Save a tree. Publish online instead. Smashwords.com

Visit other Smashwords satellites:

Thousands of original, low cost and free ebooks from the authors and publishers of Smashwords. All these books are $5.00 or less! Try before you buy.

Sort by:

Date Added

Title

Author

Price

Length

- Hide covers + Show descriptions - Hide bios

Voices of Transcendentalism: The Complete Anthology of Henry David Thoreau & Ralph Waldo Emerson	by David Presley Nov. 25, 2009	$1.99	526317 words	Sample 15%
Author bio:
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 1	by Blue Tyson Jun. 08, 2010	Free!	521113 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Free SF and Not Free SF MegaBlog : http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress Website : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/bluetyson Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/BlueTyson Paolo Bacigalupi (ology) : http://paolobacigalupi.blogspot.com Laird Barron (ology) : http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com Leigh Brackett (ology) : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Ted Chiang (ology) : http://tedchiang.blogspot.com Greg Egan (ology) : http://borderguards.blogspot.com James Enge (ology) : http://jamesenge.blogspot.com Alastair Reynolds (ology) : http://alastairreynolds.blogspot.com Cordwainer Smith (ology) : http://cordwainersmith.blogspot.com Charles Stross (ology) : http://charlesstross.blogspot.com Free SF Reader : http://freesf.blogspot.com Not Free SF Reader : http://notfreesf.blogspot.com Super Reader : http://superprose.blogspot.com Space Opera Reader : http://spaceoperareader.blogspot.com Year's Best SF Reader : http://yearsbestsf.blogspot.com Free SF Best : http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Australian SF Reader : http://ozsfbest.blogspot.com SF Watcher : http://sfwatcher.blogspot.com See here for more :- http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Blue%20Tyson%22
Flight of the Southern Cross	by Karl Klein May. 10, 2010	$3.99	440500 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: When Mr. Klein was 12 years old he discovered his Great Grandfather's Civil War discharge framed and hanging on the wall of his Aunt's home. It ignited a love affair with Civil War history that has lasted to this day. Mr. Klein spent over forty years studying and researching the Civil War before writing his first novel. He has traveled extensively in the South and is familiar with the locations in his novel. Mr. Klein has been in the entertainment industry most of his life. In the late 170s he became acquainted with author Lewis Meyer who insisted he write this book.
Your Good Luck Finder 2010-2011	by Virinia Downham Jun. 05, 2010	$1.99	417644 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Hello everyone, I was born in Hobart Tasmania but I have lived in the UK, Sydney, Melbourne Newcastle and many small towns in NSW. I currently live on a cherry orchard with my husband and daughter Emma in Runnymede Tasmania. I have an 11 year old son who is Autistic and I am curently fighting to have his Autism recognized by the Tasmanian Government. I have MS and I have a keen interest in homeopathy. I am a psychic and I have worked with people all over the world. I see dead people folks. I am a numerologist and I work with the Tarot. I am an artist at heart and I create cross stitch patterns and create digital oil paintings. I am a firm believer that we are put on this earth to enrich our souls and to help others. I believe in the power of Jesus Christ and his angels. I believe that everyone can develop their psychic abilities and I love whodunnit murder mysteries. I am a big animal lover and I am a writer. Iwrite because I have to write. I have completed a number of movie and Tv scripts and I have an ever growing number of ebooks on autism, numerology, cross stitch patterns, photography and whodunnit's. My one big vice is chocolate - I love it! I have an ever growing ebook collection mostly of PLR and MRR ebooks. I do not believe that it's a crime to want to make money from your writing. But I have one motto - give people value for their money. If you are looking for a way to improve your life check out my book store or visit my ever growing list of ebooks that are available here through Smashwords.
Manifest Destiny	by Matthew Murphy Aug. 01, 2009	$3.99	403004 words	Sample 25%
Author bio:
Cyclopedia of Philosophy	by Sam Vaknin Jan. 03, 2010	Free!	389526 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East as well as many other books and ebooks about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, and international affairs. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.
