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PRINTABLE 3D Dungeon Tiles - Master DM set - for Dungeons and Dragons, D&D, Gurps, Warhammer, or other RPG | by Andrew W. Zehner Feb. 01, 2012 | $1.00 | 45 words | Sample 100% |
| The dungeon master package contains everything you need to enhance your adventures. The download package contains the following: LONG WALL, SHORT WALL, DOORS, WINDOWS, and STAIRS. AND a SPECIAL CURVED WALL. All you have to do is print out the files and cut and fold. For complete instructions or for Extremely High Resolution versions and other versions for your RPG, Visit the Website | |||||
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Caterina Cerca La Banda | by Luigi Sgambati Jan. 16, 2012 | $0.99 | 19793 words | Sample 15% |
| Erano tanti anni che la banda non veniva più in paese. Mancava la musica. Ma non la musica come presenza. Le mancava la musica come ricordo, la musica come memoria. Sua nonna la musica la ricordava, sapeva immaginarla, la portava dentro di sé. Lei covava nel suo cuore solo il maestoso silenzio dei monti. Ed è così che Caterina, all’età di cinque anni e sette mesi, partì alla ricerca della banda. | |||||
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Momo: the Disgruntled Christmas Elf | by Chandra Leigh White Dec. 17, 2011 | Free! | 260 words | Read a sample |
| A cute 8-page short story about the... uh... joys of being an elf. Just done for fun one year in college, putting it up for people to see and *hopefully* enjoy. | |||||
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The Gods of Arr-Kelaan: For the Death of Kings (5 of 5) | by Chuck Rowles Dec. 02, 2011 | Free! | 310 words | Read a sample |
| Ronson now knows three things: 1) There were more survivors of the crash that made it to the magical world of Arr-Kelaan. 2)These survivors have the same powers as he does. 3) Some of them are real jerks. Black and white comic. 18 page black and white comic. | |||||
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All Of My Heroes Are Dead | by Jesus Reyes Nov. 24, 2011 | Free! | 408 words | Sample 50% |
| A short story/graphic novel. Dark L.A. Fiction from Los Angeles writer Jesus Reyes. "I am balls deep in an ocean of tears. The night sky is awesome. The moon has a smile on its face, but the stars are all frowning at me. I think that I might be dreaming." -All Of My Heroes Are Dead | |||||
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The Caveman Conspiracy (a Wandering Koala tale) Book 2 | by Jeff Thomason Nov. 17, 2011 | $2.99 | 362 words | Sample 20% |
| Karen is missing, and René suspects foul play! Karen is a grad student on a dig in Africa with her professor looking for fossils to fill in the evolutionary chart. But when she discovers something that shouldn’t exist, she finds herself buried in a decades old conspiracy. Only the intervention of a silent wanderer has any hope of uncovering the truth. 38pg. B&W | |||||
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The Caveman Conspiracy (a Wandering Koala tale) Book 1 | by Jeff Thomason Nov. 16, 2011 | Free! | 360 words | Read a sample |
| Has the Scientific Community been lying to us all this time? Karen is a grad student on a dig in Africa with her professor looking for fossils to fill in the evolutionary chart. But when she discovers something that shouldn’t exist, she finds herself buried in a decades old conspiracy. Only the intervention of a silent wanderer has any hope of uncovering the truth. 38pg B&W | |||||
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The Thinking Man, Paralysis by Analysis (illustrated) | by Nadina Boun Nov. 07, 2011 | $0.99 | 6143 words | Sample 20% |
| The Thinking man's rules in man's head, a satirical and comical paralysis out of excess analysis, with illustrated images, making it a great coffee table read or a quick illustrated comic. | |||||
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Joshua's Harvest Volume 1 | by Betty Burston Nov. 04, 2011 | $0.99 | 69498 words | Sample 20% |
| Troy, a small town in Central Alabama, contains the largest per capita population of paranormals in the world. Driven by the desire to breed a new life form, Joshua, a 14th century vampire, descends upon the rural community in June 1959 and initiates a cycle that may ultimately end in a destruction of all mankind. Joshua's Harvest: The TV series is coming to Punch TV network in 2013. | |||||
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Occupy LOL Street | by thewisesloth Nov. 04, 2011 | Free! | 15 words | Sample 100% |
| Occupy LOL Street is a comic book and a metaphor for the Occupy Wall Street movement as told through the adventures of three cats. | |||||
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The Butcher, the Baker and the Candlestick Maker | by Robert Sullivan Nov. 04, 2011 | Free! | 3051 words | Read a sample |
| Most fantasy settings include something so fundamental that many people miss it and its ramifications. That is that the extraordinary has always been a part of the setting. As an example, a series of three articles will describe “mundane†shops – the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker – each touched by the fantastic. | |||||
