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Wolves Abound: A Short Story | by Leslie M. Joyner Feb. 16, 2012 | 11228 words | Read a sample |
| What happens when werewolves go looking for answers? | ||||
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Life | by Mark Ure Feb. 16, 2012 | 14221 words | Read a sample |
| A surreal take on life by Mark Ure. From being born into the hands of the Mafia to smoking crack with Gandhi this is a laugh out loud tale of one man's journey to heaven and back. | ||||
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La leyenda de Avernoiz | by Braulio Vidal Feb. 16, 2012 | 13652 words | Read a sample |
| El coronel Jacobo López encuentra documentación oculta acerca de un misterioso hecho acaecido en 1938, e inicia una investigación que le llevará a un pasado más distante de lo que esperaba. | ||||
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Psalms of Me | by Vanessa Eccles Feb. 16, 2012 | 6065 words | Read a sample |
| Psalms of Me is a collection of spiritual poetry inspired by a woman's everyday life. | ||||
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The Second Amendment #1 | by John Matthews Feb. 16, 2012 | 76386 words | Read a sample |
| One simple thesis. But it threatens the very roots of the Constitution. There's too much at stake. 20,000 gun deaths a year, schoolyard massacres, and now a wave of militia bombings... America is under siege. An explosive, uncompromising thriller which confronts head-on one of the most fiery issues of the past two decades: gun control. | ||||
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Bad Luck Bilby: Can You Survive Him? | by Christopher Stone Feb. 16, 2012 | 494 words | Read a sample |
| Bilby is such bad luck that adventure seekers from around the world have made the newest sport out of just trying to survive with him. Most people won't make it but a few have and are pushing the envelope by taking Bad Luck Bilby to some of the most dangerous places on earth to up the ante! Think K2 sounds dangerous? Even Sherpas won't make it wirh Bilby around! | ||||
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Short Stories from Aesthetic Life | by Erik Hagen Feb. 16, 2012 | 6578 words | Read a sample |
| Three short stories and two poems written from the Aesthetic life. The book follows a narrator ending his relationship and starting a new one still in the shadow of life defined by externality. Poetic and philosophical, Short Stories from Aesthetic Life illuminates life experienced through the beauty of art and literature. | ||||
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Santayana Station | by Paul Carlson Feb. 16, 2012 | 3129 words | Read a sample |
| In the near future, a multicultural group of idealistic college students make a bold move to bring peace to the Balkans. | ||||
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Only Human | by Paul Carlson Feb. 16, 2012 | 1225 words | Read a sample |
| A young student in New Jersey makes a surprising discovery about daytime TV advertisements. | ||||
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Artificial Love | by Erica Conroy Feb. 16, 2012 | 2094 words | Read a sample |
| AL is an artificial lover. Unlike other sex-bots, AL has fallen in love... | ||||
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Forbidden Soul Bond Prequel | by Beth Wright Feb. 16, 2012 | 4983 words | Read a sample |
| Forbidden Soul Bond is finally for sale on createspace. What do you get when you throw a sexy, sassy, female witch into a dungeon with a hot, buff, chained up male vampire? Alot of teasing and fun filled comments. Now add to the fun by finding out they are soul mates, this is going to make it interesting. Especially since vampires and witches are forbidden to be together as mates. | ||||
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Collecting Light | by Vanessa Eccles Feb. 16, 2012 | 12857 words | Read a sample |
| 'Collecting Light' is a compilation of spiritual short stories that are meant to encourage and inspire. | ||||
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Confessional Sins | by B. Handy Feb. 16, 2012 | 442 words | Read a sample |
| How can one seek redemption from another far guiltier of sin? | ||||
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The Fanfiction Years | by planet p Feb. 16, 2012 | 22059 words | Read a sample |
| A collection of poetry written over the course of six years - fanfiction! | ||||
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Micro relatos de acción funky | by Néstor Fausto Feb. 17, 2012 | 1705 words | Read a sample |
| Cinco relatos MUY breves de acción setentera con la (inapreciable) calidad PÚLPito. Incluye: "Atraco a las cinco", "Persecución en la autopista por David & Robin", "Escuchas pandilleras", "Disco Inferno" y El regreso de la Ring Machine Band". | ||||
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Dog Eared | by robert renshaw Feb. 17, 2012 | 1781 words | Read a sample |
| My Life as a book. A tale of being recycled. | ||||
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A Selection Of Spirit: Teacher's Pet | by Brian Williams Feb. 17, 2012 | 5839 words | Read a sample |
