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Paradox Equation - Part Two	by Sharon L Reddy June 06, 2011	$5.00	655178 words	Sample 20%
Books six through ten of the ten novel science fiction action-adventure masterwork. The sons and grandchildren of Gallant choose to follow his way to defend life in the multiverse. As they do, they learn they must create themselves. They must solve the Paradox Equation of their existence.
Author bio: No biography. I'll write memoirs when I'm 103 and anyone I mention will be so happy to be alive to read them they won't sue. I write science fiction female fantasies for fast-reading smart women. What they wish fan fiction could be and know it can't. It's what I was asked to write at Mediawest in '92, when I won two Fan-Q's for my first two stories. Why me? They said "You can do it." What's that mean? It's not just storytelling talent. That's rather common. It was a real survival trait. Every good storyteller taught about the world and passed knowledge. That's what I do and like the talespinners of old, I do it in a fun way. Still not enough? My university transcript looks like I began with a map of the campus and checked off buildings I'd explored well. I admit I didn't spend a lot of time in biology and horticulture, but I did a thorough exploration of the other 'ologies, economics, engineering, philosophy, music, theater, computer science, communications and, of course, language and literature. It does show. The cultures I build and the relationships of the characters don't have any missing pieces. Some are very sexy. Some aren't. I write for an under-served market. Will others like my work? Yes, but they aren't really wishing for something that's not available. Or not this something. There really isn't anything else like my work out there. If there had been, I'd have found it. I want action-adventure that never slows down and engages me intellectually too. I want superheroes who are eloquent and brilliant. I want characters who sound like they've got an education and wisdom from 'immortals,' who aren't cases of arrested development that haven't learned anything since they were 20. I want books I have to read more than once to get everything in them out of them. I want societies that don't have any missing pieces. Traders who think about profit margin, and guard captains who think about needing to use the toilet and wish the dignitaries would, please, go into the meeting room. To get it, I had to write it. The style is for my target market too. It takes a couple chapters to get used to it, but once the women I write for do, they will read it faster. I'm a torchbearer, a member of the avant-garde, as we escape the economic confinement of physical mass distribution. You still hear people say, "If it was any good, it would be REALLY published." No, only books which the corporation decides will appeal to a vast audience get published and the people who make that decision haven't read them. A decision of that financial magnitude requires spreadsheets. They can't invest stockholder money in anything that isn't blockbuster-connected and probable sell-through, nothing truly new or different. It's our decision to create that which is the guide to all who follow. Ready for some real brain candy? Download a sample and see if it satisfies that wish for something you just couldn't define. I am a Talespinner. I shall you a tale of heroes, of the wide velvet night! A Talespinner's Web, an historical site: http://www.targetyonder.com Spinner, 6/2011
PHP 2011 Bijna Alle Verhalen	by PaulHarland Prijs Feb. 04, 2012	$4.99	579977 words
Als begeleidend werk voor de juryrapporten bevat dit ebook vrijwel alle verhalen die hebben meegedongen naar de Paul Harland Prijs 2011.
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.
On Writing Well	by Ron Sanders June 27, 2011	$4.99	545258 words	Sample 20%
The Ron Sanders reader.
Author bio: L.A. based author and illustrator, cynic and skeptic, atheist and misanthrope; funny guy for those with strong stomachs. Charitable to a fault. Single, childless, rootless; sold his soul to the Muse of poetry at an early age. Staple diet of carnitas, beer, and Tylenol. Favorite color: invisible. Never met father, ditched mother on eighteenth birthday. No friends except for an old sock puppet named Shut Up. Suicide runs in family. But not me, man. Not me.
My College Sex Life	by Andrew Knoxxx May 15, 2012	$2.99	534217 words	Sample 5%
Ben is finally at college with BOTH his girlfriend and best friend. Plus, he gets to experience all the other things college has to offer, like gorgeous roommates, classmates, sisters, and sorority girls. Can he keep up with their demanding sexual appetites?
Author bio: Helping you imagine thing not suitable for polite conversation since 1979!
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 1	by Blue Tyson June 08, 2010	Free!	521113 words	Read a sample
This book is about the work of science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, and is a companion to the Leigh Brackett (ology) website and collects the content found at the site. Brackett was known as the Queen of Space Opera, and famous for a series of brilliant planetary romance adventures, particularly those of Eric John Stark on Mars, Venus and Skaith.
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
Paradox Equation - Part One	by Sharon L Reddy June 05, 2011	$4.99	490086 words	Sample 20%
Books one through five of the ten novel science fiction action-adventure masterwork. The sons and grandchildren of Gallant choose to follow his way to defend life in the multiverse. As they do, they learn they must create themselves. They must solve the Paradox Equation of their existence.
Author bio: No biography. I'll write memoirs when I'm 103 and anyone I mention will be so happy to be alive to read them they won't sue. I write science fiction female fantasies for fast-reading smart women. What they wish fan fiction could be and know it can't. It's what I was asked to write at Mediawest in '92, when I won two Fan-Q's for my first two stories. Why me? They said "You can do it." What's that mean? It's not just storytelling talent. That's rather common. It was a real survival trait. Every good storyteller taught about the world and passed knowledge. That's what I do and like the talespinners of old, I do it in a fun way. Still not enough? My university transcript looks like I began with a map of the campus and checked off buildings I'd explored well. I admit I didn't spend a lot of time in biology and horticulture, but I did a thorough exploration of the other 'ologies, economics, engineering, philosophy, music, theater, computer science, communications and, of course, language and literature. It does show. The cultures I build and the relationships of the characters don't have any missing pieces. Some are very sexy. Some aren't. I write for an under-served market. Will others like my work? Yes, but they aren't really wishing for something that's not available. Or not this something. There really isn't anything else like my work out there. If there had been, I'd have found it. I want action-adventure that never slows down and engages me intellectually too. I want superheroes who are eloquent and brilliant. I want characters who sound like they've got an education and wisdom from 'immortals,' who aren't cases of arrested development that haven't learned anything since they were 20. I want books I have to read more than once to get everything in them out of them. I want societies that don't have any missing pieces. Traders who think about profit margin, and guard captains who think about needing to use the toilet and wish the dignitaries would, please, go into the meeting room. To get it, I had to write it. The style is for my target market too. It takes a couple chapters to get used to it, but once the women I write for do, they will read it faster. I'm a torchbearer, a member of the avant-garde, as we escape the economic confinement of physical mass distribution. You still hear people say, "If it was any good, it would be REALLY published." No, only books which the corporation decides will appeal to a vast audience get published and the people who make that decision haven't read them. A decision of that financial magnitude requires spreadsheets. They can't invest stockholder money in anything that isn't blockbuster-connected and probable sell-through, nothing truly new or different. It's our decision to create that which is the guide to all who follow. Ready for some real brain candy? Download a sample and see if it satisfies that wish for something you just couldn't define. I am a Talespinner. I shall you a tale of heroes, of the wide velvet night! A Talespinner's Web, an historical site: http://www.targetyonder.com Spinner, 6/2011
Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory anotation and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.	by Alejandro's Libros Dec. 13, 2011	$1.80	428008 words	Sample 10%
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra was born in AlcalÃ¡ of Henares in 1547. He was a novelist, playwright, and poetâ€”criticized by himselfâ€”considered as one, if not the greatest Spanish language writer of all time, even though he never studied at a university. Don Quixote is his best known work which has transcended nations, cultures, languages, epochs and times.