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A Sperlative View | by Sam Worthington Oct. 29, 2011 | $2.99 | 118780 words | Sample 20% |
| Two Labradors, Sam a gun dog and Worthington an ex- pub dog, have a series of hilarious adventures in both the big city and the countryside. Totally believable, the author manages to convince the reader that this is how dogs both communicate and feel about the world in which they live. Their escapades range from swimming in the Serpentine to framing a cat for stealing chickens. | |||||
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The Reapers | by anton mink Oct. 24, 2011 | $1.99 | 1634 words | Sample 20% |
| A fictional myth about creation and the tragedy which follows.... | |||||
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The Reapers | by anton mink Oct. 24, 2011 | $1.99 | 1634 words | Sample 20% |
| A fictional myth about creation and the tragedy which follows.... | |||||
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Fall (Thai Edition) | by Lady Beelaa Oct. 21, 2011 | Free! | 344 words | Sample 20% |
| An illustrated perception of love that you might once, or more, experienced. Have you ever been in such situation before? Let's see... Note: This book is the Thai edition of "Fall". | |||||
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Night Cralwer 3 | by Jae Howard Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 2776 words | Sample 20% |
| The night crawler perfects his plan and secures 2 new slaves with the help of his wife. | |||||
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Bad Kitty | by Jae Howard Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 3407 words | Sample 20% |
| Big brother is always watching...look over your shoulder and smile for the camera. | |||||
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On the Run | by Jae Howard Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 3637 words | Sample 20% |
| A quantum physics genius has proof of governmental conspiracy and is on the run! | |||||
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I married Night Crawler | by Jae Howard Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 3663 words | Sample 20% |
| The story of how a depraved abused woman married a psychopath serial rapist. | |||||
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Night Crawler 2 | by Jae Howard Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 2391 words | Sample 20% |
| A sick minded serial rapist has one thing on his mind...revenge. | |||||
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Night Crawler 1 | by Jae Howard Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 3700 words | Sample 20% |
| The Night Crawler is a serial rapist with no conscience and one thing on his mind. He started out as a peeping Tom, but soon nothing would satisfy him but the look of fear on a woman's face as he invaded her home and raped her. Lock your windows and lock them tight, no one is safe from the N | |||||
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Fall | by Lady Beelaa Oct. 18, 2011 | Free! | 227 words | Read a sample |
| An illustrated perception of love that you might once, or more, experienced. Have you ever been in such situation before? Let's see... | |||||
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Time Tangle | by Roger Greider Oct. 17, 2011 | $2.99 | 83536 words | Sample 20% |
| To save Brad Williams from large hail, Ozod, an invisible bumbler, sends him back in time to the Oklahoma land run of 1889. He meets Ellen. Brad is desperate to return to the present. With Ozod’s inept help, he escapes disasters from the Triassic era to 2155. During his experiences of danger and conflict, he realizes Ellen is his true love and Ozod finally gets the two of them back to 2012. | |||||
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Males Underwear (Color) | by Steve Steel Sep. 27, 2011 | $999.00 | 104 words | |
| Illustrations of males in underwear. | |||||
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Moonfall | by Roger Greider Sep. 25, 2011 | $2.99 | 86710 words | Sample 20% |
| A giant meteor shatters the moon, and the pieces spiral to Earth. Greg Stevens leads a group of survivors who call themselves The Company, sharing possessions. More women survive than men, so a polygamous life style is chosen. After thirty years of a rising democratic economy, struggling against ambitious rivals, including cannibals, their standard of living approaches that of pre Moonfall. | |||||
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The Woods | by L E Fitzpatrick Sep. 22, 2011 | $0.99 | 182 words | Sample 50% |
| If you go down to the woods today... you won't be coming back. The Woods is an unsettling poem and collection of black and white art work about evil, punishment and malice. Each stanza is disturbingly illustrated to create a piece of work that is as much art as it is literature. | |||||
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Memoirs of a Super Criminal | by David Corbet Sep. 03, 2011 | $1.99 | 42894 words | Sample 20% |
| An aging super criminal, El Mag, reflects upon his life of crime while trying to get out of the business. Doubts about his career choice plague his thoughts while he avoids the toughest super hero, Armageddon, to ever fly the skies. El Mag's career and life boils down to one last stand. A story full of intense action and unbridled passion. Was a life of crime worth it? Who wins in the end? Read on | |||||
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The Blue Star Millennium - A Journey in Time | by David Gau-Ghan Sep. 02, 2011 | $6.99 | 60507 words | Sample 20% |
| The power of positive thought in helping to shape our present and future world is emphasized through the medium of multi-dimensional visitors from the fifth-dimension and the Pleiades Star system. Extra-terrestrial Beings recalling Akashic records of ancient Atlantis interplay with actual historic events to create a surreal story that challenges the reader to separate fact from fiction. | |||||
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Raytoons Cartoon Avenue Volume 1 | by Raymond Mullikin Aug. 15, 2011 | Free! | 27 words | Read a sample |
| Raytoons Cartoon Avenue is a 54-page collection of comics many different artists and writers. You'll find comedy, adventure, drama, fantasy/scifi, historical, and much much more! | |||||
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Van Gogh 3D Series 1 | by Salil Jain Aug. 06, 2011 | $0.99 | 109 words | |
| Van Gogh is most famous artist of all time. As a post impressionist painter he is an icon. From growing up in Holland and pursuing a life as a pastor, to moving to France, he created an incredible collection of artwork. This book is an humble effort to put those paintings in 3D. One will need Red-Cyan 3D glasses to view the content of few paintings included in this book. Enjoy!!! | |||||
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The Redtailed Devils | by Paul Cozens Aug. 01, 2011 | $2.99 | 52643 words | Sample 20% |
| Historical fiction WWII, Tuskeegee Airmen Hauptman Otto Kruger, a German Ace, is assigned to a special fighter group tasked w/destroying U.S. bombers. He resorts to tethered bombs, and 8in. mortars. He is shot down by a young Lt. Vernon Ghest, from the 302nd fs in the 332nd fg. Vernon is captured by the Germans and manages to escape to fight again. | |||||
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Shattered Dreams | by Bross Books July 22, 2011 | $1.99 | 38728 words | Sample 20% |
| Due to the economic situation on the continent, most Africans prefer to seek greener pastures in the more developed European and North American countries. However, in most cases, only few ever achieve their objective for migrating. Shattered Dreams tells the story of four Africans, who migrated but were faced with the reality that life's not so easy at the other side of the atlantic. | |||||
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One Unbelievable Secret Is All You Need To Know ! | by Lee E. Shilo July 19, 2011 | $3.00 | 2816 words | Sample 20% |
| One Unbelievable Secret Is All You Need To Know ! Fictional Facts. What Are They And What Can They Do For You? | |||||
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Lifecode: Mission 01 -The Aevolutionaries, Part 1 | by Peter Garand July 18, 2011 | Free! | 126 words | Read a sample |
| Alastor’s Reprieve is the initial installment of the The Aevolutionaries, the first mission in the Lifecode series. Lifecode is the first graphic novel produced entirely on the iPad. Story by Peter Garand, Art by Dale Darling | |||||
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An Incomprehensible Condition: An Unofficial Guide To Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers | by Andrew Hickey July 15, 2011 | $5.00 | 36695 words | Sample 20% |
| In An Incomprehensible Condition, Andrew Hickey examines Grant Morrison's 2005 comic series Seven Soldiers of Victory, and traces the history of the ideas used. From Greek myth to hip-hop, from John Bunyan to Alan Turing, from Arius of Alexandria to Isaac Newton, we see how Frankenstein connects to Robert Johnson, what George Bernard Shaw had to say about Bulleteer, and more. | |||||
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Closing In | by Don Hale July 14, 2011 | $4.00 | 65084 words | Sample 20% |
| These are four short horror stories by Mark Jones, a Wrexham author who has recently secured the copyright to Dracula, and along with other titles hopes to have a long career as an author of horror fiction. | |||||
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Sommer, Sonne, Liebeshöhle | by Isabella Pad July 14, 2011 | $1.99 | 2676 words | |
| Was gibt es Schöneres, als im Urlaub einem Flirt nicht abgeneigt zu sein? Doch es liegt ein Fluch auf der romantischen Liebeshöhle. Entkommt Bettina diesem Fluch oder entwickelt sich alles ganz anders? Eine ideale Kurzlektüre für die sonnigen Tage des Jahres. | |||||
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BIAlien Series Volume I book 3 | by Vlane Carter July 12, 2011 | $4.99 | 113381 words | Sample 15% |
| Rise of the BIAliensapien: Human evolved part 3. After Jaden recues Dr. Chan from the Federal prison, they make it to her father’s house where Jaden meets Dr. Chan’s jealous robotic boyfriend Max. Jaden’s goal is to quickly make it from Virginia to NYC to save a family member and then leave doomed Earth. President Robinson is Jaden’s biggest obstacle. | |||||
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West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide | by K.M. Johnson-Weider July 02, 2011 | $0.99 | 143318 words | Sample 15% |
| Imagine a world like our own but with superheroes. Would the superheroes change the world or would the world change the superheroes? K.M. Johnson-Weider has created that world with wit, fun, romance, and plenty of drama. Teams of superheroes use their powers to protect their cities, but fame and fortune can be more insidious than any supervillain, and saving the city doesn't pay the bills. | |||||
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Horus Comic | by Rob Lyles (aka, Al Zado) June 28, 2011 | $2.99 | 10232 words | Sample 15% |
| Al Zado has created the newest genre of original prose. Set as a comic book, this poetic version describes the superhero, Horus, as he fights the evil Sin and his sidekick, Tempest. This character is the modern day military hero to overcome terrorism and instill peace. (Includes romance with an exotic girl named Aziera.) | |||||
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Mirror | by Putra Perdana June 26, 2011 | Free! | 14 words | Read a sample |
| A mirror reflects not only our physical form, but what's underneath as well. What if you have something that you don't want to see? And what if it comes after you... | |||||
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Normal Life | by Laura Solomon June 23, 2011 | $7.18 | 16368 words | Sample 15% |
| You will love Laura's ability to share her experience, strength and hope that you too can overcome your messed up life. You will love her humor and quickly learn there is no such thing as a 'normal'. This book, although deep and meaningful is filled with profanity and sexual content. | |||||
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Black Blooded Heart | by Joseph Barresi June 13, 2011 | $0.99 | 170614 words | Sample 20% |
| Valdimir...The Butcher of Antamor...the First Dark Knight...Morith's Chosen. These are all titles of the villanious Valdimir, a once proud and just knight of Arathon that had once believed in protecting the innocent and punishing the wicked. | |||||
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Robot of Leisure #3: Boris Gets a Visitor | by Katharine Miller June 03, 2011 | $3.99 | 363 words | Sample 20% |
| As Boris settles into his cozy life of leisure with his sock puppet sidekick Beryl, the mysterious appearance of a parcel threatens to unsettle the peaceful atmosphere of Zükünfthaus. Boris is introduced to Nigel the automated butler, and with him comes confusion and misunderstanding. Will Boris compromise his freedom for friendship? | |||||
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Rough Sea Justice | by James Cassaday June 03, 2011 | $4.99 | 73444 words | Sample 15% |
| All of us have experienced feelings of frustration, even anger, when Law Courts find the victims of robbery or assault to be guilty of using excessive force in defending themselves or their property. Now read one fictional, but possible case featured in Rough Sea Justice,and smile (at times) as the author introduces the trials and tribulations of one such victim....... | |||||
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A Child | by Susan Bookman June 02, 2011 | $2.99 | 18326 words | Sample 20% |
| She wished her father had never brought that foul man back when he had left. The life he now lived had to be better than the one he left her to live. Now she lived the life of an unmarried woman at nineteen, taking care of an old woman with no will and the one thing the stranger had left in his wake. | |||||
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Jessamine (graphic novel) | by Barbara G.Tarn May 26, 2011 | Free! | 172 words | Read a sample |
| The beginning of the namesake novella with drawings. | |||||
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Lady Ice | by Barbara G.Tarn May 22, 2011 | Free! | 199 words | Read a sample |
| A love story between a widower and a woman who thought she was too icy to fall in love again. | |||||
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Essai | by AUDREY PAV May 19, 2011 | $10.00 | 26550 words | Sample 20% |
| Un livre sympathique sur la BD | |||||
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Bailiwick Gold | by James Cassaday May 16, 2011 | $4.99 | 100673 words | Sample 15% |
| Soon after the Channel Islands were liberated following five years of occupation during World War II, rumours of hidden loot (spoils of war) began to circulate. During subsequent years these were fuelled by stories concerning German tourists, many still of military bearing, who were reportedly seen probing in hedgerows and other odd locations in and around the Bailiwick of Guernsey. | |||||