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Tranne la musica by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 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
Music in the City by 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 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 Conversations with the Dead by doomedmuse Jul. 29, 2010 $0.99 4064 words Sample 20%
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I Remember by Janet Marie I Remember by Janet Marie Jul. 29, 2010 $1.00 4738 words Sample 25%
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Insect Effect & Parallels by 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 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.
A Lady's Secret by Gypsy deWilde 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 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 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 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 Vanishing Venusians Reseen by Lee Brackett 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 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 Violin's Cry by Joseph Cox 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.
Meeting by Tom Olbert 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 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 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.
Under Touley Bridge - Walter by Mary Francis Under Touley Bridge - Walter by Mary Francis Jul. 29, 2010 $1.99 6016 words Sample 30%
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The Retrieval Artist: A Short Novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 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.
Hot and Steamy: Tales of Lust & Desire by Darren G. Burton 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.
Echea by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 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 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 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.
Replacing Sarah by Stephanie Hart 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.
Missing: Witch by R.J. Ross Missing: Witch by R.J. Ross Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 10093 words Sample 50%
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Schlachtfeld by Andy Matthews Schlachtfeld by Andy Matthews Jul. 28, 2010 You set the price! 11987 words Sample 25%
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MARS, A Novel by Anonymous 31062 MARS, A Novel by Anonymous 31062 Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 13014 words Sample 70%
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Imagine Getting Away by Joseph Thompson Imagine Getting Away by Joseph Thompson Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 2388 words Sample 50%
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There's not much in this world I don't like excepting naked mole rats and stretch hummers. Despite four rounds of bookshelf weeding, I still have more books than DVDs (or shelf space for that matter). Robertson Davies and F. Scott Fitzgerald survived the most recent bout, Agatha Christie, Emily Dickinson, Louis L'Amour and Ian Flemming did not.
Hyacinth & Richard Bucket - A Brief Visit into the Life of a Proper English Gentlewoman by Michael Byrns Hyacinth & Richard Bucket - A Brief Visit into the Life of a Proper English Gentlewoman by Michael Byrns Jul. 28, 2010 $1.99 11064 words Sample 10%
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Out of the Box by Kallysten Out of the Box by Kallysten Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 4504 words Sample 15%
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Kallysten’s most exciting accomplishment to date was to cross a few thousand miles and an ocean to pursue (and catch!) the love of her life. She has been writing for almost fifteen years, and always enjoyed sharing her stories and listening to the readers' reactions. After playing with science fiction, short stories, poetry and fanfiction, she is now trying her hand, heart and words at paranormal romance novels. To see her other ebooks, listen to free audiobooks, or read free stories, visit http://original.kallysten.net
School Strongarm by Janice Daugharty School Strongarm by Janice Daugharty Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 7099 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
Dancing by Kallysten Dancing by Kallysten Jul. 28, 2010 Free! 3818 words Read a sample
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Kallysten’s most exciting accomplishment to date was to cross a few thousand miles and an ocean to pursue (and catch!) the love of her life. She has been writing for almost fifteen years, and always enjoyed sharing her stories and listening to the readers' reactions. After playing with science fiction, short stories, poetry and fanfiction, she is now trying her hand, heart and words at paranormal romance novels. To see her other ebooks, listen to free audiobooks, or read free stories, visit http://original.kallysten.net
Dare I? by Kallysten Dare I? by Kallysten Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 9435 words Sample 15%
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Kallysten’s most exciting accomplishment to date was to cross a few thousand miles and an ocean to pursue (and catch!) the love of her life. She has been writing for almost fifteen years, and always enjoyed sharing her stories and listening to the readers' reactions. After playing with science fiction, short stories, poetry and fanfiction, she is now trying her hand, heart and words at paranormal romance novels. To see her other ebooks, listen to free audiobooks, or read free stories, visit http://original.kallysten.net
Red Storm: To Everything There is a Season by Jason Thibeault Red Storm: To Everything There is a Season by Jason Thibeault Jul. 28, 2010 Free! 8028 words Read a sample
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Promises to Keep (a short story) by A. J. Pompano Promises to Keep (a short story) by A. J. Pompano Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 2235 words Sample 20%
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A. J. Pompano has been writing short fiction for more than twenty years. His kayaking sleuth, Quincy Lazzaro, was introduced in “The Copy Cat Didn’t Have Nine Lives,” published in Still Waters: Crime Stories by New England Writers. A past winner of the Helen McCloy/Mystery Writers of America Scholarship, he has written many academic pieces including one on teaching detective fiction. A member of Mystery Writers of America and a brother member of Sisters in Crime, he is on the committee for New England Crime Bake, a conference for mystery writers and readers, held every November in Boston. Visit him on the web at www.ajpompano.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/angpompano
The Neighborhood is Really Going to the Dead by James Noll The Neighborhood is Really Going to the Dead by James Noll Jul. 28, 2010 $1.00 2324 words Sample 25%
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Welcome to PULP, the 21st Century Entertainment Provider. Here at PULP, we don't just publish fiction or release music; we don't just produce scripts. We do it all. One day we'll even produce movies and video games. At PULP, our content is yours.
Devil Fighters of Titan by Tara Loughead Devil Fighters of Titan by Tara Loughead Jul. 28, 2010 Free! 1877 words Read a sample
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Just a red-headed adventure loving country girl. taraloughead@gmail.com
Somente a Música by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Somente a Música by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Jul. 28, 2010 $3.85 9185 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
Fallout by Jacob M. Appel Fallout by Jacob M. Appel Jul. 28, 2010 $3.85 8724 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.
Radiazione by Jacob M. Appel Radiazione by Jacob M. Appel Jul. 28, 2010 $3.85 8620 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.
Apex Magazine - August, 2010 (Issue 15) by Apex Publications Apex Magazine - August, 2010 (Issue 15) by Apex Publications Jul. 28, 2010 $2.99 19159 words Sample 50%
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Apex Publications is a small press dedicated to publishing quality dark SF, horror, and dark fantasy. Our authors include such esteemed wordsmiths as Gary Braunbeck, Nick Mamatas, Michael A. Burstein, Jennifer Pelland, Dru Pagliasotti, and more.
Insanidade, mau agouro e desespero by Luciano Arruda Insanidade, mau agouro e desespero by Luciano Arruda Jul. 28, 2010 Free! 12376 words Read a sample
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An Addendum to the Affair of the Dog that did Not Bark. by Philip van Wulven An Addendum to the Affair of the Dog that did Not Bark. by Philip van Wulven Jul. 28, 2010 $0.99 1822 words Sample 50%
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Phil van Wulven was born in Africa, in a family who changed houses and schools, as well as countries, quite often. Landlords, Headmasters, and governments prefer you to leave places as you found them, he discovered. He has lived in Canada for quite a while now, where he is busy growing roots. He hates rejection almost as much as dejection. He likes trees, birds, sunsets, and all that, and is getting used to the idea that seeing a sunrise doesn’t mean he is on the way to work. He likes to read, write, drink beer, and fix stuff.
Soldiers by Eric Wilder Soldiers by Eric Wilder Jul. 27, 2010 $0.99 2670 words Sample 40%
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Eric Wilder grew up about a mile from fabled Black Bayou in northwest Louisiana and began listening to ghost stories and tall tales at an early age. Author of ten books, including the French Quarter murder mystery Big Easy, he is presently working on the final edit of his newest mystery titled A Morning Mist of Blood, and is writing his latest New Orleans mystery called City of Spirits. He now lives and writes in Edmond, Oklahoma along with his wife Marilyn, daughter Katelyn, three dogs and two cats.
Think Like a Computer by Clarke Stevens Think Like a Computer by Clarke Stevens Jul. 27, 2010 $4.95 9295 words Sample 10%
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Clarke Stevens is an engineer, inventor, and musician who creates new technology by day and makes fun of it through poetry by night. He has designed products and pantented technology in cable television, telephony, consumer electronics and computer engineering. He spent the late 90's providing advice on emerging technologies to venture capitalists. He built the world's largest subwoofer and has worked as a cowboy and a birthday clown. Clarke holds graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Colorado. Clarke lives in Colorado with his wicked smart wife and two incredible boys.
There is Always a Burning by Karen Abrahamson There is Always a Burning by Karen Abrahamson Jul. 27, 2010 $0.99 4855 words Sample 50%
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Karen Abrahamson wrote her first poem at age six. Since then she has written and sold poetry and short fiction. In her words, “a bad day of writing is still better than the best moments of working for a living”. After a wandering youth that took her across North America countless times, she currently lives in the Metro Vancouver area of Canada.   An inveterate traveler, amateur photographer, and a fan of old maps, Karen keeps a loaded backpack to hand because she never knows when she might meet a destination she can't refuse.
Spake Cartaphilus by Greg Jensen Spake Cartaphilus by Greg Jensen Jul. 27, 2010 $0.99 2115 words Sample 50%
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Iron and Hemlock by Autumn Dawn Iron and Hemlock by Autumn Dawn Jul. 27, 2010 $1.99 13225 words Sample 25%
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I'm a stay at home mom with three kids, a dog and an active imagination. I spent the first 34 years of my life in Alaska, land of the midnight sun, but these days I'm located in Washington, and am enjoying a much warmer sun :) I'm married to my high school sweetheart, John, who is known to bring me flowers "just because". My leisure time is filled with gardening, crochet, knitting, sewing, art and reading.
The Dwarven Kingdom of Thazdulrene: Story 1 by Geltab The Dwarven Kingdom of Thazdulrene: Story 1 by Geltab Jul. 27, 2010 $0.99 4838 words Sample 50%
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Deadache...(A spoof about killer headaches!) by Jacob Ray Deadache...(A spoof about killer headaches!) by Jacob Ray Jul. 27, 2010 $8.99 10730 words Sample 5%
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THE #1 Bestseller in Books on Suicide & THE #1 Bestseller in Books on Extreme Sports has come to SmashWords!! Share the joy of reading these spellbinding books on your Sony Reader Digital Book, iPad, or ANY computer or cellphone or PDA that goes online!!!! Let bestselling Author, Jacob Ray show you how he made his debut novel, "The Ride Home" a smash hit on the Kindle Handheld Reading Device!!!!! Paperbacks of all titles exclusively on www.Amazon.com About the Author: Jacob K. Ray is an Alabama native surfing and writing in San Francisco and is the author of five books, all released this year (2009): The Ride Home,Pig-Skinned,The Bridge Burners, The Undead of the Low Country, The Tongueless Language, and The Jets of Enceladus. After moving to California upon completing undergraduate work in Behavioral Psychology at Queen's College, in Charlotte, NC (Now, Queen's University), Dr. Ray enrolled at Argosy University (SF-Bay Area Campus) and graduated with a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Ray specialized in brain damage assessment and worked at pioneer programs. Dr. Ray is the son of writer Cassandra King and the step-son of writer Pat Conroy. Guess who influenced him to write? Dr. Ray's brutal books delve deep into the disturbed psyches of its addled cast of unforgettable characters. Don't miss any of these titles, recommended for mature readers only.