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PHP 2011 Bijna Alle Verhalen	by PaulHarland Prijs Feb. 04, 2012	$4.99	579977 words
Author bio: De Paul Harland Prijs is de oudste en meest prestigieuze schrijfwedstrijd voor fantastische verhalen in Nederland en BelgiÃ«. Verhalen tot 10.000 woorden in de categorieÃ«n fantasy, sciencefiction, horror en fantastiek in brede zin kunnen meedingen naar meerdere prijzen.
Life equal to death - Poems on life , death	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	278580 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
You die , I die - Love Poems ( Part 1 ) - Poetry on Romance, divorce, friendship, lovers	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	261664 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
Indie Chicks: 25 Independent Women 25 Personal Stories	by Cheryl Shireman Feb. 15, 2012	Free!	253955 words	Read a sample
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Thirteen Volume One	by Andrew Hannon Sep. 28, 2011	$3.99	231169 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Andrew Hannon has been missing since 2010.
Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears	by Angela Challis Sep. 18, 2011	$4.99	205849 words	Sample 20%
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StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3	by Tony C. Smith Nov. 02, 2011	$3.99	180754 words	Sample 10%
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Dispensation: Latter-Day Fiction	by Angela Hallstrom Jan. 24, 2011	$2.99	180013 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Angela Hallstrom is the author of Bound on Earth, as well as a smattering of short stories, essays, poems, and long-winded blog posts. She is the editor of Dispensation: Latter-Day Fiction, an anthology of short fiction by Mormon authors. She also edits the literary magazine of the Association for Mormon Letters, Irreantum, and serves on the editorial board of Segullah. Angela has an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University and has taught writing to students ranging from high school age to college, most recently as creative writing instructor for Brigham Young University.
A Blood of Killers	by gerard houarner April 16, 2012	$3.99	171069 words	Sample 20%
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Rage Against the Night	by Shane Jiraiya Cummings Dec. 22, 2011	$3.99	167992 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Shane Jiraiya Cummings lives in Perth, Western Australia. He has been acknowledged as "one of Australia's leading voices in dark fantasy", had more than seventy short stories published in Australia, USA, and Europe, and his work has been translated in Spanish, French, and Polish. Shane has won two Ditmar Awards, and he has been nominated for more than twenty other major awards including Spain's Premios Ignotus. Shane is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association and former Vice President of the Australian Horror Writers Association. When he is not writing, Shane is an editor and journalist by day and a sword fighting instructor by night. In his youth, Shane was trained in the deadly arts of the ninja, and the name Jiraiya (lit. "Young Thunder", after the legendary ninja Jiraiya) was bestowed upon him by his sensei.
Taste and See, A Sampling of First Chapters by John 3:16 Marketing Network Authors	by Lorilyn Roberts Nov. 12, 2011	$2.99	165853 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Lorilyn Roberts graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama in 1993 with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities/Social Sciences. She won an award for "Outstanding Senior Project" upon graduation for her coursework that was done in conjunction with her on-site study at the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem. Ms. Roberts is currently working on her Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Perelandra College. As a Certified Court Reporter, Ms. Roberts has made contributions to the journal published by the National Court Reporters Association. She has spent the last ten years providing real-time broadcast captioning for television. Ms. Roberts blogs on several websites including searchwarp.com and faithwriters.com. Lorilyn Roberts' first book, The Donkey and the King, had a second printing last year, and is a beautifully illustrated children's book published by Virtualbookworm.com. In her latest book and memoir, Children of Dreams, the many pearls of suffering Lorilyn Roberts has experienced enable her to share deeply from the heart. Ms. Roberts is intimately familiar with adoption, having also been adopted as a child, and is able to present the spirit of adoption, as never before captured, in Children of Dreams. Her writing shows how God is able to restore dreams and bring redemption. When Ms. Roberts is not writing and closed captioning for television/web, she homeschools her younger daughter, Joy, who is in sixth grade.
The Interstate 5 Companion	by Annasteven Sep. 25, 2011	$1.99	162937 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Annasteven considers Seattle home, even though she was born elsewhere. No longer living in the Northwest, A. spends way too much time as a working stiff in the nation's capital. She is married to the world's nicest man and is the proud mom of a couple of seriously cool gentlemen. A. likes to travel and grow easy stuff in the yard like catnip and lavender. On a serious note, she feels that peace and joy are attainable if people would make a greater effort to get along with their neighbors. The author also blogs and has been published by Washington Law & Politics, Mensa, and Xlibris under her real name and other pseudonyms.
StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 2	by Tony C. Smith Oct. 06, 2010	$3.99	160514 words	Sample 10%
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Seven Doors of Time	by Karin Ficke Cook June 11, 2011	$4.99	158349 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I'm 63 (I'm old), an American from Iowa living in Wisconsin and married to a British Citizen named L.M. Cook or "Mick" for short. We met on the Internet, married in England and have been married for 15 years. We have no children or pets and my hobbies range from regional cooking to beading and plaster statuary restoration. There are a lot more, but there isn't room here!! I am a published author of four traditional novels (which are a series) and I normally write in the mystery/crime category. A portion of the royalties from my ebooks (when I have gone into profitability) will be donated to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International to provide needed vaccines to poor countries, especially to combat Polio, which has now resurfaced globally. I had Polio at age four and a half and now have Post Polio Syndrome, which is why I became a writer. I was unable to continue in sales, so I used my background to become a published author at age 55. Although I am retired, I am a full-time author and manage to work in photography when I'm able. But now it is time to sell my work, create new books and my time has now been booked up for the next five years with four new projects. I thought retirement was supposed to give you free time? NOT.
The Meandering Mind - Creative Musings of 7th Graders	by Jason Trinklein June 01, 2011	Free!	150580 words	Read a sample
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The Old Wife's Tales of Mystery, Murder and the Macabre	by Marie Winters Haisan Aug. 05, 2011	$4.99	146890 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Marie has written roughly 500 short stories of mystery, horror, fantasy and science fiction. She is the creator of the website The Old Wife's Tales of Mystery, Murder and the Macabre, and is the author of the book by the same name.
A Time Before	by L.M. Hannah Oct. 03, 2011	$4.95	146753 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: I was born in California but moved to Cleveland, Ohio when I was 18 months old. I was raised primarily by my Mother. She was a single Mom and struggled to raise my sister and myself. From her I learned that women could be strong and impendent. She also encouraged me to follow my dream as a writer. I have always written something from creative short poetry to short stories. I have received some awards for my poetry and early writing. When I was in my late 20â€™s and early 30â€™s I put away my writing thinking it would never amount to much. Then in my late 30â€™s I began to write short stories again. It felt good to wake up my muse again. When storytelling is your blood, you cannot purge it no matter how hard you try. My heritage is the reason the story flows. I am nearly half Rromany.(Gypsy) We have a strong oral tradition and are wonderful storytellers. My first novel is A Time Before: It is the first in a serious of books that I have planned. I hope that the second book will be available for down load and purchase next year. Thank You for visiting the web home for L.M. Hannah And I hope you enjoy reading A Time Before. Please feel free to leave your comments and encouragement on this page. L.M.
Gypsy Moon	by Patricia Watters April 17, 2012	$1.49	145958 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: An author for both Harlequin and Avon-Harper Collins in the past, Patricia Watters lives in a little hand-built log house located in the woods of Oregon. Although writing romance is her number one love, over the course of her lifetime she's had laying hens, ducks, milk goats, horses, and umteen cats and dogs; she's designed, built, plumbed, and wired three houses, been a professional photographer and written numerous photo essays for national and international publications, and she slept outside under the stars for one whole summer. Although she spends most of her time living a life of romance and adventure through her fictitious characters, she shares the "real" world with her husband, two cats, and a German Shepherd who thinks her sole reason for being on earth is to play ball.
Pirates & Swashbucklers	by Metahuman Press Sep. 15, 2011	$2.99	145431 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Metahuman Press is a publisher of fine super-powered and pulp fiction. Since 2005, MHP has brought new prose super-heroic stories to the web. In 2009, it expanded its operations to introduce the quarterly print anthologies from Pulp Empire.com. In 2012, Metahuman Press moves in to full print and e-publishing formats while also debuting their third series, The Dead Walk Again.
An Anthology of Shorts	by RJ Cantwell June 18, 2011	$0.99	142694 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: RJ Cantwell PhD. Retired adjunct professor of geology, biology, geography, and anthropology, resides in Dunlap, Calfironia.