| A free pilot television script that is the beginning of a story of friendship, redemption, and the sorrowful truth that sometimes no matter how hard we try we can not make up for the choices we have made in the past. | ||||
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Charlie the Cricket Learns to Sing | by Anne Spackman Feb. 17, 2012 | 629 words | Read a sample |
| The story of a field cricket who learns to sing. | ||||
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Chester the Coyote | by Anne Spackman Feb. 17, 2012 | 2225 words | Read a sample |
| Chester the Coyote and his friend Hank the Hawk are in search of a new home called the oasis. | ||||
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The Hotel: A Short Story | by Leslie M. Joyner Feb. 17, 2012 | 2952 words | Read a sample |
| A short story about an Architect goes into an old hotel to look at renovating it and finds more than he was expecting about his grandparents.... | ||||
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Leon the Lying Lion | by B Huckabee Feb. 17, 2012 | 2381 words | Read a sample |
| A very short book intended for younger children. This book is about a lion named Leon and his biggest problem is that he lies. He runs into a little boy named Aaron who also lies more than he realizes. Leon and Aaron soon discover what's wrong with lying. | ||||
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Terrorist Moneyman | by Ron Wootters Feb. 17, 2012 | 7949 words | Read a sample |
| Terrorism flourishes due to financial backing. If money were cut off, terrorism for the most part would shrivel up. Some of this support comes from individuals western intelligence is aware of, but whose countries have classified as untouchable due to politices or the families of those individuals. | ||||
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Creaky Walls: A Short Story | by Leslie M. Joyner Feb. 17, 2012 | 3502 words | Read a sample |
| Unusual sounds come from inside the walls of a hospital waiting room. Walls that should not be there according to the blue prints. | ||||
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Where the Cloud Meets the Mountain and the Mountain Disappears | by James Comins Feb. 17, 2012 | 35221 words | Read a sample |
| A free collection of contemporary and sf/fantasy short stories from author James Comins. In "The Soft Operative," a corporate saboteur kidnaps a genetically modified employee. In "Four Seasons of a Man," a Vietnam war vet's life is seen in four vignettes. In "Matt and Maggie," a punk couple live through a suicide attempt. Twenty-one stories and poems and poem-story-things. | ||||
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Worthwhile: A Short Story | by Leslie M. Joyner Feb. 17, 2012 | 1951 words | Read a sample |
| An officer who volunteers with local teenagers, has almost given up hope of helping them, when he gets the most wonderful surprise of his career. | ||||
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Todd Save The Queen: A Short Story | by Jonathan Brett Feb. 17, 2012 | 4959 words | Read a sample |
| Tom, Dick, and Harry need help rescuing a princess, and Todd happened to be on his back porch. | ||||
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Nujhat | by Shehzaad Yavar Feb. 17, 2012 | 411 words | Read a sample |
| For Nujhat - my gorgeous soulmate, my best friend. | ||||
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Jessica's Dream | by Kate Everson Feb. 17, 2012 | 3186 words | Read a sample |
| Jessica dreams about having freedom and wishes she were a boy. | ||||
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Sons Of Danu | by JR Thomas Feb. 17, 2012 | 2686 words | Read a sample |
| If you like this be sure to check out the full "Bell Watkins and The Mistrunners" book available on Amazon.com now for only 99 cents! | ||||
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Non-Birthday Short Short Story | by Rebecca Sorens Feb. 17, 2012 | 469 words | Read a sample |
| short story about a geeky computer guy whose cat gives him the right message | ||||
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The Girl From Out Of Town - Act 1 | by Matthew Farmer Feb. 17, 2012 | 31133 words | Read a sample |
| A debut steam punk adventure story from author Matthew Farmer, starring a beautiful demon from another realm, magical steam powered golems, potion-powered guns, sky-ships, dragons and Navarr, the man from Accounts who is looking for love and adventure. | ||||
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Entkommen! | by Mathias Sorg Feb. 17, 2012 | 3824 words | Read a sample |
| Nackt und mit von einer unbekannten Droge vernebelten Sinnen stürmt Tim durch den haitianischen Dschungel. Grausame Erinnerungen kehren zurück. Erinnerungen an ein Voodoo Ritual, in das er und seine Reisegefährten hineingelockt wurden. Sie mussten sterben, doch er war entkommen. Er hat nur eine Chance zu überleben: Er muss das dominikanische Dorf Pepilo Salcedo erreichen! Wird er es schaffen?! | ||||
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Different Points of View I | by J.T. Holland Feb. 18, 2012 | 13608 words | Read a sample |
| From bestselling authors JT and TJ Holland comes a new collection of 4 stories, 2 from the male POV and 2 from the female POV. The Slut of My Dreams and Dirty Little Cowgirl are from JT's series, Confessions of an Escort Addict and they feature a male POV. Three Plus Me and Looking to Party are from TJ's series, College Daze and they feature a female POV. Not intended for minors 18+!!!!! | ||||
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Explain That to a Martian 2 | by Gary Weston Feb. 18, 2012 | 3921 words | Read a sample |
| I had visitors. They had come all the way from Mars for my fish finger sandwiches. | ||||
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A Little Mermaid’s Under the Sea Adventure | by Anne Spackman Feb. 18, 2012 | 898 words | Read a sample |
| A mermaid named Lily goes on an adventure. | ||||
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Place of My Dreams | by Laurel C Kriegler Feb. 18, 2012 | 1741 words | Read a sample |
| A frustrated writer, determined to pen some words, looks out of the window and things begin to happen. Where will her dreams take her? And are they really dreams, or something more tangible? | ||||
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The Sensitive | by Antony Bennett Feb. 18, 2012 | 1997 words | Read a sample |
| The derelict house holds a secret that has been waiting countless years to be discovered, and one unsuspecting boy holds the key which will unleash the fear. | ||||
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Beheaded (Vampin Book Series #8) | by Jamie Ott Feb. 18, 2012 | 9883 words | Sample 30% |
| Vampin is a long running miniseries of novelettes, sometimes compared to The Baby-sitters Club. It's written for tweens and teens, and is about young girls who go to war in the face of a vampire apocalypse. | ||||
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A Pretty Girl | by Boyd Lemon Feb. 18, 2012 | 5229 words | Read a sample |
| A short story of a pretty teenage girl with serious self-esteem problems, who is burdened by the common female belief that what is important about her is her looks. | ||||
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The Country House: A Short Story | by Jonathan Brett Feb. 18, 2012 | 7629 words | Read a sample |
| Gabe has writer's block and needs a break, so he goes to a country house where everything may not be what it seems. | ||||
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The Nobleman: A Short Story | by Jonathan Brett Feb. 18, 2012 | 3934 words | Read a sample |
| Darren spends his last days in a nursing home, remembering a promise more than eighty years before that will mean his death. | ||||
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Weaving the Strands of Love | by Lazette Gifford Feb. 18, 2012 | 3489 words | Read a sample |
| One brother will be king and another a powerful mage, but it is a simple spell that will truly change their lives. | ||||
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Sagan om den fattige prinsen | by Björn Björkegren Feb. 18, 2012 | 207 words | Read a sample |
| Se titel. (Ur sagosamlingen "Tusen och en dag" på förlaget Majorna Moisture&Partners) | ||||
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The Journal | by JT Lewis Feb. 18, 2012 | 3856 words | Read a sample |
| Coming to grips with the loss of his grandfather, young Gabriel Celtic gains new understanding, and respect for the man that had been his mentor. The Journal is part of the prequel of Murder! Too Close to Home by JT Lewis. Part of the Adventures of Gabriel Celtic. | ||||
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Easy Come, Easy Go | by Ayla Starr Feb. 18, 2012 | 5610 words | Read a sample |
| "Beyond the mask we make, is the mask we are." | ||||
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Truth's Consequence, A Braji Short Tale | by P. S. Wright Feb. 18, 2012 | 4966 words | Read a sample |
| A further exploration of Kraut's life after Brajilliana. Kraut must make the difficult decision to tell the truth. He learns that truth does not set you free, or even relieve the pain of regret, but it just might set you on a new course for a better life. A short, short story based on a character from the novel Braji. | ||||
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Life is a Circle? | by Robert Louis Feb. 18, 2012 | 182 words | Read a sample |
| A short poem for reflection. | ||||
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Black Woods | by Laura Wright LaRoche Feb. 18, 2012 | 40057 words | Read a sample |
| Avid mushroom hunters and volunteers with the local Search and Rescue Department, Laura and Julie, who are in their sixties, remember that first encounter in the woods years ago. Four young men, who are fun by nature, travel to the woods with high hopes of a hunt they won't forget. A call to the Search and Rescue Department will bring them shockingly together in the... Black Woods. Adult Language | ||||
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A Story Called Philophobia | by Ayla Starr Feb. 18, 2012 | 1347 words | Read a sample |
| You force yourself not to chase after him. | ||||
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The Gift Shop | by Kevin Coryell Feb. 18, 2012 | 732 words | Read a sample |
| What does a fatal car accident and a gift shop have in common? Read "The Gift Shop" by Kevin Coryell to find out! | ||||