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Stories to be read out loud by Bill Peters May 17, 2012 $0.99 17563 words Sample 15%
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Bill Peters lives in Somerset with his wife Janice and his Border Collie, Tara. He has used words to make a living for much of his adult life by giving lectures and talks in such diverse places as The USA, The Far East, Europe and, of course, in his homeland, the United Kingdom. He likes nothing more than to put pen to paper and to create different worlds for the reader to retreat into - no matter how brief their visit may be. He enjoys roaming the highways and byeways of Exmoor and he is a keen longbow archer - hence the story, "I wonder if it will change anything" in his book of short stories "Stories to be read out loud". He is a qualified archery coach and spends quite a lot of time ensuring that (fairly) small children (and some adults) focus on what they should be doing and not on doing silly things with the lethal weapon called the bow and arrow. Do, please, visit www.fairhavenbooks.com for more work by Bill, and other, authors.
Millionaires Club: Collection 1 (Stories 1 to 4) by Sophie Sin May 17, 2012 $3.99 37002 words Sample 5%
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Sophie Sin is a erotic writer with dozens of titles in e-format available to readers. She has a focus on short stories and writes works that have an aggressive tang with an erotic punch that has big biceps and even bigger... well, you get the picture. She also writes softer stuff - you know, romantic-soft-loving-yummy, well, you get the picture... content as well. Sophie Sin has authored The Whorehouse Series, The Sex Party Series, Minny The Sex Witch Series, The Defiler Series, The Soft Love Series and an assortment of other titles. Her most recent and highly successful series Soft Love covers the sex lives of lovers in the heat of their most passionate romance. Stories range from your typical anniversary (with a twist) setting to the carnal desires of an artist and his wife with the focus for all 12 pieces being love and the most intimate expression of that feeling. Please note that Sophie Sin is a part of the Lunatic Ink Publishing Family with Dick Powers (gay erotica), Henry Tech (Sci-fi), Mick Hard (Thriller/Crime/Spy), Laura Fantasia (Fantasy) and Kenneth Guthrie (everything + publisher). We all appreciate your support and want to say thank you for visiting us at Smashwords. Updated by Publisher on 21st of April, 2012.
The Billionaire of Aspen Estates by M.D. James May 17, 2012 $0.99 18455 words Sample 20%
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M.D. James is from Kennesaw, Georgia and has always enjoyed reading and writing. At a young age, she discovered a passion for writing after winning her school's essay contest in the sixth grade. After moving around most of her life, due to having parents in the military, it was easier to create stories and friends than to become attached to real ones. She now resides in Cherokee, North Carolina with her husband and two kids. Her first series, The Muse Series, is sure to become Amazon Bestsellers. There are four books in the Muse Series. They include: As the Snow Falls - Vol. 1 (Book 1 in the Muse Series) As the Snow Falls - Vol. 2 (Book 2 in the Muse Series) After the Tears Melt - Vol. 1 (Book 3 in the Muse Series) After the Tears Melt - Vol. 2 (Book 4 in the Muse Series) M.D. James is currently writing a new series, in the romance genre, as well as a Prequel, and spin-off series for the Muse Series books.
Spanked by the Mailman 2 by Ruby Masters May 16, 2012 $2.99 3168 words Sample 15%
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An innocent-looking chef by trade, Ruby Masters spends her days making delicious gourmet pizza and her nights writing hot, steamy erotica to explore her dirtiest fantasies.
Burial Instructions by Elissa Ambrose May 16, 2012 Free! 35003 words Read a sample
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Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Elissa graduated from McGill University with a degree in English literature. She’s been a donut maker, a librarian, a computer programmer, and an editor—but always a writer. She currently resides in Arizona with her husband.
Evolution: Vol. 1 (A Short Story Collection) by Editors of Evolved Publishing May 16, 2012 $3.99 40942 words Sample 20%
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The EDITORIAL TEAM at Evolved Publishing.
The Memory Bouquet by Sandra Edwards May 15, 2012 $0.99 14741 words Sample 20%
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Sandra is an award-winning romance author. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) and enjoys creating tales set in both the States and exotic, far away places. Sandra's books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance.
