Bionic Punchline (Flash Fiction Month) by Damon L. Wakes (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

What do a squeamish torturer, an intelligent zombie, a newspaper-phobic superhero and Genghis Khan have in common? They're all in this book, and their stories were all written for Flash Fiction Month 2014. With one story for each and every day of July--and a humourous analysis of the event--there's something for everyone here. "I have no problem with this, nor any useful comments!" ~Jasper Fforde

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Flying Toasters - The DeadPixel Tales by Brian Braden (DeadPixel Publications) (55 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

FLYING TOASTERS - THE DEADPIXEL TALES is a collection of engaging short stories that range from gritty to haunting. Thought-provoking to ridiculous. The authors of DeadPixel Publications craft tales that will appeal to all readers through solid storytelling, crossing genre lines, and focusing on brilliant characters and twisted plots. In THE MAN UPSTAIRS, Hanna Elizabeth cooks up a ghost story flavored with dashes of wit, humor, and a generous spoonful of old fashioned revenge. The Wild West is given a supernatural face in THE ...

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Summer Nights: A Flash Fiction Anthology (The Great Noveling Adventure Book 1) by The Great Noveling Adventure (14 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

SUMMER NIGHTS is the first flash fiction anthology compiled by The Great Noveling Adventure. The collected stories run the gamut from first love to heartbreak, revenge to forgiveness, redemption to murder. They, like the thirteen authors who contributed them, are widely varied, but they each demonstrate the same truth: A lot can happen in a single night.

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Champions: An Anthology of Winning Fantasy Stories by Eric Lange (67 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Champions is an anthology of more than thirty of the best fantasy stories that the online writing community has to offer; from spells gone wrong to prisons for gods and much more. This anthology brings together the winning stories from the monthly competitions of Reddit's FantasyWriters forum with each story demonstrates the vivid and extraordinary worlds that the fantasy genre has to offer. The competitions these stories won range from the end of 2011 until the middle of 2015, meaning that the entries in Champions cover almost ...

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The Inkwell presents: Triumvirate by LA Harper (1 Review)    Price verified 41 minutes ago

Words are a writer's stock in trade, the platforms we build on to entertain, mystify, and entrance. Sometimes we perform grand gestures, paragraphs tumbling over pages to sweep our audience away. But more often than not, it's the right words spoken at the right time that make all the difference. This collection explores how three little words can change everything. Not a Moth - An extraordinary discovery in the subway leads to more questions than answers. Summoned - Duty doesn't wait even when you must. Letter from a Stranger - Rose ...

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The Inkwell presents: Revenants by LA Harper Price verified 13 hours ago

Whether physical, metaphorical, or somewhere in between, these deaths and returns remind us that an ending is simply a beginning in disguise. Sometimes that ending, that change, is sorely needed, and sometimes, it is unexpected, but always, there is no going back. And in the nine stories within, second chances mean everything to the characters. Memories Cast - Some pasts are too painful to bear, especially when repeated. Bill, From Accounting - Has no one ever learned not to offer an opinion to the higher-ups? No Strings Attached - ...

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The Inkwell presents: This is Not an Anthology by LA Harper (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

From harmless pranks to deadly mistakes, the wrong symbols in the right place are rife with possibility. It could be the start of a meet-cute across the wrong order or result in the discovery of a fantastic world just beyond the one we know. It could also end in a trip to the hospital or horrors rising from the deep. But at no time are any of these repercussions expected. Down the Rabbit Hole - A little casual drug use opens up a whole new world. Muskrat Mishap - Instructions don't help when there is no order to anything. On A ...

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The Inkwell presents: Why Are We Here? by LA Harper (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 minutes ago

Let's be honest, who likes meetings? And when you find yourself facing one somewhere you don't expect, like a public bathroom, or regarding a situation too fantastical to contemplate, like how to banish a hellhound, the waste of time suddenly becomes a nightmare. As much as we hate them, sometimes a meeting can lead to a meet-cute or a comedy of errors that result in beauty. Baptized by Fire - After preparing for the encounter with the Hellhound, Gene, Stevens, Dennis and the Father gear up for the fight of their lives. (Part ...

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The Inkwell presents: Skin in the Game by LA Harper (2 Reviews)    Price verified 11 minutes ago

This month we approached things a little differently, defining a setting for our writers to flex their creative muscles in. And what was that setting? Why, one of death and resurrection, with a sprinkling of godly interference. Skin in the Game - Eleanor awakes to an unexpected and unwanted guest, and it's awkward for all involved. A Forgotten Life - When her best friend is selected to be sacrificed, everything changes for Calathea, including her perception of reality. Who Won? - Two wildly different men remind Kristina that life ...

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Unshod by Jan Morrill (AIW Press) (69 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

An anthology of traditional and contemporary western short stories where the characters are lain bare. Feel the pain of a young Japanese girl who comes home from an internment camp after World War II and learns it's easier to go with the flow than to fight the current. Struggle with an expectant mother on the cold winter prairie while she waits for her husband to come home from a hunting trip. Journey with a young woman to the Four Corners as she tries to connect with her Navajo ancestors. Try not to believe in the ...

