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The Rocks, Sydney - A Self-Guided Walking Tour | by Taleist Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 5854 words | Sample 50% |
| Read light and informative commentary while you take a self-guided walk through more than 200 years of history, starting with the first convicts to arrive in Sydney. See where they worked the hard sandstone by hand and where they lived, drank, gambled, robbed and kidnapped. Hear tales of murders, foul deeds and the vision that saved The Rocks from government bulldozers. | |||||
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To Kill a Judge | by Paul Nelson Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.99 | 83687 words | Sample 10% |
| Wrongfully imprisoned thanks to an ambitious lawyer and political judge, Dr. Matt Hightower faces cruelty and barbaric conditions in a Florida jail. He keeps his sanity by plotting his revenge. On his release, Hightower begins executing his plans...but did his plans keep him sane or will they destroy him more completely than even the prison system could? | |||||
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Angela's Awakening | by Jessica McCarl Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.97 | 16547 words | Sample 25% |
| Angela Miller's mistress had commanded her to go into the city, to one of the best hotels, and offer herself to a handsome stranger for his anonymous pleasure. Even though following her tutor's advice had dramatically enhanced her responses, she wasn't sure if she could do this behind Dirk's back. Having sex with a handsome stranger just might end up leading to a some serious consequences... | |||||
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IT'S ALL MAKE BELIEVE, ISN'T IT? *Marilyn Monroe Returns* | by Ben Campbell Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.00 | 104148 words | Sample 50% |
| Exotic, ingenious, poignant, spicy and voracious, Marilyn returns to her synergistic life, and the body of Martin Montage is the perfect conduit for posthumous symbiosis. Martin’s kinetically balanced social network is challenged when Marilyn's charged sexuality invades his identity. A theme of survival emerges, no matter what the costs; either Martin’s life or Mari | |||||
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Excavation | by Steve Rasnic Tem Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.75 | 89201 words | Sample 20% |
| Archaeologist Reed Taylor is called back to his hometown of Simpson Creeks, Kentucky to dig into the earth now covering his family’s old farm, and the bodies of his mother and father. But in a terrifying rendezvous with his own past he discovers that his memories of the dead are not only palpable, but capable of fantastic transformation. | |||||
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Is God An Alien? An Expose Into The Secret Universe | by Raymond Burt Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.99 | 186511 words | Sample 15% |
| An adventurous ride through the universe and time, as our character gets abducted by aliens whose strange actions and sense of humour leads to wierd revelations about them and us. | |||||
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Oberon's Gift | by Richard Dante Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.99 | 58953 words | Sample 50% |
| For centuries the Good Fairies of Neverneverland have used their magic to push worthy humans to power and fame. Then, in 1982 they send their emissary, Oberon, to contact George Bertram Potter, a brilliant political science graduate student. What follows is a lighthearted romp though the halls of show business and politics. | |||||
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The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All | by D Sep. 03, 2010 | $1.79 | 50498 words | Sample 50% |
| “My legal name where I currently reside in the city of Liege, Belgium, in the year 2010 A.D., is Gaspar Valessi, but that is not my real name. The name I was given some 30,000 years ago, when I was born in a Paleolithic settlement in the region that is now called Germany-- the name my father gave me shortly after I was voided, bloody and howling, from my mother's womb-- is Gon.” | |||||
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Blackmail | by Bob McElwain Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.99 | 74446 words | Sample 20% |
| Terri Delaney is a rising star in television news. But a blackmailer is threatening her career. She turns to Jack Collier, PI. In no time, Jack realizes he may not win this round. He finds himself and Terri entangled in a vicious web involving far more than the blackmailer alone. | |||||
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In Love with Flying | by Kenneth Ford Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.99 | 59198 words | Sample 50% |
| Flying with and without an engine. In this engaging memoir, Kenneth Ford does more than provide tales from his fifty years of piloting light airplanes and gliders. He explains the kinds of lift that keep gliders aloft, the idiosyncrasies of "tail-draggers," the art of landing in a crosswind, and more. Adding to his own story, he crafts loving profiles of other aviators whom he met and admired. | |||||
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Russian Roulette | by Bentley Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.99 | 69652 words | Sample 49% |
| When Supreme, a 40 year hustler, is released from prison, he turns to his childhood friend Ice, a local pimp who has stumbled up on what he calls "the sweetest game in the world". This "game" is the international sex trade run by a ruthless group of Russian gangsters who are intent on turning Charlotte into the major hub in their North American sex trafficking operation. | |||||
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Harbor Moon Summer Romance | by T.L. Mitchell Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 15277 words | Sample 30% |
| Ordinary 16 year old Deanna Lansford was prepared for another boring summer with her parents on Leech Lake, but things soon changed when she met Eric Matthews. Her life revolved around reading paranormal romances, but never did she dream of actually meeting a shape-shifter and not to mention one so hot. Deanna soon discovers a secret of her own that may cost Eric his life. | |||||
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In the Company of Strangers | by Jim Haffner Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 17988 words | Read a sample |
| This is Part 2 (of a 3 part series) and picks up as I arrive at the Aviation Officer's Candidate School (AOCS -- setting for the bestselling book and movie "Officer and a Gentlemen"). This story follows me on my first day of training as I "sweat" my way through the first 12 hours in the barracks. Can I survive another minute? Should I quit? How bad will this get? Is what I've heard true? | |||||
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The King’s Choice (King's Choice I) | by Mandy M. Roth Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.99 | 19126 words | Sample 1% |
| King Jakov of Braluse, is unhappy about being pressured into selecting a wife. With the sixth Red Moon of his reign fast approaching, he has little choice in the matter. When his head advisor, and younger brother, Andrija brings forth a woman with a temper that rivals a King’s, he claims her on the spot. That was his first mistake. Ordering her to submit to his sexual desires was the next. | |||||
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The Cricket -Diamonds Are for Never -Part 1 | by Jef Holbrook Sep. 03, 2010 | $0.99 | 14 words | Sample 50% |
| Former superhero-turned-P.I. The Cricket won’t take cases about “Supers” and won’t take off his Cricket suit. But when the beautiful Nadia Diamante walks into his office, The Cricket discovers that death may be “a girl’s best friend!” The Cricket: Diamonds Are For NEVER! A five-part comic book. | |||||
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Unbankerly Behavior | by Daniel Koehler Sep. 03, 2010 | $1.99 | 28176 words | Sample 50% |
| Bank president Henry Potts has a sweet deal. He is looting his bank under the guise of a cost-cutting “Unbank” marketing campaign concocted by John Jimpson, his son-in-law with a roving eye for bank secretaries. Enter Clydine Clumm, a honky-tonk angel on the rebound, and all hell breaks loose. | |||||
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Christians and Politics in the 21st Century | by Lynn Baber Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 2730 words | Read a sample |
| A brief journey of concept and inspiration for Christians who find themselves confused, frustrated, or distressed in today's swirling political climate. What to think? What to do? What is right? Author Lynn Baber has practical experience in both politics and in sharing the message of grace and victory in Jesus Christ. | |||||
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Dead Cartography | by Brian Lelas Sep. 03, 2010 | $0.99 | 13305 words | Sample 10% |
| "Dead Cartography" is a collection of short stories written between 2004 and 2010. The stories included are "The Canvas," "Heartbroken," "August Snow," "Young Lady on the Window's Edge" and "Reprobation." | |||||
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The Applications of Sorcery | by Paul Edwards Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 25658 words | Read a sample |
| A sequel to my first novel The Principles of Sorcery. The hero battles dragons a crazy star ship captain and an evil genius as he explores a nexus to many different worlds. | |||||
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Closer to the Imminent Human Truth | by Talessian El-Wikosian Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 1641 words | Read a sample |
| In North America, there are an estimated 800,000 kids with autism. While traditional science has identified them as disordered and incurable, I think they have woefully misunderstood the significance of their wonderful presence. It has to do with advanced technology and machines. | |||||
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Our Dark Secret: A Modern Cuckold Memoir | by Derrin Hart Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.95 | 46067 words | Sample 10% |
| Eager to satisfy his hot, blond wife, a loving cuckold agrees to an open marriage. He finds her handsome, well-endowed lovers through magazines, online ads, and swinger parties. These encounters take her to new sexual heights. However, after years of the lifestyle, the couple's once-happy marriage begins to disintegrate. This true story takes you deep within the hotwife and cuckold phenomenon. | |||||
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怪談:妖しい物の話と研究 その1「耳なし芳一の話」 | by kisaragi sasaoka Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.00 | 120 words | Sample 50% |
| ラフカディオ・ハーン(小泉八雲)著、小林幸治訳による文学作品。全21話の最初となる「耳なし芳一の話」の日本語訳。 | |||||
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WATER and other stories | by Daron Fraley Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 5943 words | Read a sample |
| PETITIONS: A short story about a homeless man (contemporary fiction). ANGEL’S SONG: A companion short story to the novel “The Thorn”, book one of “The Chronicles of Gan” (speculative fiction). WATER: Based on the account found in the Gospel of John, chapter 5, verses 1-16, and the painting by Carl Bloch, “Healing at the Pool of Bethesda” (historical fiction). | |||||
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No Good Deed | by William Reef Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.99 | 100714 words | Sample 50% |
| Noah Stone is a big-wave surfer drowning in a sea of guilt after his wife's death. When he learns that she was, in fact, murdered, he goes to Guatemala looking for the people who killed her. Snared in the shadow of US foreign policy, his foes all make the same mistake: they don't know big-wave surfers aren’t like normal people. Normal people run away from danger; big-wave surfers run toward it. | |||||
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The All Nations Team | by Michael Jasper Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 100997 words | Sample 10% |
| THE ALL NATIONS TEAM tells the story of the first fully integrated, "post-racial" baseball team, very loosely based on an actual team that played in the years before World War I. Haunted by the ghost of their white, former head coach, George must hold the All Nations together, or he'll miss his chance to reunite with his estranged family. If he doesn't score this final run, he loses everything. | |||||
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Il Mercante | by Nino Masiello Sep. 03, 2010 | $4.99 | 58415 words | Sample 30% |
| Una grande lapide nella chiesa dell’Ascensione, nel quartiere Chiaia e una stradina, via Conte di Mola che, penetrando i Quartieri Spagnoli, si arrampica, a pochi passi da via Toledo, lambendo l’antico Palazzo Vaaz diventato Berio, verso la collina dominata da Castel Sant’Elmo. | |||||
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Time | by Janice Daugharty Sep. 03, 2010 | $0.99 | 1262 words | Sample 30% |
| I'm likely to be proved a liar for believing that life gets easier, if not sweeter, with the passing of time. I remember the old days, the hard times, and can't help thinking that progression of time brings us closer to that place of everlasting rest. | |||||
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Ravens Roost | by habu Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 14838 words | Sample 10% |
| Suave and wealthy Virginia landowner Dabney Belcastle manipulates four men to do his will until tragedy strikes and he turns to using his manipulation in atonement. | |||||
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Subtropical Trilogy 3: Paradise Found | by Kenn Dahll Sep. 03, 2010 | $1.99 | 4112 words | Sample 10% |
| An impulsive purchase of a Florida key provides the setting for a three-way romp with a pair of porn stars. | |||||
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Marilyn | by D.B. Story Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 9916 words | Sample 10% |
| We will build robots in any form we wish. Unfortunately, in the way that fame has brought burdens to those it grants its graces to, it will also bring unique challenges to those built in that image. | |||||
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A Halloween to Remember | by Roxanne Rhoads Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 12309 words | Sample 10% |
| Adena meets sexy Dimitri at a Halloween bash. There’s something very different about him. Halloween magic is at play. Will Adena be able to harness it before the magic & her dark lover are both gone? | |||||
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La Última Religión Divina Islam | by Murat Kaya Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 31165 words | Read a sample |
| Este libro ha sido pensado para la gente que acaba de conocer el Islam. Posee la característica de ser un libro de mano a la hora de aprender el Islam a través sus fuentes más correctas y de la forma más rápida. Tratando los principales temas del Islam de una forma fácil y breve, va dirigido a la gente que desea obtener una primera información acerca del Islam. | |||||
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The Waiting Place | by Dan Houser Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.00 | 65435 words | Sample 25% |
| Walter Gamble and Jen take a surreal trek across a post-apocalyptic America, where it seems every living soul has vanished. Along their journey, they discover the secret of The Waiting Place and face the darkness that threatens every person. | |||||
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Caribbean Passion | by Monica P Sep. 03, 2010 | $0.99 | 1925 words | Sample 15% |
| It is a cold day and Kym hurries home to warm herself as the chilly rain soaks her to the bone. When at home she begins to warm herself - however then her step-father Cory comes along and he begins to build the want to warm her. He promises Caribbean passion - will she give in? | |||||
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Teaching the Teacher | by B.K. Wright Sep. 03, 2010 | $1.75 | 5309 words | Sample 20% |
| Being new to this non-gay-friendly workplace is not easy for Cameron until he meets Mykel. Mykel is straight, but somehow knows or senses that Cameron is gay, and takes him under his wing, so to speak. Cameron cannot help but think of the endless possibilities of love and sex with Mykel. The man is gorgeous, with his blue eyes and silver and black hair. | |||||
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محمد رسول اللّٰه Muhammad Mustafa | by Osman Nuri Topbas Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 33205 words | Read a sample |
| إن رسولنا الكريم صلى الله عليه وسلم قد علّم الإنسانية كلها المعنى الحقيقي لكون الإنسان خليفة الله على الأرض. | |||||
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Más Allá de Toda Comparación Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.s) | by Osman Nuri Topbas Sep. 03, 2010 | Free! | 40642 words | Read a sample |
| Allah, Glorificado sea, envió a Su Profeta (s.a.s) como una misericordia para todos los mundos, ya sean éstos animados o inanimados, desde el polvo y las piedras, a los ríos y mares. Una bendición para la tierra y para el cielo, para el espacio y el tiempo; pero en particular para el ser humano, como el medio más seguro para él de alcanzar la guía, la misericordia y la salvación. | |||||
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Remarkable Romances and other stories | by John Ellwood Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 20709 words | Sample 40% |
| Remarkable Romances consists of short stories about the nature of contemporary and historical love. Ponsonby Investigates on behalf of HRH Queen Elizabeth. He is helped in his quests by the redoubtable curvy nurse Delia. CV extracts from the famous and infamous gives a new insight in to the minds of notable personalities. | |||||
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Space Junque | by LK Rigel Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 26393 words | Sample 50% |
| When eco-terrorism escalates into a world-wide environmental cataclysm, Char Meadowlark is stranded in orbit on the shuttle Space Junque. As she encounters terrorists, mutants, shapeshifters and a demanding goddess, Char's heart is torn between her dead sister's lover and the shuttle pilot who rescued her from a terrorist attack. But is love even possible in flagrante apocalypto? (NOVELLA) | |||||
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Tales of the Dim Knight Preview Edition | by Adam and Andrea Graham Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 12829 words | Sample 50% |
| What happens when the World's biggest superhero fan gets superpowers? When Mild Mannered Janitor Dave Johnson discovers an alien symbiot that gives him untold powers, there's only one thing to do. Put on a pair of tights and save the world. In this special free preview, see how Dave's adventures begin as he faces down drug dealers, car thieves, and the dreaded petty criminals. | |||||
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On Promised Land | by Kae Cheatham Sep. 02, 2010 | $0.99 | 38147 words | Sample 15% |
| ON PROMISED LAND is set in the 1840s at the end of the Second Seminole War. It details the great American dream of all pioneers who settled the western lands. But these are black pioneers. Black-Seminole pioneers. These stalwart, industrious folk strive and survive in what we think of as the "American Way" even when they aren't recognized as Americans--or Seminoles--or free. Yet they persist. | |||||
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The Good Samaritan | by R.M. Haag Sep. 02, 2010 | $0.99 | 2691 words | Sample 50% |
| Jane geared up for battle when she left work. With two girls already dead this month she didn't plan on taking any chances. But would it be enough? | |||||
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Notes To My Daughter | by David Dixon Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.95 | 13309 words | Sample 20% |
| An insightful journey into the relationship between a father and his daughter. David Dixon writes from his heart as he shares life lessons. He reveals the depth of a father's love as he gives purposeful direction to help guide his daughter's life down a meaningful path. | |||||
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Bombs, Bullets and Blood | by Dave and Linda Broughton Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 115139 words | Sample 50% |
| Bounty Hunter Melanie banks is now the one being hunted, by bombers that don't care about collateral damage, be it buildings or people. She doesn't know why they're after her, just that they are. She goes into hiding after leaving the hospital following the first attempt. Eventually, she partners with an ex-special ops agent to find the bombers, and those behind them, to take the fight to them. | |||||
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Jeremiah Brown (A Trilogy in D minor) | by C.B. Smith Sep. 02, 2010 | $4.99 | 66763 words | Sample 20% |
| A man loses his wife and goes on a nomadic soul search living by the credo contained in the Hasidic saying: Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience. | |||||
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King Arthur's Raid on Hell and other poems | by G. R. Grove Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 15698 words | Sample 50% |
| Most of these poems are written in medieval fixed forms, or approximations of medieval forms – one of my on-going quests being a search for ways of reproducing the sound and feel of medieval Welsh poetry in modern English. And yet, because the bardic art I practice is a performance art, these are in a larger sense not my poems at all, but merely pale imitations – poems preserved on paper. | |||||
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THEM! Came From Outer Space! | by Richard Taylor Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 17790 words | Sample 50% |
| Terror visits the little town of Flannel, Oregon, when a body is discovered on the pool table of a prominent bus bench writer. Soon Flannel’s eclectic young doctor, Milo Bushnell learns Flannel is being invaded by Brussels sprouts from space, ill-tempered little vegetables that metamorphose into duplicates of Flannel’s citizenry. Can Milo save the day or is he just dead meat in a vegan world? | |||||
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Events Concerning the Last Evening of Molly Malone | by Steven Bennett Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 861 words | Read a sample |
| Molly never knew she had so many enemies, but on this night she found she did. A mystery poem, with a challenge to the reader. | |||||
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Cat Had a Tail | by Steven Bennett Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 3706 words | Read a sample |
| Murder swirls amidst the coffee and haiku as caffeine and curiosity lead a man from the comfortable settings of the Cafe 575 through dangerous alleys and dark city streets. | |||||
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Romancing The Snow | by Darren G. Burton Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 8388 words | Sample 10% |
| Matt and Sara are close friends. Out on a three day hike in the wilderness, a blizzard threatens to snow them in. Down by the river they find a cave in which to shelter from the storm. What happens when these two friends take refuge in the cave together while a blizzard rages outside? Find out in this erotic adult tale. | |||||