Other Roads by Amber D. Sistla May 15, 2012 $2.99 18797 words Sample 20%
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Amber D. Sistla was born in Oklahoma and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has a degree in computer science and has six U.S. and E.U. patents. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Nature, Jim Baen's Universe, Postcripts, Cosmos, Bull Spec, and Daily Science Fiction. She is an active member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.
Scarlet Whispers by Jo-Anne Russell May 15, 2012 $2.99 45299 words Sample 20%
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Jo-Anne Russell A.K.A Fictisha is a Freelance and Horror Writer, living in Lindsay, Ontario Canada. Her fascination for the macabre fuels her imagination and her dreams. Join her and characters on their journeys, and embrace the darkness. Read the first review of The Nightmare Project here: http://stormgoddessbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-nightmare-project.html Then head over to my site and check out my blog! Thank you all. :) http://jo-annerussell.ca
Chance Encounters by Leni Matlin May 15, 2012 $0.99 18086 words Sample 30%
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Saucy Selections by Vivi May 15, 2012 Free! 3773 words Read a sample
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Vivi is a bisexual woman with a rich, creative treasure trove of very explicit, very naughty erotic fantasies, which she loves sharing with other women. And even with some open-minded men! Although Vivi is bisexual herself, she knows that many heterosexual women often have secret fantasies of experimenting sexually with other women or with slightly-more-than-vanilla sexuality. Vivi’s stories will appeal to all women who desire to give full expression to their own untamed, juicy sexuality; even if only in the privacy of their own minds! Vivi believes that sexuality is an immensely creative energy that imbues our lives with colour, depth, joy, fun and excitement and is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. As women we need to embrace our sexuality in all of its naughty, colourful, messy detail! Look out for Vivi’s saucy new book, JUICY FRUIT, which will be published on Smashwords by the end of May 2012.
Tainted Innocence and other award-winning stories from the Twisted Stringybark Award by David Vernon May 15, 2012 $3.99 45911 words Sample 15%
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I am a freelance writer and editor. I am father of two boys. For the last few years I have focussed my writing interest on chronicling women and men’s experience of childbirth and promoting better support for pregnant women and their partners. Recently, for a change of pace, I am writing two Australian history books. In 2010 I established the Stringybark Short Story Awards to promote the short story as a literary form.
Without It by Joseph Lawrence May 14, 2012 Free! 5898 words Read a sample
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Funny, Laughy, Sexy by Jay Buckner May 14, 2012 $3.95 31638 words Sample 10%
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From Silicon Valley to Northern Virginia, Jay Buckner has been intimately involved in technology marketing for more than two decades. In 2007 he served as the director for the first USAID sponsored agriculture fair in Herat, Afghanistan. In his spare time this native of Brooklyn has written a number of plays and received recognition in the one-act play contest of the Actor’s Theater of Louisville. Several of his plays have enjoyed limited productions off-Broadway in New York as well as Hollywood. In other lives he was a National Park ranger and a lifeguard at Rockaway, Queens. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
An Anthology of Dragons by C.M. Simpson May 14, 2012 $2.99 13878 words Sample 15%
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I am a writer living in Canberra, Australia. I write in a variety of genres and lengths, but I prefer to write speculative fiction.
Shakespeare's Monkey by Morgan Eckstein May 13, 2012 $2.99 5988 words Sample 20%
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Morgan Drake Eckstein is a member of Bast Temple in Denver, Colorado. He has been working the Golden Dawn system of magic since 1992. He has been involved in Wicca for even longer. When he is not busy casting spells, he is studying history and literature and taking care of a small pride of cats.
