. S. Dorman is the author of Gott'im's Monster and The God's Cycle in two parts. Also the author of Five Points Akropolis. What is FIVE POINTS AKROPOLIS? An alternate future? An insecure past? Another present made of dense woodlands and waterways ... or of streets and buildings and crowds? Are its populations living beside one another in a welter of frequencies or wavelengths not generally experienced in Place and Time? A particular place called Five Points Akropolis -- This is what Anno Domine 1769, 1900 A.D., and 2017 CE have in common. But what influence does the dwarf-wanderer Pluto have on its fortunes? One of many characters, Willie the grave-digger would like to know, and too Gregoff the Greek. So would True People's scouts Red Fox and Quick Claws. Jayrai, HBBBAH, and Tu are wondering--they want to be back in 2017, their own time. And Quadri, whose working thumbs are the pulse of the gamescape. But "the girl," who seems somehow responsible for all this, isn't saying. Three gangs of kids living on the same spot in different times, meeting up for the first time as Pluto descends. THE GOD'S CYCLE. The cycle is five books, in two parts. In chronological order: GOD'S HOUSE. 1. Return to God's House. 2. Within Without (a.k.a. Within Without God's House). 3. In Winter (a.k.a. God's House in Winter). GOD'S WILDERNESS. 4. Mystery Gottheim. 5. Balder's Wilderness. Plus Gott'im's Monster.
	Light on Fire	by Adam Rothstein Feb. 28, 2011	$0.99	197342 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Author of Light on Fire. Writer of essays on http://www.poszu.com, and wherever else I can get a signal.
	All the Angels and Saints	by Ray Roush July 14, 2010	$3.99	195539 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I grew up an Air Force brat, and lived in Louisiana for many years, most recently in St. Tammany Parish, where this story took root. All the Angels and Saints was published in 2006 in hardcover under my pen name, r. r. bryan. At the urging of my good friend and fellow writer, Eric Wilder, I am re-publishing the novel through SmashWords, in hopes that the intriguing story of Mac, Elizabeth, and Nicole McHenry will reach a larger audience through electronic media. Hope you enjoy the book; if you do, please let me know at www.rrbryan.com.
	Off The Moon	by LK Hunsaker Dec. 03, 2009	$3.95	188574 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: ~ Literary Romance With An Artsy Twist ~ LK Hunsaker is the author of a string of novels centered around the arts and societal issues, combined with strong romantic elements. As spouse of a decorated career soldier, she traveled widely, moved several times, and held down the home front. She was honored with meeting some of Washington D.C.'s top names and a prized possession is her first novel signed by a former first lady. Having received inspiration and instruction from her family of recognized artists, Hunsaker also holds arts and psychology degrees heavy with English and creative writing emphasis. She is now settled in western Pennsylvania with her husband and two children. LK has been called one of the "great storytellers" with "brilliant writing" by reviewers and peers, and has won several peer awards and commendations. Her short stories, poems, reviews, and articles have been published in literary ezines and print magazines.
	Suite Harmonic: A Civil War Novel of Rediscovery	by Emily Meier Jan. 27, 2012	$9.99	187383 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Emily Meier’s fiction has appeared widely, including in The Second Penguin Book of Modern Women’s Short Stories, the North American Review, Prairie Schooner and the Threepenny Review. She has won national fiction contests at the Florida Review and Passages North, been a Loft-McKnight Fiction award winner, and received fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of Suite Harmonic:A Civil War Novel of Rediscovery; Time Stamp: A Novel; In the Land of the Dinosaur: Ten Stories and a Novella; The Second Magician’s Tale; Watching Oksana and Other Stories; and Clare, Loving: A Novel in Three Novellas.
	When Frogs Grow Feet	by G. Louis Jackson April 22, 2009	$4.00	182275 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Though born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Michigan is home, and has been for most of his life. Raised in and around Pontiac, he considers himself a resident of southeast Michigan, where Detroit is the cultural hub. As a resident of the region, he has an insider's perspective on its people, a people whose lives are shaped by the nautural milieu and by inclinations which are reflective of the country in general and the Midwest in particular. This is his third published work, but his first full-fledged novel.
	Brambleman	by Jonathan Grant Feb. 05, 2012	$8.99	181816 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Jonathan Grant is the award-winning co-author and editor of The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia (University of Georgia Press). Currently, he publishes georgiacollegesblog.com, a news website covering educational issues. His first novel, Chain Gang Elementary, will be available soon. Grant grew up on a Midwestern farm and graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in English. He is a former newspaper reporter, editor, and bureau chief with The Macon Telegraph. He also served as a Georgia state government spokesman for six years. He lives in suburban Atlanta with his wife and two children. Actively involved in community affairs, he has served as PTA president at a five-star Georgia School of Excellence, an elected member of his local school council, and as a soccer coach for twelve seasons.
	Días de llamas	by Juan Iturralde May 08, 2010	$4.63	180916 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Juan Iturralde nació con el nombre de José María Pérez Prat, en Salamanca el 15 de Junio de 1917. Su vida puede llenar, a lo sumo, una cuartilla, estudió en los Jesuitas de Chamartín de la Rosa, no muy concorde con su voluntad y, más tarde, con escaso entusiasmo, Derecho, primero en la Universidad Central y después en la Literaria de Salamanca. El alzamiento llamado nacional le sorprendió en Ciudad Real -donde su madre había fijado su residencia, con sus siete hijos, desde que enviudó- y la revolución y la guerra subsiguientes le pusieron en trance de perder la vida, aunque no tuvo jamás vocación de mártir o de héroe. El azar puso en su camino, durante la contienda, una multitud de ángeles custodios con mono de miliciano o uniforme del Ejército Regular Popular Revolucionario que le ayudaron a sobrevivir. Terminada aquella, terminó también sus estudios de Derecho, y en 1942 obtuvo plaza, en las oposiciones que se celebraron en dicho año, para ingresar en el Cuerpo de Abogados del Estado. Desde entonces, se dedicó a su profesión, capeó algún temporal político sin importancia, aprendió poco a poco a escribir y a ser padre. Tiene cuatro hijos y tres libros: El viaje a Atenas y Labios descarnados, publicados por Barral Editores en 1975, y Días de llamas, editado por primera vez en la Gaya Ciencia. Juan Iturralde falleció junto a José María Pérez Prat el 7 de abril de 1999.
	A Primrose in November	by Luanne Oleas Nov. 13, 2011	$1.99	177871 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Luanne Oleas was born in the Salinas Valley, the setting for her third novel, FLYING BLIND, winner of the East of Eden Writers Conference novel-writing contest. She lives in California with her husband, a former cropduster. She has written five novels (one published as an ebook, A PRIMROSE IN NOVEMBER) and numerous short stories. She currently works as a technical writer, and previously worked as a reporter, features writer and humor columnist for The Californian, a Gannett newspaper. Several of her columns have been reprinted in Readers Digest, Parenting Magazine, The San Jose Mercury, and on the Web.
	Nahima	by Edith Chahín May 03, 2011	$10.99	176446 words	Sample 10%
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	BIG DREAMS little man	by Stephen Romone Lewis Oct. 01, 2011	$3.99	175549 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Stephen Romone Lewis lives in Whitman, Massachusetts where he enjoys frozen burritos with his wife and children. Within a year, Stephen left a job as a detox counselor in the city of Quincy and became a high school music teacher in a small, rural town. He wondered what would happen if the inwardly terrified and outwardly apathetic drug dealers he’d met ever clashed with the inwardly terrified and outwardly apathetic teenagers he taught. The answer to that question turned into his first novel, BIG DREAMS little man. With it he strove to bring to life the constant tension and surreal atmosphere of high school and drug addiction. Stephen’s stage monologues, The Day I Was Lactose Intolerant and Kicked in the Head, have been performed at the Eclectic Company Theatre in North Hollywood (www.eclecticcompanytheatre.org). His songs “Condiment Covered Corpse”, “Ned Beatty” and “She Wouldn’t Say” appear on the album Songs About Death by SoLow Records recording artists MSG. Stephen is a founding member of The Society for the Advancement of Hearing Loss (http://hearingloss.servemp3.com/sahl/). The Society for the Advancement of Hearing Loss (SAHL) is a collection of musicians, writers, composers and filmmakers that believe that all people are meant to do more with their lives than be spectators. SAHL encourages its members to lead actively creative lives. When the mood strikes, Stephen records with his band, Audio Spanking. Currently, he is working on his second novel. It chronicles the attempts of a gang of quirky super humans to enslave America. He is also composing a musical detailing a love triangle involving a president, his first lady and the megalomaniac that turned them into zombies. Contact Stephen at bigdreamslittleman@gmail.com.
	Just Imagine	by Michael Sutton June 09, 2011	$0.99	174860 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Michael was born in Portsmouth in 1948. He discovered books at the age 11, at Woolmer Hill School, and had an active mind in English composition but didn't write his first book until 2002.He moved from Surrey to Berkshire to study sciences at Slough College of Technology, and worked for I.C.I. as an Experimental Officer.Michael moved to West Yorkshire in 1981 to attend college and now lives with his partner, Jennifer, near Leeds and their spare time is spent visiting properties owned by English Heritage and The National Trust. Michael also does voluntary work locally.
	Waves	by Ogan Gurel Nov. 13, 2009	$29.95	173582 words	Sample 15%
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	FALL LOVE	by Anne Whitehouse April 26, 2009	Free!	172700 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Anne Whitehouse was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. She graduated from Harvard College and Columbia University. She is the author of The Surveyor’s Hand (poems) and Fall Love (novel). Poems from her series, Blessings and Curses, have appeared widely in journals. Her second novel, Rosalind’s Ring, is set in Birmingham. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. www.annewhitehouse.com
	Begging for Words	by Michael Sutton June 09, 2011	$0.99	171883 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Michael was born in Portsmouth in 1948. He discovered books at the age 11, at Woolmer Hill School, and had an active mind in English composition but didn't write his first book until 2002.He moved from Surrey to Berkshire to study sciences at Slough College of Technology, and worked for I.C.I. as an Experimental Officer.Michael moved to West Yorkshire in 1981 to attend college and now lives with his partner, Jennifer, near Leeds and their spare time is spent visiting properties owned by English Heritage and The National Trust. Michael also does voluntary work locally.
	Shadow Dance	by H. C. Turk Oct. 29, 2011	$2.99	171322 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: A: This is hard. Q: Why is making a bio so hard for you? A: Because it's like talking. I don't like to talk; I like to write. Q: But people want to know about authors. Reading a book requires a lot of effort. A: Writing one ain't exactly playtime. Q: That's better. Go ahead, tell us more. Did you have a pleasant childhood? A: Ask my dog; he was there. Q: Your dog is stuffed. He's not a real dog. A: He's more real than you are. You can’t even ask a good question. Q: Here’s one: Why should people read your books? A: Because my puppy will be sad if they don’t. Q: We need to get serious here. How many novels have you written? A: 33. Q: I’ll bet your dog can’t count that high. How long have you been writing? A: I’ll answer if you promise not to kick my dog again (metaphorically). Q: He wouldn’t feel it—he’s stuffed. A: If someone kicked the stuffing out of you, I bet you wouldn’t enjoy it. Q: Would I enjoy it more than reading one of your books? Or would it be equally painful? A: You’re cruel to dogs AND to authors. Q: If you answer my last question, I promise to be nice. How many years have you been writing? A: [mumbles] Q: That’s pathetic. A: Why don’t you ask me about my stories? Q: Stories are for campfires. A: The basis of history’s greatest novels is the story: the story of nations, cultures, families, individuals. The greatest idea that can be expressed in fiction is story. Q: Great, so tell me about your characters. A: Dull and Dumb are not two of my characters, or characteristics. Q: Do you ever write about animals, stuffed or not? A: Rescued greyhounds in Heaven Again, tiny ponies in Only The Impassioned, mudfish in Resurrection Flowers, ghosts in An Atmosphere Of Angels. Q: Ghosts aren’t animals, they’re unsettled spirits. If ghosts continue to read, what will they find in your novels? A: They will find passion, idea, and spirited characters whose lives are a story. And puppies. My music is available here: http://hcturk.bandcamp.com/ My animated music videos are here: http://exposureroom.com/members/HCTurk
	Where You Belong	by Patrick Dilloway March 30, 2010	$4.99	170902 words	Sample 1%
	Author bio: The life of Patrick Dilloway has been far less exciting and compli-cated than that of Frost Devereaux. Patrick grew up in the small town of Laporte, Michigan, where much of his family still resides. He graduated from Midland High School and then Saginaw Valley State University with an accounting degree. He still lives in Michigan, where he writes novels such as this when not chained to his desk, balancing debits and credits.
	Punker Than You	by Dave McIntyre Aug. 26, 2010	$4.99	168734 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: DAVE MCINTYRE is a Toronto-based writer who has been writing fiction since 1999. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from Concordia University and he has studied Creative Writing at the University of Toronto. Mr. McIntyre's fiction and essays have appeared in 'Front & Centre', 'The Fiddlehead', 'Pottersfield Portfolio', 'paperplates', and other journals and publications.
	MISTAH	by Norman Savage July 19, 2009	Free!	168725 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I was born into a crazed Jewish family, 1947, and raised in Coney Island. I became a diabetic in 1958 and insulin dependent two years later; five years after that I was to begin what would be a 45 year journey as a junkie, writer, lover, thief, scholar, asshole and idiot to myself and all those I came in contact with. I split from confines of my home early on and, when cutting school, found myself in Greenwich Village where I met and fell in with those also outside the rules of boredom and adopted a lifestyle that deceived me into thinking I could ever really escape myself.
	The Imam - A Novel	by Harvey Havel March 16, 2011	$2.99	168121 words	Sample 20%
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	So They Say Collected Stories	by Jack Urquhart Nov. 11, 2011	$2.99	167380 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Jack Andrew Urquhart was born in the deep American South. Following undergraduate work at the University of Florida, Gainesville, he taught sixth grade and worked with gifted and talented students in Florida’s public schools. After doing time in a small privately-owned Colorado bank, he returned to the classroom to earn a Master of Arts degree in English, Creative Writing, from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was the winner of the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Award for Fiction (1991). His work has appeared online at Clapboard House Literary Journal, Crazyhorse Literary Journal, and Standards: The International Journal of Multicultural Studies. He is the author of So They Say, a collection of self-contained, inter-connected stories, published in two volumes in e-book form. Formerly a writing instructor at the University of Colorado’s Writing Program, Mr. Urquhart was, until recently, a senior analyst for the Judicial Branch of California. The father of two adult children, he currently resides in central Florida with his life-partner, Raymond L. Boyington. Mr. Urquhart can be followed on Twitter: @JackAUrquhart
	Family Values	by James Crouch Jan. 28, 2012	$3.99	166568 words
	Author bio: Like the protagonist of his novel, James E. Crouch is an outsider living in Appalachia. In a previous lifetime he had an academic career in the field of religious studies, teaching in locations as disparate as Oklahoma and Japan. More recently he has been translating theological works, primarily from German to English. With the publication of Family Values he is beginning a new career.
	Moondrops & Thistles	by LK Hunsaker July 04, 2011	$3.95	156730 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: ~ Literary Romance With An Artsy Twist ~ LK Hunsaker is the author of a string of novels centered around the arts and societal issues, combined with strong romantic elements. As spouse of a decorated career soldier, she traveled widely, moved several times, and held down the home front. She was honored with meeting some of Washington D.C.'s top names and a prized possession is her first novel signed by a former first lady. Having received inspiration and instruction from her family of recognized artists, Hunsaker also holds arts and psychology degrees heavy with English and creative writing emphasis. She is now settled in western Pennsylvania with her husband and two children. LK has been called one of the "great storytellers" with "brilliant writing" by reviewers and peers, and has won several peer awards and commendations. Her short stories, poems, reviews, and articles have been published in literary ezines and print magazines.
	Collected Stories	by Harry Mark Petrakis May 11, 2011	$9.99	156494 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Harry Mark Petrakis is the author of twenty-three books, short-stories, and essays, and has been nominated twice for the National Book Award. His books include the 'A Dream of Kings' (1966), set in Chicago, which was a New York Times bestseller. It was published in twelve foreign editions and was made into a motion picture (1969) starring Anthony Quinn. He has won the O. Henry Award, and received awards from Friends of American Writers, Friends of Literature, and the Society of Midland Authors. He was the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair in Modern Greek Studies at San Francisco State University and the McGuffy Visiting Lecturer at Ohio University. In 2004, the American College of Greece in Athens presented him with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree.
	Marshland Trinity	by Chris Segura July 11, 2011	$9.99	155768 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Chris Segura has worked as a freelance and staff journalist, short-story writer and novelist on five continents. He currently lives and writes in Abbeville, Louisiana, where he was born.
	Beyond Redemption - The Forbidden	by Jax Alexander June 03, 2010	You set the price!	155729 words	Sample 50%
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	The Same Moon	by Junying Kirk June 20, 2011	$2.99	155292 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Junying Kirk came to Britain from China in 1988. She has lived almost as long in her adopted country as in the country of her birth. She was born in the 1960s and grew up in the turbulent times of the Cultural Revolution. A British Council scholarship led her to study English Language Teaching at Warwick University, followed by further postgraduate degrees at Glasgow and Leeds. She has worked as an academic, administrator, researcher, teacher and cultural consultant. She now works as a professional interpreter and translator, while spending all her times in writing her books. The first two novels of her Journey to the West trilogy, 'The Same Moon' and 'Trials of Life' have been published on Amazon Kindle, and she is now working on her third. She has a grown-up son and lives in Birmingham with her husband.
	Gabriel	by Marten Weber Dec. 05, 2011	$9.69	154639 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I am of mixed parentage (a man and a woman) and have lived in more countries than I can count on hands and feet together. I speak several languages, and believe in multiculturalism, tolerance, and free champagne also in economy class. I dislike bigots and fanatics of all denominations. I am hugely uncomfortable with labels, even seemingly benign ones such as 'gay,' 'straight,' or 'sugar-free' and prefer instead to judge people by their sense of humor and shoe size. I believe that everybody, regardless of race or gender, income or size of genitals, should be gay for a year. Over the past two decades, I have published hundreds of stories and novellas and set them free on the Internet, not always under my real name. Some of them have mated with other texts, music and videos, to produce the most curious offspring. One story has left the known universe and is currently a best-seller on Pharus II. Most of my recent books concern the lives and adventures of men, both today, in history, and in the future.
	The Skinny: Adventures of America's First Bulimic	by Rayni Joan Sep. 19, 2009	$4.95	154572 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Rayni Joan grew up as Roberta Joan Weintraub in Newburgh, New York during the 1940’s and 50’s. During a critical period in the early 1970s, she was part of the Liberation News Service collective, where for $35 and 10 free meals per week, she researched and wrote news and feature articles. It was during this period that her ground-breaking feature article, “Women, Fat of the Land” appeared widely throughout the U.S. It was June, 1970, and Ms. Joan became the first public confessor to the then unheard of habit of binging and purging, later diagnosed in the 1980s as bulimia. Although the word and the fact of “bulimia” were largely unknown at the time, her compelling story containing her stunning confession was picked up by and published on the front pages of dozens of alternative weekly newspapers, where it struck a chord with more than a million women readers – a chord that resonates to this day. Although her public confession was a major turning point in her life, it nevertheless took Ms. Joan seven more years to kick the habit. Today, she shares her wisdom and experience in a tranquil setting with a select few Ms. Joan is now Director of the Center for Increased Consciousness, and lives near the beach in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, writer Robert Moskowitz. An ordained Interfaith Minister, she enjoys officiating at weddings and other life passages. She has three grown sons, wonderful daughters-in-law, and two gorgeous granddaughters.
	The Narcissist Chronicles	by Lisa Maliga Sep. 04, 2011	$4.99	154498 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Lisa Maliga is the author of Love Me, Need Me: A Narcissist's Tale which is the story of Arlen J. Stevenson, a small town boy turned online predator. Notes from Nadir is about a Los Angeles-based writer who moves back home to live with her elderly mother in flyover country. North of Sunset is a novel about the costliest area in Beverly Hills and even there, sometimes you find what you're not looking for... She has written numerous articles on pets, bath & body products. A Hollywood-based short story collection, South of Sunset includes seven short stories, including the novelette Urban Legend ~ Hollywood Style. Hollywood Office Temp is a look at the film industry of the 1990s as written in an engaging diary format. Visit www.LisaMaliga.com She has also co-written "Paranormal Reality: Investigating Paranormal State" https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/42945 "The Joy of Melt and Pour Soap Crafting" Review Excerpt by Rebecca of the Soap Deli News Blog: "What I like best about this book is how comprehensive it is overall. It starts small with many of the basics some instructional guides tend to skip over or breeze through, and expands on the information as you progress. It includes instructions on not only the best way to make your soaps, but what equipment to use for the greatest product results. This helpful how to soapmaking book covers everything from choosing your soap base and molds to adding fragrances, herbs, and color." Excerpt by Shala Kerrigan of Don't Eat the Paste: "One of the best things in my opinion about melt and pour soap crafting is that it's a very friendly craft. You don't need to be a kitchen chemist. It's a craft that's ideal for parents to do with children as gifts or as the start of a home based business. Because of the nature of melt and pour soap, anything that doesn't work out is still usable in your home." Excerpt by Patrice of The Soap Seduction: "What I like about this book is it's just not a book full of projects. Lisa gives you some background on what melt and pour soapmaking is along with tips and tricks as well as facts and safety tips. This book is perfetto for newbs and presents some fun, indoor activity for the kiddos. Throw a soap party and invite your best buds over for a little pinot and soapmaking." Reviews for "Notes from Nadir" As reviewed on the Amazon UK site: "I first started reading this memoir through the author's blog, and I was quickly hooked by her conversational, down-to-earth style. The book - with lots of new content not featured on the blog - follows the author as she leaves behind her LA life and returns to her roots, with lots of vignettes and familial snapshots along the way. A very enjoyable read about trying to fit back into a mould you no longer fit." Talli Roland, author of The Hating Game ******** "This book reads like a memoir and I think it's because it is. Honestly, I wasn't sure I could get through it because it started at an odd point in the character's life. However, after I started, I couldn't put it down. Seriously. Why? It boils down to one thing: The writer is an amazing story teller. The way she describes even the most mundane events drew me in. I had to know what was going to happen next. I can't compare this book to any other books I've read because it isn't. If this isn't a true story, you'll believe it is. The ending really surprised me and it left such a impact, I'm sure I'm not going to forget this novel in a long time. This is part one in the series. The second book is a must read for me." Clarissa Draper on her blog "Listen To The Voices"
	The Canker Death	by James Bottino Sep. 04, 2011	$2.99	154248 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: James R. Bottino is a self-admitted computer geek and a creative writing teacher rolled into one. He earned a BS in English Education from Illinois State University and taught high school English in a suburb of Chicago for several years. After teaching all day, he studied creative writing in graduate school at Northern Illinois University. All the while, though, in the deep corners of the night, when no one was looking, he led a double life hacking and building computers and networks. Eventually, unbeknownst to him, word of his activities leaked out, and employment offers started coming in. In the end, he switched his hobby with his profession and became a senior computer / networking administrator for a scientific research laboratory. Just six months into this position, however, tragedy struck when, at the age of 31, James was diagnosed with cancer. Given ten to one odds of living out the year and knowing that his infant daughter would never remember him if he died, he began the fight of his life, enduring massive doses of chemotherapy that killed the cancer but nearly killed him as well. After years of struggle, he survived, but only after enduring systemic nerve damage from the treatments that left him permanently photophobic, phonophobic and with frequent difficulty in using his hands. These events focused his efforts and helped him to prevail in his dual goals: being a father to his daughter and completing his first novel, The Canker Death. James currently lives in a suburb of Chicago, with his wife, daughter, two Australian cattle dogs and far, far too many books and abstruse computers.
	Omega	by Bradley Stoke June 17, 2011	Free!	153795 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: ‘Omega’ and ‘Alif’ are novels that are publicly available on other web sites that showcase fiction. Inevitably, they have attracted the critical attention of some of the readers. These readers are not professional reviewers, but that does not necessarily mean that their observations are the less valid. In the interests of shameless self-promotion, I include here reviews that have been complimentary to my novels. http://www1.asstr.org/~Bradley_Stoke/NonAdult/reviews.htm
	The Brother	by Quentin Baker June 17, 2011	$0.99	153233 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I am a retired high school English teacher, married with four grown children and eight grandchildren. I was born in Montana, attended university there, but moved to the SF Bay Area with my wife Jean in 1960. I have written a number of poems and used to attend cafe readings in SF. I have also written short stories, but abandoned an early novel in 1965. I edited a volume of poetry from various San Francisco writers, Poems from the Exit Café. I have also helped two friends self-publish their own books: Michael Hogan, Imperfect Geographies (poetry) and Dr. Mary B. Lane, Our Schools: Frontline for the 21st Century and Democratic Schools for Our Democracy.