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The Tragedy of Coffee Beans and Other Stories by C.Becking Jul. 30, 2010 $9.99 2727 words Sample 10%
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Chayut Chokchuaiamnuay (born 02 October 1983), better known under the pen name C.Becking,is a Thai author best known as the creator of the tragedy of coffee beans series. Chayut Chokchuaiamnuay 9/90 Luaypreksa Village Teparak Road Meung Samutprakarn 10270 Thailand Tel: +6681-771-5907 Email:phol4256@hotmail.com
Tranne la musica by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Jul. 30, 2010 $3.85 9651 words Sample 20%
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists worldwide and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages. Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. Her short work has been reprinted in thirteen Year’s Best collections. Pyr published her novel, Diving into the Wreck, in November of 2009. Her next short story collection, Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories, will appear from Golden Gryphon in spring of 2010. In spring of 2011, she will publish City of Ruins, the next book in the Diving universe, and she will have a new Kristine Grayson novel, The Charming Way. In 2009, her short story, “G-Men,” appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, the first time the same story appeared in both a mystery and science fiction best of the year collection. In 2008, she won both the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the Asimov’s Readers Choice Award. In 2007, she became one of a handful of writers to twice win the Best Mystery Novel award given for the best mystery published in the Northwest (for her Kris Nelscott books). Her novella, “Diving into the Wreck,” has won the prestigious international UPC award, given in Spain to the best science fiction novella in English, French, Spanish or Catalan. That novella also won the Asimov’s Readers Choice award. Her critically acclaimed Retrieval Artist series has won the Endeavor Award and is currently nominated for the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Science Fiction novel. In 2001, her story, “Millennium Babies,” won the coveted Hugo Award. That year, she also received the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for her Kris Nelscott Series) and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance (for her novel Utterly Charming, written as Kristine Grayson). In 1999, her story, “Echea,” (available at Fictionwise) was nominated for the Locus, Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon awards. It won the Homer Award and the Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award. In 1999, she also won the Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Award and the Science Fiction Age Reader’s Choice Award, making her the first writer to win three different reader’s choice awards for three different stories in two different genres in the same year. She is the former editor of prestigious The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Before that, she and Dean Wesley Smith, started and ran Pulphouse Publishing, a science fiction and mystery press in Eugene. She lives and works on the Oregon Coast. To find more of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s work on Smashwords, please go to WMG Publishing - https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/WMGPublishing
Black Man In Europe - Micro Volume by Nathan Jones Jul. 29, 2010 $4.99 19518 words Sample 30%
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Nathan Anthony Jones hails from the Jazz capital a.k.a., The Big Easy. He exited his mother’s womb making waves the year Jimi freaked Woodstock 4 decades ago. He is a 7th Ward Bayou Bourbon Street Boogieing Baby born bubbly and bouncing to the African spiritual beats of the bamboulas and banzas of the Congo Square in New Orleans. His poetry is cayenne pepper; spicy and feisty, political and social, reflective and eclectic, and fulfilling like a hot bowl of gumbo and rice and a jar of homemade lemonade on a humid Southern summer afternoon. Raised in Oakland, he is a poet, teacher, publisher and author of several books: Revolutionary Erotica, Black Man In Europe and Excerpts From My Soul: Read Without Prejudice.
Redemption: Stains of Yesterday by Jasmine Denton Jul. 29, 2010 $7.00 21092 words Sample 10%
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A bird living in the deep sea by dojong kim Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 4650 words Sample 30%
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publisher, novelist, Webagency CEO
Faith, Courage, Wisdom Strength and Hope: Inspirational Poetry That Comes Straight from the Heart by STACEY CHILLEMI Jul. 29, 2010 $12.95 8995 words Sample 10%
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Born in New York and raised in Matawan, New Jersey, Stacey Chillemi had spent her early trying to cope with her epilepsy disorder. At the age of five, Stacey's parents heard a funny noise from the other room, they went to check to make sure everything was all right just as any parent would do and found her in a grand mal seizure. Her lips were turning blue, her eyes rolled back and her entire body was shaking. Stunned, full of fright and devastation they rushed to call emergency (911) and had rushed Stacey to the nearest hospital for medical attention. She was diagnosed with (encephalitis) a virus that had traveled to her brain causing her to go into a coma for four days. However, the doctors did not give up hope, but their prognosis was not positive either. They thought that when she did come out of the coma that she was probably going to have some degree of brain damage and there was a very good chance that she was going to be paraplegic. Her parents did not give up. They sat by her bedside with hope in their heart and prayed knowing in their hearts that everything happens for a reason and that there was reason for her being on this earth. On the fourth day, her father was praying by her bedside, as she looked up he was stunned to find her eyes wide open and the first thing out of her mouth was “Can I have McDonalds fries?” The doctors were flabbergasted. Stacey had no brain damage, She was not paraplegic either, but when the virus (encephalitis) had traveled through her brain, it had caused scar tissue damage, which left her with epilepsy. A disorder, which she lives with every day of her life. Stacey did not give up. She left Matawan, New Jersey in 1992 to attend Richard Stockton College in Pomona, New Jersey. She studied business, marketing, and advertising, as a student at the College. However, she could not escape the allure of writing and quickly began studying to become a writer. She began by reading every chance she had. From health & fitness, self-improvement, alternative medicine to inspirational books, Stacey's love motivation to helping others was uncontrollable. Stacey wrote her first article for the Epilepsy Foundation of America and received hundreds of letters in response to the article. Once she began writing, she never stopped. Stacey Chillemi wrote her first book after she graduated college. She decided to help others through her writing; she studied people, and listened to their stories. "I became a student of life", she recalls. A year later, Stacey married a doctor and planted her roots in New Jersey. Stacey then began writing books and opened up her own freelance writing business. Her first piece was published in Epilepsy Foundation Magazine in 1994. Her first book, Epilepsy You're Not Alone, received wide acclaim and earned Stacey several prestigious awards. Since that time, Stacey has penned over a dozen books and ebooks. Stacey Chillemi a mother of three, a wife and writer. Her journey and reason for being is defined each day by the happiness in her children's eyes and the people with epilepsy she has helped through her writing. "Through this experience with epilepsy I have learned to accept my limitations and to change the way I look at things. Through my writing I am able to help others and just knowing I've helped is enough of a reward," said Chillemi.- Jenna Martin/EpilepsyUSA Web sites: http://www.authorsden.com/staceydchillemi http://www.stores.lulu.com/staceychil http://freelanceinternational.viviti.com
Music in the City by doomedmuse Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 7486 words Sample 20%
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Forget Me Not by Mary E. Lowd Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 2898 words Read a sample
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Mary E. Lowd lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband Daniel, daughter Elaine, and a plethora of pets -- five feline, two canine, one aquatic, and one robotic. Her short fiction has been published in a variety of venues, and she updates her webcomic SPACE HOUNDS! twice weekly.
Conversations with the Dead by doomedmuse Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 4064 words Sample 20%
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I Remember by Janet Marie Jul. 29, 2010 $1.00 4738 words Sample 25%
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Fruitylympics by Nayan Patel Jul. 29, 2010 $1.50 21 words Sample 50%
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Insect Effect & Parallels by doomedmuse Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 2962 words Sample 20%
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Crescent Moon Masacre and other tales of horror by G.R.V. Stone Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 10033 words Read a sample
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G.R.V. Stone is an elusive and secluded author that puts a limitless value on his privacy. Having his face horribly disfigured in an aerobics incident involving Richard Simmons, a bottle of Jack and a half smoked pack of Winstons, the author chooses instead to use any number of scarecrow photos as his public face.
Webbster and Button And The Flying Saucer by KC Remington Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 1594 words Sample 50%
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KC Remington was born and raised in Connecticut before attending the School of Visual Arts in New York. After a long 'tour of duty' in the film business in Los Angeles he moved to Florida where he created his favorite characters, Webbster and Button, based on his real life dog and cat of the same names. "They're the little red fire truck I never got as a kid."
A Lady's Secret by Gypsy deWilde Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 7999 words Sample 50%
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A former courtesan and dancer, I do not share many details about myself with others. I prefer to share my writing, my sensuality, and my passions in the stories I bring to my readers. Please read my stories only if you enjoy more erotic tales in the old style, without modern slang and vulgar terms. For mature audiences only, please.
Except The Music by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Jul. 29, 2010 $3.85 9361 words Sample 20%
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists worldwide and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages. Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. Her short work has been reprinted in thirteen Year’s Best collections. Pyr published her novel, Diving into the Wreck, in November of 2009. Her next short story collection, Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories, will appear from Golden Gryphon in spring of 2010. In spring of 2011, she will publish City of Ruins, the next book in the Diving universe, and she will have a new Kristine Grayson novel, The Charming Way. In 2009, her short story, “G-Men,” appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, the first time the same story appeared in both a mystery and science fiction best of the year collection. In 2008, she won both the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the Asimov’s Readers Choice Award. In 2007, she became one of a handful of writers to twice win the Best Mystery Novel award given for the best mystery published in the Northwest (for her Kris Nelscott books). Her novella, “Diving into the Wreck,” has won the prestigious international UPC award, given in Spain to the best science fiction novella in English, French, Spanish or Catalan. That novella also won the Asimov’s Readers Choice award. Her critically acclaimed Retrieval Artist series has won the Endeavor Award and is currently nominated for the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Science Fiction novel. In 2001, her story, “Millennium Babies,” won the coveted Hugo Award. That year, she also received the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for her Kris Nelscott Series) and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance (for her novel Utterly Charming, written as Kristine Grayson). In 1999, her story, “Echea,” (available at Fictionwise) was nominated for the Locus, Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon awards. It won the Homer Award and the Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award. In 1999, she also won the Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Award and the Science Fiction Age Reader’s Choice Award, making her the first writer to win three different reader’s choice awards for three different stories in two different genres in the same year. She is the former editor of prestigious The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Before that, she and Dean Wesley Smith, started and ran Pulphouse Publishing, a science fiction and mystery press in Eugene. She lives and works on the Oregon Coast. To find more of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s work on Smashwords, please go to WMG Publishing - https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/WMGPublishing
The indestructible chaos of timeless things by Bruce Gatenby Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 9571 words Read a sample
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Lovie's Baby by Janice Daugharty Jul. 29, 2010 $2.99 3841 words Sample 50%
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Janice Daugharty, artist in residence at Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College, in Tifton, Georgia, is the author of 7 print novels and two story collections. Her newest novel, "The Little Known," is now available in ebook and print. Daugharty is in the process of uploading e-stories to Smashwords for your reading pleasure. For more on this author visit www.janicedaugharty.com See "Fans of Janice Daugharty" on Facebook and author profile at HarperCollins.com
The Prayer Monologues: These Brass Hands by E. J. Smith Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 7039 words Read a sample
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Writer, reader, teacher, and friend, Erica Smith involves herself with tutoring in the areas of literacy skills and mathematics while on the side being an avid movie watcher and writer. She currently has one book published and is working on a series.
The Rambling Continues by Robert Ghost Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 863 words Read a sample
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The connotative meaning of the name Robert is “bright fame”, and Ghost comes from the German word “Geist”, meaning “spirit”. At first glance, one can easily understand that this individual lives up to his namesake: whimsical, impish charm; a knack for strange and dark humor; and an adventurous spirit. He also has an attractive quality in his personality that draws you in for a second take. During the second take, and possible third, it becomes clear that his creativity has no bounds, and neither do his mercurial abilities, nor his thirst for experience. He is an artist by every definition of the word, and well-rounded from his experiences in the performing arts and his life in general (for a list of accomplishments, please see his resume). It should also be noted that he is an aficionado of all things paranormal, philosophical, scientific, and analytical. All of Robert’s convictions are deep and strong, and they are based upon countless hours of research and contemplation. Written by: Robert (Hobbes) Deutsch Jr. “Talent will take you to the top, but character will keep you there.” --Robert Ghost
The Vanishing Venusians Reseen by Lee Brackett Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 10973 words Read a sample
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The Seduction of Temperance by Sally J. Walker Jul. 29, 2010 $6.95 18338 words Sample 20%
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Sally J. Walker, a novelist-poet-screenwriter-editor lives with her husband in Omaha, Nebraska, where she writes, teaches, rides horses, and enjoys Scottish activities.