Stirring the Shit by Roderic Anderson May 13, 2012 Free! 4165 words Read a sample
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Roderic Anderson's writing career started in Nigeria in 1978, when with Joyce Dafe he wrote a children's story book which Joyce illustrated. It was later published by African Universities Press as Omaka to the Rescue in the same series as books by Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwenzi and Michael Crowder. AUP also accepted for publishing a series of chemistry text-books he wrote, Understanding Chemistry : a student's book and a teachers' guide for each year, Nine to Eleven, but `due to the political situation and financial constraints' they have never been printed. He is currently working on the last of a series of books. The first, Trailblazer, a novel based on the lives of his great grandparents, has been published in 2008 by Zeus Publications. The second, another novel, Real Life Portrait , based on the lives of his parents was published as a hard-back in October 2010 by Big Sky Publishing, and the third, Well of Life, is a memoir up to age 18, ready to go to a publisher. The fourth, Free Radical, another memoir up to age 36, he has self published. All of these works are now available as ebooks. Now living quietly in retirement he is working on the final memoir, Odyssey, age 37 up to the present. Besides writing, reading and listening to chamber music, being a long-term Marxist and socialist, he is interested in TV documentaries and current affairs and regrets that he is too old to participate in the Australian extension of the Arab Spring, hastening the end of capitalism.
Seven Leaf Clover - 7 Fantasy Short Stories by M. R. Mathias May 13, 2012 $2.99 51807 words Sample 20%
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The jewel you see glowing in the ring in my author photo isn't really a jewel at all. It is the crystallized tear of a real dragon. In my novel "The Royal Dragoneers" you might find the moment where this wonderfully magical tear drop fell from a green dragon's eye. It hardened on its way down to land in a mess of troll corpses that the dragon was laying on. My grandfather died before I was born, but the ring was given to me by my mother after my grandmother recently died. My grandfather had apparently won the ring in a poker game near the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma sometime in the early 1900's. It has been a boon to me, the magic of the teardrop, for it brought you here didn't it? Now treat yourself to something fantastic and try out the free sample of one of my novels. I hope you enjoy the journey. It will be spectacular. Thanks M.R. Mathias Follow me @DahgMahn on twitter Smashwords Notes: The map for the known kingdoms in "The Sword and the Dragon" can be found under the cover image at my website: http://www.mrmathias.com/ The map for the land of the Dragoneers can be found here: http://www.mrmathias.com/Dragoneers.html ***FREE READS*** by M. R. Mathias *Dragoneers Saga: "The First Dragoneer" - novella "Marcherian" - flash fiction *Wardstone: "The Blood of Coldfrost" - flash fiction
Blown Away (Short Story) by Tabitha Levin May 13, 2012 $0.99 7080 words Sample 20%
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NAStar Driver (vol. 1) by C. C. Blake May 13, 2012 $2.99 8308 words Sample 30%
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C.C. Blake has lived across the United States, starting in the suburbs of Detroit, to Massachusetts’ second largest city (Worcester) to the country’s seventh largest city (San Antonio, Texas, that is). He’s has a variety of jobs, working as a substitute teacher, the graveyard shift dishwasher at a haunted Denny’s, lab research monkey and teaching assistant at a second tier college. Currently, he works as an automation consultant for a chemical company on the Northeast side of SAtown (which isn’t as Hellish as it sounds). Blake’s most popular character, irrepressible adventurer Chuck Cave, has appeared in over two dozen stories, including the 2005 Man’s Story 2 Story of the Year Award winner “Chuck Cave and the Vanishing Vixen.” The character’s supernatural thriller stories (which began with the seminal “Cave and the Vamp”) are all being released as a part of Vampires2.com’s initial foray into e-books. These new versions are presented in expanded and revised versions, all are the author’s preferred texts. Be sure to collect them all! In addition to his pulp stories for the 2-Empire (Man’s Story 2, Vampires 2, Androids 2 and Paranormal Romance 2), Blake’s fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including Unparalleled Journeys II (from Journey Books Publishing) and Fearology: Terrifying Tales of Phobias (from Library of Horror Press).
Nap 2.6 by NAP BOOKS May 13, 2012 Free! 4373 words Read a sample
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NAP is an online magazine of the short and in-between.