Imajin This!	by Imajin Books Dec. 14, 2011	Free!	141758 words	Read a sample
Author bio: The future of reading is ebooks, and the future is NOW! Imajin (pronounced just like 'imagine') Books* is an innovative publisher of quality fiction in ebook and trade paperback editions. You'll find our books at Amazon, KoboBooks, Smashwords and other ebook and print retailers. We are a small, independent Canadian publisher and we operate as a traditional publisher in some ways (yet we're anything but "traditional"), offering small advances and above standard royalties. We are NOT a subsidy publisher and we do not charge upfront fees to our authors. See our submission guidelines. We are an electronic publisher (ebooks) and a print publisher (via Createspace), and we offer solutions to authors looking for publication who do not want to self-publish. Our authors will have input regarding their book title and cover design, and will be considered part of our team. As the publisher, we will creatively market your books online with passion and dedication, and we expect the same in return from our authors. To book lovers, libraries and retailers: Imajin Books will provide you with countless hours of entertainment in various ebook formats and select trade paperbacks. You'll love our books! http://www.imajinbooks.com
Dragon Lords and Warrior Women	by Book View Cafe March 12, 2010	$4.99	140550 words	Sample 7%
Author bio: BOOK VIEW CAFE came together in 2008 around a group of authors with a simple aim: to use the Internet to bring their work directly to their readers. It was already clear that a revolution was coming to the publishing industry and these authors wanted to help shape its course. Drawing on a collective centuryâ€™s worth of experience in the publishing industry, the authors created an online space where readers can browse and discover new authors and titles alongside current favorites. Aware that the Internet demands variety, the site features fresh fiction every day on the front page, a feat made possible by the extensive list of material available to over over thirty professional authors, including bestsellers and award winners such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Laura Anne Gilman, Sarah Smith, Sarah Zettel and Steven Harper. Since its launch, Book View CafÃ© has experienced a steady growth in readers and in author-members. The Cafe now receives over 700,000 hits every month. The author blog has also seen increasing popularity since its launch, drawing a further eight to nine thousand hits per month. You can visit the website at www.bookviewcafe.com.
Death of Heaven	by JZ Murdock April 29, 2012	$2.99	137177 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: My new books, "Anthology of Evil" and "Death of Heaven", are out along with my short, "Simonâ€™s Beautiful Thought"! I started writing when I was at the University but haven't really pursued it seriously until recently. My first published short horror story was back in 1992. More recently, I had two short stories published in two anthologies, both on Amazon (The Undead Nation Anthology and Rhonny Reaper's Creature Features Anthology) and Smashwords. But now I have my own works available. I have been concentrating on writing screenplays (HearthTales - Horror / comedy, and Dark of kNight - a paranormal romance) but enjoy writing short stories, mostly Horror or Science Fiction. I've been working on a memoir, but it's hard telling when I'll ever get that finished. Although I am getting closer. I have a B.A. in Psychology and for many years I was a Sr. Technical Writer. But there isn't much character or story development in that career and certainly no punch, at the end. I was a Sergeant in the US Air Force as a Survival Equipment Specialist and Parachute Rigger, among other work.
Monsters!	by Bernard Sell June 08, 2011	$4.99	137146 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Bernard Sell is the author of Ghosty: This Fenceless World. In May its sequel, Ghosty: White Cloud, Blue Mountain will be released. Bernard is currently working on a short story anthology with fellow author, Jon Nichols, set for a summer release. This summer, Bernard will be heading across the pond to London on a grant to research the third and final book in the Ghosty trilogy. He is married to his girlfriend, has three children, and his day job is teaching American Literature at a rural Indiana high school.
1 God - Poems on God , Creator	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	135898 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
The Crimson Pact: Volume One	by Alliteration Ink March 20, 2011	$4.99	135407 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Alliteration Ink is the trade name of Steven Saus. It is a sole proprietorship, serving as an umbrella under which to organize his business activities. There is no alliteration in the name, nor is the business built around paper and ink.
Words to Music	by Michael Wells June 05, 2011	$2.99	134720 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Michael Wells is an award-winning newspaper journalist and photographer living in the Pacific Northwest. He is from Kentucky, near Kentucky Lake. He is a graduate of Murray State University. Now a resident of the Pacific Northwest he likes to explore the vast wilderness and untamed rivers of the region with his camera.
Heroes & Heretics: A Pulp Empire Anthology	by Metahuman Press Dec. 17, 2011	$2.99	134562 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Metahuman Press is a publisher of fine super-powered and pulp fiction. Since 2005, MHP has brought new prose super-heroic stories to the web. In 2009, it expanded its operations to introduce the quarterly print anthologies from Pulp Empire.com. In 2012, Metahuman Press moves in to full print and e-publishing formats while also debuting their third series, The Dead Walk Again.
Take No Prisoners	by John Grant March 07, 2011	$2.99	133653 words	Sample 20%
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Love versus Terrorism - Poems on Anti Terror , Peace , Love , Brotherhood	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	132373 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
P.N. Elrod Omnibus	by P.N. Elrod May 15, 2011	$3.99	132134 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Try before you buy! Sample reading for each story: http://www.vampwriter.com/E-EXCERPTS.htm P.N. Elrod is best known for her ongoing urban fantasy series, The Vampire Files, featuring vampire PI Jack Fleming. Set in post-Prohibition Chicago, Jack's first big case was to solve his own murder! There are twelve novels and counting from Ace Science Fiction. Elrod's sold more than 22 novels to Ace, Baen, Benbella, and Tor, and as many short stories to various publishers since 1990. She's edited several theme anthologies for St. Martin's Griffin, including the award-winning My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding, My Big, Fat Supernatural Honeymoon, and Strange Brew. She's worked with the top names in the genre, including Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Charlaine Harris, Lori Handeland, and Lilith Saintcrow. In April of 2011 she was awarded with the prestigious Pioneer Achievement in Vampire Fiction from RT Book Reviews Magazine at the Booklovers Convention in Los Angeles. She is represented by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency http://www.knightagency.net/ Elrod's most recent sales: A new urban fantasy collection for St. Martins Griffin-- Hex Appeal release: June 2012 A three-book Steampunk series for Tor-- On Her Majesty's Psychic Service. ___________________________________________ Praise for P.N. Elrodâ€™s works: â€œElrod knows how to pace the action without resorting to caricature. These characters, including the vampires, believable...a pleasure to know!â€ â€“ Library Journal â€œClever characterization, wicked wit, and palatable mayhem...[an] entertaining detective romp.â€ --Publisherâ€™s Weekly Filled with snappy action and sharp dialogue, and featuring a likable hero, Elrodâ€™s latest is certain to be a hit with the fang-loving crowd.â€ â€“ Booklist â€œElrod crafts some of the snappiest mysteries around that just happen to feature one of the most well-realized vampire characters in current fiction. The pacing never flags and the plotting never disappoints.â€ --Crescent Blues â€œMixing genres is always a difficult task, but it is one P.N. Elrod has mastered in her Jack Fleming novels. She tells and exciting story with all the elements of a classic mystery and blends in the proper amount of vampiric fantasy, resulting in a good story that will keep readers going until the end.â€ --Tulsa World Interesting twists, good period detail, fine characterizations and snappy dialogue.â€ --Publisherâ€™s Weekly. This entertaining first installment in a new series by the author of The Vampire Files offers deft touches of wit, beauty and suspense. â€“ Publisherâ€™s Weekly. "Fascinating subplots, humor and action." - Starlog "Characters are well-drawn, the good and the bad ... The book's chief joys are the voice of Jonathan and the portrayal of Tory life during the American revolution." - LOCUS P.N. Elrod ups the stakes (pun intended) in this latest, and best installment of the Jack Fleming saga. Chills, thrills, and dark doings in â€˜30s Chicago, heralded by the arrival of a darkly fascinating new vampire character with a deadly secret. Elrod takes her universe into unexplored territory with Dark Road Rising.â€ â€“ Rachel Caine, author of the Morganville Vampire series â€œThe book is as dark and decadent as blood and chocolate. The writing pops, and Jack Fleming is a narrator to die for.â€ --Caitlin Kittredge, author of the Nocturne City series. â€œThe setting is captivating, the characters are original, and the plot will leave you hungry for more.â€ --Lori Handeland, author of The Nightcreature series â€œDark Road Rising kept me up all night. A satisfying, smart, genuinely savvy readâ€”with a lot of bite!â€ --Lilith Saintcrow, author of the Dante Valentine series.
What Fears Become: An Anthology from The Horror Zine	by Jeani Rector (Editor) Aug. 14, 2011	$4.99	132023 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Jeani Rector is the founder and editor of The Horror Zine and has had her stories featured in magazines such as Aphelion, Midnight Street, Strange Weird and Wonderful, Macabre Cadaver, Ax Wound, Horrormasters, Morbid Outlook, Horror in Words, Black Petals, 63Channels, Death Head Grin, Hackwriters, Bewildering Stories, Ultraverse, Story Mania, Lost Souls, All Destiny, and many others. Her novel Around a Dark Corner was released in the USA by Graveyard Press in 2009. The Horror Zine's mission is to provide a venue in which writers, poets, and artists can exhibit their work. The Horror Zine is an e-zine; spotlighting the talents of creative people, and displaying their deliciously dark delights for the world to enjoy. The Horror Zine is accepting submissions of fiction, poetry and art from morbidly creative people.
Return of the Medes	by Hamma Mirwaisi Aug. 02, 2010	$4.99	128424 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Hamma Mirwaisi is dedicated to the vision of binding together the western, Christian countries, especially the United States, and countries of the Middle East including parts of Asia (the territories of the Achaemenid Empire without the land occupied by Arabâ€™s), through mutually profitable economic interests. Born in Kurdistan/Iraq, in the Kurdish village of Chwar-claw, he spent the early years of his life participating in the struggle to free the Kurds from the tyrannical rule of Saddam Hussein. Hamma and his wife, Showgar, eventually left Iraq in 1975 went to Iran as refugee to be alive after the collapse of Kurdish people revolutions then. Thanks to the Persian, Kurds and Geilani or say Rudbari we survived the Arabs atrocity. In pursuit of a better life Hamma and his wife Showgar moved to North Dakota, USA with their two children in 1976, where Hamma obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota. The following 33 years of his life have been spent working as a Design Engineer and logician, including two years working as analyst and translator in Iraq and Qatar on projects aimed at stabilizing the region. Hamma Mirwaisi currently resides in Castle Rock, Colorado, where he spends his free time enjoying the outdoors and playing with his grandchildren. His passion involves research into the eleven thousand year history of his people and of the many Iranian Empires that rose up during those millennia before their final destruction by the legendary Macedonian, Alexander the Great. Part I and II of this book is based on his research and is a unique analysis of the history of the region and his people using fictional and historical figures to tell the stories of the dynasties which ruled those many millennia before the Christian era. His research shows the importance of Zoroastrianism as a predecessor to, and the evolution of, the religions of the world.â€¨Part III of this book is the story of the life of millions of Iraqi Kurd, but told in the third person, that of the Fourhati, born on the border between modern Iraq and Iran. It is, in its way, a personal representation of the modern and continuing tragic fate of his people, and it is a story still being played out in these early years of the twenty first century. Mullah Mustafa Barzani the leader of the Kurdish people revolutions then promised us Kurds an independent country and democratic system with rule of laws. He was exiled for thirteen years before coming back to Kurdistan. They wrote books about that how hard it was to be away from family and relative for thirteen long years. The Fourhati and his kind are exiled for thirty three years and most of the Kurds are more or less like them. Thanks to Mr. Massoud Barzani and Mr. Jalal Talabaniâ€™s, abuses with the help from the USA wrong policy of supporting people like them, the entire Kurdish populations want to get out of the country of Kurdistan now as this book is going to print. Hamma believes that the western Christian countriesâ€™ practices toward those regions are unjust and unfair. The western Christian countriesâ€™ must have hundred of secret negotiations since Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, crusaders. And later on in the modern days of western Imperialist who divided our people to small countries and creating many false nations for us. The most known and famous one is the Sykes-Picot agreement or treaty in 1916. The treaty was a secret agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and France. Both countries are known for their wrong doing against the people in the region. The Russian was part of conspires always from their Peter the Great to modern days.