Author bio: Alejandro Roque was born in Havana City, Cuba. After being released from Castroâ€™s imprisonment, finally In 1994 he went to political exile in USA. He is a graduate from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) with a Master of Science (MS) and from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) with a Bachelor in Arts, both in United States; and previously graduated as a jet military Air-Force-combat pilot and Tactical Command from Krasnodar High Military Aviation College of pilots A.K. Serov in the former USSR. Please visit our sites: - http://alejandroslibros.blogspot.com - http://alejandroselibros.blogspot.com - http://profeciasyteologia.blogspot.com Thank you for taken the time to look at them here and there!
Magi Master - Book Two of the Heirs of the Magi Trilogy	by Steve Leggett Oct. 13, 2010	$1.99	423117 words	Sample 15%
The last two days have been amazing for Brianna and Kirsten, and now, one way or the other, their lives were going to be changed forever. They were still in more danger than they even knew about, but whether their future would be in Witch Falls, or somewhere else, they now knew without a doubt that they no longer faced the darkness alone. Will that new-found love save or destroy them?
Author bio: I've been an avid reader since my early childhood, and though I've been legally blind for around twenty years now, that love of books has continued, despite the challenges. The bug to try seriously writing books hit me in 2007, and I started with writing fan fiction stories, which was a great way to learn how to develop story lines and existing characters, as well as do research and new character creation. The feedback from readers, both positive and negative, was also a very important part of the learning process. Two million or so words, and several thousand pages later, and I was ready to start Heirs of the Magi. Fantasy epics and series are my favorite books. Whether I'm visiting the worlds created by authors like Andre Norton and Frank Herbert, or exploring the magic closer to home, like with Nora Roberts and so many other classic and contemporary writers, it's the more intimate involvement with the people and places that these books create that I love most. That's the type of story I had in mind when I began developing Heirs of the Magi, and I hope that you will love the books as much as I've loved bringing them to you!
Stagestruck, a Jubilee Showboat Mystery, book 1	by Cynthia Thomason Dec. 29, 2011	$2.99	421305 words	Sample 10%
Combining humor and suspense, Stagestruck follows the adventures of Gwen Barlow, her mother and brother, when they inherit the Jubilee Showboat floating palace. Murder on the Beach Bookstore calls this "a delightful read with plot twists to keep the reader turning pages."
Author bio: Before becoming a writer - well, actually I've ALWAYS been a writer in one form or another. Before I became a "published writer," I was a high school English teacher. At that time, most of my writing was marking comments on students' papers. I loved teaching, but wanted to spread my wings a bit, so I became a professional auctioneer. My husband and I owned an auction company in Florida where I involved myself in studying artifacts, collectibles, antique furniture, etc. I used many of my discoveries in my writing. I have so far published twenty books with three publishers, romance and mystery. Now I write full-time, travel in my travel trailer with my husband and our adorable silky terrier. My son, of whom I am very proud, is also a writer. I love to hear from readers and spend way too much time on Facebook.
My College Sex Life 2	by Andrew Knoxxx May 16, 2012	$2.99	415562 words	Sample 10%
The continuing adventures of My College Sex Life. Ben, Dawn, roommates, classmates, sisters, sorority girls, strippers? College just keeps getting better and better!
Author bio: Helping you imagine thing not suitable for polite conversation since 1979!
The Book: the spiritual individual in quest of the living organization - Codec for the Infinite Game	by Garry Jacobs Feb. 19, 2011	$0.99	414333 words	Sample 20%
About the novel â€“ A spiritual thriller, a journey to self-discovery, an adventure of consciousness, a revelation of occult truths, and a practical guide for highest accomplishment.
Author bio: Garry Jacobs is an American consultant on business management and economic development. He is partner in Mira International (www.mirainternational.com), a consulting firm based in Napa, California, which provides management consulting and training services to small, medium and large corporations in a wide range of industries in the USA, Europe and Asia. He is also Vice President of The Mother's Service Society, a social science research institute based in Pondicherry, India (www.mssresearch.org). Jacobs was elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science in 1995 and has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2005. He is co-author of two management books as well as numerous articles and reports on economic and social development.
Co Eds	by Damien Forte April 30, 2012	$2.99	409947 words	Sample 10%
A boy and his girlfriend are eighteen and going off to college. Can they make it through the year? What happens when his other girlfriend enters the picture? All I can tell you is that the university life will never be the same! 30 Chapters
Author bio: A connoisseur of fine erotica.
The Devil To Pay	by margaret perry Jan. 11, 2012	You set the price!	408935 words	Sample 20%
An abused, desperate runaway. A naÃ¯ve but stout hearted tourist. A ruthless, determined killer. An embittered, jaded ex cop. All cross paths in this story of trust and betrayal, truth and deceit, revenge and love.
Author bio: My name is Margaret Perry and I am a cleaner. Slave For A Week is my fifth novel all as yet unpublished. If you like what you read please let me know, I also welcome constructive criticism. e.mail address. mollymarnie@hotmail.co.uk
Blessings Of A Curse - 2012 Metric Edition	by Wayne Edward Clarke Feb. 02, 2012	Free!	405211 words	Read a sample
FREE for a limited time! New Revision! Book One of The Nexus of Kellaran Series. A mighty world of wonder approaches a global turning point, and a global war. Young Mark finds himself at the center of an intense whirlwind of adventure, romance, and action that will transform the world of Kellaran in only seven days! A passionately acclaimed High Fantasy Epic! Uses Metric (SI) measurement units.
Author bio: I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept 21, 1963. I'm estranged from my father, having met him one since I was a toddler. I've lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 1980. I have three brothers and a sister. My sister is married, she and her husband each have two grown sons. All of us and my mother live in Calgary and are quite close. I'm married to a lovely girl from the Philippines named Jema Tuyor Clarke, and I look forward to enjoying my life with her as soon as two governments stop putting us through their interminable and expensive bureaucratic processes. I'm intensely and compulsively self-educated, I read at about 300 words per minute, and I've increased my IQ to about 160. I've always enjoyed inventing and designing machines. Most of the machines I've designed are new types of vehicles. I was a professional musician for about nine years. My musical skills include lead and harmony vocals, most styles of guitar and bass guitar, some drums and keyboards, songwriting, mixing, and production. I spent about fifteen years researching and designing a comprehensive change in society and culture that will solve all the worldâ€™s major problems, guided by the principles of bio-sociology as introduced and developed by Prof. Edward O. Wilson, and influenced by Dr. Desmond Morrisâ€™ human sociobiology. I haven't worked on it like a fanatic over the last eight years like I did for the previous fifteen, but I have continued to develop my work in this field. Over the last eight years I've spent most of my intellectual and creative energies in writing sciences fiction and fantasy novels. Iâ€™ve been a hard sci-fi fan my whole life, but everyone else I know whoâ€™s an avid reader are all fantasy fans. Over the years Iâ€™ve borrowed all their books, and learned to love that genre as well. My science fiction influences include the old masters; Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. Also William Gibson, Iain M. Banks, and Enderâ€™s Game by Orson Scott Card. My favorite relatively unknown author is Daniel Keyes Moran, and if you like sci-fi you should read his Continuing Time trilogy; Emerald Eyes, The Long Run, and The Last Dancer. They might be out of print, but I think you can still get them as ebooks online. My fantasy influences include Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings, and Jaqueline Carey. Iâ€™ve also been influenced as a fiction writer by my sociological work, and my science fiction novel People Of The Tiger (and the rest of The Rational Future Series) is set in a utopian future where my social policies have been implemented, which is a good way to get those ideas out into the public consciousness. Much of my social thinking permeates my fantasy novel Blessings Of A Curse as well, though itâ€™s a lot harder to notice there. Iâ€™ve also included my ideas on the law and legal reform in that book, though those policies were appended to the back of the book in an excerpt, for the sake of smooth readability.
Blessings Of A Curse - 2012 USA Edition	by Wayne Edward Clarke Sep. 01, 2010	Free!	405155 words	Read a sample
FREE for a limited time! New revision! Book One of The Nexus of Kellaran Series. A mighty world of wonder approaches a global turning point, and a global war. Young Mark finds himself at the center of an intense whirlwind of adventure, romance, and action that will transform the world of Kellaran in only seven days! A passionately acclaimed High Fantasy Epic! Uses American Imperial meas. units.
Author bio: I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept 21, 1963. I'm estranged from my father, having met him one since I was a toddler. I've lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 1980. I have three brothers and a sister. My sister is married, she and her husband each have two grown sons. All of us and my mother live in Calgary and are quite close. I'm married to a lovely girl from the Philippines named Jema Tuyor Clarke, and I look forward to enjoying my life with her as soon as two governments stop putting us through their interminable and expensive bureaucratic processes. I'm intensely and compulsively self-educated, I read at about 300 words per minute, and I've increased my IQ to about 160. I've always enjoyed inventing and designing machines. Most of the machines I've designed are new types of vehicles. I was a professional musician for about nine years. My musical skills include lead and harmony vocals, most styles of guitar and bass guitar, some drums and keyboards, songwriting, mixing, and production. I spent about fifteen years researching and designing a comprehensive change in society and culture that will solve all the worldâ€™s major problems, guided by the principles of bio-sociology as introduced and developed by Prof. Edward O. Wilson, and influenced by Dr. Desmond Morrisâ€™ human sociobiology. I haven't worked on it like a fanatic over the last eight years like I did for the previous fifteen, but I have continued to develop my work in this field. Over the last eight years I've spent most of my intellectual and creative energies in writing sciences fiction and fantasy novels. Iâ€™ve been a hard sci-fi fan my whole life, but everyone else I know whoâ€™s an avid reader are all fantasy fans. Over the years Iâ€™ve borrowed all their books, and learned to love that genre as well. My science fiction influences include the old masters; Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. Also William Gibson, Iain M. Banks, and Enderâ€™s Game by Orson Scott Card. My favorite relatively unknown author is Daniel Keyes Moran, and if you like sci-fi you should read his Continuing Time trilogy; Emerald Eyes, The Long Run, and The Last Dancer. They might be out of print, but I think you can still get them as ebooks online. My fantasy influences include Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings, and Jaqueline Carey. Iâ€™ve also been influenced as a fiction writer by my sociological work, and my science fiction novel People Of The Tiger (and the rest of The Rational Future Series) is set in a utopian future where my social policies have been implemented, which is a good way to get those ideas out into the public consciousness. Much of my social thinking permeates my fantasy novel Blessings Of A Curse as well, though itâ€™s a lot harder to notice there. Iâ€™ve also included my ideas on the law and legal reform in that book, though those policies were appended to the back of the book in an excerpt, for the sake of smooth readability.
Manifest Destiny	by Matthew Murphy Aug. 01, 2009	$3.99	403004 words	Sample 25%
The world is plunged again into conflict. Follow a host of characters including the President of the US; a greedy African dictator; one of the fathers of nuclear war; an NPR corespondent; an eager blogger; a highly trained US Marine; a wary historian; a top selling rapper; a lame duck Republican Senator and more on a sometimes hilarious and sometimes sad trip to the end of the world.
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Splendor from Darkness	by William Davey March 08, 2012	$3.99	389726 words	Sample 10%
a novel about the North African campaign in World War II and then the French Resistance, but also much more: a novel showing human nature on the edge, how human love can spring up and triumph under the most trying and desperate situations, a novel with well over a hundred characters that display the entire range of human nature all perfectly delineated with telling and convincing detail.
Author bio: William Daveyâ€™s literary prowess is well know in Western Europe and the Pacific rim. He has been called â€œan extraordinary writerâ€ in France and â€œa lion with a heartâ€ in England. Son of renowned painter Randall Davey, he was educated at Princeton, the University of California at Berkeley, New York University and the Sorbonne. He has been a high-goal polo player, an army instructor of horsemanship at Fort Riley, a commando during WWII in the First Special Service Force on which the Green Berets now fashion themselves, a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and the U. S. Chess Association. He has published three novels, a volume of short stories, and three volumes of poetry
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. (Texto Completo)/ Anotaciones y poema por Atidem Aroha (Editor).	by Alejandro's Libros Dec. 13, 2011	$1.80	388612 words	Sample 10%
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra naciÃ³ en AlcalÃ¡ de Henares en 1547. Fue novelista, dramaturgo, y poetaâ€”criticado por Ã©l mismoâ€”considerado como uno, si no el mÃ¡s grande escritor de la lengua espaÃ±ola de todos los tiempos, aÃºn cuando nunca estudiÃ³ en alguna universidad. Don Quijote de la Mancha es su obra mÃ¡s conocida la cual ha trascendido naciones, culturas, idiomas y Ã©pocas.
Author bio: Alejandro Roque was born in Havana City, Cuba. After being released from Castroâ€™s imprisonment, finally In 1994 he went to political exile in USA. He is a graduate from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) with a Master of Science (MS) and from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) with a Bachelor in Arts, both in United States; and previously graduated as a jet military Air-Force-combat pilot and Tactical Command from Krasnodar High Military Aviation College of pilots A.K. Serov in the former USSR. Please visit our sites: - http://alejandroslibros.blogspot.com - http://alejandroselibros.blogspot.com - http://profeciasyteologia.blogspot.com Thank you for taken the time to look at them here and there!
Damascus Proper	by T.D. McCoy Nov. 10, 2011	$2.99	384846 words	Sample 5%
Damascus Proper is a tale of punk rock, murder, the quest for the divine, and love gone wrong â€“ spiritual love, romantic love, love between family and friends. Structured similarly to the Bible, it chronicles a cult known as the Children of Bert and how their history is intertwined with that of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Author bio: T.D. McCoy lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Goodbye Beautiful Wing	by Terrence O'Neill Nov. 30, 2011	$4.99	382343 words	Sample 20%
Goodbye Beautiful Wing is 95 percent incredible fact, a nine year story needing five percent fiction subbing for hidden 60-year-old 'secret reports', such as Charles Lindbergh's frank evaluation of SAC aircraft, the FBI investigation of the sabotaged Northrop Wing, the Army Air Force purchase of untested engines, Air-Force-trashing our Stealty-in-1948 bombers, invisible traitors at the top.
Author bio: Â Â Terrence O'Neill soloed in a Porterfield, at age 16, four months after two atomic bombs ended WW II. At age 23, he transferred fromÂ Engineering to get aÂ BA in Journalism, Notre Dame, January 1953, Korean War time, then enlisted in the Navy Air Corps. He flew P2Vs in Patrol Squadron FOUR in the Pacific until 1957, rated Instrument and Patrol Plane Commander. After service he worked many day-job years as a reporter, tech writer, free-lance writer, and PR manager for Falstaff Brewing Corp. In 1960, after work hours, he bought and restored the last Waco aircraft, the tail-prop AristoCraft. In 1967 he incorporated Oâ€™Neill Airplane Company to design, build, and test fly, to manufacture his Model W, a six-place lightplane, earning FAA Provisional Type Certificate A19CE in 1969, just as the General Aviation market crashed, and capital ran out.Â Next, while Admin Director for a civil engineering company, he designed, built and flight tested 'Jake', a dedicated bush plane, later modified with swing-tail into â€˜Magnum Pickupâ€™ to carry one-ton loads and snowmobiles. He also improved and flewÂ a Mitchell flying wing. In between timesÂ he and his wife Cynthia, a retired teacher with two Masters degrees, used theirÂ tandem-wing Dragonfly to visit their six scattered college grad children. Â Â Â O'Neill's primary interest is sport aircraft design. He has more than 20 years as a Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor for Experimental Aircraft Association.Â Â Â Â He started developing a blended-wing-body design in 1985, which led him to study the Northrop B-35 and B-49 Flying Wings and be puzzled by the Wingâ€™s publicized 'problems' which did not make aerodynamic sense.Â His research spun-off inventing, with math assist of son Timothy,Â a device for providing roll-yaw stability for swept wing aircraft, awardedÂ US Patent 5,078,338.Â The researchÂ also motivated him to investigate whyÂ the Air ForceÂ bought inferior B-36 Peacemaker â€˜Stickâ€™ instead of stealthy (1948!) B-35 Flying Wings, which is the story of Goodbye Beautiful Wing. Â Â Â O'NeillÂ has about 2000 hours as a Commercial PilotÂ license with single- and multi-engine, instrument, instructor ratings. Yesterday 121611, I published my eBook Goodbye Beautiful Wing (Amazon) and ordered print books. Questions or comments are welcome.
And Watched the Dead Bury the Live	by Ron Duffy Sep. 30, 2010	$2.99	376871 words	Sample 25%
The story of the lives of four generations of a Northern Irish family is told against the background of the countryâ€™s turbulent history. Theirs is a story of treachery, cruelty and destruction, but also of love,kindness and in the end a hope that the Troubles are coming to an end. In this novel Northern Ireland's past has never been made more comprehensible; its future more reassuring.
Author bio: I was born and raised in Northern Ireland, and have travelled extensively in both western and eastern Europe, mostly by bicycle, with â€œworking sojournsâ€ in Norway, Austria and England. My adventuring over, I settled down to studies, and obtained a BA in Geography from the Queenâ€™s University of Belfast. As a student there I became involved in the activism described in my novel and took part in protests demanding reforms in Northern Ireland. To my parentsâ€™ relief, I then emigrated to Canada where I took an MSc at the University of Calgary and studied for my PhD at McGill University in Montreal. In Montreal I started a long career as a university lecturer in Geography.
Micah	by Scott Thomas March 18, 2010	$1.49	376760 words	Sample 50%
Book two of the Darkmatter trilogy, an exciting continuation of the story that began in Mindweb. By outward appearances Micah appears to be a normal teenage girl. Those who know her know she is different, but they don't know how different. With an uncanny intelligence and in-sight, she challenges all around her.
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. For 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 from Michael Crichton to take the plunge to publish despite the imperfections.
Crestview Academy	by Misty Reigenborn March 25, 2012	$2.00	376508 words	Sample 20%
Crestview Academy combines Crestview Academy: Tory, Molli and Mellenda.
Author bio: Misty Reigenborn has been writing poetry, short stories and novel length work since she was nine years old. She is the author of thirteen titles: romance novels A Twist of Fate, Crestview Academy: Tory, Crestview Academy: Molli, Crestview Academy: Mellenda, Girls of Gabe's Place 1: Brandy, Girls of Gabe's Place 2: Jessica,Girls of Gabe's Place 3: Robyn,and Girls of Gabe's Place 4: Ami, fantasy novel Mind over Matter, short story collections Second Chance, and This Song Reminds Me of You, poetry collection From the Heart, and non fiction title A Broken System: Examining the Clark County Department of Family Services. She loves to connect with her readers and appreciates an honest review. Find out more at her website! All other e-book titles will be available exclusively on Amazon for the next 90 days but will be back on Smashwords before you know it! Check out the many ways to get free e-books at the author's website!
Torres de medianohce	by jesser rose Dec. 14, 2011	Free!	375247 words	Read a sample
Los cascos de Mandarb marcaban un ritmo familiar en el terreno accidentado. Lan Mandragoran cabalgaba hacia su muerte. El aire seco le provocaba escozor en la garganta y el suelo estaba salpicado de cristales de sal que salÃan a la superficie despuÃ©s de desecarse bajo tierra
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Talons of the Gods	by Leroy Dumont Jan. 28, 2010	$1.99	362093 words	Sample 20%
The disembodied spirits of the Sorcerer Karanis vie for possession of two enchanted bracelets with highly destructive power. In the process, they strive to control the Voltaran Empire which Daran, the youthful heir, is about to depose his usurper uncle and cease control. Daran is aided by the paladin, Ethran, a skilled warrior who seeks to retrieve the enchanted bracelets for the rightful heir.
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.
Hunters of the Dark Omnibus 1 (Books 1-3 plus prequel)	by Dave Ferraro Dec. 22, 2011	$4.99	358587 words	Sample 20%
This omnibus edition of the "Hunters of the Dark" paranormal fantasy series collects the first three full-length books in the series ("Her Dark Destiny," "Night Cries," and "Face the Dark") as well as the prequel horror novel "The Tomb." Also included in this edition is a never-before-seen bonus chapter and an author interview.
Author bio: Dave Ferraro graduated from Saint Cloud State University with a BA in English and creative writing, and resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been writing young adult novels for as long as he can remember and is an avid reader of all things teen, as well as graphic novels.
Rogues of Bindar	by Chris Turner Nov. 18, 2011	$4.99	357022 words	Sample 20%
High fantasy adventure: the complete saga (Books I-III) (750 pages). . . In this rich journey of adventure, villainy, and sophisticated language, heroism prevails and spellcraft brings captivity, ruin and even death.
Author bio: Chris is a prolific author of fantasy, adventure, and science fiction. His writing spans many genres: heroic fantasy, sword and sorcery and speculative fiction. His books include: the Rogues of Bindar series, Future Destinies, Fantastic Realms and Denibus Ar.
Khakhanate Book II The Crow	by Thomas Lankenau July 09, 2010	$2.99	349504 words	Sample 50%
The Crow continues the sweeping saga of the Mongol conquest of America. As the Mongol Khakhanate continues its inexorable expansion into the southern landmass, a young man called The Crow comes of age among the Cherokee. Grandson, nephew and cousin to Khans, he holds no rank of his own. Both idealistic and rebellious, he soon runs afoul of the powerful Khans.
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. Maryâ€™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.
Lunara: The Original Trilogy	by Wyatt Davenport March 21, 2012	$2.99	337597 words	Sample 20%
Follow the crew of the Protector as they fight for freedom on Mars with three exciting books under one cover.
Author bio: Wyatt Davenport was born in 1977 in Kingston, Ontario, and grew up in London, Ontario, and Atlanta, Georgia. He currently lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Colleen and their two Siberian Huskies. He has a computer science degree from the University of Western Ontario. An avid fan of science fiction and fantasy, Wyatt is inspired by authors like Timothy Zahn, Michael Crichton, Robert Aspirin, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
The Big Bad Wolf Romance Compendium	by Heather Killough-Walden May 20, 2012	$3.99	335407 words	Sample 10%
Journey into the dangerous, sexy Big Bad Wolf series, books one through four by Heather Killough-Walden! The Heat: A Louisiana police chief alpha fights for his mate. The Strip: An exonerated bad boy claims the love that's his. The Spell: Magic and might battle for the girl. The Hunt: Escaped werewolf, vicious warlock, hunter turned heroine, and a curse clash in the heart-stopping BBW finale.
Author bio: Heather Killough-Walden is a California native currently living in Texas with her husband and child. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling e-book author of the Big Bad Wolf series and the October Trilogy. Heatherâ€™s educational background includes religious studies, archaeology, and law. She has traveled all over the world but hopes to one day live in a town with a world-class hockey team. (Go, Pens!) Visit Heatherâ€™s Web site at www.killough-walden.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter. Also, be sure to keep in touch with her and other fans through her Facebook page!
The Sentient Fire	by D.W. Hawkins Nov. 19, 2011	$4.99	334353 words	Sample 10%
In one short night, Dormael Harlun's life was changed forever. His decision to aid Shawna Llewan, a beautiful woman wounded and near death, will pit him against the will of a tyrant, the designs of a traitor, and the attention of powers beyond his imagining. Dormael must find the key to a secret lost to antiquity, and keep all his wits about him while he plays a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Author bio: I'm an Independent author. I'm a three time combat veteran and a biker at heart. I'm the author of The Seven Signs trilogy. Book one, The Sentient Fire, will be available in November. Please recommend me to your friends and family, and enjoy my books as much as I am enjoying writing them. Thank you for your attention and the time you've spent searching me up.
My Teenage Sex Life 2	by Andrew Knoxxx May 14, 2012	$2.99	332947 words	Sample 10%
This is the continuing story of Ben. His adventures continue with all the sex and drama that comes along with senior year. It's like living your last year of freedom but without the homework! What hot encounters will he enjoy this time? Only one way to find out! Just as a warning there is one rape scene in this so if that sort of thing is disturbing to you either skip that part or don't buy.
Author bio: Helping you imagine thing not suitable for polite conversation since 1979!
Paradise Lost In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version)	by BookCaps May 01, 2012	$2.99	329534 words
John Milton put a twist on the story of Adam and Eve--in the process he created what some have called one of the greatest literary works in the English Language. It has inspired music, art, film, and even video games. But it's hundreds of years old and reading it today sometimes is a little tough. BookCaps is here to help!
Author bio: We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month. Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.
The Proviso	by Moriah Jovan Jan. 14, 2009	$4.99	326545 words	Sample 20%
Knox Hilliardâ€™s uncle murdered his father to marry his mother and take control of the family company. Now, he and his cousins Sebastian and Giselle are on a quest for justice and to restore Knoxâ€™s inheritance to him. None of them expect to find love along the way.
Author bio: Since before Moriah can remember, she wrote stories in her head to put herself to sleep at night. Unfortunately, they grew like kudzu and took over her neural pathways until, around age fourteen, she had to start putting them on paper before they choked out everything else. Sheâ€™s been writing ever since, with the exception of a five-year sagging middleâ€”er, uh, hiatusâ€”during which a lot of stuff happened. The trouble started when she woke up one morning with the solution to a plot problem that had plagued her since 1995 . . .
Maita Collection Five: Action Stories	by CD Moulton Feb. 16, 2012	$3.99	325103 words	Sample 10%
Books featuring "Special effects" type of action. The Berserker is featured in two of them.
Author bio: Born in Florida, travelled the world as a rock guitarist with some big names in the late sixties, early seventies. Been everything from a high steel worker to longshoreman, from musician to bar owner, and much more. Educated in botany and genetics. Now living in paradise (PanamÃ¡!)
Toronto Collection Vol. 1	by Heather Wardell Nov. 30, 2011	$2.99	323945 words	Sample 20%
Read Heather Wardell's first novel, the free "Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo", and want more? Here's a collection of the four complete novels ("Go Small or Go Home", "Planning to Live", "Stir Until Thoroughly Confused", "A Life That Fits") that follow the first book at a terrific price! Happy reading!
Author bio: Growing up, I was an avid (rabid?) reader. I am a natural speed reader, regularly clocked at about 1200 wpm (I read Harry Potter 5 in just under three hours), and always have several books on the go and many more in e-book form on my Palm handheld. I have always made up stories in my head, but never really thought I would be a writer. Instead, I intended to be a high school music teacher. I was sidetracked by my enjoyment of my psychology courses in university, and ended up with a psychology degree with a concentration in computer science. This took me to a major Canadian bank as a software developer. I stayed there for just over three years, and then went back to school to become an elementary school teacher. After four years of fun teaching elementary school computer science, I took up the National Novel Writing Month challenge and attempted to write a novel in a month. I succeeded, and the first draft of "Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo" was the result. I realized I love writing. I left teaching, and I haven't looked back since!
Scent	by K.R. Smith Nov. 25, 2010	$2.99	323404 words	Sample 25%
â€˜Scentâ€™ is a delicious tail of a fiery relationship when at first the Last Circulator can't stand the tribe's sarcastic and most dangerous Werewolf, however their feelings change to a forbidden love. Then bake in Alaska as a sanctuary after World War Three, garnish with differing species of Vampires, other breeds of Werewolves and marauding humans. Serves one.
Author bio: The adventures of the deliriously happy but slightly insaneâ€¦but even insanity appreciates company. K.R. Smith aka onaya3 is a self-confessed writerholic, but rather than seeking help for her addictions, instead she indulges her obsessive compulsive disorder. The remotes must sit in order on the coffee table, as must her DVD collection which includes Star Trek, X-Files, Supernatural as well as British comedy. However her passions which come out as popular subjects in her sci-fi, supernatural, romance series are traveling (the world and through time), hauntings, werewolves, vampires, voodoo, ESP and always looking on the bright side of life (and death).
When You Catch A Butterfly...	by James Tagge June 05, 2010	$2.00	322817 words	Sample 67%
This is a tale of mystery and of a romance which was angelic, the object of the imaginations and desires of anyone who has ever been in love or longed to be. Within the current of the story there is nostalgia for an era past for those old enough, intrigue and excitement for those not and a reconciliation of a tragedy which will affect all in a delightfully unexpected manner.
Author bio: I grew up in the Northeast, in Stamford CT and moved to Massachusetts in 1989. I started writing in my forties, begining with "When You Catch a Butterfly...", after having spent my entire career as a machine design engineer. I began to seek the help of my co-author Sarah Hammond when she was only fifteen at the time that she might guide me with regard to the main character Molly who was fifteen in the begining of the story. I was so impressed with her creativeness, we have worked together ever since. Ultimately, I hope to be able to write for a living.
Battle Kiss	by O'Neil De Noux Nov. 19, 2011	$4.99	321241 words	Sample 10%
An historically accurate epic novel, BATTLE KISS chronicles the tumultuous events surrounding The Battle of New Orleans as the daughters of two Creole families realize their growing affection for several young men caught in the battle, young men vying for their love yet willing to sacrifice their lives for their new country.
Author bio: Oâ€™Neil De Noux writes in many genres, primarily realistic crime fiction, strong on setting, mostly New Orleans, featuring the accurate dialogue of the streets. He also writes scintillating erotica. His publishing credits include Eight novels, six short story collections and over 300 short stories. From contemporary to historical, De Noux uses several recurring characters in his New Orleans stories and novels: NOPD Homicide Detective John Raven Beau (21st Century); NOPD Homicide Detective LaStanza (20th Century); Private-eye Lucien Caye (1940s) and NOPD Detective Jacques Dugas (1890s). A primary theme in De Nouxâ€™s fiction is the effect of violence on victims and their families as well as the sometimes debilitating effect of violence on law enforcement officers, private-eyes and their loved ones. As a former private-eye and currently a police investigator, De Noux knows his subject well. De Nouxâ€™s stories span from mystery to mainstream, literary, suspense, thriller, science-fiction, fantasy, horror, erotica, humor, westerns, childrenâ€™s fiction as well as cross-genre stories â€“ erotic-detective, science-fiction mysteries and the like. Oâ€™Neil De Nouxâ€™s â€œThe Heart Has Reasonsâ€ (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2006) won the Private Eye Writers of Americaâ€™s prestigious SHAMUS AWARD for BEST SHORT STORY 2007. The SHAMUS is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. In 2009, the Short Mystery Fiction Society awarded the Derringer Award for Best Novelette to another Lucien Caye story, â€œToo Wiseâ€ by Oâ€™Neil De Noux (which appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazineâ€™s November 2008 Issue). The Derringer Award is given annually to recognize excellence in the mystery short form.
The Man	by Irving Wallace May 18, 2011	$4.99	320046 words	Sample 20%
The time is 1964. The place is the Cabinet Room of the Whitere House. An unexpected accident and the law of succession have just made Douglass Dilman the first black President of the United States. A provocative novel of Civil Rights, the American Presidency, and the 1960s.
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Thirteen Volumes One & Two	by Andrew Hannon Dec. 07, 2011	$4.99	318105 words	Sample 20%
The two scariest books ever published in one edition.
Author bio: Andrew Hannon has been missing since 2010.
Four Empires War Volume 1	by St. Wishnevsky Feb. 07, 2011	$4.99	317500 words	Sample 20%
WWI in an alternative Earth where Ivan the Terrible married Good Queen Bess and established the Anglorussian Empire. With Zeppelins. Three volumes in one book.
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 1960â€™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 performerâ€™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.
Melody and the Pier to Forever: Book One	by Shawn Michel de Montaigne April 20, 2011	Free!	315493 words	Read a sample
The Pier goes on ... forever. Epic battles at sea, an undead soul-eating villain, the unbreakable bonds of friendship and love, and the courageous heroes who are called upon to rescue a doomed world ... This is just a taste of what awaits you in the pages of the epic fantasy saga Melody and the Pier to Forever. [For young adults and up.]
Author bio: Writing has always been a part of my life, even from the time I was a young boy. There were periods, some of them stretching to several years apiece, when I didnâ€™t write a thing. But I always returned to the art. I read lots, too. Rarely fiction, mind you, but moral philosophy, education, history, religion, politics, economics. My favorites: Erich Fromm, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Lao-tse, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ray Billington, David C. Korten, E.F. Schumacher, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (my all-time favorite). I read the occasional science-fiction novel (Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, Robert Heinlein, and Frank Herbert); I picked up my first fantasy book, The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks, when I was 19 and working in a tiny gas station booth and needing something to do with the long hours. But overwhelmingly nonfiction of the variety I listed above ruled my bookshelves and my thoughts, and does to this day. If you'd like to read more about me, please go to ThePiertoForever.webs.com.
Box Set: The ArringtonTrilogy	by Roxane Tepfer Sanford Feb. 19, 2012	$4.99	314101 words	Sample 10%
Boxed set of all three bestselling family saga novels including: Sacred Intentions (prequel) The Girl in the Lighthouse (book I) All That is Beautiful (book II)
Author bio: Roxane Tepfer Sanford is the author of The Girl in the Lighthouse and All That is Beautiful. Her writing style has been compared to that of well known gothic fiction author, V.C. Andrews. The release of the third novel in the series is due out in 2011. Roxane is the very busy mother of six children, and whatever spare time is left, she dedicates to writing novels. Currently she lives in Gilbert, Arizona.
Progeny (Children of the White Lions)	by R.T. Kaelin June 20, 2011	$4.99	311252 words	Sample 15%
Nikalys and his sister Kenders grew up living a peaceful life in a quiet farming village until their world is washed away by a mythical water creature. As the only survivors, brother and sister strike out on their own, hoping to discover the reason their home and family was destroyed. Myths and legends come to life, whisking the pair along a journey they never could have imagined possible.
Author bio: R.T. Kaelin: is a loving husband, father of two wonderful children, and a lifelong resident of Ohio, currently living in Columbus. After graduating from college, for the first twelve years of his career he has worked as a software engineer. While writing for a local Columbus gaming group, it was suggested he try his hand at writing something more prodigious. Encouraged, he committed to the undertaking, and wrote, Progeny, the first volume in the Children of the White Lions series. The book has garnered critical acclaim, drawing comparisons to the giants of the genre, and has fostered an ever-growing fan base. As he edits the second in the series, he also is working on the Terrene Chronicles, a number of short stories that take place prior to the events in Progeny.
Shattered Remnants of a Dream [Volume I: The Death Jam Exordium]	by Dan Luffey June 21, 2010	Free!	311190 words	Read a sample
Blood, battles, love, loss, and the destruction of our universe. An epic sci-fi/adventure tale dealing with parallel dimensions, ancient powers, and the warping of space and time through one young manâ€™s eyes. Volume I in a series.
Author bio: My name is Dan Luffey, author of Shattered Remnants of a Dream, which is updated weekly at http://s-r-o-a-d.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/
My Teenage Sex Life	by Andrew Knoxxx May 13, 2012	$2.99	310453 words	Sample 10%
This is the story of Ben. A guy who finds that the world is ripe with opportunity. The opportunity to score some serious tail, that is! It's all here from his perspective so you can easily put yourself in his shoes and live out your high school fantasies all over again.
Author bio: Helping you imagine thing not suitable for polite conversation since 1979!
People Of The Tiger - 2012 Metric Edition	by Wayne Edward Clarke Sep. 02, 2010	$0.99	310102 words	Sample 20%
Newly re-written for broader appeal! Book One of The Rational Future Series. By 2150 we've solved the great problems of humanity, and integrated those who are prone to violence. The system is then disrupted by a genetically engineered human. Tika finds that it's tough to be a strange child among The Tiger People, as she searches for her unknown origin! Uses Metric (SI) measurement units.
Author bio: I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept 21, 1963. I'm estranged from my father, having met him one since I was a toddler. I've lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 1980. I have three brothers and a sister. My sister is married, she and her husband each have two grown sons. All of us and my mother live in Calgary and are quite close. I'm married to a lovely girl from the Philippines named Jema Tuyor Clarke, and I look forward to enjoying my life with her as soon as two governments stop putting us through their interminable and expensive bureaucratic processes. I'm intensely and compulsively self-educated, I read at about 300 words per minute, and I've increased my IQ to about 160. I've always enjoyed inventing and designing machines. Most of the machines I've designed are new types of vehicles. I was a professional musician for about nine years. My musical skills include lead and harmony vocals, most styles of guitar and bass guitar, some drums and keyboards, songwriting, mixing, and production. I spent about fifteen years researching and designing a comprehensive change in society and culture that will solve all the worldâ€™s major problems, guided by the principles of bio-sociology as introduced and developed by Prof. Edward O. Wilson, and influenced by Dr. Desmond Morrisâ€™ human sociobiology. I haven't worked on it like a fanatic over the last eight years like I did for the previous fifteen, but I have continued to develop my work in this field. Over the last eight years I've spent most of my intellectual and creative energies in writing sciences fiction and fantasy novels. Iâ€™ve been a hard sci-fi fan my whole life, but everyone else I know whoâ€™s an avid reader are all fantasy fans. Over the years Iâ€™ve borrowed all their books, and learned to love that genre as well. My science fiction influences include the old masters; Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. Also William Gibson, Iain M. Banks, and Enderâ€™s Game by Orson Scott Card. My favorite relatively unknown author is Daniel Keyes Moran, and if you like sci-fi you should read his Continuing Time trilogy; Emerald Eyes, The Long Run, and The Last Dancer. They might be out of print, but I think you can still get them as ebooks online. My fantasy influences include Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings, and Jaqueline Carey. Iâ€™ve also been influenced as a fiction writer by my sociological work, and my science fiction novel People Of The Tiger (and the rest of The Rational Future Series) is set in a utopian future where my social policies have been implemented, which is a good way to get those ideas out into the public consciousness. Much of my social thinking permeates my fantasy novel Blessings Of A Curse as well, though itâ€™s a lot harder to notice there. Iâ€™ve also included my ideas on the law and legal reform in that book, though those policies were appended to the back of the book in an excerpt, for the sake of smooth readability.
People Of The Tiger - 2012 USA Edition	by Wayne Edward Clarke Sep. 01, 2010	$0.99	310088 words	Sample 20%
Newly re-written for broader appeal! Book One of The Rational Future Series. By 2150 we've solved the great problems of humanity, and integrated those who are prone to violence. The system is then disrupted by a genetically engineered human. Tika finds that it's tough to be a strange child among The Tiger People, as she searches for her unknown origin! Uses American Imperial measurement units.
Author bio: I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept 21, 1963. I'm estranged from my father, having met him one since I was a toddler. I've lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 1980. I have three brothers and a sister. My sister is married, she and her husband each have two grown sons. All of us and my mother live in Calgary and are quite close. I'm married to a lovely girl from the Philippines named Jema Tuyor Clarke, and I look forward to enjoying my life with her as soon as two governments stop putting us through their interminable and expensive bureaucratic processes. I'm intensely and compulsively self-educated, I read at about 300 words per minute, and I've increased my IQ to about 160. I've always enjoyed inventing and designing machines. Most of the machines I've designed are new types of vehicles. I was a professional musician for about nine years. My musical skills include lead and harmony vocals, most styles of guitar and bass guitar, some drums and keyboards, songwriting, mixing, and production. I spent about fifteen years researching and designing a comprehensive change in society and culture that will solve all the worldâ€™s major problems, guided by the principles of bio-sociology as introduced and developed by Prof. Edward O. Wilson, and influenced by Dr. Desmond Morrisâ€™ human sociobiology. I haven't worked on it like a fanatic over the last eight years like I did for the previous fifteen, but I have continued to develop my work in this field. Over the last eight years I've spent most of my intellectual and creative energies in writing sciences fiction and fantasy novels. Iâ€™ve been a hard sci-fi fan my whole life, but everyone else I know whoâ€™s an avid reader are all fantasy fans. Over the years Iâ€™ve borrowed all their books, and learned to love that genre as well. My science fiction influences include the old masters; Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. Also William Gibson, Iain M. Banks, and Enderâ€™s Game by Orson Scott Card. My favorite relatively unknown author is Daniel Keyes Moran, and if you like sci-fi you should read his Continuing Time trilogy; Emerald Eyes, The Long Run, and The Last Dancer. They might be out of print, but I think you can still get them as ebooks online. My fantasy influences include Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings, and Jaqueline Carey. Iâ€™ve also been influenced as a fiction writer by my sociological work, and my science fiction novel People Of The Tiger (and the rest of The Rational Future Series) is set in a utopian future where my social policies have been implemented, which is a good way to get those ideas out into the public consciousness. Much of my social thinking permeates my fantasy novel Blessings Of A Curse as well, though itâ€™s a lot harder to notice there. Iâ€™ve also included my ideas on the law and legal reform in that book, though those policies were appended to the back of the book in an excerpt, for the sake of smooth readability.
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 2	by Blue Tyson June 08, 2010	Free!	306551 words	Read a sample
The second volume about the work of science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, and is a companion to the Leigh Brackett (ology) website and collects the content found at the site. Brackett was known as the Queen of Space Opera, and famous for a series of brilliant planetary romance adventures, particularly those of Eric John Stark on Mars, Venus and Skaith.
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