Destinies by Julian Miles May 13, 2012 $5.00 47757 words Sample 20%
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I've been living in the southern UK for nearly fifty years, although I have to admit that I've only really learned from many of the lessons that life has handed me in the last five. I've worked everywhere from the loading bay to the boardroom. I've walked home for miles in the rain and have driven at a quarter of the speed of sound. I've bled for a cause and fled from violence by choice. I've loved as if there was no tomorrow and wept inconsolable only to find that you have to carry on anyway. I strive to be gentleman in a world of the gauche and the immediately gratified. An unashamed atavist, eclectic path pagan and rocker. In my early teens I discovered Elvis, Gene Vincent and many rock 'n' roll greats. From there I progressed to heavy metal and rock music, and that's where I found my home. Although my mother still considers it a phase, the music has given me haven and joy ever since I discovered it. I come from a religious background and that led me to explore my own faith. Paganism found me and there, like rock 'n' roll, I found a home. I have had my idiot moments, offset by moments where I have actually done good for no better reason than I was the one who could. I have been fortunate enough to live a life that has allowed me to visit every continent on this planet, albeit briefly in each case. So many cultures, so much history. They all left their mark. I am a storyteller, writer & poet. As I write this I have just published my first book. I hope to be around long enough to complete the many more that are in various stages of completion, creation or being transferred from memory to paper. Regardless of my foibles, I sincerely hope you find something in my work that does it for you, or at the least gives you a bright moment.
The Science Reporter by Rod Martin May 13, 2012 $2.99 23820 words Sample 20%
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These Old Tales - The Complete Collection by Kenneth W. Cain May 13, 2012 $3.49 79037 words Sample 10%
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Author Kenneth W. Cain learned about the art of storytelling at a very young age. He would listen as his grandfather told tales late at night beside a rusty barrel fire in the midwest. Darkness, fear, mystery, and a bit of the unknown were some of the elements that the old man would weave into his stories. Although many years have passed and he is now far away from that barrel fire in Illinois, Kenneth's stories still carry the ingredients his grandfather had unwittingly taught him. His passion for the darker elements comes from maybe one too many nights working the graveyard shift. Or it could have been the books he read, the late night choices on the television or his bad dreams. Whatever the reason, he has embraced it and hopes very much to be able to give you a chill or make you think twice about locking your front door. Kenneth has pursued writing and art his entire life. After graduating college, Kenneth spent 20 years in the graphic design industry, yet he never stopped writing, as it was his true passion. In 2007, the opportunity presented itself to write full time and Kenneth has never looked back since. Kenneth resides with his wife and two children in Pennsylvania.
Twitfic: A Twitter Fiction Anthology by Adam Callaway May 12, 2012 $0.99 8979 words Sample 20%
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Adam Callaway is an uncollapsed wave function in a collapsed world. His fiction has appeared in Flurb, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, and [forthcoming in] Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
Reflections and Tails by Krista Tibbs May 11, 2012 $2.99 19566 words Sample 15%
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Krista Tibbs studied neuroscience at MIT and holds an MBA in health sector management from Duke University. Her career has included service in the federal government and in the biotechnology industry conducting clinical research for diseases with unmet medical needs. She also has a swing dance habit. "The Neurology of Angels" is Krista's first novel.
Lanterns in the Dark by David Willoughby May 11, 2012 $4.99 92421 words Sample 15%
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I am a Criminology student currently attending classes for my first degree, one of what might become many. When I am asked what I want to do with my degree I always get strange looks, I want to be a writer. However it is not that strange if you think about it. More so than any degree Criminology offers a unique benefit to writers. It is the unique and scientific dissection of bad guys and the people in the real world who work to catch them. Can you believe someone is actually going to give me a degree for studying this? How cool is that?
With Five You Get Fortune Cookies by H. S. Stone May 11, 2012 $0.99 11955 words Sample 20%
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Even before he could read, H.S. Stone wanted to write a book. Fascinated by the stories that seemed to leap from his kindergarten teacher's books, he went home and wrote his own book, with illustrations and bound by staples. Of course, since he didn't know how to read or write yet, the book was full of gibberish. Undaunted, H.S. eventually mastered the ABC's and continued to write throughout his grade school years, adolescence, and into adulthood. Despite getting a degree and working in a field not related to writing, he continued to pursue his writing passion. "Numbers Plus Four", a collection of five short stories, was H.S. Stone's first publication. He followed that with his first novel, "George and the Galactic Games." H.S. Stone is now hard at work on his second novel.