Micah	by Scott Thomas Mar. 18, 2010	$2.49	370823 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Scott James Thomas has a PhD in exploration geophysics and by day uses his programming skills to employ magnetics, gravity and electromagnetic radiation in the hunt for base metal deposits. By night he is an avid fan of space exploration, following the efforts of mankind to leave the Earth. He enjoys reading and writing science fiction. In his writings, he has found inspiration in the works of Orson Scott Card, who he sees as a excellent style role model. He has also found inspiration in Michael Crichton to publish his work.
Talons of the Gods	by Leroy Dumont Jan. 28, 2010	$1.99	362093 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Leroy Dumont (aka Anthony Dias Souza) was born in 1935 at Ahualoa, Hamakua, Hawaii. He attended Saint Patrick's School, Kaimuki, Oahu, Hawaii and graduated Saint Louis College, Kaimuki, Oahu, Hawaii (now called Chaminade College). He also attended Yale University Institute of Far Eastern Studies courtesy of the United States Government and served in U.S. intelligence service in the Pacific/Far East theater for three years. Upon returning stateside, he further pursued his education in southern California majoring in psychology and law. He further served as special liaison for Los Angeles area congressman and as area coordinator for the mayor of Los Angeles. During this period, he was the editor and publisher of The Harbor Alternative - a Los Angeles Harbor region bi-monthly community newspaper and a partner in a public relations firm, primarily geared to political campaigns but also organized and staged rock concerts in the region including the calamitous California Music Faire. Now retired, he resides in Santa Cruz, California and devotes his time to research, writing, and his grandchildren. His hobbies extend into several fields of endeavors, primarily Ancient Middle Eastern History, Archaeology, Geophysics and Quantum Physics.
Khakhanate Book II The Crow	by Thomas Lankenau Jul. 09, 2010	Free!	349504 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Thomas Lankenau was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a diplomat father. He completed his undergraduate degree at Xavier University in Ohio, and his graduate degree at Mt. St. Mary’s in Maryland. He worked in the biological sciences for many years then became a consultant until his recent retirement. Khakhanate (Books I and II) a project requiring twenty years to complete, is the product of his love of history and anthropology. He resides in Northern Virginia.
Gone For a Soldier	by Jeffry Hepple Mar. 08, 2009	$3.99	339291 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Jeff Hepple was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and now resides out in the country near Waco, Texas.
And I Feel Fine	by Nick Steckel Jun. 15, 2010	$4.99	327239 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: I'm Nick Steckel and I'm 23 years old. I currently live in Chillicothe, Ohio. I've been a writer all my life and I hope I'll always be a writer. There's really not much more to say than that.
Book of Great Speeches	by Mike Oduah Jan. 13, 2010	$3.99	312953 words	Sample 25%
Author bio:
Shattered Remnants of a Dream [Volume I: The Death Jam Exordium]	by Dan Luffey Jun. 21, 2010	Free!	310971 words	Read a sample
Author bio: My name is Dan Luffey, author of Shattered Remnants of a Dream, which is updated weekly at http://danluffey.blogspot.com . I am also a professional translator, and graduate student at Kyoto University of Art & Design. You can find reviews of SROAD here: http://webfictionguide.com/listings/shattered-remnants-of-a-dream/
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 2	by Blue Tyson Jun. 08, 2010	Free!	306551 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Free SF and Not Free SF MegaBlog : http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress Website : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/bluetyson Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/BlueTyson Paolo Bacigalupi (ology) : http://paolobacigalupi.blogspot.com Laird Barron (ology) : http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com Leigh Brackett (ology) : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Ted Chiang (ology) : http://tedchiang.blogspot.com Greg Egan (ology) : http://borderguards.blogspot.com James Enge (ology) : http://jamesenge.blogspot.com Alastair Reynolds (ology) : http://alastairreynolds.blogspot.com Cordwainer Smith (ology) : http://cordwainersmith.blogspot.com Charles Stross (ology) : http://charlesstross.blogspot.com Free SF Reader : http://freesf.blogspot.com Not Free SF Reader : http://notfreesf.blogspot.com Super Reader : http://superprose.blogspot.com Space Opera Reader : http://spaceoperareader.blogspot.com Year's Best SF Reader : http://yearsbestsf.blogspot.com Free SF Best : http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Australian SF Reader : http://ozsfbest.blogspot.com SF Watcher : http://sfwatcher.blogspot.com See here for more :- http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Blue%20Tyson%22
The Half-Orcs (Omnibus, Volume One)	by David Dalglish Jul. 21, 2010	$3.99	302221 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: David Dalglish currently lives in rural Missouri with his wife Samantha, daughter Morgan, and dog Asimov. He graduated from Missouri Southern State University in 2006 and currently devotes himself to perfecting his craft. He spends his free time playing racquetball and watching PBS with his daughter.
