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Ensemble	by S. P. Elledge Feb. 01, 2009	68745 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am honored that you might be interested in my work!
Assemblage	by S. P. Elledge Feb. 03, 2009	83893 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am honored that you might be interested in my work!
Semblances	by S. P. Elledge Feb. 03, 2009	93187 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am honored that you might be interested in my work!
Dissemblings	by S. P. Elledge Feb. 03, 2009	122380 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am honored that you might be interested in my work!
Red Heart Black Heart Valentine's Day Collection	by Jane Friedman Feb. 26, 2009	10217 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Writing/new media professor. Former publisher of Writer's Digest
A Brief Conversation with My Hair	by Russell Bradury-Carlin March 01, 2009	25636 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I live in Western Massachusetts.
CompletelyNovel.com Launch Anthology	by Anna Lewis March 17, 2009	24386 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I'm a co-founder of CompletelyNovel.com. It's an online community for everyone who loves books, from readers and writers to printers, publishers and literary agents. We want to help talented new writers find an audience and we offer them the tools to enable them to prove to publishers that there is a market for their work.
Chapters Of A Dead Poet	by Jason April 02, 2009	14010 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I live in SA, texas. Not much to say at the moment.
Excerpts From Role Playing Endeavours	by Matt Hayward April 04, 2009	24523 words	Read a sample
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Imaginary Friends	by Yolanda Jackson May 06, 2009	59288 words	Read a sample
Author bio: My name is Yolanda A. Jackson, born on April 3, 1980 in Rockford, IL. I have been writing from the age of twelve, mostly Fantasy and Sci-Fi, but my writing skills go far beyond the norm into Horror and Animation. I first discovered my talent as a writer when I complained about Robocop needing more action, but my friends loved it. They dared me to come up with a movie better than Robocop - and I did! My first book/script was Copper Kid, it was about a computer programmed robot girl who fights crime with jet-propelled wings and a computer brain. It was just great - well at least I thought so. Finally, I got them to read it and lo and behold they loved it. That was when I first knew maybe I had something. As the years passed, I grew to hate school - it was not the place for me. I began to daydream about being a big movie director and owning my own studio. Of course, it never happened and I eventually finished school, but I hated everything but English class and writing assignments, which led me to my first hand-written novel, September Monkies, that I still have to this day. No one believed in my dreams and, consequently, they were swept aside as I went through this wonderful stage called "growing up". I was a foster child my entire life - a ward of the State - and writing eased the pain of moving from one foster home to another or one group home to another. Every time I moved I tried to write a novel to help me cope with my new home, and because of this I became more involved in my writing. I began to imagine places that only exist in fantasy or animals that only inhabit one's imagination. Soon, this freed me to face reality and to know when not to face reality. While my friends were all dating and into boys, I was into creative writing, imagining fantastic creatures that don't exist or developing characters to which everyone in the world can relate. When I was seventeen, the Department of Children and Family Services let me go and I was out into the real world on my own. That's when I realized that my dreams of writing would have to take a back seat to earning a living. The bills came first, and a roof over my head was more important than what had come to seem like just a dumb dream. It hurt to let my dreams slip away, but I had no choice. It was either work three jobs to get the bills paid or live in a fantasy land where the Fairy God Mother pays the bills. It did not take me long to realize that the Fairy God Mother did not exist. All the money I had for publishing had to be used for survival, and I threw my dreams aside to play the game of life. After years of working three jobs, I got tired and decided to give my dreams one more shot. I got a better job as a Sterile Tech in a trauma hospital and began making a little more money. So, I saved and saved and finally had had enough money to self publish, which has been a wonderful learning experience. I have published my first novel in a series - Peter Carrot-top "In Search Of the 8th Key". My goal in writing is to not only improve my skills, but to get children of the world interested in reading and writing, to see the story unfolding in their minds, and to use their imaginations to dream and to dream big.
The Amish versus the Mime	by Dan Schwartz June 30, 2009	1468 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I love a good story, and I love a good joke. These two factors are my biggest influences. My writing is story telling interconnected through jokes. My debut book No Cure for Nature is a comical environmental adventure which explores the personification of Mother Nature rebelling against humankind in a whirlwind of puns, wordplay and heroism. My background is in Environmental Engineering which is where my strong fascination with environmental issues comes from. I am still unaware where my love for puns was born, and story telling most likely stems back to Sesame Street.
From a Box in the Attic	by Darius Nease July 01, 2009	13197 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Name: Charles "cj" De Raedt Born: September 30, 1975 Died: (Comment from the Reaper: 100 year lease renewal pending...Est. D.O.D. April 1, 2102) Previous Jobs: Taxi Driver Gigolo SCUBA Instructor/Adventure Guide Medic/First Aid Instructor (Almost saved 1 heart attack victim...) Janitor Paid Fighter (at a "club") Barker/fare collector (for a jeepney) Floor Manager at a strip bar Newspaper Columnist Cut Flower/Gourmet Mushroom farm Efficiency consultant and Supervisor Freelance Writer/Editor English Teacher K-12 Tutor King Mealworm Cultivator Tantric Sex Coach Firefighter (Volunteer) Current Job: Author (Volunteer) Other Pursuits: I am currently finishing my final two credits for my Masters in English and writing a novel and an autobiography/memoir (the latter will contain a lot of frolicsome stuff from the above list...keep an eye out... ;) I am considering starting a blog and twittering...details to be posted here...
Blackwyrm Digest One	by Black Wyrm July 15, 2009	24496 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Blackwyrm Publishing is a small imprint specializing in the publication of experimental fantasy, science fiction, and horror works of between 40,000 and 80,000 words in length. It is a collaborative effort between veteran publisher Dave Mattingly and author Jason Walters designed to highlight the talents of undiscovered or underappreciated writers. Blackwyrm will be releasing an ambitious 12 books in 2009 at the rate of a book a month starting in January of that year.
Flash Fiction 40 Anthology - July 2009	by Flash Fiction 40 July 20, 2009	33609 words	Read a sample
Author bio: In May 2009, Editor Unleashed and Smashwords partnered to sponsor The Flash Fiction 40 Contest. Writers were invited to post a story of 1,000 words or fewer on the Editor Unleashed forum, and the members would get a chance to read and rank all of the stories. More than 280 writers took up the challenge and posted a story. Here, for your reading pleasure, are the top 40 winners.
A Random Flash	by Mark Watson Sep. 07, 2009	11173 words	Read a sample
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Idle Light	by Gabrielle Bryant-Gainer Sep. 08, 2009	6292 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am a poet.
HUMBLE POETRY FOR THE BASIC CHRISTIAN	by Bradley McConnachie Oct. 02, 2009	2009 words	Read a sample
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Single: Two Stories	by Jim Hanas Oct. 26, 2009	7964 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am the author of Cassingle: Five Stories (2009) and Single: Two Stories (2006), two e-book collections of short stories that previously appeared in McSweeney's, Fence, One Story, The Land-Grant College Review, and elsewhere. My non-fiction and humor pieces have appeared in Slate, Radar, Print, the New York Daily News, and the New York Post.
While I Should Have Been Working....	by Damien Silson Nov. 16, 2009	6079 words	Read a sample
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Sex with a Shooting Star	by Benjamin Douglass Dec. 03, 2009	2432 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Benjamin Douglass is the author of numerous works. He lives in Denver, Colorado. Drop Ben an email at: obscurepoetry@yahoo.com
Enigmatici	by Enigmatic Ink Dec. 04, 2009	22402 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Enigmatic Ink is an independent literary press dedicated to publishing avant-garde, experimental or otherwise unique fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and book art with general idealities similar to those found in absurdism, expressionism, futurism, irrealism, magic-realism, metaphysics and/or surrealism. We also focus on postmodern/interstitial forms that challenge the greater imagination with both stylistic innovation and conceptually explorative themes, giving priority to beauty, perplexity and poignancy. Our books are richly intelligent and imaginative in their context, and curiously stimulating in the multi-layered subtext and potential interpretations.
Usok - the Webzine of Fantastic Filipino Fiction (Issue 1)	by Rocket Kapre Dec. 07, 2009	23564 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Rocket Kapre Books is an imprint of Eight Ray Sun Publishing Inc. (a new Philippine-based publisher), dedicated to bringing the very best of Philippine Speculative Fiction in English to a worldwide audience by means of digital distribution. We publish Usok, the free quarterly webzine of fantastic Filipino fiction.
A Few Follies	by April Follies Dec. 10, 2009	4214 words	Read a sample
Author bio: April Follies is, naturally enough, a pen name and Internet identity. The fool in question behind the name has a background in science, a weird sense of humor, and occasional pretensions to poetry. I'm fond of science-fiction, fantasy, the occasional mystery, many of the "classics", and antique poetry. Actually, to be frank, I'm fond of reading just about anything I can get my hands on, in a pinch.
Ruin and Resolve: Pinoy SF for Charity	by Rocket Kapre Charity (Red Cross) Dec. 27, 2009	61899 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Rocket Kapre Charity (Red Cross) is the account of Rocket Kapre Books (a Philippine-based publisher of Philippine Speculative Fiction) for its charitable projects for the benefit of the Philippine National Red Cross.
MindGames	by Sam Vaknin Jan. 03, 2010	28307 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East as well as many other books and ebooks about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, and international affairs. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.
The Suffering of Being Kafka	by Sam Vaknin Jan. 03, 2010	44532 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East as well as many other books and ebooks about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, and international affairs. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.
Symposia: Short Stories About Modern Life	by Hercules Bantas Jan. 04, 2010	19073 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Dr Hercules Bantas has been teaching and reading political science for the better part of a decade. It is his opinion that he is too often immersed in some weighty tome or other, the authors of which always use one thousand words where one hundred words would suffice. It was while juggling no less than three weighty tomes by the same author and trying to understand what the fellow was trying to say that the idea of The Reluctant Geek Guides was born. He is well aware that publishing clearly written and unambiguous guides to important ideas in the human sciences is frowned upon in some circles, but he's going to do it anyway. Despite his well documented grumpiness, Hercules claims to like people and can be contacted by email at reluctantgeek[at]iinet.net.au.
Doc Manias Tales of Terror	by Mark Grinage Jan. 07, 2010	13210 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Hello all,my name is Mark Grinage.Writer of poetry,short-stories,songs,screenplays,and novella's.Dad of six,currently residing in Summerlin,Las Vegas Nevada.
For What It's Worth	by Roberto Scarlato Jan. 12, 2010	80826 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Roberto Scarlato has written stories since the early nineties. He's worked many odd jobs but always came back to writing as his true passion. He currently lives in and wanders the great city of Chicago.
Phillip's Excerpts	by Alexander Cee Jan. 13, 2010	3290 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Alexander Cee is a vivid writer who just loves to tell tales of every kind. A strong believer in equality for everyone and whenever gets the chance will remind others to never judge a person on their appearances, but on there actions.
Where Sheep May Safely Graze	by Roger Parkinson Jan. 16, 2010	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.
This Is Not the End	by Shelby Davis Jan. 30, 2010	22107 words	Read a sample
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Off the Chain Sampler	by Euftis Emery Feb. 09, 2010	22344 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Euftis Emery began writing 'reality based' erotica in 2004 with his first anthology "Off the Chain". Since then he has amassed a cadre of loyal readers. Euftis tells his stories from a male perspective using witty humor separating his work from a big percentage of the erotica market. If you're looking for erotica that is a little different. Give Euftis a try.
Pumpkin Jack Skull and Other Tales of Terror	by Jacob M. Drake Feb. 27, 2010	63691 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Jacob Drake is the author of various Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction and Erotica books, all available on Smashwords. His only problem in writing is not having enough time to write to completion all the stories he gets in his head. "If I wrote constantly until the day I died I still would never be able to exhaust the imagination that is the source of these stories. "I've always loved reading, so somewhere along the line it only seemed natural that I would sit down and start writing the type of stories I like to read. And that's only because I can't always find a book I want to read that encompasses the type of story I want. Sure, there are lots of great authors out there, but they don't always have their next new novel in my hands at the time I want to read it. Certainly there won't ever be another new book by Robert Heinlein or Isaac Asimov, though I wish with all that's in me there were. "I wrote my first story in high school for an English class. Had no idea what I was going to write until Sunday night (This was due the next day) when I sat down at my typewriter (Yes, this was back in the Stone Age before PCs came available) and started pounding on the keys. I turned in the finished story the next day and received an "A". "But I didn't write anything else (except songs, of which I have more than 100 finished) for many years, mostly due to the fact of raising a family and trying to be responsible (I hate that word). That came about because I had a story in me banging at the inside of my head, demanding to be let out. This time I sat down at the keyboard at my PC and began writing. I don't recall how long it took to complete that story, but it's now published as "Parallels: Book One - Heroes Enjoined Series". "I was quite satisfied with how that turned out, so a bit later I wrote the sequel to that book and called it "XKALIBUR". I then wrote a smattering of horror stories as well as a few more books and then a bunch of stories based on female superheroes who get into - ahem - trouble each and every time they go out on patrol. "But none of these stories ever saw publication and that was okay with me (to a point), because I realized that deep down inside of me I was a writer and I had stories that kept screaming at me to write them. So I did, even though I had nowhere to publish them. My wife well knows how many times I said, "I just want my stories out somewhere so other people can read them! What good does it do if they sit on my computer and no one else can enjoy them?" "I tried getting book publishers interested in my works, but they wouldn't even deign to read my intro letter. Many other authors know that feeling, too. I attempted to get an agent, with pretty much the same results. Most agents are too busy trying to place the stories for the author's they already represent. "I then read something on the internet one day while searching for online publishers. Someone had published his story at a place called Smashwords.com and it hadn't cost him a cent. I don't recall who that was, but I wish I could thank him for having the sense to write that blurb where I could read it. "I entered the name into my browser bar and hit "enter". Sure, I had to register, but that was free, so I did. Figuring out how to get my stories formatted properly in order to get them uploaded onto Smashwords was a bit of a chore, but Mark Coker's Style Guide was pretty much clear on the subject and eventually I had it all done for my first book. "Once "Parallels" was published online I was like a little kid on Christmas morning with a tree filled with presents underneath. "Within the next month I had all of my completed stories formatted and uploaded, which meant I had to take all my horror stories and put them together with a book title. Then I had to do the same for my B.A.B.E.S. stories, but that worked easy enough, once I figured out what program to use (Picasa3) to make covers with. "Now I work on getting my latest novels written so they can join the rest of my 'family' of eBooks that are now available on all the eBook retailers' sites. "Not all of my books are for everyone, especially my erotica classifications, like the "Complete Book of B.A.B.E.S." and my "Rebirth of the Gods" book. Some day I'll get around to writing the promised second book to that series, honest. For the time being, I've been channeling my energy into writing the books for my vampire series, the first of which is "Forever Undead" and the second one is "Darkness in the Light". Now I have the third in this series, "Forever the Dark Grave", and then I'll write "Darkness in the Draca Legacy". After that I'll link these all together with "Forever Darkness". Recently I got the idea of writing a bunch of short stories based on the vampire bar (Vampir Sange) that appears in "Darkness in the Light" and publishing it under the title "Vampir Sange - Dark Tales From the Blood Bar". That one will be written. "I'm enjoying my vampire realms too much to do anything else right now, but I am open to hearing from those who read my books." Care to write and make suggestions? You can reach me at: eternal.naturist2@gmail.com
Headshots	by Idabel Allen March 13, 2010	29273 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Idabel Allen is the author of smart, compelling and fantabulous fiction including Headshots, a short story collection, and two soon to be published novels. Adverse to all things things mediocre, mundane, or simply put, garbage, Idabel's fiction incorporates Bradbury's imagination, Steinbeck's compassion, O'Conner's bite, Welty's humor and Faulkner's genius. Originally from Tennessee, Idabel migrated north to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop and has been ice jammed in Iowa ever since. Read more about Idabel at www.idabelallen.com.
Pornography I've Seen	by Toby Scales March 31, 2010	6909 words	Read a sample
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3	by Moxie Mezcal March 31, 2010	21959 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Moxie Mezcal lives under an assumed name in San Jose, California.
Dispatches from the Ether	by Mike Wilson April 11, 2010	5698 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I have been writing poetry and short stories for several years. Have had formal education in the IT field. Published in Tales of the Talisman and Aphelion-webzine.com periodicals, as well as four editions of the annual Lyrical Iowa poetry book. I live and write in Des Moines, Iowa.
Take Off: Creative Writing by Hungarian Students	by JÃ³zsef HorvÃ¡th April 12, 2010	9587 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am a teacher of English at the University of PÃ©cs, Hungary. Take Off is a three-thread project: this ebook, a podcast and a blog.
Leave me alone: Memoirs of an Exmormon	by B.E. Hewson April 12, 2010	8976 words	Read a sample
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A Peculiar Collection	by Lisa Hinsley April 19, 2010	26616 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Lisa C Hinsley was born in Portsmouth in 1971, and grew up in England, Scotland, and America. She now lives on the Wirral, in northwest England, with her husband, three children, and four cats. She hopes not to be thought of as the American cat lady, but some things are just inevitable. Recently, her novel What Alice Sees placed as runner-up in the 2010 UKA Opening Pages Competition. While her novel Coombeâ€™s Wood finished in the semi-finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2009 and was awarded runner up in the all-genre Book of the Year Awards 2008 on Arts Council website YouWriteOn. Now listed on Amazon Kindle, Coombeâ€™s Wood has sold over 2000 copies. Lisaâ€™s novel The Crocodile was short-listed in the Undiscovered Authors 2006 competition. Several of Lisaâ€™s short stories and poems have appeared in print publications.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER	by Ted Green April 21, 2010	4922 words	Read a sample
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Midnight Gates	by Richard Corwin May 02, 2010	59007 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Richard Corwin began serious writing in 1977as contributing writer, illustrator and Managing Editor of Caribe News and Reviews, a Florida based adventure and travel magazine. He has received critical acclaim for his best selling short stories which have appeared in volumes four and five of, â€œIn Good Company,â€ published by Live Wire Press and â€œCritics Choice,â€ published by the Chesapeake Bay Writers. USA Book News awarded his anthology of short stories, â€œMidnight Gates,â€ published in 2007 by Xlibris a partner of Random House, a Best Books Finalist award. Many of his stories have been published in British magazines, â€œHackwriters,â€ â€œMagnus,â€ and in â€œThe El Ojo del Lago,â€ an English magazine published in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. He has worked with noted folk singer and song writer Glenn Yarbrough on â€œThrough a Lighthouse Window,â€ a project of Glennâ€™s for future publication. His latest project, â€œCaribbean Bones,â€ is about friends, acquaintances, a few scoundrels and others who added excitement to his experiences of working, playing, and sailing boats around the Caribbean and was awarded the USA Book News Best Books Finalist award in 2011. After leaving his Caribbean home he continued sailing around Florida and the Bahamas. A search for exciting and different adventures took him to explore Inca ruins in the high Andes Mountains of Peru and Mexicoâ€™s tropical, jungle covered Mayan cities. In South America he canoed down the Amazon River staying with Bora Indians, a tribe of former head hunters, hiked the Peruvian Andes to ancient Inca ruins and traveled to Lake Titicaca in the Puno district of Southern Peru where he and his wife Brenda was entertained by Shining Path guerillas. These adventures have provided inspiration for many of his short stories.
One	by Sollai Rhys May 09, 2010	22981 words	Read a sample
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One	by Sollai Rhys May 09, 2010	22981 words	Read a sample
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#VSS Anthology Volume 01	by Made in DNA May 12, 2010	5100 words	Read a sample
Author bio: American short story author living in Japan.
Adoration Nation	by Echo Romeo May 28, 2010	5510 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Echo Romeo is a completely fictional character. He is omnipresent and never present. He has never been nor does he plan on ever getting married. He may or may not have fathered many children. He may even be one of your children. I guess he couldnâ€™t be because he was never born, so he will never die. Echo Romeo is ageless and timeless. Echo Romeo is forever. Echo Romeo is a pseudonym, an alias, a nom de plume because writing is dangerous. There are peopleâ€™s feelings, situations, reputations and/or opinions to step on. Names have been changed and events dramatized to protect the innocent.
Free for you	by Echo Romeo May 28, 2010	4337 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Echo Romeo is a completely fictional character. He is omnipresent and never present. He has never been nor does he plan on ever getting married. He may or may not have fathered many children. He may even be one of your children. I guess he couldnâ€™t be because he was never born, so he will never die. Echo Romeo is ageless and timeless. Echo Romeo is forever. Echo Romeo is a pseudonym, an alias, a nom de plume because writing is dangerous. There are peopleâ€™s feelings, situations, reputations and/or opinions to step on. Names have been changed and events dramatized to protect the innocent.
Ken's Tale & the Peterson Dilemma - Desperate Prequels	by Nicholas Antinozzi May 31, 2010	8398 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nick lives in Minnesota and spends as much time as he can writing. He believes that the literary envelope has been pushed too far and he prides himself on writing things a grandmother, or even a young teenager might stumble across, and read from cover to cover without blushing.
Monsters You Know	by Tirzah Goodwin May 31, 2010	6577 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Tirzah L. Goodwin is better known for her poetry and published collection of her poems entitled Love and Lighter Fluid. Recently, she's been expanding to write short stories and currently working on her first full length novel. She lives in Kentucky with her two dogs.

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