A Basketful Of Figs by Joyce Chng Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 3431 words
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Joyce Chng lives in Singapore, loves sf/f, reading, writing, cooking, gardening and assorted stuff. She has two lovely daughters and a wonderful husband. Her cat drives her crazy but he is very lovable. Her other writing and publishing credits include a self-published anthology of speculative fiction. Her other short stories appear in sf/f publications such as Fang, Claw and Steel, Crossed Genres, Semaphore Magazine, Everyday Fiction, M-BRANE SF and Bards & Sages Quarterly. Stories will be featured in anthologies by Drollerie and Apex. An urban fantasy novel (set in Singapore) will be out by 2011 (Lyrical Press).
A Violin's Cry by Joseph Cox Jul. 29, 2010 $1.99 8440 words Sample 5%
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Joseph Cox is Italian, married, and a RN by education, and writes because he loves to. In addition to writing speculative fiction, he does a little bit of cooking, painting, and builds model trains. Joe lives with his golden retriever, Lobo, in an undisclosed Pennsylvania town.
The Body Servant of Aleops by Ellen Lett Jul. 29, 2010 $1.49 5686 words Sample 5%
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Ellen Lett was a stay at home mom until her son came out of the closet. One day while cleaning, she found an erotic gay novel of her son's, stuffed between the sofa cushions. She couldn't help but to pick it up and start reading. She was hooked. After several years and a mountain of stories read, she decided she could create tales like the one she unintentionally discovered. Some people have told her it's not appropriate for a mother to write erotic stories when her children could read them. She marks it as unintelligent, and never listens. We're glad, and you will be, too!
Meeting by Tom Olbert Jul. 29, 2010 $2.49 9160 words Sample 5%
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Tom Olbert has been writing science fiction and fantasies almost all his life and was first published nearly twelve years ago. His fiction has appeared in Mbrane Science Fiction, Khimairal Ink, Tower of Light, Nanobison, Afterburn, Allegory, Planet Magazine, Black Petals, and other publications. When not writing, Tom volunteers for healthcare reform, renewable energy, and other causes he cares about. Like a lot of people, Tom is currently looking for steady work. Mr. Olbert lives in Cambridge, MA and comes from what he calls an "interesting family."
Flags by Tom Olbert Jul. 29, 2010 $2.49 17391 words Sample 5%
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Tom Olbert has been writing science fiction and fantasies almost all his life and was first published nearly twelve years ago. His fiction has appeared in Mbrane Science Fiction, Khimairal Ink, Tower of Light, Nanobison, Afterburn, Allegory, Planet Magazine, Black Petals, and other publications. When not writing, Tom volunteers for healthcare reform, renewable energy, and other causes he cares about. Like a lot of people, Tom is currently looking for steady work. Mr. Olbert lives in Cambridge, MA and comes from what he calls an "interesting family."
Radiação by Jacob M. Appel Jul. 29, 2010 $3.85 7962 words Sample 20%
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Jacob M. Appel has publsihed more than one hundred twenty short stories in leading American literary jorunals such as Agni, Alaska Quarterly Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Southwest Review, Threepenny Review and Virginia Quarterly Review. Jacob's prose has won the Boston Review Short Fiction Competition, the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award for the Short Story, the Dana Award, the Arts & Letters Prize for Fiction, the North American Review’s Kurt Vonnegut Prize, the Missouri Review’s Editor’s Prize, the Sycamore Review’s Wabash Prize, the Briar Cliff Review’s Short Fiction Prize, the Salem College Center for Women Writers’ Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, the H. E. Francis Prize, the Bellingham Review's Tobias Wolff Award, the New Millennium Writings Fiction Award on three separate occasions, an Elizabeth George Fellowship and a Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Grant. His stories have been short-listed for the O. Henry Award, Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best American Mystery Stories and the Pushcart Prize anthology on numerous occasions. A graduate of Brown University, Harvard Law School, Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons, and the MFA program in creative writing at New York University, Jacob currently practices medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.
Temba TutuSnail: The Rainbow Chaser of Africa by Bruce Cohen Jul. 29, 2010 Free! 1953 words Read a sample
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Bruce lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has spent most of his working life as a journalist, but some years ago stumbled gratefully into the organic sector and now has a business called Absolute Organix that specialises in cold-pressing Omega oils (www.absoluteorganix.co.za). When not at work, you may find him baking artisanal breads, making kefir cheese or fermenting sauerkraut. He is a life member of the International Snail Defence League (ISDL). You can contact him at bcohen@mweb.co.za
Under Touley Bridge - Walter by Mary Francis Jul. 29, 2010 $1.99 6016 words Sample 30%
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... by Joe Guillotin Jul. 29, 2010 $1.00 18630 words Sample 50%
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The Retrieval Artist: A Short Novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Jul. 28, 2010 $1.99 18635 words Sample 20%
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists worldwide and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages. Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. Her short work has been reprinted in thirteen Year’s Best collections. Pyr published her novel, Diving into the Wreck, in November of 2009. Her next short story collection, Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories, will appear from Golden Gryphon in spring of 2010. In spring of 2011, she will publish City of Ruins, the next book in the Diving universe, and she will have a new Kristine Grayson novel, The Charming Way. In 2009, her short story, “G-Men,” appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, the first time the same story appeared in both a mystery and science fiction best of the year collection. In 2008, she won both the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the Asimov’s Readers Choice Award. In 2007, she became one of a handful of writers to twice win the Best Mystery Novel award given for the best mystery published in the Northwest (for her Kris Nelscott books). Her novella, “Diving into the Wreck,” has won the prestigious international UPC award, given in Spain to the best science fiction novella in English, French, Spanish or Catalan. That novella also won the Asimov’s Readers Choice award. Her critically acclaimed Retrieval Artist series has won the Endeavor Award and is currently nominated for the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Science Fiction novel. In 2001, her story, “Millennium Babies,” won the coveted Hugo Award. That year, she also received the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for her Kris Nelscott Series) and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance (for her novel Utterly Charming, written as Kristine Grayson). In 1999, her story, “Echea,” (available at Fictionwise) was nominated for the Locus, Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon awards. It won the Homer Award and the Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award. In 1999, she also won the Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Award and the Science Fiction Age Reader’s Choice Award, making her the first writer to win three different reader’s choice awards for three different stories in two different genres in the same year. She is the former editor of prestigious The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Before that, she and Dean Wesley Smith, started and ran Pulphouse Publishing, a science fiction and mystery press in Eugene. She lives and works on the Oregon Coast.
Life With Stef by Susette Williams Jul. 28, 2010 $4.99 21693 words Sample 25%
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The Animal Angel by Kimberly Morin Jul. 28, 2010 Free! 260 words Read a sample
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Hello, my name is Kimberly Morin and at the young age of 27, I am the proud Author of, Pomeranians 101, The Dog Angel and The Cat Angel. My passion for animals will always be a part of me as they are my whole life and I love them so dearly. My devotion and dedication continues to save the world one animal at a time so I can help make the world a better place for animals. Please help me continue to save the world one animal at a time so we can make a difference in the precious lives of animals!
Stephanie's Story - The Pleasure of Our Company Mini Series by Collette Thomas Jul. 28, 2010 $1.99 7166 words Sample 5%
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My name is Collette Thomas. I write contemporary erotic romance fiction. I also write erotic forensic thrillers. You can find out more about me and my books in my Newsletter: http://www.newsletterofcollettethomas.blogspot.com My Todd Hollow series can be found at Damnation Books - Deadly Games and Deadly Affairs. http://www.damnationbooks.com You can find Deadly Secrets (an erotic forensic thriller) at Noble Romance Publishing -- Look for Collette Thomas in the Author Column http://www.nobleromance.com You can find Sex Toys and Naughty Boys at Noble Romance -- Look for Collette Thomas in the Author Column http://www.nobleromance.com Or join my Yahoo Group - Erotic Romance Workshop where you can learn, share, and just have fun with over 400 members devoted to the craft of writing erotic romance. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EroticRomanceWorkshop/?yguid=283942630 Night Fantasies will have you look at a wedding cake quite differently. Order it a Aspen Mountain Press - http://www.aspenmountainpress.com Here at Smashwords you can start to read my mini series The Pleasure of Our Company - so far there are sixth stories ready to be read in this series. Tanya's story Kacie's story Marcie's story Janine's Story Jaden's Story Adrianna's Story
Hot and Steamy: Tales of Lust & Desire by Darren G. Burton Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 20069 words Sample 10%
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Darren G. Burton has been a writer and photographer for more than 25 years. He has written numerous full length works of fiction and non-fiction. In addition to his books, he has had many articles and short stories published in major publications.
Flirt Alert by Hot Tropica Books Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 2149 words Sample 25%
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Echea by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 14437 words Sample 30%
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists worldwide and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages. Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. Her short work has been reprinted in thirteen Year’s Best collections. Pyr published her novel, Diving into the Wreck, in November of 2009. Her next short story collection, Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories, will appear from Golden Gryphon in spring of 2010. In spring of 2011, she will publish City of Ruins, the next book in the Diving universe, and she will have a new Kristine Grayson novel, The Charming Way. In 2009, her short story, “G-Men,” appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, the first time the same story appeared in both a mystery and science fiction best of the year collection. In 2008, she won both the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the Asimov’s Readers Choice Award. In 2007, she became one of a handful of writers to twice win the Best Mystery Novel award given for the best mystery published in the Northwest (for her Kris Nelscott books). Her novella, “Diving into the Wreck,” has won the prestigious international UPC award, given in Spain to the best science fiction novella in English, French, Spanish or Catalan. That novella also won the Asimov’s Readers Choice award. Her critically acclaimed Retrieval Artist series has won the Endeavor Award and is currently nominated for the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Science Fiction novel. In 2001, her story, “Millennium Babies,” won the coveted Hugo Award. That year, she also received the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for her Kris Nelscott Series) and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance (for her novel Utterly Charming, written as Kristine Grayson). In 1999, her story, “Echea,” (available at Fictionwise) was nominated for the Locus, Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon awards. It won the Homer Award and the Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award. In 1999, she also won the Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Award and the Science Fiction Age Reader’s Choice Award, making her the first writer to win three different reader’s choice awards for three different stories in two different genres in the same year. She is the former editor of prestigious The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Before that, she and Dean Wesley Smith, started and ran Pulphouse Publishing, a science fiction and mystery press in Eugene. She lives and works on the Oregon Coast.
Pudgygate by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 6493 words Sample 30%
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists worldwide and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages. Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. Her short work has been reprinted in thirteen Year’s Best collections. Pyr published her novel, Diving into the Wreck, in November of 2009. Her next short story collection, Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories, will appear from Golden Gryphon in spring of 2010. In spring of 2011, she will publish City of Ruins, the next book in the Diving universe, and she will have a new Kristine Grayson novel, The Charming Way. In 2009, her short story, “G-Men,” appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, the first time the same story appeared in both a mystery and science fiction best of the year collection. In 2008, she won both the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the Asimov’s Readers Choice Award. In 2007, she became one of a handful of writers to twice win the Best Mystery Novel award given for the best mystery published in the Northwest (for her Kris Nelscott books). Her novella, “Diving into the Wreck,” has won the prestigious international UPC award, given in Spain to the best science fiction novella in English, French, Spanish or Catalan. That novella also won the Asimov’s Readers Choice award. Her critically acclaimed Retrieval Artist series has won the Endeavor Award and is currently nominated for the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Science Fiction novel. In 2001, her story, “Millennium Babies,” won the coveted Hugo Award. That year, she also received the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for her Kris Nelscott Series) and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance (for her novel Utterly Charming, written as Kristine Grayson). In 1999, her story, “Echea,” (available at Fictionwise) was nominated for the Locus, Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon awards. It won the Homer Award and the Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award. In 1999, she also won the Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Award and the Science Fiction Age Reader’s Choice Award, making her the first writer to win three different reader’s choice awards for three different stories in two different genres in the same year. She is the former editor of prestigious The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Before that, she and Dean Wesley Smith, started and ran Pulphouse Publishing, a science fiction and mystery press in Eugene. She lives and works on the Oregon Coast.
