Short Fiction EBooks (powered by Smashwords)

Browse and sample hundreds of short fiction ebooks, then click to Smashwords to make your purchase.

Sort by:

Date Added

Title

Author

Price

Length

- Hide covers + Show descriptions - Hide bios

	Catch a Killer by the Toe	by Pete Peterson Aug. 30, 2010	$2.99	7858 words	Sample 35%
	Author bio: Pete Peterson is the author of The Relentless Gun, Reckoning At Raindance and A Dark Trail Winding, all published by Avalon Books. A fourth novel, Mark Of The Serpent, is available in softcover from PublishAmerica and as an audio book under the title of Black Clouds And Epitaphs*. Untreed Reads Publishing will produce an ebook version of Black Clouds and Epitaphs in 2010. He is a member of Western Writers Of America and an award-winning artist, painting scenes of the American West he loves. Pete is the great-grandson of a Confederate veteran and descended from Cherokees who trudged the Trail of Tears. He is a devotee and student of frontier history and fiction, a lover of Western art.
	Rebel Justice	by Robert Gosnell Aug. 29, 2010	$0.99	20787 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: A professional screenwriter for more than twenty-five years, Robert Gosnell has produced credits in feature films, network television, syndicated television, basic and pay cable, and is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of Canada. Robert began his career writing situation comedy on the staff of the ABC series Baby Makes Five and freelanced episodes for Too Close for Comfort and the TBS comedies Safe at Home and Rocky Road. In cable, he scripted numerous projects for the Disney Channel, the Showtime original movie Escape from Wildcat Canyon and the Denver produced film Tiger Street. His feature credits include the Chuck Norris/Louis Gossett Jr. film Firewalker and the independent features Dragon and the Hawk, Siren and Juncture. Robert currently conducts screenwriting classes and workshops in the Denver area.
	The Seduction of Temperance	by Sally J. Walker Jul. 29, 2010	$6.95	18338 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: 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.
	Confluence - A short story	by TL Haddix Jun. 02, 2010	Free!	5401 words	Read a sample
	Author bio:
	The Keeping of Greg Wilson	by Ruth Ann Nordin May. 26, 2010	Free!	14557 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I'm a stay-at-home mom of four young boys and a proud military wife. When I'm not writing, I am researching marketing methods, networking, and reading. When I'm not doing that, I am playing with the kids. I currently live in Nebraska, but that is subject to change depending on the military.
	Scryer's Gulch: Magic in the Wild, Wild West - Episodes 1-10	by MeiLin Miranda Feb. 02, 2010	Free!	18672 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: MeiLin Miranda writes the fantasy novel series "An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom," and the free online serial "Scryer's Gulch: Magic in the Wild, Wild West." She is on Ravelry as MeiLin, where she issues knitting patterns based on her books. You can also find her at BPAL.org, where she indulges her perfume addiction, and at FountainPenNetwork.com, where she is beginning her fountain pen addiction. MeiLin lives in Portland, OR with her husband, two daughters, two cats and a floppy dog.
	COWBOY DAN	by Monica P Dec. 05, 2009	$2.55	3820 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: