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Because of Winn-Dixie (A BookCaps Study Guide)	by BookCaps Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	8013 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month. Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.
The Ghost in my iPad	by E L Russell Feb. 22, 2012	$1.99	18449 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Enos L. Russell, Ph.D., educated in mathematics, trained in research, has spent several years as a corporate consultant for emerging technologies and as an online instructor. His writings reflect an eclectic interest in the impact new technologies may impose on individuals and social groups. His latest research into programming genetic code (Epigenetics) and brain development has led to the COHORT novels.
Page 3: A very London story	by Ralph Grayden Feb. 22, 2012	$4.99	104211 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Ralph Grayden is an ex-lawyer who, since 2003, has made a substantially less well remunerated living as a journalist and copywriter. He was born in regional Australia, spent four years in London, and now has moved back to Sydney. Although by now you must have noticed some similarities between his own life and his novel, he assures you that his own story is much more sordid and that Page 3: A very London story is a work of fiction.
Lost Sheep	by Watchman Ben-David Feb. 22, 2012	$7.00	12209 words	Sample 20%
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Cool As A Cucumber	by Russ Durbin Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	2151 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Russ calls himself a "Pennsylvania Hoosier." Born and raised in Indiana, he has lived in Bucks County, PA, for 30 years. He began his career as a newspaper and broadcast journalist in news and sports. After a career in corporate communications, Russ has turned to writing fiction, specializing in short stories. Genres include westerns, sports, historical, romance, and character delineation stories.
Prepare for Liftoff - How to Launch a Career in Sales	by Tom Costello Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	13714 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Tom Costello is a recognized thought leader and serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality and travel industries. As CEO of Groups International, Costello serves as the visionary leader and drives the strategic growth of the company in the areas of sales and marketing, brand image, social media, and vendor relations. In addition to launching Groups International in 2006, Costello co-developed a patent pending web-based meetings and events solution, iGroupPlanner™, and introduced leisure travel startup Hotelmine™ in February 2011.
The Shift	by M.E. Henton Feb. 22, 2012	$9.95	75226 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: M.E. Henton began researching for The Shift in 2006. Fascinated by various concepts of human origins, language and ancient civilizations, she found mainstream scientific explanations inadequate. Her independent studies have led her to concepts about human history and evolution that defy orthodox teachings. Having written several dozen articles in various zoological journals, in 2011 she published a self-help book for beginner swimmers and is currently working on her next fiction piece.
To Truckee's Trail	by Celia Hayes Feb. 22, 2012	$3.99	111227 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I grew up in a distant, hilly suburb of Los Angeles. I am the oldest in a family of four children: my fathr was a research biologist and my mother is an artist in stained glass. I went and recklessly got a relatively useless degree in English Literature (California State University Northridge, 1976) and then enlisted in the US Air Force. I trained and served as a radio and television broadcast specialist, in places as various as Greece, Spain, Japan, Korea, Greenland and Ogden, Utah. This involved an assortment of interesting duties, which included midnight alt-rock DJ, TV news anchor, video-production librarian, radio and television writer and producer, production manager, and tour guide. In 1985, I drove a bright orange Volvo sedan from Athens to Zaragoza, Spain, accompanied only by a small and cranky child. I retired from the Air Force in 1997. In late 2002, I became a regular contributor to the military-oriented weblog, got hooked on writing historical fiction, bringing out "To Truckee's Trail" in 2006; that's the story of the first ever wagon-train party to bring wagons over the Sierra Nevada, which marked the opening of the California Trail. Besides historical novels, I review books and movies for Blogger News Network, am also on the board of the Independent Authors Guild, a non-profit association of writers published by small and regional publishers ... and I manage their website, also. I currently live in San Antonio with my daughter and an assortment of dogs and cats, and travel within Texas doing lectures and talks about my follow-up novel series, the Adelsverein Trilogy.
Waterless Places	by James Henderson Feb. 22, 2012	$1.00	161217 words	Sample 5%
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Fling: A Short Story Collection	by M Koleosho Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	17838 words	Read a sample
Author bio: As a kid my imagination was molded by the likes of Enid Blyton and the heroes of Marvel and DC Comics. Fast forward to modern day, and it seems those books and characters had a stronger grip on me than I initially thought. Writing gives me the ability to delve into characters and worlds that would typically be closed off to me in my normal life. An Avid sports fan and music aficionado. I tend to gravitate towards anything that involves creativity. Of late photography seems to have piqued my interest also.