Perpetual Ray by Darryl Hicks Jul. 28, 2010 Free! 4139 words Read a sample
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I'm a computer programmer in my day job. The next Yellowtown adventure (Perpetual Ray) is now available for download. Regarding works in progress, there are 2400 words already written as of July 24 on the River City eBook. Check back often for further Perpetual Twilight adventures. The cat in the comfy chair is our cat Max, who thinks my comfy chair birthday present was for him. Max has a cameo in Perpetual Ray.
Melody's Knight by Bonnie Blythe Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 24296 words Sample 50%
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Bonnie Blythe is the author of Love’s Unmasking, part of an anthology entitled Masquerade by Barbour. Her other publishing credits include her novel Restorations, which garnered a four star review from Romantic Times Book Club, and Melody’s Knight, winner of the Treble Heart Books Best Novella award 2002. She makes her home outside of Nashville.
Inhuman (Absolute XPress Flash Fiction Challenge #4) by Hades Publications: Absolute XPress Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 21925 words Sample 20%
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Absolute XPress (AXP) is a Direct-To-Reader publisher of e-Books and paper-Books with a focus on Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. We also occasionally publish books of interest to writers in these genres: including books on self-promotion, history and writing technique. Our goal is to publish quality books in both the electronic and traditional print formats, and work with both emerging as well as established authors, to give you (the reader) “great titles when you want them”. AXP is an imprint of Hades Publications based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
They Call Me Trixie: Encounter One by Elle Erotique Jul. 28, 2010 $1.25 4501 words Sample 1%
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Elle Erotique is the alter ego of an established, bestselling author. Elle wanted the freedom to write whatever she wanted without pre-established notions getting in the way.
The Masticator! (or: Chew On This For Awhile!…) by Mishka Zakharin Jul. 28, 2010 $3.99 7189 words Sample 15%
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Mishka Zakharin was born in 1970 in Wisconsin--where his existence yet rolls lackadaisically along... he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from UW-Whitewater, graduating Magna Cum Laude, in 1992, and has since published various anthologies of poetry, prose, and miscellaneous ramblings... influences in Zakharin's writing include Shakespeare and the greats of 19th Century Russian literature, as well as Jack Kerouac and Pablo Neruda... odder moments can best be attributed to Groucho Marx, Steve Martin, and Monty Python...
Replacing Sarah by Stephanie Hart Jul. 28, 2010 $3.50 18568 words Sample 20%
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I know this will sound strange, but I have been writing since the age of twelve and only now have gotten around to publishing anything. Because of many things, ADHD not excluded, I will not let my work be seen until I feel it is as perfect as I can make it. What I'm trying to offer is a story with no gaping holes in the plot, one that follows it's own rules to the end and doesn't pull a wild card that makes no sense just for the sake of being able to call itself complete. To any readers that I earn the attention of, thank you very much for purchasing my work. I hope that you enjoy it all as much as I love writing it! And to everyone that gives feedback, be it positive or negative, I want to thank you in advance! Happy reading everyone! All contact information can be found on my website, including my talented cover artist.
Brown Eyes by Angel Truly Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 6058 words Sample 35%
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I wrote it and I write. Like it you just might. When you read it and you’re pleased, rate so the other folks can see. I hope these words find the eyes of those whose lives they are meant to change, "stimulate" and or save. Check out my blog for more. www.memoirmommy.blogspot.com Thanks, Angel
Missing: Witch by R.J. Ross Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 10093 words Sample 50%
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Schlachtfeld by Andy Matthews Jul. 28, 2010 You set the price! 11987 words Sample 25%
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Jackie's Boys by Bekki Lynn Jul. 28, 2010 $1.99 11148 words Sample 50%
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MARS, A Novel by Anonymous 31062 Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 13014 words Sample 70%
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Anonymous author of MARS