A Ripple in Time by The Albatross May 11, 2012 Free! 938 words Read a sample
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Like the albatross i'm either a gift or a curse. So I stumble when I walk and when I walk slow it's worse.
Open the Clown Car: 25 stories of Google secrets, the history of sex, and the 16th minute of fame by Bob Fenster May 10, 2012 $1.99 36941 words Sample 30%
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I believe in head fakes, the crossover step and going the other way. Also, if you’re not half-cynical, you’re missing the news. I think that as soon as you say you’re going to die young and leave a beautiful corpse, it’s too late. But also, what the hell do you think anyone is going to do with that beautiful corpse? Remember the women who threw themselves into volcanoes when Valentino died? They’d never met the star and wouldn’t have liked him if they had. I believe the idiots have been running things long enough. On the other hand, it’s the smart guys who will do us in. If anything is going to save our collective butt, it will come out of nowhere. I only say that because the stuff we already know about doesn’t look that promising. I think there has never been a politician who uttered the word freedom and actually meant it. I believe in dark chocolate, black coffee and straight whiskey. Also, long running catches and short love affairs. I follow Johnny Cash, Etta James, Al Green, Joe Ely, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Curtis Mayfield and Roy Zimmerman. I maintain that Reacher would be dead before he ever saw Parker coming. I can see Mel Gibson as a kind of Parker, but no way Tom Cruise can ever be Reacher. I think Luc Besson knows how to make exciting movies, but Quentin Tarantino is a second-rate hack disguising himself as a first-rate hack. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I was born in Brooklyn but live in Northern California, root for the Giants and don’t care who knows it. My other books include: Duh: The Stupid History of the Human Race Well, Duh! The Duh Awards The Big Book of Duh! They Did What!? Laugh Off Twisted They were all published by Andrews-McMeel and can be purchased wherever good books (and bad books) are sold.
Open the Gates: 10 odd stories of bad bosses, skinny shoppers and Hollywood pants by Bob Fenster May 09, 2012 Free! 18172 words Read a sample
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I believe in head fakes, the crossover step and going the other way. Also, if you’re not half-cynical, you’re missing the news. I think that as soon as you say you’re going to die young and leave a beautiful corpse, it’s too late. But also, what the hell do you think anyone is going to do with that beautiful corpse? Remember the women who threw themselves into volcanoes when Valentino died? They’d never met the star and wouldn’t have liked him if they had. I believe the idiots have been running things long enough. On the other hand, it’s the smart guys who will do us in. If anything is going to save our collective butt, it will come out of nowhere. I only say that because the stuff we already know about doesn’t look that promising. I think there has never been a politician who uttered the word freedom and actually meant it. I believe in dark chocolate, black coffee and straight whiskey. Also, long running catches and short love affairs. I follow Johnny Cash, Etta James, Al Green, Joe Ely, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Curtis Mayfield and Roy Zimmerman. I maintain that Reacher would be dead before he ever saw Parker coming. I can see Mel Gibson as a kind of Parker, but no way Tom Cruise can ever be Reacher. I think Luc Besson knows how to make exciting movies, but Quentin Tarantino is a second-rate hack disguising himself as a first-rate hack. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I was born in Brooklyn but live in Northern California, root for the Giants and don’t care who knows it. My other books include: Duh: The Stupid History of the Human Race Well, Duh! The Duh Awards The Big Book of Duh! They Did What!? Laugh Off Twisted They were all published by Andrews-McMeel and can be purchased wherever good books (and bad books) are sold.