Storm	by Ananda Wolf Oct. 27, 2009	$3.95	298919 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I was born and raise (by trolls) in Northern Sweden. Most of my teens and twenties were spent traveling: Europe, Africa, five years in the U.K., then on to NYC (2 years) and Los Angeles for more years than I'd like to mention. Now I live in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, as Swedish a place as I've found in America, and here I feel completely at home among the rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, deer, geese, wild turkeys, and clear, inspiration-filled, air. I have written five novels (and am working on a sixth), four novellas, and two scores of short stories. Add to that a gaggle of poems, and well over a hundred songs, and that's my creative profile. Stay tuned for more. Ananda Wolf
Minos	by Daniel Blair Dundee May. 03, 2010	$3.99	290364 words	Sample 50%
Author bio:
Ôtahc	by Damaru Kalli Feb. 14, 2010	Free!	288368 words	Read a sample
Author bio:
Sorcerer: Interesting Times	by Bruce H Johnson Feb. 19, 2010	$3.99	281957 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Bruce H. Johnson, writing as BJohn, is 62 years old and was born in Arizona. He went to school in Akron, Ohio and has a BBA from Kent State University (yes, of the National Guard “fame.”). He missed the entire thing by about ten minutes). He spent eight years in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Power Engineering Laboratory Technician both on a ship and as an instructor in Idaho. Once leaving the Navy in 1978, he moved to Los Angeles and spent the next ten years as a computer programmer. Much of his duty involved documenting the various programs, languages and systems he worked on. In 1988, he joined a consulting group specializing in large computer system documentation where he has been ever since. The group has evolved from straight “technical documentation” to business process analysis and providing solutions to problems. All his writing is in his spare time. “Sorcerer: The Inner Circle” is his first fiction work except for a very short story in the fifth grade.
The Dragon's Pool	by Edward C. Patterson May. 11, 2009	$3.99	276792 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further post graduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 1999 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring. Works: Bobby's Trace No Irish Need Apply Surviving an American Gulag The Closet Clandestine The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I Look Away, Silence Turning Idolater Come, Wewoka The Jade Owl The Third Peregrination - The Jade Owl - Book II The Dragon's Pool - The Jade Owl Book III The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow - Book II Oh, Dainty Triolet
Tempo Rubato	by Brendan Carroll Sep. 12, 2009	$2.99	276121 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Brendan Carroll was born and raised in Southeast Texas and now lives in the East Texas Lake Country. Throughout his scholastic career, he wanted nothing more than to tell a good story, get a few laughs or give a few frights. After high school, he joined the US Navy and spent the next four years serving the country in the fighter training squadron VT-86 out of Pensacola, Florida. In college, he majored in Environmental Science and Geography with a minor in Geology and ended up with a teaching certificate for Secondary Earth Sciences. After one year of teaching fourteen and fifteen-year-olds, his desire to inspire young minds was laid to rest and he took up a position serving the State of Texas in the Correctional Field. In his spare time, he has produced over thirty novels which are currently being published in Kindle format as well as paperback at a much slower pace. His one aim is to entertain the reader with a good tale and hope that they may get something more from his work than just a laugh, a fright or a sigh.
Sorcerer: Very Interesting	by Bruce H Johnson Feb. 19, 2010	$3.99	275215 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Bruce H. Johnson, writing as BJohn, is 62 years old and was born in Arizona. He went to school in Akron, Ohio and has a BBA from Kent State University (yes, of the National Guard “fame.”). He missed the entire thing by about ten minutes). He spent eight years in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Power Engineering Laboratory Technician both on a ship and as an instructor in Idaho. Once leaving the Navy in 1978, he moved to Los Angeles and spent the next ten years as a computer programmer. Much of his duty involved documenting the various programs, languages and systems he worked on. In 1988, he joined a consulting group specializing in large computer system documentation where he has been ever since. The group has evolved from straight “technical documentation” to business process analysis and providing solutions to problems. All his writing is in his spare time. “Sorcerer: The Inner Circle” is his first fiction work except for a very short story in the fifth grade.