â€¨He also believe that both the people of those â€œwesternâ€ countries (Europe, Russian and the US) and the majority of the people living in the territories of the former Iranian Empires are related by blood; and that fact is important to his effort to bring about reconciliation and the development of economic ties between those two regions of the world. A major historical theme for Hamma is the actions of the Greek Empire, and the Roman Empire which followed, using Christian religion to create hatred between the two regions. The Islamic Arab Empire which later conquered the Iranian Empire, and the Islamic Turkish Empire which followed, used their Islamic religion to justify a war with the Christian countries. As time goes on animosity and hatred seem to be building between the two world communities and will have disastrous consequences unless something is done. Hamma also believes that the modern western Christian countries are involved in a conspiracy toward the region. They have been, in this modern era, helping dictators and corrupt rulers with the intention of hurting peoples of Islamic world, especially within countries of the former Iranian Empire. The USA support of Shah of Iran in 1953 is an example for wrong doing. The solution will only be found when these Christian countries stop their wrong and unjust practices in the Islamic world; he can come up with hundred of unfair practice by these powerful countries for example Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) and many similar treaties. Rich and sophisticated countries can do harm to poor, less sophisticated countries by supporting corrupt governments and then robbing them of the wealth of their resources. History is our witness. In the past the Islamic world was harmed by those Christian countries through colonialism, but both communities are hurting now. The solution to overcoming these mutual difficulties can be found when the Christian countries become willing to help create free elections and a rule of laws not by words as always saying but in reality their actions are different it is as nothing changed. They need to help the indigenous forces within the region which want free elections and the rule of law instead of, as they have in the past and now, helping the evil forces of dictators and corrupt politicians in return for their loyalty and cooperation in looting the country. Cooperation and building are better than conspiracies and destruction. Over two thousand years of animosity wonâ€™t be eliminated in a few months however. The people on both sides need education and need to learn that cooperation and that peaceful building that Hamma calls for. In time those feelings will be changed with obvious and appropriate actions.â€¨The population of the world is increasing rapidly. Cooperation serving mutual interests by doing business in peace is essential; it will be far more beneficial for both sides than building bombs and threatening to destroy one another. It is, in fact, the only solution preventing eventual disaster.
You die , I die - Love Poems ( Part 2 )	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	128295 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
The Friends of Fu Manchu	by Rick Russell Dec. 03, 2010	$0.99	128075 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I'm a book seller who has been at it all his adult life. Along the way I have been a book, magazine, ezine and newspaper editor and writer. I have purposely avoided the publishing establishment, because I have known many of them, and their incompetence and ignorance of literature as an art form is frightening. I write because it is a part of understanding what I have made my profession and i have done it for forty years now.
The Space Empire Saga	by Mary C. Findley Sep. 15, 2011	$2.99	127768 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: I grew up in rural NY and Michael is a "city boy" from AZ. We met at college, taught school in AZ, MO and PA, homeschooled, and created curriculum and videos for church and commercial productions. We have three 20-something children, and now travel the 48 states together in a tractor trailer.
The Whirligig Issues 3-9	by Frank Marcopolos March 29, 2011	$4.95	127529 words	Sample 18%
Author bio: Frank Marcopolos began writing as a kid in the evenings after summer days of competing--always unsuccessfully--against the older neighborhood kids (the evil "teenagers") in the P.S. 207 schoolyard. After long, hot days of sporting failures, he discovered that by writing stories, his fictional heroes (almost always coincidentally named "Frank") could always end up saving the day from the taller, menacing forces arrayed against them. He usually composed these stories by flashlight as he wrote in a black-and-white Mead notebook while seated on a shelf in his bedroom closet. For some reason, this love of creating alternative--glory-promising--realities never died within him, and continues to this day. (Thankfully, his boyhood habit of naming all of his main characters "Frank" HAS died, however.) Frank still lives in Brooklyn, NY, not far from that very schoolyard, among others where he also spent portions of his youth failing at various sports. He notes with sadness that the current trend in public education is to chain up all schoolyards during the summer, presumably so that the painted-on-cement bases can't be stolen. Frank rocks a cable-free lifestyle, and ALWAYS knows where his towel is. ALMOST HOME is his debut novel. From 2000-2006, he was the editor of the critically acclaimed literary zine, "The Whirligig."