Poetry Without Fear by Afobos May 09, 2012 $2.99 22705 words Sample 15%
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My name is Afobos, and I'm originally from Greece. My family immigrated to the states in the late 60's and I've lived here since. I've always loved writing and have written quite a few things mostly for my own pleasure, and I just now started looking into publishing my work. I started by publishing a small anthology of some of my poems or stories here at Amazon, as well as a sci-fi novel that is the first in a series. The second part was just released. Right now I'm working on the third part. I'm a massage therapist and have been practising for the past 17 years and one day I'll get it right! 8) I live 30 minutes south of Houston in League City TX with my 3 indoor cats and outside I have possums racoons and lots of squirrels for company. I enjoy kayaking, (Lots of places for that around here. It's known as the Bayou city...) riding sport bikes, the occasional windsurfing, and never ending battle of the bulge and trying to get in shape. I used to be a bodybuilder back in the 80's and it kind of fizzled from there...8) I have worked in a lot of different fields ranging from pizza delivery driver to cook, to teaching English as a foreign language, teaching Greek, Interpeter, selling ladie's shoes, private security, bodyguard, delivery driver, etc.... Something about working for someone else though has never agreed with me. I guess you can't fire yourself, that why I like to work for myself. 8) I speak fluent Greek, a bit of Spanish which I learned from ex wife's family, a little German, and you can catch my accent when I mispronounce words like sheets and sheep.... I'll let you guess what sheet sounds like when I pronounce it...8) In my line of work (massage therapy) I've learned to replace sheets with linens. Cuts down on stunned looks. 8) I also dabble in the arts...Martial that is.
Shara Zhad: Complete Erotic Tales by Cherry Lee May 09, 2012 $4.99 52245 words Sample 10%
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Taste the forbidden fruit of Cherry Lee. I enjoy exploring the bitter dark chocolate of sex as well as the sweet cherry center. If you like your erotica with edge, sample my stories. You can learn more about me at MySpace and can contact me with any comments at cherryleewriter at yahoo dot com. Under other pseudonyms, I have many books with various publishers. I hope you enjoy my stories here at eXcessica.
No Fishing In Here: Just Short Stories by George F Mason May 09, 2012 $0.99 21195 words Sample 20%
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I worked in manufacturing for over 30 years and climbed the promotion ladder to become the production manager of a facility that made electricity meters. Not an exciting product, but the buzz that came from achieving production targets and the banter with my friends was great. However, I took up a redundancy option in 2003 and set myself up as a freelance writer. I have been supplying articles and short stories to magazines etc. At the moment I am concentrating on writing books for self-publication. I have two books currenly available in print form. More details about me my books and writing services can be found on my website.
The Bulletproof Badge by Ian Thomas Healy May 09, 2012 $2.99 30980 words Sample 20%
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Want to be informed about when I have new releases? Send me an email to ian(AT)ianthealy(DOT)com with a subject line of "Subscribe me!" and I'll let you know about new projects. Ian Thomas Healy is a prolific writer who dabbles in many different speculative genres. His superhero novel Deep Six: A Just Cause Novel was a Top 100 Semi-finalist in the 2008 Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award. He's an eight-time participant and winner of National Novel Writing Month where he's tackled such diverse subjects as sentient alien farts, competitive forklift racing, a religion-powered rabbit-themed superhero, cyberpunk mercenaries, cowboy elves, and an unlikely combination of vampires with minor league hockey. He is also the creator of the Writing Better Action Through Cinematic Techniques workshop, which helps writers to improve their action scenes. His goal is to become as integral to the genre of superhero fiction as William Gibson was to cyberpunk and Anne Rice was to urban fantasy. The first book in his Just Cause Universe series, JUST CAUSE, is available now from New Babel Books. When not writing, which is rare, he enjoys watching hockey, reading comic books (and serious books, too), and living in the great state of Colorado, which he shares with his wife Richelle, his children Patrick, Caitlin, and Zachary, house-pets Smokey, Samwise, Morrigan, Isis, and approximately five million other people. Follow him on Twitter as @ianthealy. His ebooks can be found on Smashwords, Kindle, Nook, iBook Store, and other online retailers.
Spirits of the Third Dimension by Veronica Middleton-Blake May 09, 2012 $0.99 15955 words Sample 20%
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Mad Stacks by Scott Nicholson May 08, 2012 $3.99 114339 words Sample 10%
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Scott Nicholson is author of seven novels, including THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and THE SKULL RING. Other books include the novellas BURIAL TO FOLLOW and TRANSPARENT LOVERS and the story collections ASHES, THE FIRST, and FLOWERS. He also writes screenplays and children's books. Nicholson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Bad Stacks by Scott Nicholson May 08, 2012 $3.99 116233 words Sample 10%
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Scott Nicholson is author of seven novels, including THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and THE SKULL RING. Other books include the novellas BURIAL TO FOLLOW and TRANSPARENT LOVERS and the story collections ASHES, THE FIRST, and FLOWERS. He also writes screenplays and children's books. Nicholson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Cupid Pulls a Prank and Other Lesbian Tales by Q. Kelly May 08, 2012 $2.99 22109 words Sample 10%
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I live in Virginia, where I am a writer and an editor. I also have a master's degree in deaf education. In my free time, I hike and savor frappuccinos. Fact One: I like corny jokes. If you have any good ones, send them my way! Fact Two: My favorite color is purple, but my writing is gray. Life is not black and white. I often write about issues and characters where there is no "right" answer. Fact Three: I'm weird. I like being weird. Email me at yllek_q@yahoo.com. I'd love to hear from you. Check out my blogs at qkelly.wordpress.com and qkelly.blogspot.com.
Savory Shorts by Peter Shoemaker May 08, 2012 $2.99 6341 words Sample 30%
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Peter BG Shoemaker has been described as a food nerd with attention-deficit disorder. Back in the day, he was the editor of the strangely popular Delicious Libertine food blog. He's also cooked semi-pro, nearly destroyed at least two kitchens trying to recreate historical dishes for which he wished he'd paid more attention in Latin class, and has found himself in tiny little restaurants all over the world eating whatever "that guy over there is having." He lives in Albuquerque, NM, where he writes, runs really long distances, and argues over desk space with his boy cat.
Missing Pieces by Scott Nicholson May 08, 2012 $0.99 34849 words Sample 10%
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Scott Nicholson is author of seven novels, including THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and THE SKULL RING. Other books include the novellas BURIAL TO FOLLOW and TRANSPARENT LOVERS and the story collections ASHES, THE FIRST, and FLOWERS. He also writes screenplays and children's books. Nicholson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Love, with a slice of lemon by Catherine A. MacKenzie May 08, 2012 $1.99 24824 words Sample 9%
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Cathy enjoys writing, especially poetry, short stories and essays. She has three novels in the works, but perhaps they will turn into novellas instead. She has won several poetry and short story contests, some of which will be presented in upcoming anthologies. She is also published in other publications, including Chicken Soup for the Soul O Canada and Sasee Magazine. Several of her writings are published in El Ojo del Lago and The Lake Chapala Review, small local publications in Ajijic, Mexico, where she and her husband spend their winters. Cathy adores being a grandmother. Her four grandchildren are her greatest joy. Cathy also loves to paint, pastels being her favourite medium. And, of course, her favourite subjects are her grandchildren. Cathy lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Gary. Check out her blog at: http://writingwicket.wordpress.com/ where you can find her updated information, including all of her published works.
a little bit of FLASH - fiction, that is by Catherine A. MacKenzie May 08, 2012 $0.99 6258 words Sample 22%
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Cathy enjoys writing, especially poetry, short stories and essays. She has three novels in the works, but perhaps they will turn into novellas instead. She has won several poetry and short story contests, some of which will be presented in upcoming anthologies. She is also published in other publications, including Chicken Soup for the Soul O Canada and Sasee Magazine. Several of her writings are published in El Ojo del Lago and The Lake Chapala Review, small local publications in Ajijic, Mexico, where she and her husband spend their winters. Cathy adores being a grandmother. Her four grandchildren are her greatest joy. Cathy also loves to paint, pastels being her favourite medium. And, of course, her favourite subjects are her grandchildren. Cathy lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Gary. Check out her blog at: http://writingwicket.wordpress.com/ where you can find her updated information, including all of her published works.
Timely Tales 1: Family & Friends by Leni Matlin May 08, 2012 $0.99 18428 words Sample 30%
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The Destiny Stone Trilogy by Georgia Tribell May 07, 2012 $2.99 76556 words Sample 20%
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I’ve been an avid reader of fiction since I learned there was more out there than the books that were assigned in school. I love to be taken away from reality and shuttled into the future or dropped into the middle of a contemporary adventure, murder mystery and of course a romance. Story telling has always been in my blood and my head, but it wasn’t until later in life that I started putting those stories on paper. I love our world and the time we live in, even with all the problems, which explains why I normally write contemporary romantic suspense. Recently I stepped out of my box and tried my hand at a futuristic romantic suspense. I must admit that trying something so new was exciting, now we’ll just have to see if any thing comes of it. I’m a Texan from the top of my head to my feet, but you’ll seldom see me in a cowboy hat or boots. I attended the University of Houston earning a BA in Computer Information System. From there I went to work for a NASA contractor and spent several enjoyable years helping install and test software in the control center. After leaving that position I ventured into the world of contracting, which was exhausting, before landing a job at Enron. I’m sure you know how that ended, so I won’t bore you with the details. Don’t feel sorry for me though, after Enron left me, I took a job that allowed me to spend more time with my family and concentrate more on my writing. I live in the same town I grew up in with my husband, two boys and two dogs. When I’m not being housekeeper, chauffer, chef, plumber or wife you’ll find me with my laptop typing away and ignoring the mayhem that seems to constantly surround me.
Flashes by Mary Maclaren May 07, 2012 $0.99 9866 words Sample 20%
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Born in London, emigrated to Australia in 1963 when I was 30. Lived there 46 years, returned to live in UK in 2009. I love writing, music, painting and meeting people. Started writing in 1986, published in several women's magazines, literacy magazines, newspapers, and won a lot of contests. I founded the Gold Coast Writer's Assn in 1990,and very proud that they are now one of Queensland's biggest writing groups. "The Four Elizabeths" and its sequel "Elizabeth's New Life" have been published since my return to UK. I now intend to write e-books.
Overtime by Willie Wit May 07, 2012 Free! 495 words Read a sample
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On April 8th 2011 I began writing 'smallstories' . These are my first ever attempts at writing. :0) xxx
A Pocketful of Shorts by Tarry Ionta May 07, 2012 $1.20 16850 words Sample 10%
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Born 1933 of Italian parentage. He served in the RAF and worked at various occupations before entering Glasgow University at thirty, to study Maths, Physics, and Astronomy. He completed one year before dropping out to become a telegraphist. Finally, completing his working life with British Telecom Finance Department. His Interests and hobbies comprise mainly of chess, and reading science fiction. He has also had a keen, practising interest in computing and martial arts (Judo and Shotokan Karate) and music (Saxophone, Clarinet, and Piano - Over twelve years with City of Glasgow Military Band). Now retired and no longer active in those fields, he prefers to concentrate on writing. He has been writing since 1988, having written some forty-five varied short stories, a few articles, one novella, four novels, and a children's fantasy story. Several short stories have been published in anthologies and on the Internet. A few have also been short-listed in the WRITER'S NEWS monthly competitions. He is presently occupied with a new novel.
Tribute by Tonya Moore May 07, 2012 $2.99 14536 words Sample 20%
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Tonya R. Moore is a Speculative Fiction writer re. Her work has been published in various publications incuding Kissed By Venus, Weaponizer and Purple Magazine. Her multi-verse fantasy adventure serial, Blood Binds is published monthly in the increasingly popular eFiction Magazine.
Sarsenet Sarcophagus by Mirvan Ereon May 06, 2012 $1.50 3610 words Sample 20%
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A poet, artist, writer, painter, madman and genius, Mirvan Ereon is a wonderful human being. He is strange, weird, fun, lovable, sexy, fuckable all at the same time. He is polysexual, polyamorous, pansexual, and many other twisted things and he is not afraid to be one. He is proud of who he is and he wants you to be the same way too with yourself! Message me. tell me anything. Ask me to wrote a story or a poem for you and I will gladly do it. I love doing requests =P And it is all free =P Send me a message - jinnypark_1691@yahoo.com