King of Nod	by Scott Fad Jul. 13, 2010	$2.99	273068 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: The author Scott Fad was born in Newark, Delaware and is a graduate of the University of Delaware. Scott has taken turns as a bouncer, a brick layer and a bartender as well as a management consultant and business executive. He received an honorable discharge from the US Navy and a black belt from the American Tae Kwon Do Association. He is a former amateur marathoner and boxer and is an accomplished painter and song writer. He currently works as a corporate officer in Wilmington Delaware. Scott lives in Landenberg, Pennyslvania with his wife, Leslie, and their two children - along with five dogs, three chickens, a cat and a horse. The award winning novel, KING OF NOD, is his first published work.
Spider's Web	by Richard Buoye Mar. 11, 2010	$5.00	271647 words	Sample 5%
Author bio:
The Dawning of Power trilogy	by Brian Rathbone Jul. 18, 2009	$2.99	269720 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: My life has been an adventure, and I was an avid reader of fantasy long before I became a fantasy author. I was born in the garden part of The Garden State, far from the New Jersey seen in the Sopranos. Farm life shaded my perceptions, and old-world knowledge seemed to separate me from my peers, or perhaps it was the ever-present smell of horse manure. Though I obtained a certain level of skill working with horses, I somehow knew my life would take a different path. Corporate America called to me. I imagined it would be better to work in an air-conditioned office than in the fields or on the racetrack. I started in the mailroom and worked every day to learn new skills and advance my position. I got lucky, and some wonderful people gave me the chance to prove my worth, but as I climbed higher and higher on the corporate ladder, I came to see that the machine was broken. The day I read the daily Dilbert and realized that Scott Adams had landed one squarely on my forehead, I knew I had to make some changes. I started working from home and finally found the time to write down the story that had been growing in my mind for over a decade. At times I felt like a juggler in motley while I balanced the writing of code and the writing of fiction, but it’s all been worthwhile. And now I don my tinfoil cap and wander into a new adventure. There’s room for one more if you’d like to come along.
The Ultimate Collection of Short Erotic Tales	by Carl East Mar. 28, 2010	$2.99	265064 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: I was born In Hull, Yorkshire, England in 1956. I started to write at the age of 44 in the year 2000, and I wasn't very good. I slowly learned over the years that followed, mainly from people online who gave up their time to help me. I chose to write imaginative things, and sometimes allowed my own imagination to get away from me. I started with erotic tales before going onto more serious stuff, although having said that my erotic stories have been popular. The first book I got published was "The Second Apprentice" followed closely by "The Talking Sword" both of which are sword and sorcerer type tales. My favorite release though was "Hell's Gate" but none of these three books have been downloaded yet and they're all available at Amazon. They just seem to want my erotic stories. lol I now live in America and have done for the past 5 years. As you can see from my photo I'm happily married and intend to stay that way. Carl
Black Body	by H. C. Turk Jan. 21, 2009	You set the price!	263966 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Self-taught writer, visual artist, and musician. Two novels published by Villard (BLACK BODY) and Tor (ETHER ORE). Few words for bio; the rest are saved for novels.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Genre and Rating Guide	by Blue Tyson May. 06, 2009	Free!	263145 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Free SF and Not Free SF MegaBlog : http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress Website : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/bluetyson Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/BlueTyson Paolo Bacigalupi (ology) : http://paolobacigalupi.blogspot.com Laird Barron (ology) : http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com Leigh Brackett (ology) : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Ted Chiang (ology) : http://tedchiang.blogspot.com Greg Egan (ology) : http://borderguards.blogspot.com James Enge (ology) : http://jamesenge.blogspot.com Alastair Reynolds (ology) : http://alastairreynolds.blogspot.com Cordwainer Smith (ology) : http://cordwainersmith.blogspot.com Charles Stross (ology) : http://charlesstross.blogspot.com Free SF Reader : http://freesf.blogspot.com Not Free SF Reader : http://notfreesf.blogspot.com Super Reader : http://superprose.blogspot.com Space Opera Reader : http://spaceoperareader.blogspot.com Year's Best SF Reader : http://yearsbestsf.blogspot.com Free SF Best : http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Australian SF Reader : http://ozsfbest.blogspot.com SF Watcher : http://sfwatcher.blogspot.com See here for more :- http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Blue%20Tyson%22
Khakhanate Book I The Raven	by Thomas Lankenau Jul. 09, 2010	Free!	261757 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Thomas Lankenau was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a diplomat father. He completed his undergraduate degree at Xavier University in Ohio, and his graduate degree at Mt. St. Mary’s in Maryland. He worked in the biological sciences for many years then became a consultant until his recent retirement. Khakhanate (Books I and II) a project requiring twenty years to complete, is the product of his love of history and anthropology. He resides in Northern Virginia.
The Obloeron Trilogy	by John Fitch V Mar. 22, 2010	$4.99	259831 words	Sample 5%
Author bio: Born in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1977, Fitch's love of fantasy began 11 years later when he was handed J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit. His passion for writing began in 1993, as a sophomore in high school, when he began to write sports for his local newspaper, the Sentinel & Enterprise. Since then, he has written for several Massachusetts newspapers, including the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester and the Southbridge Evening News in Southbridge. He has since returned to where it all started, as he came back to the Sentinel in April 2008. He also strings for the Springfield Republican and Turley Publications.
The Treasure of La Malinche Volume 1	by Jeffry Hepple Mar. 09, 2009	$2.99	259741 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Jeff Hepple was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and now resides out in the country near Waco, Texas.
El Enigma Diesel	by Oscar Valero Feb. 21, 2010	$2.99	257014 words	Sample 5%
Author bio:
The Third Peregrination	by Edward C. Patterson Jan. 25, 2009	$3.99	254919 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further post graduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 1999 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring. Works: Bobby's Trace No Irish Need Apply Surviving an American Gulag The Closet Clandestine The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I Look Away, Silence Turning Idolater Come, Wewoka The Jade Owl The Third Peregrination - The Jade Owl - Book II The Dragon's Pool - The Jade Owl Book III The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow - Book II Oh, Dainty Triolet
When The Stars Walk Backwards	by Kristine Williams Dec. 17, 2009	$2.00	253410 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, I'm an avid reader, writer, and government employee with a degree in Veterinary science (go figure). I write Science Fiction but occasionally dabble in Fantasy, and have been known to explore Mainstream now and again.
Darkmatter	by Scott Thomas Mar. 18, 2010	$2.49	253278 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Scott James Thomas has a PhD in exploration geophysics and by day uses his programming skills to employ magnetics, gravity and electromagnetic radiation in the hunt for base metal deposits. By night he is an avid fan of space exploration, following the efforts of mankind to leave the Earth. He enjoys reading and writing science fiction. In his writings, he has found inspiration in the works of Orson Scott Card, who he sees as a excellent style role model. He has also found inspiration in Michael Crichton to publish his work.
Mindweb	by Scott Thomas Mar. 18, 2010	$2.49	250875 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Scott James Thomas has a PhD in exploration geophysics and by day uses his programming skills to employ magnetics, gravity and electromagnetic radiation in the hunt for base metal deposits. By night he is an avid fan of space exploration, following the efforts of mankind to leave the Earth. He enjoys reading and writing science fiction. In his writings, he has found inspiration in the works of Orson Scott Card, who he sees as a excellent style role model. He has also found inspiration in Michael Crichton to publish his work.