The Power of Black - Poems on Humanity, Social Cause, Poverty, Women empowerment	by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010	Free!	125959 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
Entangled, A Paranormal Anthology	by Edie Ramer Sep. 09, 2011	$2.99	125129 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Eleven authors have banded together to support breast cancer research with their writing. Authors4theCure, which includes award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors, as well as two breast cancer survivors, is donating proceeds from the sale of their paranormal anthology, Entangled, to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). BCRF-funded research has helped save lives and improved the quality of care and rate of survival for tens of thousands of breast cancer patients in the past decade. Their research has revealed that the "cure" is a mosaic made up of as many approaches to diagnosing, treating, preventing and surviving as there are different types of breast cancer. The anthology is also a mosaic made up of many stories donated for this worthwhile cause. Entangled includes ten suspense-filled paranormal stories from authors Lori Brighton, Michelle Diener, Cynthia Eden, Jennifer Estep, Misty Evans, Nancy Haddock, Liz Kreger, Dale Mayer, Michelle Miles, and Edie Ramer, plus a novella by Allison Brennan. Stacia Kane contributed the foreword and the bookâ€™s formatting and cover art were also donated to the project.
Necrology Shorts Anthology - Jan 2010	by Necrology Shorts Feb. 15, 2010	$1.95	124954 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Necrology Shorts is dedicated to horror, scifi, and fantasy. We publish short fiction by new and well know authors. Necrology Shorts website is updated daily with new stories and we also publish collections for Sony Ebook and Amazon Kindle.
Perfect Circles	by Simon Kewin May 21, 2012	$3.99	124504 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Writer of Fantasy, SF, mainstream as well as some stories that can't make their damn minds up ...
Dissemblings	by S. P. Elledge Feb. 03, 2009	Free!	122380 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am honored that you might be interested in my work!
How the West Was Weird, Vol. 2	by Russ Anderson May 26, 2011	$3.99	122308 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Russ Anderson can usually be found in the suburbs of Baltimore, where he lives with his wife, his daughter, two beagles, and a very old, very angry cat. When he's not working for the man, he enjoys bicycling, making up stories, and pie.
A Darker Shade of Bright	by Merlin Douglas Larsen Jan. 02, 2012	$1.99	121850 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: I'm "middle-aged", married once, have nine children and a growing number of grandchildren, and I'm retired. I have plenty of time for writing and researching. Perversely, I have little ambition to do so. The books I have written seem to have satisfied my urge to explore and express in this medium. "I know practically nothing about almost everything." That's a mantra that keeps me from getting too full of myself. The test of a good book is when the author can return to it after many years and find it satisfying. Because we mature in our thinking as we age, it usually happens that a return to earlier literary creations shows up how ignorant we were. If a book we wrote back then stands up to the passing of time, we must have done something right. I must have succeeded in retaining the good stuff and disposing of the bad; because, despite the inevitable flaws that I see now and could not see then, my books and short stories from the swiftly receding past entertain me today. I put up most of what I think I know on the subject of the Norman Conquest at my Website, see link below....
City Fishing	by Steve Rasnic Tem April 06, 2012	$3.99	121295 words	Sample 20%
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Dark Faith	by Maurice Broaddus May 07, 2010	$4.99	119984 words	Sample 25%
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It's a Love Thing	by Prose by Design May 21, 2012	$4.96	117052 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Prose by Design is a company designed to help new and aspiring authors realize their dream of becoming published. Between the two of us we have marketed our novels to the tune of over 25,000 copies sold over the past year. After successfully marketing and publishing our own novels, we were approached frequently by authors asking us to help them either with technical issues, or in how to prosper in the self-published market. Needs included such things as formatting, marketing, cover design, to name a few. We realized there was a real need for new authors to get help in areas in which they struggle, and it was because of this Prose by Design came into being.
Raised By White Trash	by Steve Berger June 30, 2011	$2.99	116560 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Berger was born in rural Missouri, took a look around and spent the next 18 years trying to get the Hell out of there! His major writing influences include Mark Twain, TV shows from the 70's and 80's and bawdy bathroom limericks.
Bad Stacks	by Scott Nicholson May 08, 2012	$3.99	116233 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: 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.
Hoa_Than	by Viet booknet Nov. 29, 2011	$3.99	115181 words	Sample 20%
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