Sight Seeing	by Kristina Woodall Feb. 22, 2012	$5.99	94248 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: My base station is, and pretty much always has been, Colorado. Living in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Boulder (nestled on the edge of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains), my focus is on building bridges between what we believe life is all about and the mystery destination just beyond the veil. I am, like you, a spirit trekker -- always seeking to discover, explore, question, analyze, and heal the rift between flesh and spirit; illusion and truth. There is more to life than paying the bills, losing fat, getting (or not losing) our current source of employment, being politically correct, and forever striving to meet the external expectations of others; there is the inner spiritual journey to discover who we truly are, why we’re actually here, and what we really need to know and learn in order to summit to the light. EDUCATION: I began my adventures in higher education at the age of seventeen. Winning a Resident Honor’s Scholarship (one of thirty people across the nation), I spent my Senior year of High School at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. A year later, I opted to transfer to Humboldt State University in northern California. (Planting myself in the midst of tall trees, healthy skies, and open spaces, Humboldt was just what the doctor ordered for one dreadfully homesick for my native Colorado.) Four years later, in June of 1985, I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Journalism and Political Science. First published at the age of 14, winning Third Prize in the Denver Post’s State-wide Christmas Essay Writing Contest, I long possessed a passion for putting word to paper. At 17, at 2 o’clock in the morning (after a night shift at Wendy’s) I sat down and wrote an essay for San Diego’s East County Essay Writing Contest, and took First Place. At the age of 21, with my Journalism degree in hand and a passion for writing in my heart, I hurried back to Denver and obtained employment as a writer/editor for Golden Bell Press. A few years later, I became a Technical Writer for the United States Government (Bureau of Reclamation). When my contract with the government expired in 1990, the lure of the snow-capped mountains to the west of Denver was unbearable, and I moved up to Dillon, Colorado (elev. 9,800 feet!) on faith alone. The cost of my seat-of-the-pants decision to trek to higher grounds was high. With employment scarce and writing opportunities non-existent, I rode out a storm of odd jobs and inspirational (spiritual) challenges. The reward for this choice, however, was also high. Sitting on a boulder next to a lost lake in the Eaglesnest Wilderness (overlooking my new mountain home), I realized that I could now fulfill my thirst for even higher education, as well as my desire to help others traverse the highs and lows of our mutual journey on this planet. In 1993, at the age of 30, I went back to school to obtain my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Regis University in Denver. Building my own psychotherapy practice in Dillon, I sound found that traditional therapy lacked the equipment and traveling tools necessary to reach the depths of truth that existed deep within mind and emotion, body and feeling. Tired of talking around and around in circles, I went back and trained at the Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Institute (THI) in Boulder, Colorado and became a Certified Transpersonal Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Certified Transpersonal Medical Hypnotherapist. (Transpersonal hypnotherapy is a natural extension of Transpersonal Psychology, the fourth wave of psychology which recognizes the spiritual potential of human beings.) My areas of expertise included transpersonal journeywork (emotional healing; working with the unconscious mind; mind/body therapeutic practices; and ego strengthening); Jungian complexes and archetypes (working with archetypes in a transpersonal context; developing inner resources; and archetypal guidework); retrieval work (hypnotic regression therapy; healing early childhood trauma; abreaction/reframing; working with introjected parent figures; and inner child work); shadow work (Jungian dreamwork and active imagination); sub-personality therapy; resistance and problem solving strategies; phobias, weight management, smoking cessation, pain/disease management, work therapy; pre- and post-op therapy; hypnodontics, allergies, and natural childbirth. In 2004, I moved to Boulder and became an Intuitive Life Coach (helping clients build a complete physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual tool chest that would enable them to weather the storms of the passage on this planet and climb to the heights of their wildest dreams). Becoming an Intuitive Life Coach, I found that I could reach out to people around the country who seek to become fully functioning, happy, healthy, adults able to meet challenges, endure the highs and lows with joy, and build the endurance necessary to reach the destination of their choice. In addition, pulling my passion for creative writing off the back-burner, I have now completed two novels: Dance for the Rain (about a young woman overcoming her fear of change and finding passion in the turmoil that is life) and Sight Seeing (the first in a series of paranormal suspense novels about a reluctant psychic/hypnotherapist who fights to protect the mountains behind her Colorado mountain town). Enjoying my journey and trusting my knowing, I now spend my time working with clients as their personal Intuitive Life Coach, working on my next novel (Ghost Time, which is about a woman who must face the sins of her past -- past life, that is -- in order to find healing and forgiveness in this lifetime, before it’s too late yet again…); spirit trekking up and down and around and beyond the illusory mountains of this life’s journey with all of my fellow spirit trekkers, and physically trekking up and down and around the very real, and very tall, mountains that hold up the Colorado sky.
Dance for the Rain	by Kristina Woodall Feb. 22, 2012	$5.99	85086 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: My base station is, and pretty much always has been, Colorado. Living in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Boulder (nestled on the edge of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains), my focus is on building bridges between what we believe life is all about and the mystery destination just beyond the veil. I am, like you, a spirit trekker -- always seeking to discover, explore, question, analyze, and heal the rift between flesh and spirit; illusion and truth. There is more to life than paying the bills, losing fat, getting (or not losing) our current source of employment, being politically correct, and forever striving to meet the external expectations of others; there is the inner spiritual journey to discover who we truly are, why we’re actually here, and what we really need to know and learn in order to summit to the light. EDUCATION: I began my adventures in higher education at the age of seventeen. Winning a Resident Honor’s Scholarship (one of thirty people across the nation), I spent my Senior year of High School at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. A year later, I opted to transfer to Humboldt State University in northern California. (Planting myself in the midst of tall trees, healthy skies, and open spaces, Humboldt was just what the doctor ordered for one dreadfully homesick for my native Colorado.) Four years later, in June of 1985, I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Journalism and Political Science. First published at the age of 14, winning Third Prize in the Denver Post’s State-wide Christmas Essay Writing Contest, I long possessed a passion for putting word to paper. At 17, at 2 o’clock in the morning (after a night shift at Wendy’s) I sat down and wrote an essay for San Diego’s East County Essay Writing Contest, and took First Place. At the age of 21, with my Journalism degree in hand and a passion for writing in my heart, I hurried back to Denver and obtained employment as a writer/editor for Golden Bell Press. A few years later, I became a Technical Writer for the United States Government (Bureau of Reclamation). When my contract with the government expired in 1990, the lure of the snow-capped mountains to the west of Denver was unbearable, and I moved up to Dillon, Colorado (elev. 9,800 feet!) on faith alone. The cost of my seat-of-the-pants decision to trek to higher grounds was high. With employment scarce and writing opportunities non-existent, I rode out a storm of odd jobs and inspirational (spiritual) challenges. The reward for this choice, however, was also high. Sitting on a boulder next to a lost lake in the Eaglesnest Wilderness (overlooking my new mountain home), I realized that I could now fulfill my thirst for even higher education, as well as my desire to help others traverse the highs and lows of our mutual journey on this planet. In 1993, at the age of 30, I went back to school to obtain my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Regis University in Denver. Building my own psychotherapy practice in Dillon, I sound found that traditional therapy lacked the equipment and traveling tools necessary to reach the depths of truth that existed deep within mind and emotion, body and feeling. Tired of talking around and around in circles, I went back and trained at the Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Institute (THI) in Boulder, Colorado and became a Certified Transpersonal Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Certified Transpersonal Medical Hypnotherapist. (Transpersonal hypnotherapy is a natural extension of Transpersonal Psychology, the fourth wave of psychology which recognizes the spiritual potential of human beings.) My areas of expertise included transpersonal journeywork (emotional healing; working with the unconscious mind; mind/body therapeutic practices; and ego strengthening); Jungian complexes and archetypes (working with archetypes in a transpersonal context; developing inner resources; and archetypal guidework); retrieval work (hypnotic regression therapy; healing early childhood trauma; abreaction/reframing; working with introjected parent figures; and inner child work); shadow work (Jungian dreamwork and active imagination); sub-personality therapy; resistance and problem solving strategies; phobias, weight management, smoking cessation, pain/disease management, work therapy; pre- and post-op therapy; hypnodontics, allergies, and natural childbirth. In 2004, I moved to Boulder and became an Intuitive Life Coach (helping clients build a complete physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual tool chest that would enable them to weather the storms of the passage on this planet and climb to the heights of their wildest dreams). Becoming an Intuitive Life Coach, I found that I could reach out to people around the country who seek to become fully functioning, happy, healthy, adults able to meet challenges, endure the highs and lows with joy, and build the endurance necessary to reach the destination of their choice. In addition, pulling my passion for creative writing off the back-burner, I have now completed two novels: Dance for the Rain (about a young woman overcoming her fear of change and finding passion in the turmoil that is life) and Sight Seeing (the first in a series of paranormal suspense novels about a reluctant psychic/hypnotherapist who fights to protect the mountains behind her Colorado mountain town). Enjoying my journey and trusting my knowing, I now spend my time working with clients as their personal Intuitive Life Coach, working on my next novel (Ghost Time, which is about a woman who must face the sins of her past -- past life, that is -- in order to find healing and forgiveness in this lifetime, before it’s too late yet again…); spirit trekking up and down and around and beyond the illusory mountains of this life’s journey with all of my fellow spirit trekkers, and physically trekking up and down and around the very real, and very tall, mountains that hold up the Colorado sky.
Detective John Saunders' Collection	by Adrianna White Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	30978 words	Read a sample
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The Shadow & the Blood Assassin	by Angelo Tsanatelis Feb. 22, 2012	$1.99	22192 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Angelo Tsanatelis was born in Athens, Greece. He lived for seven years in Bulgaria, where he studied Law at the University of Sofia. He is a fantasy fiction writer and an off and on poet. He enjoys reading all kinds of fiction novels and exploring the Greek islands whenever he finds the time.
Mr. Right Now	by Levi Adair Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	3151 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Levi Adair is freelance writer of adult fiction. A prolific writer in a variety of genres Levi has found her niche in the naughty. From simple fuck me stories to complex plots , the reader always finds an unexpected twist or turn. Check out the many titles, one of them is bound to get you hot under the collar.
The Test	by Russ Durbin Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	3314 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Russ calls himself a "Pennsylvania Hoosier." Born and raised in Indiana, he has lived in Bucks County, PA, for 30 years. He began his career as a newspaper and broadcast journalist in news and sports. After a career in corporate communications, Russ has turned to writing fiction, specializing in short stories. Genres include westerns, sports, historical, romance, and character delineation stories.
Premeditated Parenting - Foundational Christian Parenting [Toddlers-Preteens]	by Steve Nelson Feb. 22, 2012	$8.95	62493 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Steve Nelson is a pastor at The Rio Church in El Paso, Texas. Steve and his wife, Kathleen, have eight children. They are passionate about raising up the next generation of on-fire believers and helping other parents do the same. Steve is the author of “Premeditated Parenting” and “31 Days of Parenting.”
Il drago racconta	by Guido (M.B.) Sperandio Feb. 22, 2012	$3.50	13307 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: MMM... NO, LA DIVINA COMMEDIA NON È OPERA MIA La cosa più ponderosa da me scritta è un catalogo di bricolage, genere certamente non definibile letteratura. La trama comunque era variegata e ricca di colpi di scena: passava dallo sterminio dei tarli al lifting di una vasca da bagno afflitta da rughe rugginose. Ho infatti lavorato molto per la Pubblicità. Forse troppo. Notti e domeniche alla macchina da scrivere. Caffè e tabacco. Ma - prima della Pubblicità, durante e dopo – ho scritto anche dell’altro, e parecchio. Era probabilmente l’impulso di riscattare le banalità farneticate al servizio dell’industria e del commercio. Ci sono riuscito? Mah...! GIORNALI, LIBRI E TV, L'ALTRO CHE HO SCRITTO Ha detto Raymond Chandler: «Gli scacchi sono il più cospicuo spreco di intelligenza umana che si possa riscontrare al di fuori di un'agenzia pubblicitaria». Ebbene, ringrazio in veste di creativo-copywriter, l’incredibile lungo elenco di agenzie, uffici, studi, boutique e grafici pubblicitari che mi hanno dato modo di sprecare cospicuamente il mio cervello consentendomi sempre un pasto caldo e di non dormire sotto un cavalcavia. Ringrazio altresì - stavolta in veste di scrittore, un tempo anche giornalista – gli editori che malgrado tutto mi hanno pubblicato: «Vanuk Vanuk» negli USA Per piccoli (piccoli non troppo) Per ragazzi Per lettori adulti Storie gialle Fumetti e Cartoon "senza parole" Su periodici Su quotidiani In Televisione Sul WEB È tutto per il momento, e a presto. Have fun! * Facebook. Non sono il Guido Sperandio che vi appare fotografato: http://it-it.facebook.com/people/Guido-Sperandio/1605316265 Trattasi di casuale omonimo, uno dei vari Guido Sperandio coi quali mi scuso per il rischio che corrono d'essere confusi e subire la mia discutibile nomea di scribacchino. Mi rammarico di esistere e mi impegno a non disonorare ulteriormente il comune patronimico. Profile Picture/Immagine: Primo Piano dell'Ispettore Ossoduro, uno dei miei primi (ormai molto remoti) personaggi. ...1936 Odiug!
Snow White and the 7 Vampire Hunters	by Kat Halstead Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	4108 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I was born in a tiny town in the wild mountains of Colorado. After about a year and a half the parents moved themselves and me to New Jersey where I grew up. As a child I threw the coolest slumber parties ever, sadly my party throwing skills seemed to have peaked then. Now I'm more like a Mary Richards when it comes to throwing parties. I loved Nick at Nite (as if you couldn't have guessed from that last reference), and I have always loved soap operas. Every day on twitter you will find me tweeting about One Life to Live, for sure. Sometimes I will tweet and blog about other soaps. It all depends on how I feel that day and what makes me happy and what makes me angry. I attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and it was an amazing experience. I had amazing friends during my time at the Fort and while living in Durango. I now live in a small town in Minnesota, where I am trying to adapt to the weather (I have not had an easy time thus far), and the humidity. My first book being released is Secret Fantasy, when its available I will have all that information for you. I have spent years working on a web serial called Divisions which is still on the web and available to be read for free if you are interested.
Law of Attraction Series:The Might of the Fighter	by ZhuoYi Li Feb. 22, 2012	$4.99	4039 words	Sample 20%
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For Frying Out Loud - Rehoboth Beach Diaries	by Fay Jacobs Feb. 22, 2012	$9.99	69389 words	Sample 20%
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Cowboy Pleasures (Gay Erotica)	by Adriana Hunter Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	4107 words
Author bio: Adriana Hunter writes stories for those who live to dream. Her stories run the gamut, from romance, (dark) fantasy, paranormal to captivating stories of medieval nights, and adult fairy tales. If you are fascinated by unique tales Adriana will deliver on her promise to create spellbinding stories that will tantalize your senses and provoke your imagination.
Law of Attraction Series:Physical Wellness Secrets	by ZhuoYi Li Feb. 22, 2012	$4.99	3689 words	Sample 15%
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Is Your Man Gay?	by Tonja Ayers Feb. 22, 2012	$4.99	6678 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Tonja Ayers owned and operated a women's store in Detroit, Michigan for 10 years before deciding to write her first book, "A Ho Needs 2 Stay in a Ho's Place" which was based upon the many stories of infidelity her customers would tell her about. Ayers decided to write books regarding the most popular discussions held between her and her customer base which led to her second book "How to Start Your Own Business" and her latest release, "Is Your Man Gay?".
The Life and Times of Franz Kafka	by BookCaps Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	5178 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month. Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.
Envy: The Flight of the King (PROMO)	by Miller Publishing Limited Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	4338 words	Sample 10%
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A Ho Needs 2 Stay In A Ho's Place	by Tonja Ayers Feb. 22, 2012	$4.99	4346 words
Author bio: Tonja Ayers owned and operated a women's store in Detroit, Michigan for 10 years before deciding to write her first book, "A Ho Needs 2 Stay in a Ho's Place" which was based upon the many stories of infidelity her customers would tell her about. Ayers decided to write books regarding the most popular discussions held between her and her customer base which led to her second book "How to Start Your Own Business" and her latest release, "Is Your Man Gay?".
Detective John Saunders' Winning Hand	by Adrianna White Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	5369 words	Read a sample
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The Treos Dilemma	by William Lavell Feb. 22, 2012	$1.99	50695 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: William Lavell was born and raised in Northern New Jersey. By "day", he works as a supervisor at a transportation company that he's been with for the last 20 years. He's been writing for just as long. He finally saw his first novel, The Augustine Agenda, published in 2010. It has received Honorable Mentions at the 2011 New England Book Festival and the 2012 London Book Festival. He has since followed it up with Escape From Argus, which was published in 2011. His latest novel, The Treos Dilemma, was published in February of 2012. He's currently hard at work on a fourth untitled book in the series, which he hopes to finish by the end of this year. He currently lives in Central New Jersey with his wife, Michele.
Just Enough	by L.J. Stephens Feb. 22, 2012	$0.99	9698 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: L.J. Stephens lives in Florida with his wife and three children.
JADE(s): To Blue or Not to Blue	by Janet Marie Feb. 22, 2012	$7.00	44744 words	Sample 10%
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News on the Home Front	by Christopher Geoffrey McPherson Feb. 22, 2012	$0.99	84365 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: I was one of those kids always noodling with words, writing nonsense stories and animal adventures. I got a serious case of the word flu when I was asked to write an article for my high school newspaper. It was a disease from which I have yet to recover. In the intervening years, my work has appeared in daily newspapers, monthly magazines, extensively on radio -- and the occasional dalliance with television. I have a bucket filled with awards sitting in my garage and continue to write, write and write. I have created advertising copy and written radio commercials. Also featuring my byline are the novel "News on the Home Front," the children's book "Mama Cat," several short plays, several radio plays, and too many unpublished novels. I am currently collaborating on a history of melamine plastic.
Conscious Relating Guidebook - Seven Keys to a Conscious Relationship	by Siddhartha Dhyan Feb. 22, 2012	$6.99	17287 words	Sample 20%
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Happy Endings	by JK Bradley Feb. 22, 2012	$0.99	1604 words	Sample 70%
Author bio: Welcome to my world. Do not be frightened with what you find; although everything here is alive, if only in my mind. Would you like to glimpse the shadows inside and experience what haunts my midnight hollows? Please, allow me to share my tales. Let me tease the very ends of your nerves. Let me drip chilling indulgence over your flesh. Let me bring you into my sultry and delicious world. Allow me to breathe something beautiful into your mind. Perhaps saving you from a spell of boredom, perhaps slaying the sucking monotony that rules your life. Perhaps it will feel a little like being infected. Nevertheless, please, come take a journey with me. One breath at a time, allow me to titillate your senses, to arouse your suspicions and tickle your fancy, and thereby, afford me some stroking of my own. After all, why do any of this if not to receive some whimsical pleasures, no? Freeing my living demons by exposing them to you simply feels good. But are they real, these tales, these stories? Well, what IS real? If reality begins with perception, and you allow me to enter you, if you let me slither inside your mind, exposing all of my wooded and moldering lot, then, just per chance you will begin to share in a portion of what is real in me, you will perceive me and what sleeps inside my head, the truth of my world will latch on, sinking teeth, thereby making everything you find here come alive. Making it all Real. You do not necessarily have to believe to take the journey, just open your mind to me, just take a sip, savor the taste. For, I intuit the realization and truth and understanding will seep in, soon enough, drop by salty-sweet drop. Let me say Welcome, friends. Welcome to where it all begins, where everything that is real and of consequence takes place, where evil drops its lurker’s veil, where death births something fascinating and new, where lovers are found and something wicked hides. Welcome to the quaint town of Bristleburg. Nestled against the lovely Blue Ridge mountains, laying within the Shenandoah Valley, a quintessential slice of historic Virginia. Rich in history and lush in blood and lust and pain and glory. It may be sick, convoluted, scary, horrific and twisted, but it is real and completely beautiful. Walk with me. Come. jKb
Five Scalps: The Story of Edward Rose	by Jerry A Matney Feb. 22, 2012	$3.99	62736 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Jerry A Matney was born in Wise County, Texas, where he was a four-sport athlete. He attended Decatur Baptist College on a football scholarship. After serving in the Marine Corps, Jerry attended Santa Ana College, Long Beach State University and Chapman University. Jerry served for 34 years as a teacher and school administrator for the Orange County Juvenile Court Schools. He served on the Fountain Valley School Board and as Mayor of Huntington Beach, California. He and his wife Nedra retired to Surprise, Arizona where he continues to write historical novels.
Minimum Wage	by William Bott Feb. 22, 2012	$0.99	2313 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: I grew up in a few different areas, all in southeast Virginia. I was born and raised in Norfolk, the son of a military father and a tax-preparer mother. We later moved to a nice middle-class neighborhood in another smaller town with mostly friendly people and a nice, quiet atmosphere. I have one brother and one sister, both younger than myself. I skipped two grades in middle school, after repeatedly testing far above average on assessment tests administered by both the elementary school I had gone to and the middle school I was attending at the time. My mentor and good friend Talmadge Darden took time out to make sure I was doing well, and to drive me to the high school for afternoon classes. After I graduated high school, I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where I served for only a year before being discharged, honorably, for medical reasons. I had begun training as a cryptologic linguist at the Defense Language Institute's Foreign Language Center, in Monterey, California, where I studied Hebrew. I've held a number of jobs and lived a number of different places. I've been a cashier, a food server, a factory worker, a casino dealer, and a salesman, among other things. I've lived in Virginia, Arkansas, California, Utah, Nevada, and even Texas. These different jobs and environments have given me a lot of experience in life and a number of different perspectives on the world. I've only been out of the country once, though. I visited Amsterdam, in Holland, in 2006. I had a great time, there were beautiful buildings everywhere, and the people were very hospitable and friendly. I hope to go back someday. My hobbies include writing, gaming, enjoying good television shows, and reading good writing. I have made many friends and met many interesting people during my journey through life. I hope to meet many more people that I can call my friends, and I hope to share my writing and visions with the world.
Population Zero Collection I	by Kevin R. Bridges Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	13807 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I live in the Pacific Northwest with my fiance, a small army of children, and a large army of awkward dogs. My favorite novels are Contact by Carl Sagan and the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. My favorite food is breakfast sausage, and, now that you think of it, yours is, too.
Pro kio? (Krimromano en Esperanto)	by Friedrich Ellersiek (Argus) Feb. 22, 2012	$6.95	43651 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: En 1920 la germana eldonejo Esperanto-Verlag Friedrich Ellersiek publikigis la krim-romanon Pro kio? – de aŭtoro kun la pseŭdonimo Argus, kiu poste montriĝis la posedanto de la eldonejo, Friedrich Wilhelm Ellersiek (1880-1959). Malgraŭ ĵurnalisma sperto, i.a. kiel redaktoro de Germana Esperantisto (1910-1914), li verkis nur unu romanon: tiun ĉi romanon pri krimo. La unua krim-romano en la historio de la originala Esperanto-literaturo, unue publikigita en 1920, kaj nun lingve iomete prilaborita por nia eldono de 2008. Fascina historio pri murdo kaj amrilato...
Two Black Cocks are Better than One	by Tina Grace Feb. 22, 2012	$0.99	3734 words	Sample 20%
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Poets Muse	by Adrian Corday Feb. 22, 2012	$25.00	4836 words	Sample 2%
Author bio: Adrian has been writing and publishing for 15 years. Adrian crosses genre bounds and has written in romance, fiction, non fiction, contemporary, cook books and much more. Little Girl Lost and Spring Wishes are two of the reader’s favorites. Adrian also holds a Ph.D in Metaphysics.
Do You Hear the Bells?	by JK Bradley Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	445 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Welcome to my world. Do not be frightened with what you find; although everything here is alive, if only in my mind. Would you like to glimpse the shadows inside and experience what haunts my midnight hollows? Please, allow me to share my tales. Let me tease the very ends of your nerves. Let me drip chilling indulgence over your flesh. Let me bring you into my sultry and delicious world. Allow me to breathe something beautiful into your mind. Perhaps saving you from a spell of boredom, perhaps slaying the sucking monotony that rules your life. Perhaps it will feel a little like being infected. Nevertheless, please, come take a journey with me. One breath at a time, allow me to titillate your senses, to arouse your suspicions and tickle your fancy, and thereby, afford me some stroking of my own. After all, why do any of this if not to receive some whimsical pleasures, no? Freeing my living demons by exposing them to you simply feels good. But are they real, these tales, these stories? Well, what IS real? If reality begins with perception, and you allow me to enter you, if you let me slither inside your mind, exposing all of my wooded and moldering lot, then, just per chance you will begin to share in a portion of what is real in me, you will perceive me and what sleeps inside my head, the truth of my world will latch on, sinking teeth, thereby making everything you find here come alive. Making it all Real. You do not necessarily have to believe to take the journey, just open your mind to me, just take a sip, savor the taste. For, I intuit the realization and truth and understanding will seep in, soon enough, drop by salty-sweet drop. Let me say Welcome, friends. Welcome to where it all begins, where everything that is real and of consequence takes place, where evil drops its lurker’s veil, where death births something fascinating and new, where lovers are found and something wicked hides. Welcome to the quaint town of Bristleburg. Nestled against the lovely Blue Ridge mountains, laying within the Shenandoah Valley, a quintessential slice of historic Virginia. Rich in history and lush in blood and lust and pain and glory. It may be sick, convoluted, scary, horrific and twisted, but it is real and completely beautiful. Walk with me. Come. jKb
Witches of Bourbon Street	by Deanna Chase Feb. 22, 2012	$3.99	84144 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Deanna is a native Californian, transplanted to the slower paced lifestyle of southeastern Louisiana. When she isn’t writing, she is often goofing off with her husband in New Orleans, playing with her two shih tzu dogs, making glass beads, or out hocking her wares at various bead shows across the country. For more information and updates on newest releases visit her blog at www.deannachase.com.
RoboDoppel	by Mehmet Kardaş Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	2774 words	Read a sample
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Barry Hargrove Case of the Lunar Orchids	by Bob Nailor Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	7573 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Author of "Three Steps: The Journeys of Ayrold" and "2012: Timeline Apocalypse." I am also a contributing author to a multitude of books including: Mother Goose is Dead, Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology, Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction-Vol 1, A Firestorm of Dragons, Nights of Blood 2 (which I co-edited also), 13 Nights of Blood, Companion Guide to Writing Fantasy and many others. I am a retired federal government employee, giving up control of the computers for the Eastern half of Michigan's federal court system. Now I write full time, and enjoy traveling and spoiling my grandchildren. I tend a garden, both vegetable and flower, and putter around the house to keep my wife busy cleaning up after me.
Fruit of the Secret God / the dark erotic images of Santerineross	by john santerineross Feb. 22, 2012	$11.99	2608 words	Sample 5%
Author bio: John Santerineross is an artist who does not like to be classified or categorized. He prefers to let the viewer decide and define. He was named "the world's leading neo-symbolist photographer of our time" in the December 2007 issue of PROFIFOTO, Germanys leading photography magazine. His unique style and content have inspired an entire new generation of artists. His complex aesthetic is derived from a mix of his exposure to Catholicism and Santeria and by his fascination with Greek mythology, world religions and iconography. John Santerineross' first book, Fruit of the Secret God, introduced his powerful images to the world in 1999. His second monograph entitled Dream, was published in October of 2004. This commanding book is considered by many to be the definitive example of contemporary neo symbolist photography. It is an exploration of John's dream imagery and iconography through the use of the photographic medium. John never elucidates his imagery for fear of limiting viewers’ personal interpretation. He is influenced by the early symbolists’ belief that “the creation of a mood is as important as the transmission of information, (it must also) seek to engage the entire mind and personality of the viewer by appealing to the viewer’s emotions and unconscious mind, as well as to their intellect”. Throughout John’s artistic career, his refusal to be limited by any one medium has lead him to master multiple artistic disciplines; he has been a ceramist, sculptor, painter, and mixed media artist. He has recently delved into the world of moving images and has already directed several short art films including “Child, Doll or Bone” which captures the beauty and intimacy of a cutter’s compulsion and “Destin”, the story of a young girl questioning her ability to avoid her tragic fate. At this very moment, Santerineross is in the preproduction phase of a powerful, warped tale of a doll maker entitled “Ningyoushi”. Santerineross’ uncompromising integrity, ethics and belief in freedom of expression continues to show even now through his avant-garde photographic images and films. Unlike many of John’s contemporaries, his use of digital manipulation is extremely limited. 95% of what you see in the photograph was on the set that day. All blurs or distortions are created by either the model moving at his instruction or objects that are moving in the set by means of a variety of intricate motors, wires and mobiles. Due to the complexity of his images, John only shoots approximately 12 images a year, which makes every one of them extremely significant and personal. It is his commitment, integrity, passion and dedication that cause many admirers to consider him to be one of the most influential image-makers of this generation.
Wick and the Cricker	by Austin Torney Feb. 22, 2012	$2.99	31291 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Austin began writing for real around the age of forty, a respite from working as an Information Engineer in the field of Computer Science, doing programming, an art, as it turned out. He calls himself a humanist, and is one who enjoys the liberal arts, utilizing science, for it pervades every discipline. He is currently retired and lives in the mountains of Poughquag, NY, near the Appalachian Trail. He enjoys tennis, writing, fun, humor, thinking, sleeping, poetry, music, dining, travel, romance, reading, swimming, and life.
Stories From Wrigley: Marcus Blake Collection	by Marcus Blake Feb. 22, 2012	$3.99	93355 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: This is the private label for award winning author Marcus Blake.
The King's Lady	by Lietha Wards Feb. 22, 2012	$4.59	65316 words	Sample 20%
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Ab Initio	by Sahil Thakur Feb. 22, 2012	Free!	1627 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Poet, Photographer, Philosopher and Physician.
Sunliner	by Oliver Clarke Feb. 22, 2012	$0.99	89079 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Writer. Gadget lover. Watch nerd. Geek. I've been writing since my teens, mostly focussing on the crime and horror genres. I live on the south coast of England with my wife and son.

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