Peace, Love, Banjoes, and Murder	by St. Wishnevsky May. 09, 2010	$4.99	249399 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Artistic Resume: Steve Wishnevsky 612 McCreary St. Winston-Salem, NC 27105, 336-661-9060 wishnevs@bellsouth.net Steve Wishnevsky was born in 1945 to a military family and has lived in Alabama, Connecticut, Northern California, Vermont, Tennessee, and North Carolina. He has been settled in Winston-Salem since 1984, and is well known as part of the literary and musical circles. He started in his chosen art form of Lutherie with informal studies under James A. Rickard, Chief Engineer, Ovation Guitars in Connecticut, in the late 1960’s and was creating informal and assembled instruments as long ago as 1960. He concurrently began to earn a living as a woodworker, making wooden toys and smoking accessories, under the name JWH Woodworks in Hartford, Connecticut, and Newark, Vermont. A fortuitous employment assisting the cabinetmaker at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut exposed him to original masterworks of art and sculpture, and to the rudiments of conservation and display. An interest in American Appalachian Musics led to an invitation from David A. Sturgill, a North Carolina Folk Heritage Laureate, to study musical instrument making in Piney Creek, North Carolina in 1973. There he studied with such luthiers as banjo maker Kyle Creed, fiddle maker Albert Hash, and guitar maker and National Folk Heritage Award winner Wayne C. Henderson. A few years later, the Sturgill family bought and moved two established guitar manufactories, Harptone, of Newark, New Jersey, and Microfrets of Maryland, to Independence, Virginia, under the name of The New River Music Company. Mr. Wishnevsky was foreman and production manager for this facility. In 1978, Mr. Wishnevsky accepted a position with Ovation Instruments in New Hartford, Connecticut, where he was able to study under James Rickard again and to exchange ideas with other master luthiers such as Seth Hedu, of Watertown, Connecticut, and Richard Starky, now of Martin guitars. Two years later, Mr. Wishnevsky moved to Middle Tennessee, where he was able to open his own studio devoted to the design and construction of mandolins and to also further his interest in sculpture. He was able to win some awards in local art festivals and to study under local sculptors such as Tom Jackson, and to study the Gallagher Guitar factory, in Wartrace, Tennessee. After further studies and touring the Gurian Guitar shop in New Hampshire and the Taylor factory in El Cahon, California, Mr. Wishnevsky has established a studio in Winston-Salem, where he makes guitars and basses, while also employed as a Master Cabinetmaker. He is one of the very few craftsmen in America to ever complete a full sized Double Bass Viol. He is now working on his tenth instrument of this class, and is also in serial production of the epitome of guitars, the Archtop, or Cello, Jazz Acoustic Guitar. He is also continues to experiment with Unique, Folk, and Art instruments, and has formed alliances with local visual Artists Jon Blackburn, Laurie Russell, and Ted Lyons, among others, to create decorated instruments of a new category and style. He has works in the permanent collection of some local establishments and has had a few gallery sales, notably at Morning Dew Coffeehouse and at Urban Art Ware. He is a fixture at the Summer on Trade Series for the last several years and usually vends at nearby Festivals and Shows such as The Enofest, Merlefest, Apple Chill, LEAF, The Mount Airy Fiddle Festival, Many Hands, and others. He believes that Lutherie is the pinnacle of woodworking, invoking as it does of all the senses except taste, and having a cross-disciplinary impact on the arts of music, sculpture, and ergonomics. A musical instrument must have visual appeal, produce pleasing sounds, be comfortable to the hands and body, and most importantly, serve as an interface with the nervous system of the performer in such an instinctive, supportive way as to facilitate that performer’s creation of his own art, and communion with his audience. The challenge is to induce mute wood and metals to give voice, and he feels he is becoming at least facile at this task.
The Treasure of La Malinche Volume 2	by Jeffry Hepple Mar. 09, 2009	$3.99	248750 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Jeff Hepple was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and now resides out in the country near Waco, Texas.
He Fell Through Clouds	by Ananda Wolf Oct. 26, 2009	$3.95	243664 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: I was born and raise (by trolls) in Northern Sweden. Most of my teens and twenties were spent traveling: Europe, Africa, five years in the U.K., then on to NYC (2 years) and Los Angeles for more years than I'd like to mention. Now I live in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, as Swedish a place as I've found in America, and here I feel completely at home among the rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, deer, geese, wild turkeys, and clear, inspiration-filled, air. I have written five novels (and am working on a sixth), four novellas, and two scores of short stories. Add to that a gaggle of poems, and well over a hundred songs, and that's my creative profile. Stay tuned for more. Ananda Wolf
Children of the Halo	by EJ Spurrell May. 11, 2009	$2.00	242619 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Emmerson James Spurrell was born June, 1980 in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia. At the age of twelve, he became inspired by such authors as Beverly Cleary, Roald Dahl, and Douglas Adams. He soon discovered his love for writing. In the years since, he's immersed himself in the writings of such authors as HP Lovecraft, Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind and others. In 2000, he moved to the small town of Ladysmith, British Columbia to discover himself. What he discovered was that he truly knew nothing of life and how to live it. The next eight years were spent learning, making (many) mistakes along the way and spending a night or two in jail for various reasons.
By Any Means	by Marvlous Harrison Oct. 17, 2009	$1.99	242354 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Born and raised in the South Bronx, Marvlous has seen it all and done it all. He emerged from his tough enviornment as one of the most premeir writers in Urban Lit. With several books in print and a few more due to be released in 2010, he leaves everyone asking what's next.
The Misguided Souls of Magnolia Springs	by Olivia Darnell Dec. 30, 2009	$2.99	241451 words	Sample 10%
Author bio:
The Coalition	by Marvlous Harrison Oct. 18, 2009	$1.99	236818 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Born and raised in the South Bronx, Marvlous has seen it all and done it all. He emerged from his tough enviornment as one of the most premeir writers in Urban Lit. With several books in print and a few more due to be released in 2010, he leaves everyone asking what's next.
The Parable of the Hellhound	by St. Wishnevsky Apr. 14, 2010	$4.99	235876 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Artistic Resume: Steve Wishnevsky 612 McCreary St. Winston-Salem, NC 27105, 336-661-9060 wishnevs@bellsouth.net Steve Wishnevsky was born in 1945 to a military family and has lived in Alabama, Connecticut, Northern California, Vermont, Tennessee, and North Carolina. He has been settled in Winston-Salem since 1984, and is well known as part of the literary and musical circles. He started in his chosen art form of Lutherie with informal studies under James A. Rickard, Chief Engineer, Ovation Guitars in Connecticut, in the late 1960’s and was creating informal and assembled instruments as long ago as 1960. He concurrently began to earn a living as a woodworker, making wooden toys and smoking accessories, under the name JWH Woodworks in Hartford, Connecticut, and Newark, Vermont. A fortuitous employment assisting the cabinetmaker at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut exposed him to original masterworks of art and sculpture, and to the rudiments of conservation and display. An interest in American Appalachian Musics led to an invitation from David A. Sturgill, a North Carolina Folk Heritage Laureate, to study musical instrument making in Piney Creek, North Carolina in 1973. There he studied with such luthiers as banjo maker Kyle Creed, fiddle maker Albert Hash, and guitar maker and National Folk Heritage Award winner Wayne C. Henderson. A few years later, the Sturgill family bought and moved two established guitar manufactories, Harptone, of Newark, New Jersey, and Microfrets of Maryland, to Independence, Virginia, under the name of The New River Music Company. Mr. Wishnevsky was foreman and production manager for this facility. In 1978, Mr. Wishnevsky accepted a position with Ovation Instruments in New Hartford, Connecticut, where he was able to study under James Rickard again and to exchange ideas with other master luthiers such as Seth Hedu, of Watertown, Connecticut, and Richard Starky, now of Martin guitars. Two years later, Mr. Wishnevsky moved to Middle Tennessee, where he was able to open his own studio devoted to the design and construction of mandolins and to also further his interest in sculpture. He was able to win some awards in local art festivals and to study under local sculptors such as Tom Jackson, and to study the Gallagher Guitar factory, in Wartrace, Tennessee. After further studies and touring the Gurian Guitar shop in New Hampshire and the Taylor factory in El Cahon, California, Mr. Wishnevsky has established a studio in Winston-Salem, where he makes guitars and basses, while also employed as a Master Cabinetmaker. He is one of the very few craftsmen in America to ever complete a full sized Double Bass Viol. He is now working on his tenth instrument of this class, and is also in serial production of the epitome of guitars, the Archtop, or Cello, Jazz Acoustic Guitar. He is also continues to experiment with Unique, Folk, and Art instruments, and has formed alliances with local visual Artists Jon Blackburn, Laurie Russell, and Ted Lyons, among others, to create decorated instruments of a new category and style. He has works in the permanent collection of some local establishments and has had a few gallery sales, notably at Morning Dew Coffeehouse and at Urban Art Ware. He is a fixture at the Summer on Trade Series for the last several years and usually vends at nearby Festivals and Shows such as The Enofest, Merlefest, Apple Chill, LEAF, The Mount Airy Fiddle Festival, Many Hands, and others. He believes that Lutherie is the pinnacle of woodworking, invoking as it does of all the senses except taste, and having a cross-disciplinary impact on the arts of music, sculpture, and ergonomics. A musical instrument must have visual appeal, produce pleasing sounds, be comfortable to the hands and body, and most importantly, serve as an interface with the nervous system of the performer in such an instinctive, supportive way as to facilitate that performer’s creation of his own art, and communion with his audience. The challenge is to induce mute wood and metals to give voice, and he feels he is becoming at least facile at this task.
