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	The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer	by Duane Simolke April 20, 2010	Free!	40804 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Duane Simolke wrote the books The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. He co-wrote The Return of Innocence and The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer. DuaneSimolke.Com includes some of his writing, as well as a variety of links.
	The Ball	by Jonathan M Barrett July 11, 2010	Free!	1954 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Jonathan M Barrett lives and teaches in Wellington, New Zealand. He has written several plays, novels and short stories.
	1 God - Poems on God , Creator	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	135898 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 .
	The Crooked Beat	by Drew Gates Oct. 20, 2010	Free!	68673 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Syruplover has left the building.
	And the Past Went on Breathing	by Grant Koo Nov. 01, 2010	You set the price!	64694 words	Sample 99%
	Author bio: Grant Koo is a novelist, short story writer, recovered poet, blogger, pop culture critic, and associate managing editor at a pharmaceutical ad agency--though only one of these provide him with any income to support his habits, which can range from the utterly mundane to the morally questionable. He lives with his wife and daughter in Jersey City, NJ.
	A Land of Ash	by David Dalglish Nov. 16, 2010	Free!	33953 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: David Dalglish currently lives in rural Missouri with his wife Samantha, daughter Morgan, and dog Asimov. He graduated from Missouri Southern State University in 2006 and currently devotes himself to perfecting his craft. He spends his free time playing racquetball and watching PBS with his daughter.
	Released	by Susan Wingate Dec. 12, 2010	Free!	10494 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Award-winning, bestselling author of fiction.
	The Narcissist	by David Antonelli Dec. 29, 2010	Free!	91851 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: David Antonelli was born in Chicago in 1963. He was educated at The University of Alberta, Oxford, Caltech, and MIT. In 2010 he published his first novel The Narcissist, followed by The False Man in 2011. His film credits include Inbetween (2008), which was nominated for awards at several international film festivals, Finding Rudolf Steiner (Documentary, Official Selection Calgary International Film Festival 2006, now available on DVD), Lucifer Gnosis (short), Forever (16 mm short), Dreaming (16 mm short, named in top three at the Montreal International Student Film Festival, 1989), La Toyson D’Or (16 mm short), and The Chalk Elephant (16 mm short). He currently lives in Cardiff and teaches at the University of Glamorgan.
	The Depression of Surya (and Stories from this Era)	by G Haritharan Feb. 15, 2011	Free!	99554 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: All about writing. All about being independent... so this works for me! Wide variety in my stuff so please read me before judgement. Cheers in advance!
	Dragonfly	by Tom North April 28, 2011	Free!	7225 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Welcome to my Smashwords site! Here you will find all of the short stories which I'm prepared to show people (i.e. the ones I'm happy with), my novel, 'Puttypaw' and my short story collection, 'Sketches of an Ending.' All of my short stories are available for free here, except three, 'A Timber Feast', 'The Storm' and 'A Tale of Two Parrots', which are not available anywhere. To read these you'll have to purchase 'Sketches of an Ending' - but $0.99 for a book of nine short stories isn't too expensive! 'Puttypaw', my first novel, is nothing short of mesmerising, of course. You really should read it! But then I'm a little biased. Fortunately you don't have to take my word for it - you can check out the large free sample and see for yourself. 'Puttypaw' is available for $0.99 for a short period - it will eventually go back to the heart-stopping sum of $1.99. Below is my Bio: Tom North lives in Oxford where he enjoys the refreshing and perpetual rain. He is in his mid-thirties. This, he has discovered, means that small white hairs grow out of his earlobes when he’s not looking. He spends a lot of time climbing rocks. He is the world’s worst snowboarder. Fact. Tom's second novel is in the pipeline and will emerge, blinking, sometime in 2012.
	Evolution	by Jess C Scott May 15, 2011	Free!	14953 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Jess is a full-time author/artist/non-conformist. She works in a diverse range of genres such as urban fantasy, erotic (not pornographic) fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk. As a writer, Jess focuses on style and substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype. Visit her website for free samples and more! WEBSITE: http://www.jessINK.com MEDIA: http://www.jessINK.com/media.htm DISCLAIMER: http://www.jessINK.com/porn_vs_erotica.htm + + + FB: www.facebook.com/jessINKbooks TWITTER: www.twitter.com/jesscscott
	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 Myth of Nullus	by Peter Rehard July 18, 2011	Free!	51513 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: A person that writes stories If you read one of my stories, when you find an error (if you have the time or care) email me what book and chapter it is in, so I can change it. Peterrehard@gmail.com
	Setting the Compass	by Karen Overman-Edmiston Aug. 16, 2011	Free!	2375 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: The genesis of the novel 'The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity'. (Nautilus Book Awards winner 2010) I love to travel, and I often use experiences from my travels in my writing. For example, when flying from Vienna to Moscow a few years ago I had a bout of food poisoning so, on reaching the hotel in Moscow I was in bed for about 36 hours. I awoke in the wee hours on Boxing Day and went to the window, it was still dark outside. Down in the snow in the car park between the hotel and River Moskva a man had got out of his car, taken off his hat and coat and laid down in the snow. He looked as though he had simply gone to sleep, curled on his side. The police came, took notes, and left the body under a piece of matting. Some time later I boarded the trans-Siberian train for Siberia and China, but I couldn't get the image of the man in the snow out of my mind. Why would a person do such a thing? He would have known that taking off his warm clothes and choosing to lie down in the snow in such ferociously low temperatures would mean certain death. Oddly enough, he looked quite peaceful and resigned to his action. 'The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity' is a sort of fictional history leading up to that moment. An attempt at an explanation as to why someone would choose to die and why, perhaps, they would seem so comfortable in making such a choice. I know it sounds a bit depressing, but it's actually a very uplifting story! We are a culture, I think, that deals badly with death, particularly if the event is unexpected. I wanted to write a story that would provide some comfort or reassurance to those who have lost someone they love. I hope this book is reassuring, especially for those who have quieter voices. The intertwining story involves a couple travelling the trans-Siberian from Beijing to Moscow in the present day - full of fascinating insights for those who love to travel! The other couple, Pyotr and Yuliya, live in Moscow in the 1960s. The couples’ stories plait throughout the novel but come together at the novel’s end. The landscapes traversed really provide a backdrop to the more important internal landscapes of each of the characters. The book is simply an ode to tenderness, to the kindness people can offer to one another. Kindnesses that seem small but really are the essence of being alive; living a full life. ******************** People’s motivations and their interior life are at the core of Karen Overman-Edmiston’s writing. In addition, impressions and experiences gained while travelling are strong contributors to her work. Both of these factors are strongly evident in the recently published novel, 'The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity', as well as in the earlier publication, 'Night Flight from Marabar', a collection of short stories. Karen Overman-Edmiston was born in the United Kingdom. Educated in England and Ireland, she finished her studies in Australia, gaining a Master of Arts at the University of Western Australia. Karen has written for the stage and has had competition-winning plays performed, including at the Perth Festival of the Arts. She is also a prize-winning short story writer who has had several stories published. 'The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity' is a 2010 Nautilus Book Awards winner in the Fiction/Visionary Fiction category. Night Flight from Marabar was reviewed in the Australian Book Review in September 1999. In his review, Ben Zipper commented that the writer’s work ‘emerges with a strong coherence and singularity of tone.’ and that the author ‘uses location to wise advantage, as a tool of explaining and exploring human experience.’ Zipper concluded his review with the comment, ‘This collection clearly shows promise of more to come.’ Copies of the anthology have sold well across Australia in bookstores and through online sites. Having previously worked for the West Australian government, Karen runs her own consultancy business as well as continuing her writing.
	Dirty Old Town	by KUBOA Aug. 31, 2011	Free!	18317 words	Read a sample
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	sPARKLE & bLINK 1	by sparkle and blink Sep. 02, 2011	Free!	11810 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Quiet Lightning is a monthly, submission-based reading series that features all forms of writing and is entirely open to the public. We publish the accepted submissions each month in a book called sPARKLE & bLINK, which we sell online and at the shows; the books are exact scripts of the shows—and also beautiful relics thereof. Each issue features the artwork of a local artist. Quiet Lightning and sPARKLE & bLINK is based in San Francisco, California. Find more at http://quietlightning.org/about.
	The Purse Snatcher Letters	by KUBOA Oct. 29, 2011	Free!	16779 words	Read a sample
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	Losy ludzkie – nowe opowieÅ›ci wigilijne	by Amalia Angellinni Nov. 22, 2011	Free!	4181 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I was born in Italy and from the very beginning, I was fascinated by other worlds. From my childhood, I was spending my time in the world of books, which is multicultural and fascinating. My favourite writers are French Jean de La Fontaine, Jules Verne, American Mark Twain, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jack London, Canadian Lucy Maud Montgomery, English Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, German brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and Karol May, Finnish Tove Jansson and of course Italian Carlo Collodi. My grandpa read me books of Henryk Sienkiewicz and „King Macius I” by Janusz Korczak. Polish roots are in my family since my grandpa, who was born in Warsaw, and because of war, he landed under Monte Cassino. [The Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944 (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four battles during World War II, fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome. – AB after Wikipedia]. In addition, he stayed in Italy because of my grandma with a typical Italian surname Francesca. My grandpa said always, you have to be a good soul and you have to meet people and the world. First then, you will be a happy person. Among all, my grandpa told me about Poland and Warsaw Uprising, when his family died, and he took me to the grave of General Władysław Anders. Grandpa gave me the fascination about Poland and we wanted to visit Poland together. Unfortunately, I had to go to Poland alone. I found places, which my grandpa was telling me, as I was a child. I like Poland. That is the reason why some occurrences of my book happen in Warsaw. It is my honour for my grandpa. Fascinated with literature and encourage through my family and friends, I decided to share my – until now rather small – work. I asked the team at Scholar Europe, because my first book, „Lovefool”, has international features and it plays partially in Poland. It is a love story between a Polish girl Emilia and Julian. If you liked the saga Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, you will surely like my characters. However, I do not describe vampires or wizards, although there are some magic features in the main story. I see the world as a magic place. Wonders happen every day. The magic of books causes that we create new worlds and we imagine the most beautiful occurrences. People from different countries and cultures share the same emotions. Art and music are the universal languages of the humanity. Currently I study cultural studies and I hope that I will get to know the diversity of Europe furthermore. I thank to the Scholar Europe Team for support by finding a publisher and promotion!
	Flight of The Monarchs	by Elias Williams Nov. 25, 2011	Free!	1629 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Hello. :) I am an aspiring teen writer, philosopher, and dreamer. There is a constant rythmn, song, orchestra playing in my head that fills the silence when my normal thoughts aren't present. I am on smashwords to pursue my passion for writing and hope that someone will read and enjoy my work. :)
	Kingdoms in Newness	by G Haritharan Dec. 03, 2011	Free!	98030 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: All about writing. All about being independent... so this works for me! Wide variety in my stuff so please read me before judgement. Cheers in advance!
	hawrs	by Edward Wells II Dec. 17, 2011	You set the price!	10974 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Yep.
	Tragödie Von Der Faustkämpfer	by Ratan Lal Basu Dec. 21, 2011	Free!	3442 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: ADDRESS: Kolkata, India EDUCATION Ph. D. in Economics Profession: Retired from 1st January, 2009 from the post of Reader in Economics and Teacher-in-Charge, Bhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata, India
	The Man Who Loved His Wife	by Kate Walker Dec. 26, 2011	Free!	4024 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Hi, I'm Kate Walker. I live in Australia and I write for Children, Young Adults and Adults. I've been writing since 1977 and I love it. Writing is the only thing I want to do when I get up in the morning. I'd write all day long if I could. Which is just as well because I'm one of the slowest writers on the planet. It takes me an age to write anything. I do dozens of drafts. Even a short story often takes me years to complete. I write all kinds of books. Picture books. Chapter books. Poetry. Non-fiction educational books. Novels for Younger & Older Readers. And Short Stories for Adults. Maybe I’ve been searching for the writing genre that’s easy. If so, I think I have to admit there isn’t one. All writing is hard. My Children's Books – When I write for Children I’m interested in the light-hearted side of life, the silliness and the fun. I like my bad guys to get their comeuppances, though not too severely, and my good guys to always shine through. Young Adult Stories – When writing for Young Adults I like to focus on the deeply emotional moments of life. Adolescence is never fun and mine certainly wasn’t a joy-ride. It was a time of being lost, insecure and always out of my depth. There’s all these new feelings and often they’re overwhelming. It’s those overwhelming moments I try to capture, because they happen to everyone and somehow we come through OK. Adult Stories – In writing for Adults my focus is usually on the harshness of perceived reality and the joys and wonder of the spiritual life – that other existence that shines through the banal and, the instant we are ready, takes us in its arms. Because of the vast differences in what I write, I've posted my Children's writing and Adult writing on two separate web pages. Please see: www.katewalkerwriter4children.com & www.katewalkeraustralia.com There's an accomplished Romance writer named Kate Walker who publishes with Mills & Boon and Harlequin. If you’ve come to this page looking for her, her home page web address is: www.kate-walker.com Greetings, Kate.
	Den Oraon Och Hans Träd Vän	by Ratan Lal Basu Jan. 04, 2012	Free!	22685 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: ADDRESS: Kolkata, India EDUCATION Ph. D. in Economics Profession: Retired from 1st January, 2009 from the post of Reader in Economics and Teacher-in-Charge, Bhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata, India
	La Tragedia del Pugile	by Ratan Lal Basu Jan. 07, 2012	Free!	3618 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: ADDRESS: Kolkata, India EDUCATION Ph. D. in Economics Profession: Retired from 1st January, 2009 from the post of Reader in Economics and Teacher-in-Charge, Bhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata, India
	Two Tales	by Chris Gallagher Jan. 15, 2012	Free!	3935 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: A poet, lyricist, and novelist.
	Ambition, part three	by NFH Walker Feb. 23, 2009	Free!	12481 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Since graduating from St. Andrews University six years ago I have kept myself busy working as in a major London advertising agency. To give a brief flavour of my life, to date I have lived overseas in Shanghai, China, as an English Teacher, in New Jersey, USA as a Golf Caddie, and spend my early years in Muscat, Oman, where my father worked in the Oil Business when I was young.
	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
	Macedonia	by Tom Lichtenberg Nov. 15, 2009	Free!	24335 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I write books across a lot of different genres and styles. I've got some sci-fi, some mystery, some satire, some young adult, a little kids' book, and some just plain old-fashioned stories. Most are short and easy to read, are sometimes funny and often feature unexpected endings. Some of my books are related to each other, sharing characters, locales and plots. Snapdragon Alley, Freak City and Dragon Town comprise "The Dragon City Trilogy" The "All Geeked Up" collection includes World Weary Avengers, Ledman Pickup, and In Constant Contact "The Secret Trilogy" is 'Chaos Fiction' and includes Squatter with a Lexus, Secret Sidewalk, and Hidden Highway "Rays and Nights" is a collection of cross-genre stories that share certain characters, and includes the faux-horror Zombie Nights, the sci-fi Death Ray Butterfly and the coming-of age stories of Raisinheart Fissure Monroe features the intrepid private eye, Dawn Debris. Missy Tonight follows Orange Car with Stripes in these stories of Atheist Comic Sci-Fi Pulp Fiction. Golden is a screenplay based on Time Zone. Jimmyland is a screenplay based on Phantom of the Mall. Inspector Mole pops up all over the place. If you like one, chances are you'll like another, and if you don't, well, thanks for giving it a try!
	Where Sheep May Safely Graze	by Roger Parkinson Jan. 16, 2010	Free!	17255 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Roger Parkinson is an author by night and a software consultant by day, although sometimes the two are reversed. He lives with his wife (high school sweetheart) and four sheep in New Zealand in an earth brick house that looks like a Romanesque Abbey (lots of arched windows). He built most of the furniture for the house himself and so far only one piece has collapsed. Apart from writing books he dabbles in electronics, gardening, wine making, hiking and growing his hair.
	The Bridge	by C.B. Hoffman March 17, 2010	Free!	1581 words	Read a sample
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	Seamus Out	by Matthew Montague April 21, 2010	Free!	4346 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Matt Montague raises kids and grass-fed beef in the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. Notes - Please feel free to review my writing. I am anxious to learn what people think. It is interesting to see "Jake" lagging my other stories in downloads as it is the only story to actually have been published. I know, I never charged before. But I am trying Google books and I think I *have* to charge. In any event, if this fails, I'll make them free again...thanks for reading.
	A Girl Named X.	by Jon Thorpe June 02, 2010	Free!	45751 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Jon Thorpe resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
	La nouvelle vie d'Anna : première année	by Pauline Sarélot-Le Floc'h Aug. 10, 2010	Free!	42685 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Le seul but de mes romans est de vous offrir un moment de divertissement qui égaiera vos journées. Bonne lecture !
	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 .
	Recovery and integration	by Patrick Garratt Oct. 10, 2010	Free!	4633 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I'm not sure I want you to enjoy any of this.
	A Dark Planetarium	by Scott William Carter Dec. 13, 2010	Free!	1750 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: SCOTT WILLIAM CARTER's first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "touching and impressive debut." His short stories have appeared in dozens of popular magazines and anthologies, including Asimov's, Analog, Ellery Queen, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales. He lives in Oregon with his wife, two children, and thousands of imaginary friends.
	Simple Things	by Eric Bergstrom Feb. 03, 2011	Free!	4767 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Eric Bergstrom and his family live miles from the nearest pavement or powerline, half an hour of snow or mud or dust from Sprague River Oregon, and the bustle of its Post Office and Gas Station. He writes home-spun stories and home-schools his son in a home-made home with home-made power. In the interest of writing what he knows, it takes a narrow focus to pinpoint any genre of actual expertise - is "bumpkin" a genre?
	Zen and Loathing with the Gatsby's	by Paul Hawkins March 06, 2011	Free!	7489 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Paul Hawkins is the kind of guy you only meet once or twice in your life, and the first time you thought he was panhandling for change. A less discerning man might suspect he dresses in the dark, but there is motive behind all of it. He wrestled the atom for its secrets and found them wanting; he does not like ethanol because it gums up his engine. He writes because other people haven't said it yet. If he could play the piano, he would. He likes cajun food. If you think he owes you money, he is not the Paul Hawkins you are thinking of.
	Of Men and Mountains	by Robert F Thompson (RyFT) April 05, 2011	Free!	7511 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Robert F Thompson, aka RiFT, is a fiction author living in and meandering through Bucks County Pennsylvania. His first novel, A Book of Beginnings, was published in 2001.
	A Lover and its Ghosts	by Madeline Claire Franklin April 10, 2011	You set the price!	6840 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Madeline Claire Franklin has been writing, making movies, telling lies, and otherwise creating stories for as long as she can remember. She holds a BA in Media Studies/Production with a minor in Anthropology from the University at Buffalo, where she further expanded her storytelling capacity. In addition to her love of telling stories and researching dead people, Madeline is an avid traveler and lover of foreign cultures. She has contracted salmonella in Costa Rica, was bitten by a goat in the Sahara Desert, and her pants once caught on fire while she was walking down a street in Spain. None of this deters her. Currently she lives near the zoo in Buffalo, New York with her three cats, (Luke, Leto, and Lando) and her husband. They can hear the sea lions barking all year round.
	The Life and Times of a Graveyard Bear	by Tom North April 29, 2011	Free!	7547 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Welcome to my Smashwords site! Here you will find all of the short stories which I'm prepared to show people (i.e. the ones I'm happy with), my novel, 'Puttypaw' and my short story collection, 'Sketches of an Ending.' All of my short stories are available for free here, except three, 'A Timber Feast', 'The Storm' and 'A Tale of Two Parrots', which are not available anywhere. To read these you'll have to purchase 'Sketches of an Ending' - but $0.99 for a book of nine short stories isn't too expensive! 'Puttypaw', my first novel, is nothing short of mesmerising, of course. You really should read it! But then I'm a little biased. Fortunately you don't have to take my word for it - you can check out the large free sample and see for yourself. 'Puttypaw' is available for $0.99 for a short period - it will eventually go back to the heart-stopping sum of $1.99. Below is my Bio: Tom North lives in Oxford where he enjoys the refreshing and perpetual rain. He is in his mid-thirties. This, he has discovered, means that small white hairs grow out of his earlobes when he’s not looking. He spends a lot of time climbing rocks. He is the world’s worst snowboarder. Fact. Tom's second novel is in the pipeline and will emerge, blinking, sometime in 2012.
	Smoke and the Unventilated b/w The Passage	by Christopher Cunningham May 23, 2011	Free!	2310 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: A strange freak improvising upon an old IBM typewriter, Cunningham prefers leathery Bordeaux wines, mid-sixties Miles Davis and sleeping past noon whenever possible. He's published thirteen books of poetry and prose including Flowers In The Shadow Of The Storm (Sunnyoutside, 2007), A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness (Propaganda Press, 2008) and Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon: The Cunningham/McCreesh Letters (Orange Alert Press, 2009). Cunningham lives with his girlfriend of twenty years and their two dogs on a small farm outside of Asheville, NC.
	Giving It Away	by Pete Morin June 05, 2011	Free!	4419 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: In my adult life, I’ve been a trial attorney, a politician, a bureaucrat, a lobbyist, and (I like to think) an observant witness to human behavior. I’ve tried to combine all of them in my debut novel, Diary of a Small Fish. My creative writing began at the University of Vermont in the mid-1970’s, where I was very fortunate to have studied under award winning authors David Huddle and T. Alan Broughton. Following college, I pursued a wide-ranging career in law and politics in which I served three terms in the Massachusetts Legislature and two years as general counsel of the MBTA. In what some friends peg a mid-life crisis, I returned to writing fiction in 2007.I now split my time between fiction and law. My short fiction has appeared in NEEDLE, A Magazine of Noir, Words With Jam, 100 Stories for Haiti, and Words to Music. I republished many of them in a collection titled Uneasy Living. When I’m not writing crime fiction or practicing law, I play blues guitar in Boston bars, enjoy food and wine with my wife of 28 years, Elizabeth, and our two adult children. On increasingly rare occasions, I play a round of golf. We live in a money pit on the seacoast south of Boston, in an area once known as the Irish Riviera. I am very lucky to be represented by Christine Witthohn of Book Cents Literary Agency.
	Snow Precautions For Your Safety	by Erin Ritch June 20, 2011	Free!	2497 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Erin Ritch holds Associates degrees in broadcasting and English and studied film at the Vancouver Film School. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband Nick and Irish Terrier Sir Arthur Pendragon.
	A Quarter Yellow Sun	by Jamie Guiney June 29, 2011	Free!	1305 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Jamie Guiney is a literary fiction writer from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. His short stories have been published in literary journals, newspapers and digitally on iPhones and iPads. In 2011, his short story 'A Quarter Yellow Sun' was nominated for 'The Pushcart Prize.'
	The Scientific Method	by Barbara J. Taylor July 07, 2011	Free!	30624 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Barbara J. Taylor won Asheville's Flatiron Writers Short Fiction Competition in 2010. She lives and writes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
	Diary of a Dead Muse	by Benjamin Goshko July 12, 2011	Free!	2158 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I'm a 27 year old lawyer, a gamer, a dreamer, an author, and a lowly fool.
	The Sea	by Aaron Clarke Aug. 23, 2011	Free!	1031 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Aaron Clarke was born in Queensland on 24th January 1973, the middle child of two sisters. Like many other children, he watch a lot of television. Then one day he changed the channel to the ABC and saw "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Immediately taken aback by the lyrical beauty, he wanted to emulate Shakespeare. Aaron enrolled at James Cook University to study chemistry and biochemistry. In his second year he experienced his first psychotic episode and was hospitalised for several months. A year later he returned to JCU as an English student and started writing short stories and poems, which have been published in student publications and on the Internet
	Listen: twenty-nine short conversations	by KUBOA Aug. 31, 2011	Free!	40464 words	Read a sample
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