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Down By The River | by Sam Jordison Feb. 02, 2012 | $0.99 | 4176 words | Sample 20% |
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Eminent Domain | by Tit Elingtin Jan. 28, 2012 | $3.99 | 58756 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Tit Elingtin is a warrior by nature, ready to argue or fight for the disenfranchised at a moment’s notice. He takes no prisoners, crushes his enemies and loves deep and hard. Tit expects his friends to be loyal to the truth above all. He describes his philosophical views like this: “As the river flows, it is as one. We are as the mist of the water fall, joining others and separating as we fall to be one with the river once again.†|
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404 Documents | by James Curcio Jan. 15, 2012 | $2.99 | 16789 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: James Curcio creates dystopian propoganda for a generation of hedonists, intellectuals, and drug addicts. Rumors of being a key member of a harem of feral lesbians are slightly exaggerated, however. Previous brain-washing agents have taken the form of subversive novels, essays, scripts for comic and films, albums, soundtracks, podcasts, and performances. They were distributed to the eyes and ears of an unwitting and impressionable public through internet, print, and social media. In a move that may telegraph some kind of psychotic break, he's also acted in the world's first Gonzomentary. He has written for Disinformation, New Falcon Press, Reality Sandwich, Immanion Press, Alterati, and several other indie outlets. He's also worked as art and content director, web designer, SEO assassin, sex ninja robot assassin, and once made an egg stand on its end with the force of will alone. |
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The Factory Line, A Pulp Novel | by Ian Truman Jan. 13, 2012 | $0.99 | 38630 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: I am from a working class family and I am proud of my origins. For the last seven years, I have been employed as an assembly line worker, a forklift driver, a park ranger, a warehouse clerk, a janitor, an industrial laundry operator, a warehouse clerk some more and still am to this day. I have never stopped working full time and I saw first hand how the theories of political science could hardly apply to the realities of the working masses. I have worked in the downtown area, in Laval, Rosemont, Montreal-East (Between the Petro-Canada oil storage facility and the Falconbridge foundry) and the south-west prior to gentrification. I have seen Montreal change and the people suffer from these changes. I write not because I believe that some great social revolution is going to come out of any novel I can write. I have no illusions about the revolutionary potential of fiction writing. I truly believe that it is only by changing economic structures that a society can change fundamentally. This is basic Marxism. So why write at all? It is a good question. I mostly write to purge the hatred inside me, to purge the hours of factory work, poverty and strife of all sorts. I am majoring in Creative Writing, in a language that is not my native tongue because I felt it was a challenge. I am also graduating with a minor in political science, through which I discovered many philosophers that have influenced me deeply. I have studied the essays of Karl Marx, Immanuel Wallerstein, Ernesto Guevara, Max Stirner, Mikhail Bakunin, but also capitalist philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes or John Locke. I’ve looked into dichotomies such as Anarchism Vs Fascism, Communism Vs Capitalism. Nationalist Vs Internationalist etc… I believe that my existence is guided by philosophies such as Buddhism, Hinduism but also Nihilism. As Nietzsche explained, human beings are guided both by rationality and irrationality. We are capable of reason and structure but at the same time we need flesh and passion, if not sin. I write political essays when I need to exercise my rational side. I write it in order to better my knowledge of social structures. I write it to better society. Rarely have I included philosophers or philosophy in my fictional works. I believe they are underlining all the stories I write. But I don’t write Fiction in order to prove a point. I write fiction to fill my need for creativity and passion. Mostly, I write because I need to. It fills my passionate, irrational side. When I write, I look for truth, however ugly or beautiful it may be. I look for sincere elements, uncensored and raw; I look for the visceral. My works combine beauty and despair, struggles and hopes. I truly enjoy dichotomies that bring people out of their comfort zones. I avoid moralist statements and allow the reader to bring their own conclusion about the work, about the characters, and (hopefully) about their lives. Aesthetically, my style combines vernacular language to noir elements. I also enjoy dirty realism and modernist novels. I try to avoid anything too conceptual or things such as “Streams of consciousness. I allow myself to be influences by all sorts of creative endeavours. In the visual arts, I’ve enjoyed graffiti art for quite some time. I see political postering as a creative act (Aka propaganda). I enjoy visual artists such as Matthew Barney and Shepard Fairey. In film, my most notable influences are Akira Kurosawa’s “Drunken Angelâ€, Imamura’s “The Pornographersâ€, Fukasaku’s “Yakusa Papers†or American (and Canadian) filmmakers such as Cronnenberg, Lynch or Smith. I also write under musical influences ranging from Grunge (Nirvana, Violent Femmes), to punk (Social Distortion, Bouncing Souls), hardcore (Warzone, Blacklisted, Blood for Blood), hip-hop (Dead Prez, Wu-Tang-Clan), folk (Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry), blues (Billie Holiday, Chester Burnett) and country (Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe). As far as authors go, I believe I am influenced by a large variety of authors. William Faulkner is the first one that comes to mind. But also Ernest Hemingway, Charles Bukowski, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, Truman Capote, Henry Rollins, the RZA, Samuel Beckett, David Fennario, William S. Burroughs etc… All of these cultural and philosophical references are found in some way or another in my creative endeavours. In the end, I maybe the one typing the words on the page, but they are all in the back of my mind, spilling out their guts to the world through my works. |
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The Blue Van | by Jason Fox Jan. 12, 2012 | $0.99 | 25657 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Just a vet with too much time on his hands. |
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Vicissitude, A Comedy Of Terrors | by Z. Inda Turner Dec. 27, 2011 | $4.99 | 19680 words | Sample 40% |
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The Lust Damned or: Long Island Iced Tea | by Michael Hemmingson Dec. 25, 2011 | $0.99 | 8468 words | Sample 20% |
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This is My Time | by Michael Hemmingson Dec. 24, 2011 | $0.99 | 14120 words | Sample 20% |
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(I Blame) the Mute Button of the Mutton | by Zoe E. Whitten Dec. 23, 2011 | Free! | 6275 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Writer of dark and weird fiction, amateur comedian, retired nymphomaniac. |
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How to Kill Your Boss and Get Away With It | by H.B. Berlow Dec. 08, 2011 | Free! | 2775 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: H.B. Berlow lives in Wichita, KS with his wife, Shelia (who is also his editor) and the three cats--Mongo, Camille, and Rupert. He writes fiction in both the hard-boiled crime and transgressive genres. He has previously written poetry and screenplays and has spent a considerable amount of time converting his works into digital media. |
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Just Like Daddy | by H.B. Berlow Dec. 05, 2011 | Free! | 1087 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: H.B. Berlow lives in Wichita, KS with his wife, Shelia (who is also his editor) and the three cats--Mongo, Camille, and Rupert. He writes fiction in both the hard-boiled crime and transgressive genres. He has previously written poetry and screenplays and has spent a considerable amount of time converting his works into digital media. |
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The Last Book You Read | by Ewan Morrison Dec. 05, 2011 | $0.99 | 80281 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Ewan Morrison is the author of the novels Swung, Menage and Distance. His next two books - Tales from the Mall and Close Your Eyes will be available in 2012. |
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A Digital Kumquat | by John Ward Nov. 28, 2011 | $4.99 | 32232 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: John E. N. Ward was a junior partner in millionaire Swiss Merchant Banker Milan Jurisich's private investment bank in the Tech-Boom Eighties, and has since that time earned a reputation in well-connected financial circles as an expert in Black & Scholes economic evaluations of capital. He inherited family interests in tea, shipping, and commodities broking that focus on China and South Asia trade. He is a Euro-zone agnostic, rather than a complete Euro-sceptic. |
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Roundabout | by Spider Moon Nov. 20, 2011 | $0.99 | 13405 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Spider Moon is presently at work on his latest creation. |
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Carer Fiction | by Blake Ryder Nov. 20, 2011 | $4.99 | 21054 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Blake Ryder is an underground filmmaker. Though with two post-graduate degrees (in film study and information studies) he rejected Academia to pursue a fringe existence within Australia's burgeoning pornography industry. As an author he seeks to explore the role of sexually explicit material within genre structures. His work in this vein is atheist | secular humanist | morally relativist sexual fantasy for adults. The content, being an exploration of different genres, is often disturbing. |
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Whatever Happened to the Boy? The Boy and the Girl Saga | by Kathleen Patel Nov. 19, 2011 | $1.99 | 22641 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Kathleen Patel is a happily married, peace loving fiction writer. Her books are fun to read, but always educate and contain a message. As promoter of acceptance, she believes knowlege is the key. “Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace.†Lester B. Pearson |
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Kisss | by Spider Moon Nov. 17, 2011 | $0.99 | 4864 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Spider Moon is presently at work on his latest creation. |
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Neck 2 Knees | by Spider Moon Nov. 15, 2011 | $0.99 | 4007 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Spider Moon is presently at work on his latest creation. |
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Destilado de Cérebro de Zumbi | by Rynaldo Papoy Nov. 13, 2011 | You set the price! | 28715 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Rynaldo Papoy nasceu em São Paulo, em 30 de dezembro de 1970. Hoje, mora em Guarulhos. Tem dois filhos. Costumava escrever por necessidade vital. Hoje está em crise e não sabe o que fazer da vida. |
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Highway | by Donald O'Donovan Nov. 02, 2011 | $4.99 | 59204 words | |
| Author bio: Donald O'Donovan is an optioned screenwriter and voice actor with film and audio book credits. He was born in Cooperstown, New York. A teenage runaway, O'Donovan rode freights, traveled the US, joined the army to get off the street, lived in Mexico, and worked at more than 200 occupations including long distance truck driver, undertaker and roller skate repairman. The first draft of Night Train was written on 23 yellow legal pads while the author was homeless in the streets of Los Angeles. Donald O'Donovan recently narrated the documentary film, The Forgotten, produced and directed by Sarem Yadegari. His screenplay, Cutter's Woods, is a semi-finalist in the 2009 FilmStream Screenplay Competition. |
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In Dreamtime - the Illustrated Nobody Dick | by Will Lorimer Oct. 17, 2011 | $3.99 | 98895 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: Artist, writer, phenomenologist. Mythspent youth, left school early, but then graduated Scottish School of Hard Knocks without a mark. Fellow of Hawthornden. Winner of the silver medal, International Art Festival, Procida, Italy. First novel, Nobody Dick in Dreamtime, published by 4th Estate in 1989. Autodidact. First one man Art show - the Ideal Gnome Exibition. Thereafter, exhibited widely in UK and abroad. Gnomes, paintings, dichroic glass sculptures, jewelery, in private and national collections in UK and abroad. Gnomemaker to the late HRH Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. With my then wife, renovated agricultural complex in Fife Scotland, into a residential Art Center. Various notable artist and musicians worked on projects there, including Simple Minds who created their album New Gold Dream, while at the Center. Traveled widely over a number of years, and have lived in remote locations, as well as in various capital cities. Highs and lows: High: summit of a sacred mountain in the Sierra Madre with a shaman. Low: dealing in dodgy furniture in Brick lane Market London, next to the National Front hang out. Recent employment - 'the Republican Guard' at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh - a strange assignment for a writer. However, I completed Headfux in a cabin there... nice work if you can get it, Ma'am... (if you want to know more, read my novels, they are all experienced based...) |
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This Dross | by W. B. Emerson Oct. 02, 2011 | $0.99 | 2955 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: A graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, W. B. Emerson is a freelance writer and novelist. He currently lives in southwestern Michigan. |
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119 | by Fisher Thompson Sep. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 71094 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Fisher Thompson is a full-time writer. |
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A Down Home Feeling | by Harry McDonald Sep. 14, 2011 | $0.99 | 3486 words | Sample 40% |
| Author bio: My name is Harry McDonald. I live in Georgia, and started writing short stories in 2005. Most of my writings are humorous, a bit improbable, and have a Southern touch. I also have an interest in writing horror/ghost stories, and Southern Gothic, and plan to mainly publish serious stories someday. My first stories published here are A Damned Old Man, My Garden Is Bigger Than Yours, The Man in the Moon is Japanese, The Party Line, Her Big Hair Nearly Killed Me, A Feast To Die, For A Down Home Feeling, The Iron Bed, The Shadows On Maple Lane, and The Elusive Chocolate Eclair. Just 99 cents each! My style is not one of putting everything I have into the first paragraph, or even the first page. You have to read on - for they only get better as you go! I have a lot to learn about doing covers, but will keep working on it. If you have a handsome face, you can fill in for my profile picture! Thanks for reading. |
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Nobody Dick in Dreamtime | by Will Lorimer Sep. 14, 2011 | $2.99 | 98803 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: Artist, writer, phenomenologist. Mythspent youth, left school early, but then graduated Scottish School of Hard Knocks without a mark. Fellow of Hawthornden. Winner of the silver medal, International Art Festival, Procida, Italy. First novel, Nobody Dick in Dreamtime, published by 4th Estate in 1989. Autodidact. First one man Art show - the Ideal Gnome Exibition. Thereafter, exhibited widely in UK and abroad. Gnomes, paintings, dichroic glass sculptures, jewelery, in private and national collections in UK and abroad. Gnomemaker to the late HRH Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. With my then wife, renovated agricultural complex in Fife Scotland, into a residential Art Center. Various notable artist and musicians worked on projects there, including Simple Minds who created their album New Gold Dream, while at the Center. Traveled widely over a number of years, and have lived in remote locations, as well as in various capital cities. Highs and lows: High: summit of a sacred mountain in the Sierra Madre with a shaman. Low: dealing in dodgy furniture in Brick lane Market London, next to the National Front hang out. Recent employment - 'the Republican Guard' at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh - a strange assignment for a writer. However, I completed Headfux in a cabin there... nice work if you can get it, Ma'am... (if you want to know more, read my novels, they are all experienced based...) |
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Books of Daniel | by Zoe E. Whitten Sep. 01, 2011 | $2.99 | 89929 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Writer of dark and weird fiction, amateur comedian, retired nymphomaniac. |
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Switch (bdsm story.02) | by Jess C Scott Aug. 09, 2011 | $2.99 | 12621 words | Sample 8% |
| Author bio: Jess is a full-time author/artist/non-conformist. She works in a diverse range of genres such as urban fantasy, erotic (not pornographic) fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk. As a writer, Jess focuses on style and substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype. Visit her website for free samples and more! WEBSITE: http://www.jessINK.com MEDIA: http://www.jessINK.com/media.htm DISCLAIMER: http://www.jessINK.com/porn_vs_erotica.htm + + + FB: www.facebook.com/jessINKbooks TWITTER: www.twitter.com/jesscscott |
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We Were Fish: Collected Poetry | by J M McDermott Aug. 08, 2011 | $2.99 | 24017 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: I am a robot fueled by coffee and fantasy novels. |
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Halfway to the Stars | by Marcy Sheiner Aug. 05, 2011 | $4.99 | 97615 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Marcy Sheiner’s articles, reviews, short stories, and opinion pieces have been published in print and online, as well as in many anthologies. She has written one memoir (Perfectly Normal, available at iUniverse) and one self-help book (Sex for the Clueless, available at Amazon); edited a dozen anthologies of erotic fiction (also at Amazon); and has ghostwritten six full-length works of non-fiction. She maintains two blogs: Dirty Laundry at http://www.marcys.wordpress.com, and Bookbuster at http://www.marcysbookbuster.wordpress.com. |
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All Lies and Jest | by Kate Harrad July 30, 2011 | $4.99 | 66298 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: British author and iconoclast. |
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Apples and Self-Interview - two stories | by Richard K. Weems July 29, 2011 | $0.99 | 4621 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Richard K. Weems (weemsnet.net) is also the author of Anything He Wants, winner of the Spire Fiction Award and finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize. He lives and teaches in New Jersey. "Richard Weems' surging dialogue and rhapsodic narrative guide us through the humorous, albeit damning, interactions of people who are just like us. Confused, inspired, and sad, his characters are working to change their lives but are frustrated by both the every-day and the highly unusual. Detailed introspections are delivered through original prose, unlike anything I've ever read. Don't read him if you want the norm. His voice is part of an underground, cutting edge group of writers who are making wild changes to the way literature is created and enjoyed." -Camille Renshaw, former Editor of Pif Magazine "A pleasure to read, a pleasure to inhabit, the stories in Anything He Wants remind us why we want to read in the first place. Extraordinary work by a writer about whom too little is known." -Frederick Barthelme "Richard Weems is a big, generous, weird guy whose stories too are generous and weird. Weems is going to get weirder with time, and more generous and more large, and he will be fun to read." -Padgett Powell |
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Soil | by Miracle Jones July 13, 2011 | $4.00 | 47612 words | Sample 10% |
| Author bio: Miracle Jones is a very private person. |
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Oz - One of Ten | by Jack Reynolds July 13, 2011 | $4.99 | 67920 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Jack Thomas Reynolds has written four books: The Ethiopian Woman, While Angels Watched, Up Through the Cracks and Oz One of Ten He was born in a small coal mining town just outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. He is the father of six daughters. He has always loved art and the art of telling stories; his own and the stories of others he has come to know. “He himself came up through the cracks at a time when a black man falling through cracks was very easy to achieve. He blames all of his positive achievements on the fact that he has always abstained from mind-altering substances — drugs, alcohol and tobacco. He blames his shortcomings on his own stubbornness. If he had a motto, it would be that there is nothing on earth stronger than love and comradeship …†— Written by a friend “I was not born to be alone. I will always need someone to tell my stories too. When someone is beside me, I am much stronger because they are a blessing to me. When I stand behind someone they can rest assured that they have a faithful comrade. If I should ever lead someone, it will never be against God. If I should fail to defend the innocence within children it will not be because I did not do my best, it will be because I died.†— Jack Reynolds |
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Seed | by Miracle Jones July 12, 2011 | $4.00 | 28089 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Miracle Jones is a very private person. |
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The Velvet Rope (bdsm story.05) | by Jess C Scott July 09, 2011 | $2.99 | 17550 words | Sample 8% |
| Author bio: Jess is a full-time author/artist/non-conformist. She works in a diverse range of genres such as urban fantasy, erotic (not pornographic) fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk. As a writer, Jess focuses on style and substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype. Visit her website for free samples and more! WEBSITE: http://www.jessINK.com MEDIA: http://www.jessINK.com/media.htm DISCLAIMER: http://www.jessINK.com/porn_vs_erotica.htm + + + FB: www.facebook.com/jessINKbooks TWITTER: www.twitter.com/jesscscott |
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11 Pearls How To Get Everything You Want In Life | by Charles Steed June 25, 2011 | $4.77 | 6439 words | Sample 20% |
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Self-Sustaining | by J. Daniel Sawyer June 20, 2011 | $0.99 | 3860 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: J. Daniel Sawyer is a hat-wearing, obsessive-compulsive autodidact attempting to write his way out of the loony bin. A self-aggrandizing science fiction and fantasy author who publishes lurid stories and, worse, the occasional popular philosophy article, he is also a very minor authority on Open Source media production (a topic on which he is, unfortunately, published regularly in LinuxJournal). In addition to his wanton abuse of the printed word, he unscrupulously uses his decade-long experience as an audio and video producer with his painfully florid and gritty writing style to create deeply immersive audio universes. This habit, which he indulges in public, has garnered him seven Parsec nominations and helped him make his first professional fiction and philosophy sales (a trend which, for the good of the world at large, we can only hope abates soon). Meanwhile, his growing, rabid fan-base is currently plotting to imprison him and force him to produce endless new literary abominations for their amusement. We can only hope they succeed. Should you be so inclined, you can communicate with this shady character, as well as find podcasts, articles, and other literary abominations at http://www.jdsawyer.net |
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Bee Week | by Benjamin Graves June 16, 2011 | $1.99 | 48844 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: A twenty-one year-old author and student attending Columbia College Chicago as a Fiction major and always writing while attempting to get his first novel published professionally. He's currently working on a fourth novel and his principle interests include more literary fiction involving satire, drama and comedy in many different areas. He tends to enjoy writing about the transgressions of his generation and how the world's affected it and vice versa. He also loves to study film and music as well as literature and reads a large variety of work. |
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The Carnage Motel | by Deran Ludd June 13, 2011 | Free! | 9465 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Deran Ludd takes traditional genre fiction, twists it and twists it, adds unusual characters, and tells tales pumped with action, woe, and dark humor. Ludd is the author of two published novels: Sick Burn Cut (Semiotext[e], 1992) was optioned for a film, and a screenplay was developed by the author. A slightly reworked excerpt from the novel appeared in the German short story anthology AmLit (Druckhaus Galrev, 1992). No Aloha (Semiotext[e], 1999; DIY ebook edition, 2010) has been a part of class readings at St. John's University and the City College of New York. It has also been included in a Colorado Association of Libraries bibliography, and was included in a suggested reading list in Monolith Magazine (January 2011). Excerpts from the novel appeared in the New Zealand science fiction magazine Log Illustrated, 1999. and the online edition of Pugzine, 1999. Ludd is also the author of several short stories, including eshort stories Hypnotizing Chickens and The Carnage Motel. Both are available from most ebook outlets. |
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Sex with Lucifer | by George Simeran May 25, 2011 | $0.99 | 78291 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: George Simeran is the author of "In Love with Sin" and "Prince of this World." His early literary career was interrupted by a scorching addiction to mainlining the bourgeois life and to anything made by Tom Ford. He takes his recovery one day at a time and lives and writes in Los Angeles. |
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Teacher's Pet (bdsm story.04) | by Jess C Scott May 17, 2011 | $2.99 | 13584 words | Sample 8% |
| Author bio: Jess is a full-time author/artist/non-conformist. She works in a diverse range of genres such as urban fantasy, erotic (not pornographic) fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk. As a writer, Jess focuses on style and substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype. Visit her website for free samples and more! WEBSITE: http://www.jessINK.com MEDIA: http://www.jessINK.com/media.htm DISCLAIMER: http://www.jessINK.com/porn_vs_erotica.htm + + + FB: www.facebook.com/jessINKbooks TWITTER: www.twitter.com/jesscscott |
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Principia Dischordia and the Scent of the Locust | by Blake Ryder May 10, 2011 | $2.99 | 6499 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Blake Ryder is an underground filmmaker. Though with two post-graduate degrees (in film study and information studies) he rejected Academia to pursue a fringe existence within Australia's burgeoning pornography industry. As an author he seeks to explore the role of sexually explicit material within genre structures. His work in this vein is atheist | secular humanist | morally relativist sexual fantasy for adults. The content, being an exploration of different genres, is often disturbing. |
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Baroque Majesty of the Tortured She-Male | by Blake Ryder May 10, 2011 | $2.99 | 4593 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Blake Ryder is an underground filmmaker. Though with two post-graduate degrees (in film study and information studies) he rejected Academia to pursue a fringe existence within Australia's burgeoning pornography industry. As an author he seeks to explore the role of sexually explicit material within genre structures. His work in this vein is atheist | secular humanist | morally relativist sexual fantasy for adults. The content, being an exploration of different genres, is often disturbing. |
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The Rabbi's Books | by Nancy Reil Riojas May 07, 2011 | Free! | 2632 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Thank you for visiting my profile. Throughout each of our lives, stories continuously happen all around us. What's thrilling is expressing them on paper, yet presenting the story to you with grace and clarity is in itself another story. In addition, we writers share a great challenge of maintaining your attention, never an easy task. Hence, my goal is to present stories that move your heart. I am from San Antonio, Texas, and after decades of a successful career in real estate, I still live in this great state. Most of my novelettes, novellas,and short stories are inspired by true events and take place only in Texas settings. I attempt to keep my writing style clear and direct, which can be enjoyed from the young to the old. In several of the stories, I provide Texas facts with the violence of self defense battles and natural disasters as well as moving, emotional struggles then combine them with moral fortitude. By keeping the reading time of some of the stories no longer than the length of a movie, the intent is to spark interest in those who dislike reading. "Writing opens the window to our souls, yet reading opens the door. If I can inspire anyone to read, then I feel successful in my endeavor." My stories: "Monster At My Window" (Novella) "Moonshiner, The Wolf" (Novella) "Hannibal~A True Story" (Short Story) "Rabbi's Books" (Short Story) "Visiting Mary" (Short Story) "Flood of 1965" (Short Story) "Steven" (Short Story) ~~~~ REVIEWS ~~~~ "Moonshiner, The Wolf" 1. This book helps us to understand two things: One, life is about the realization that if you know something has to be done, be self-reliant and do it, which in turn creates a strong sense of worth. And two, for some of us it can be difficult to know others as deeply as we might like to, especially those we love the most. Be good to those you love so you can live with them after this life, forever and ever." Andrew Campbell 2. "Kudos! A heart-wrenching story that entices you to keep reading. It's well written and certainly appropriate for all ages. Loved reading it." Thomas Holden 3. "A moving story from beginning to end, but one scene is a real tear-jerker." - Alpine Avalance, Alpine, Tx. Valerie P. 4. " 'Moonshiner, The Wolf' tells the tale of a courageous West Texas ranch woman. She befriends a wolf who becomes her lifetime guardian. Don't miss out, read it!"-- Bandera County Courier Editor, Bandera, Tx. Carolyn Edwards. "MONSTER AT MY WINDOW" 1. "A highly recommended thriller! Good battle scenes and good plot will hold your interest all the way through. Not one unneccesary or boring word in the entire story as the author does not force elements that disrupt the flow. The characters come to life and the setting fits like a glove. It begins with an up close casting of a young daughter who tells the truth and from there it unfolds into a unique storyline when friends face up to creatures that infiltrate a south Texas town. The end will leave you wanting more thrills, I guarantee it." David Martinelli 2. "Great Read! I thought this book would be all about monsters, but I got more out of it than just a monster story. This book reminds people that no matter how a child describes something, you should always listen and hear them! The way a child views something is not always the way we adults view them. Great book! To me, much more than a monster story." Wanda S. 3. "Different, but interesting." R.em "Hannibal~A True Story" 1. The storyline in this short story produces no punches as the author describes her survival against an animal that was never taught love." Kristina Howells, France author "VISTING MARY" 1. "This short story is charged with emotion and the imagery is fantastic as well --- keep writing." Heather Kitt "THE RABBI'S BOOKS" 1. "Excellent point of view. From the atrocities depicted in Elie Wiesel's "Night" to the haunting scene of Schindler's List, these events truly are worth teaching. To think that certain schools would have the nerve to excuse the matter is absolutely disappointing. Bravo to you, Nancy, for portraying that point of view and doing it so well!" Shane Ryan, writer "Flood of 1965" 1. "I felt like I was a part of the story, good description." Laura Everly Note from author: "In December the Christmas short story "Visiting Mary" was chosen for publication by the editors of four newspapers throughout Texas, "The Bandera County Courier" in Bandera County, "The Leader" in Dallas, Texas," La Prensa San Antonio", and "El Hispano News," Dallas, Texas." I am sole owner of these published stories and they are copyrighted at the U. S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C. It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright. Thank you. |
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Punktuation | by Teri-Louise Kelly May 04, 2011 | $5.99 | 51911 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: She comes from someplace else. She was once a petulant little boy. She has been a dominatrix. She has pole danced in Soho, London. She is a five book (tree) author and a six book e author. She has been described variously as a storm trooper, a femme fatale and a gutter wrestler. Her work induces vibrating polarity and she is a gender and genre crosser. Her poetry and improvised spoken word has a caustic reality and a blatant sexual depravity. She blasphemes conventionality and bridges the gaping chasm in a flawed binary system. “In other times in other places there were always writers. Writers fill a need, although, quite what that need actually is has never been fully determined. Mainly, writing is just a bunch of words on a page, or as it is now – on a screen. There are hundreds of thousands of words and all bar about six hundred or so are absolutely useless, which is why I don’t use them.†|
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Charlie | by The Sinner Glynn April 13, 2011 | Free! | 82043 words | Read a sample |
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Nana: A Thanksgiving Memory (Cough Syrup Testimonial #23) | by Buddy Lee April 11, 2011 | $0.99 | 1894 words | Sample 30% |
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Sighphen | by Justin Martinez March 30, 2011 | $0.99 | 50003 words | Sample 20% |
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The Novahistine DH Story or How I Became Addicted to Codeine Laced Over-the-Counter Cough Syrup (Not to Mention Powdered Opium, Demerol, and Hydrocodone) | by Buddy Lee March 27, 2011 | $2.99 | 2789 words | Sample 30% |
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Pulling Teeth | by Alan Ryker March 22, 2011 | $2.99 | 24053 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Alan Ryker lives with his wife in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. Check out his many adventures at his blog, Pulling Teeth at www.alanryker.com. Enjoy his most mundane thoughts by following him on twitter: @alanryker. And contact him at alanjryker@gmail.com. |
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