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Nine Lives by Gary Kittle (8 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Nine Lives is a collection of dark short stories, highlighting the complex emotional lives of both ordinary and extraordinary people. Some are tragedies, some end with uplifting resolutions; and there are moments of humour and high drama, hope and courage throughout. Absorbing characters include an ex-RAF crewman haunted by his memories of the Dresden fire bombings, a conscientious objector forced onto the parade ground against his will, a cross-dresser facing an uncomfortable reunion with his estranged father, a moral dilemma for ...

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The Inkwell presents: Night Shift by LA Harper (3 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

From the night shift worker to creatures who abhor the sun, the denizens of the dark have fascinated readers since the very beginning. They are our boogeymen and heroes, our mysterious stranger and the monster in the alleyway. But, like the sun-kissed, they have lives and loves and stories worth telling, and we wish to tell them. The Painted Dragons - Street art not only livens up the neighborhood, but adds to it as well. The Snowglobe - A little nighttime mischief brings an unexpected revelation. Affirmations after Dark - ...

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The Inkwell presents: Parting Words by LA Harper Price verified 52 minutes ago

This month, we chose to take inspiration from those that started us down this path -- other writers. And though we could have gone with any element of another's work, we decided on that which hits us hardest, leaves us wanting more, or simply provides a satisfying conclusion. Yes, you guessed it, that final line, that closing sentence, the proverbial 'End'. Ghosts at the Door - Some provide guidance for the most unusual of visitors Maybe - Is the path less taken the path worth taking? Melody to Obsession - Seeking the source of a ...

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A Midsummer Night's Sidhe (CyberWitch Press Short Fiction Anthologies Book 2) by Heather Marie Adkins (CyberWitch Press LLC) (54 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Delve into the realm of magick, shadow, light, and air with seven phenomenal authors and their fae tales of danger, betrayal, and love. Dive into THE WITCHWOOD with Kolin Gates Flee the enemy with Brittany White in FINDING HOME Find yourself FAE TOUCHED with Heather Marie Adkins Make a wish with Victoria Escobar in TRICKY WISHES Prepare for battle in ETHEREAL by K. Laslie Become EXILED with Jennifer Laslie Discover BURNING LOVE with Ava Lynn Wood

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Haunted: The Sparkly Badgers' Anthology by Claire Buss (139 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Join us on a pumpkin spiced, ghost-riddled, spooky journey amongst the imaginations of fifteen horrifyingly excellent indie-authors. Let them take you on a candle-lit journey through the minds of the depraved, departed and desperate as they treat you to their haunting tales. Lock the doors, close the curtains and don't turn off the light!

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Dystopian Dreams: Four Stories from The Last Book Café on Earth by Alison Ingleby (Windswept Writing) (120 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

We dream about the future. We dream of freedom. Four dystopian worlds. Four heroes fighting for their lives. From The Last Book Café on Earth comes a collection of dystopian short stories: A woman on the run carries a secret that could mean death for her and the outlaws who take her in. A businessman ports his consciousness into an enhanced robotic shell for years - until the day he loses control. A poor Outsider risks everything to protect her family. But even her life might not be enough. A freak accident opens the door for ...

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Ember Casey Starter Bundle: Three Series Starter Romances (Ember Casey Boxed Sets) by Ember Casey (510 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Three series-starter romances from USA Today bestseller Ember Casey! Get a taste of all of Ember's sizzling series with these delicious reads: HIS WICKED GAMES (The Cunningham Family, Book 1) Lily Frazer would do anything to save the Frazer Center for the Arts -- even take on the infamous billionaire Calder Cunningham. As it turns out, the arrogant billionaire is willing to give her the money he promised her, but there's a catch: she must win it from him. And the games he has in mind aren't exactly... innocent. This ultra-steamy ...

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Mermaids, Werewolves, and Witches, Oh My! - Paranormal "Tails" of the Deep and Dark: The NightShade Forensic Files: Under Dark Skies, Lorelei's ... by Victoria Raschke (Griffyn Ink) (56 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

An amazing collection of paranormal stories for the lover of the mysterious and the unknown. Meet mermaids, talk with ghosts, join an elite unit of the FBI, and cast a few spells with us... UNDER DARK SKIES Eleri and Donovan have just been assigned to their first case with the FBI unit, NightShade. They have to crack the case, but each of them is working hard to keep their own strange secrets hidden... LORELEI'S LYRIC If Lorelei sings, someone will die. Follow this Rhinemaiden on a journey to find her perfect match. It's harder ...

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Boxed Set: Rocked by a Billionaire – Vol. 1-3 by Lisa Swann (Addictive Publishing) (2,239 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

*** WARNING: Not suitable for readers below 18yo *** Liz is young and beautiful, Sacha is seductive and filthy rich. Maybe they're not destined to be together, but their affair is red hot! Just how far is Liz willing to go to follow her fascinating new lover? And what does Sacha really want from here? Enter the extraordinary world of Lisa Swann's new saga... will Liz succumb to the lure of luxury and pleasure? Will Sacha be able to satisfy the burning desire of this young woman? Rocked by a Billionaire: the saga that will make you ...

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Boxed Set: Under the Billionaire's Power, parts 1-3 by Heather L. Powell (Addictive Publishing) (312 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

***Due to strong language, violence, and sexual situations, this series is not intended for readers under the age of 18*** Solveig is preparing to make a fresh start on Cat Island in the Bahamas, where her eccentric aunt runs a guest house. Against a heavenly backdrop of sun, white sandy beaches and palm trees, she meets billionaire William Burton, and it's love at first sight! A wonderful new world opens up to the young woman from Paris. The only fly in the ointment is that the mysterious young man is hiding something, he has a ...

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Boxed Set: At the Billionaire’s Command – Vol. 1-3 (At the Billionaire's Command Box Set Book 1) by Lucy Jones (Addictive Publishing) (1,337 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

*** WARNING: Not suitable for readers below 18yo *** Young, pretty Julia is spending six months in New York. Working as a receptionist in a luxury hotel, she's found the perfect way to improve her English. But just before she's due to go home, she unexpectedly meets the multi-millionaire Daniel Wietermann, aka Mr Fire, heir to a large jewellery label. She's captivated, submitting to his wildest fantasies and in the process discovering her own desires... How far will she go to satisfy the whims of this unfathomable man? Discover the ...

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Writing a Novel Anthology, 2013 by James Bradley (Allen & Unwin) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

In sparkling prose and with a desire to express essential truths of life in stories ranging from historical sagas to incisive observations of contemporary life, the distinct voices of the students of Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin are united in this volume. Under the expert guidance of course directors Kathryn Heyman, Sophie Cunningham and Carrie Tiffany, a group of talented new writers embarked on the six-month creative writing course in Sydney and Melbourne in 2013. They shared their challenges and achievements, enhanced their ...

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Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors by Hugh Howey (Indanth) (1,115 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This anthology aims to be a showcase of recent indie writing. Hugh Howey launched the idea on Kboards, a forum for Kindle readers, but also the meeting place of an active community of indie writers. The result is this anthology of 101 very short stories by 101 authors. To make it more attractive for you, the reader, we set ourselves a limit of a thousand words. You should be able to read each story in under five minutes -- on your desktop computer, laptop, or tablet at home or in the office, but also on your smartphone, on the go, ...

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Boxed Set: Dominated by a Billionaire - Part 1-3: Irresistible Billionaire (Dominated by a Billionaire Boxed set Book 1) by Emma M. Green (Addictive Publishing) (142 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

***Due to strong language, violence, and sexual situations, this series is not intended for readers under the age of 18*** Polar opposites, and yet attracted like magnets... When Alma Lancaster lands her dream job at King Productions, she is determined to move forward without letting the past drag her down. Hardworking and ambitious, she may be in the movie business, but she's not the type to let her imagination run away with her. Her career is her priority. Love will have to wait! But when she meets her CEO for the first time, the ...

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Writing a Novel Anthology, 2012 by James Bradley (Allen & Unwin) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

In early 2012 in Sydney and Melbourne, forty-one new novelists embarked on 'Writing a Novel' - a six-month creative writing course, under the auspices of Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin. Course directors James Bradley, Sophie Cunningham and Kathryn Heyman walked alongside these new writers as they risked metaphorical life and limb, to reveal their determination, commitment, willingness, courage and importantly their talent. This anthology is a taster of the new writing growing in Australia. Writing which is marked by its energy, ...

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Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 1 by Kristin Sevick (Tor Books) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Ever wanted to hunt a notorious ghost through the halls of a spooky old house? Be swept away at a Regency ball? Solve a murder mystery, Vegas style? Then Tor and Forge might have the perfect summer read for you. With this sampler, Tor and Forge Books proudly present a one-of-a-kind collection of articles written by our authors, excerpts of forthcoming books, and unique content. We're highlighting a cross-section of our exciting new titles in urban fantasy, paranormal romance, young adult fiction, science fiction and fantasy, ...

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The eBook Insider by Editors and Authors at Knopf Doubleday (Doubleday) (20 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

The eBook Insider is the ultimate readers' resource for choosing great books. The perfect first stop to make along the way as you fill your e-reader with the books that you'll want to have in your library and recommend to friends. It's the place to find out what some of your favorite authors are reading and recommending, including Dan Brown, Nora Ephron, Carl Hiaasen, Alexander McCall Smith, Chuck Palahniuk, and others. All in one place you can preview excerpts from the best books of the year, from winners of the National Book Award, ...

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Writing a Novel, Sydney March 2011-August 2011: Faber Academy Anthology by Kathryn Heyman (Allen & Unwin) (5 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

In March 2011, a group of new writers gathered on the Terrace of Australian publisher Allen & Unwin for the introduction to the first ever Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin 'Writing a Novel' course under the tutelage of award winning authors Kathryn Heyman and James Bradley. There was, on that night, a sense of thrill and also mystery. Six months later, as the work in this volume testifies, those writers have, to a one, demonstrated commitment, passion, willingness to work, to play, to create, to take risks and to trust. This ...

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