The Long Journey: Deveran Conflict Series Book II	by Robert Luis Rabello Dec. 23, 2009	Free!	234911 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Although I was born in Glendale, California, my mother returned to Brasil when I was very young. I have no recollection of living there, but when we came back to the United States, I'd developed a habit of blending English with Portuguese. The kids in my neighborhood thought this was funny and relentlessly teased me about the way I talked. Needless to say, I became proficient with English in order to overcome this harassment. I began writing as a boy and worked on an unpublished novel through my high school years. By the time I grew into adulthood, I'd dropped that story altogether and began working on initial drafts of "The Edge of Justice." After graduating from college, I began teaching all subjects (except French) for grades 5 - 9 at a small, multigrade school in Penticton, British Columbia. By this time, the main draft of The Edge of Justice had been completed and the story changed very little from this point forward. Since then, I've written "The Long Journey," and the third book in the Deveran Conflict Series, "Crisis." The latter novel will be published soon, and I'm ALREADY planning my fourth book, which is tentatively entitled "Seven Ceremonies." Knowing what to reveal and what to conceal is not an easy task. Some authors prefer to keep their private lives private, while others bask in the attention they receive by revealing details of their experience on their web sites. Some people think I like attention, but in reality, I'm far better in small groups than I am attending large social functions. I will proudly say, however, that I remain happily married, I'm the father of two boys, and I live in Sardis, British Columbia. At times, I have felt God’s grace touch my life, and at other times, I’ve longed to be the instrument of God’s grace. I am restless for change and I long for paradise, glimpsing it fleetingly from afar. Thus, I remain a work in progress.
The Horns of September	by Wendy Potocki Dec. 15, 2009	$1.00	234813 words	Sample 5%
Author bio: Hi! I'm an author that lives and writes in NYC. If that isn't scary enough, I'm also am a huge fan of reading horror/occult thrillers. In fact, I'm a lifelong fan of being scared senseless. Whether it be classics or new favorites, I love the pleasure a good thriller gives. I am not happy until some skilled author fires my imagination to the point that I actually feel a unknown presence lurking under the couch, waiting to rush out and make an introduction! Consequently, my first two books have been written in that genre. My writing is my way of saying thank you ... and maybe a little payback for all those sleepless nights!
The Ryel Saga: A Tale of Love and Magic	by Carolyn Kephart Jan. 19, 2010	$2.99	229068 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Early life as a military brat gave me a deep appreciation of nomadic lifestyles, a combined wariness of and respect for authority, and close-up insights into the warrior mentality and its manifestations, all of which influence my work to a very discernible degree. Later years in academia and abroad furthered my ongoing study of human nature at its best and worst. My writing examines the essence and nature of good and evil and love and hatred, especially when those entities and emotions mesh, collide, or transubstantiate.
The Dance of The Cat and The Owl	by Nancy Hand May. 13, 2010	$3.99	227904 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: In the course of years I've held a number of jobs (bookkeeper, sales clerk, computer network engineer) while trying to launch a career (jeweler, sculptor, knitter). In the process I've heard a lot of stories, read a lot of stories, and discovered I like to tell stories. My books were written "for fun". I hope you enjoy them
All-American Kidd	by Rob Poulin Feb. 26, 2010	$4.99	226821 words	Sample 50%
Author bio:
The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure	by Storm Constantine Nov. 06, 2009	$5.00	226800 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Storm Constantine is an internationally-published author of over thirty books, both fiction and non-fiction. She is the founder of Immanion Press, originally created to keep her back catalogue novels in print, but which now publishes many other authors. Best known for her Wraeththu novels, involving an androgynous and powerful race of beings that arise from humanity, Storm has also written non-fiction titles, some of which are available from Immanion Press. Storm is also a teacher of creative writing, an editor and a Reiki Teacher, among many other interests.

1 [2] [3] [4] [5] Next > Last ›

Cheap Reads

All Works

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Visit other Smashwords satellites: