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The Han Shan Poems	by Norton Hodges May 15, 2008	Free!	1082 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Norton Hodges was born in Gravesend, Kent, England in 1948. He studied French and German at the University College of Swansea and taught Modern Languages for 22 years. He has also worked as a pay clerk, book reviewer, adult literacy tutor and examination invigilator. He has an M.A (1980). and a PhD in Language and Literature in Education (1998), has published academic articles and has completed an Advanced Poetry Course with the Open College of the Arts. After sickness retirement in 1997, he began to submit his poetry for publication. He has since been widely published in English poetry magazines and on the internet. His work has also appeared in anthologies, has been translated into French, Russian and Urdu and has been digitised by the Poetry Library in London. He has also translated into English the work of the francophone poets Athanase Vantchev de Thracy and ThÃ©o Crassas. In 2005, he was awarded the Grand Prix International Solenzara by a French jury from the Institut Solenzara. He now lives in Oakham, Rutland.
The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out	by Edward C. Patterson May 30, 2008	$0.99	21419 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further post graduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 1999 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring. Works: Bobby's Trace No Irish Need Apply Cutting the Cheese Surviving an American Gulag The Road to GrafenwÃ¶hr The Closet Clandestine The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow - Book II Look Away, Silence Turning Idolater Come, Wewoka The Jade Owl The Third Peregrination - The Jade Owl - Book II The Dragon's Pool - The Jade Owl Book III The People's Treasure - The Jade Owl Book IV Are You Still Sumitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher? Oh, Dainty Triolet
Come, Wewoka & Diary of Medicine Flower	by Edward C. Patterson May 30, 2008	$0.99	11161 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further post graduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 1999 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring. Works: Bobby's Trace No Irish Need Apply Cutting the Cheese Surviving an American Gulag The Road to GrafenwÃ¶hr The Closet Clandestine The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow - Book II Look Away, Silence Turning Idolater Come, Wewoka The Jade Owl The Third Peregrination - The Jade Owl - Book II The Dragon's Pool - The Jade Owl Book III The People's Treasure - The Jade Owl Book IV Are You Still Sumitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher? Oh, Dainty Triolet
Comfort Zone Poetry	by hlaxner July 25, 2008	Free!	540 words	Read a sample
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Song For A Friend	by Wren Sasaki Dec. 04, 2008	Free!	97 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am serene. I am unclean. I am obscene - at times. I am in a dream. I am living by my own means. I am unseem...ly.
Bless The Vampires	by Frank F. Atanacio Dec. 11, 2008	$3.95	9500 words	Sample 35%
Author bio: Frank F. Atanacio was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He enjoys writing and collecting baseball cards. His passion is Mystery novels, and he does have a series of thrillers featuring Nick PT Barnum. His latest effort is Dark Clouds featuring Nick Barnum. He has two daughters, Ronnie and Laura, and a son, Frank Jr. He now resides in the Huntington section of Shelton, Connecticut
The Oak Tree	by Wendy Brumback Dec. 21, 2008	You set the price!	94 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Born and rasied in Colorado, I love a wide variety of things. I write in several different genres and am working to complete a novel and making plans to start another. I received my BA in Crative Writing in May 2011. In my spare time I enjoy reading, studying my religon, crocheting, quilting, traveling (when I have the money)and entering clothing designs for their contests at Chicstar.com.
The Little Book of Horror Poems	by Gregory D. Welch Jan. 17, 2009	You set the price!	3042 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: I'm in a writing mood today... But that's nothing new. Hello, and welcome. Pull up a chair, lean back, relax. Want a green tea? They're my favorite... So, you want to know about me? I was born in the Summer of '84. Was raised in small town, Kentucky---its grown up since then, they're at around 25,000 now. Watch out! I've always had a vivid imagination. My folks sometimes say it's because I grew up away from my older sister, and was mostly alone as a child. Not abandoned alone, but void of other children most of the time. So, I compensated by creating massive adventures in the back yard. I explained why there were twelve different "Batman" action figures in various suits, creating my own league of "Batmen" each with their own backgrounds, abilities and so on.... But that's not why you came here, now is it? No... You want to know when it happened---when I started to write. That my friend started when it started. What I mean is, as soon as I learned something was possible, I did it. I could probably pin a year on it, back to maybe First or second grade. Maybe even earlier, but I won't confirm the old wives tale of us writers having a huge ego. Not yet. I can say I first discovered great stories before I ever started School. Was my mother's fault, and I'm eternally grateful for it. I'll never forget that first reading of H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine." Science Fiction was a thing I enjoyed thoroughly for a stretch. The machines, the possibilities, and the insane explanations. Very enjoyable. But I grew, and my tastes changed. I wrote different things and different times. I even put it off altogether once because of a harsh criticism from a Seventh grade Teacher... I became an active leader in the Church I was attending and during that time Discovered one Mister Frank Peretti. He is a Christian Author with a decent understanding of horror---Supernatural Horror. Long Story Short as they say, I resigned from my positions in Church for my own reasons and not long afterward rediscovered Stephen King. King holds a special place in my dark heart. His works inspire me sure, and challenge the hell out of me. If he can do it, why can't I? Then came others... Clive Barker haunted my deepest soul with his "Hellbound Heart." A tattered old copy I found in a Peddler's mall. I love and adore this book nearly as much as I am terrified of it. Again I saw a challenge, a thing to aspire for. If he could do it, why not I? I write and I write and I write. There is no end, not to passion, not to something written upon the heart---even if it might be shadowed heart. The words come, and they go, but never too far away. I've never felt more alive than when in front of my 'puter banging away like a madman to the vicious songs in my word weaving imagination. I have yet to be officially discovered. But who I am to let that stop me? How's that Green Tea treatin' ya? Need another one? Tell ya what, grab that tea and let's take a trip. Just you, me, and a few good tales...
How I Speak to You	by christopher viau Jan. 18, 2009	$2.00	2234 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: I have cerebral palsy and I canâ€™t talk. I love to write to let my thoughts on paper. I hope this book inspired you. I had grown up in Waukegan. I attended Waukegan Pubic School. My depression started when I was 19. I didn't graduated on time my dream was to be computer programmer not come true. I went north Pointe get help. After few months the job placement woman told because of my cerebral palsy, I can't get a job the community. That made me sad I knew it was time for me to move out of Waukegan. I was place in a nursing home for two years. Now I am living at over the rainbow apartments in Evanston. I do part time work maintain their website. I am involved in United Cerebral Palsy rec club.
Choosing Sides	by Frank F. Atanacio Jan. 19, 2009	$3.95	5207 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Frank F. Atanacio was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He enjoys writing and collecting baseball cards. His passion is Mystery novels, and he does have a series of thrillers featuring Nick PT Barnum. His latest effort is Dark Clouds featuring Nick Barnum. He has two daughters, Ronnie and Laura, and a son, Frank Jr. He now resides in the Huntington section of Shelton, Connecticut
Fighting the Waves	by M.I. Krupenich Jan. 24, 2009	$1.00	337 words	Sample 30%
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Alius Dies	by Emed Malpom Jan. 24, 2009	Free!	181 words	Read a sample
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Bodywearers	by Connie Colwell Miller Jan. 25, 2009	$1.99	7163 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Connie Colwell Miller is a professional editor, freelance writer, and sometimes English teacher from Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Her published poetry has appeared in a handful of literary journals, including Potato Eyes, Artisan, and The Briar Cliff Review. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato, where her graduate thesis won the Toy Blethen Award for Distinguished Poetry in 2002. Currently she lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with her husband and two children: one feisty, the other feistier.
Pacific	by Scott R. Welaert Jan. 25, 2009	$1.99	9329 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Scott R. Welvaert currently lives in Chaska, Minnesota, with his wife, two daughters, and dog named Sparrow. His poetry has been previously published in the Chiron Review, Cold Mountain Review, Rosebud, Birmingham Poetry Review, Valaparaiso Poetry Review and numerous other magazines and journals across the country. Scott has also written numerous children's books, and his most recent publications being a children's adventure series, which includes The Curse of the Wendigo and The Mosquito King.
Sweet	by Dave Morrison Jan. 25, 2009	You set the price!	11305 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Dave Morrison, a high school graduate and above-average guitar player, has published two novels and seven collections of poetry, and lives on the coast of Maine. Visit him at www.dave--morrison.com. Coming in 2011, Clubland, a collection of poems about rock & roll bars, written in verse.
During The End Of Days	by Frank F. Atanacio Jan. 28, 2009	$3.95	5749 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Frank F. Atanacio was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He enjoys writing and collecting baseball cards. His passion is Mystery novels, and he does have a series of thrillers featuring Nick PT Barnum. His latest effort is Dark Clouds featuring Nick Barnum. He has two daughters, Ronnie and Laura, and a son, Frank Jr. He now resides in the Huntington section of Shelton, Connecticut
Breath in This Dust	by Brad Wright Jan. 31, 2009	You set the price!	4306 words	Sample 20%
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The Darkness and the Light and Other Poems	by Travis King Feb. 07, 2009	$4.95	2960 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Travis King is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist from the Pacific Northwest. His works have been published both in print and online. An advocate of copyright reform, he offers most of his work through Creative Commons licensing.
When I Grow Up	by Wren Sasaki Feb. 07, 2009	Free!	296 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am serene. I am unclean. I am obscene - at times. I am in a dream. I am living by my own means. I am unseem...ly.
Where Have You Gone, Great Goddess? and Other Poems of Nature and the Spirit	by Travis King Feb. 07, 2009	$4.95	3310 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Travis King is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist from the Pacific Northwest. His works have been published both in print and online. An advocate of copyright reform, he offers most of his work through Creative Commons licensing.
A Heartbeat, A Death Note	by Evan Skora Feb. 08, 2009	Free!	580 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I believe humans are God's punch line
Last Breath	by Frank F. Atanacio Feb. 09, 2009	$3.95	6707 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Frank F. Atanacio was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He enjoys writing and collecting baseball cards. His passion is Mystery novels, and he does have a series of thrillers featuring Nick PT Barnum. His latest effort is Dark Clouds featuring Nick Barnum. He has two daughters, Ronnie and Laura, and a son, Frank Jr. He now resides in the Huntington section of Shelton, Connecticut
Pretty/Sick Poems	by Michael Edgerly Feb. 19, 2009	$2.00	1663 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Grew up in lake George N.Y. area and began creating short stories for english class in elementary school. Drifting into painting, drawing and learning several instruments, I found myself back to writing. Earning a degree in Graphical Media Arts and teaching at a college in P.A. I have started work on a novel I hope to push to publishing standard. Most of my work is in the horror field and I now live in Ohio.
Seconds To Die	by Frank F. Atanacio Feb. 22, 2009	$3.95	11939 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Frank F. Atanacio was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He enjoys writing and collecting baseball cards. His passion is Mystery novels, and he does have a series of thrillers featuring Nick PT Barnum. His latest effort is Dark Clouds featuring Nick Barnum. He has two daughters, Ronnie and Laura, and a son, Frank Jr. He now resides in the Huntington section of Shelton, Connecticut
A Paper Reborn	by Wren Sasaki March 01, 2009	Free!	138 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am serene. I am unclean. I am obscene - at times. I am in a dream. I am living by my own means. I am unseem...ly.
Bastards of Old	by Gregory D. Welch March 02, 2009	Free!	0 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I'm in a writing mood today... But that's nothing new. Hello, and welcome. Pull up a chair, lean back, relax. Want a green tea? They're my favorite... So, you want to know about me? I was born in the Summer of '84. Was raised in small town, Kentucky---its grown up since then, they're at around 25,000 now. Watch out! I've always had a vivid imagination. My folks sometimes say it's because I grew up away from my older sister, and was mostly alone as a child. Not abandoned alone, but void of other children most of the time. So, I compensated by creating massive adventures in the back yard. I explained why there were twelve different "Batman" action figures in various suits, creating my own league of "Batmen" each with their own backgrounds, abilities and so on.... But that's not why you came here, now is it? No... You want to know when it happened---when I started to write. That my friend started when it started. What I mean is, as soon as I learned something was possible, I did it. I could probably pin a year on it, back to maybe First or second grade. Maybe even earlier, but I won't confirm the old wives tale of us writers having a huge ego. Not yet. I can say I first discovered great stories before I ever started School. Was my mother's fault, and I'm eternally grateful for it. I'll never forget that first reading of H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine." Science Fiction was a thing I enjoyed thoroughly for a stretch. The machines, the possibilities, and the insane explanations. Very enjoyable. But I grew, and my tastes changed. I wrote different things and different times. I even put it off altogether once because of a harsh criticism from a Seventh grade Teacher... I became an active leader in the Church I was attending and during that time Discovered one Mister Frank Peretti. He is a Christian Author with a decent understanding of horror---Supernatural Horror. Long Story Short as they say, I resigned from my positions in Church for my own reasons and not long afterward rediscovered Stephen King. King holds a special place in my dark heart. His works inspire me sure, and challenge the hell out of me. If he can do it, why can't I? Then came others... Clive Barker haunted my deepest soul with his "Hellbound Heart." A tattered old copy I found in a Peddler's mall. I love and adore this book nearly as much as I am terrified of it. Again I saw a challenge, a thing to aspire for. If he could do it, why not I? I write and I write and I write. There is no end, not to passion, not to something written upon the heart---even if it might be shadowed heart. The words come, and they go, but never too far away. I've never felt more alive than when in front of my 'puter banging away like a madman to the vicious songs in my word weaving imagination. I have yet to be officially discovered. But who I am to let that stop me? How's that Green Tea treatin' ya? Need another one? Tell ya what, grab that tea and let's take a trip. Just you, me, and a few good tales...
TORCELLO: Reflections on an Affirmative Path 1	by John Torcello March 03, 2009	$1.99	1117 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: As George Harrison once said, "If you don't know where your going, any road will take you there..." John Torcello's writing is introspective, insightful and provocative; ever aware and mindful of the path travelled. Currently residing in Los Angeles, California, John hails from a small community in Western New York State called Batavia. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music; he has a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition. He also holds an MBA in Marketing/Management from Woodbury University in Burbank, California. John is an accomplished musician; appearing on occasion, as part of the orchestra, as a classical accordionist, with ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic in venues including the Hollywood Bowl, new Disney Concert Hall and Dorothy Chandler Music Center. John is also a co-owner of a DVD Design, Compression and Authoring company called speeDVD that provides DVD-Video processing services to various Hollywood studio and distribution companies. Writing is an avocation for John; along with his musical SoundSketches constructions, his creative writing pieces are meant to be thoughtful exercises for the mind and heart of the reader and listener.
RHYTHMS - Poetry and Muse	by Leo Shelton March 06, 2009	$5.97	14265 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Leo Shelton is a writer, author, poet, educator, scholar, and a self-proclaimed life long learner and student of life. He credits his mom (Carolyn â€“ â€œTugâ€) as the most influential connection and influence on his creative foundation. Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, he began to journal, write short stories and poetry at the very early age of 10 years old. It was there, surrounding his emotional development, through the exposure to such substantive and creative arts of Fisk University, his mother and god-motherâ€™s alma mater, and Tennessee State University, his fatherâ€™s alma mater, that his first interests in the arts took anchor, through such influences as the Jubilee Singers and local playwrights and visual arts. He entered a couple of local and national poetry writing contests, and actually won a couple of awards. This solidified the quest to one day write and publish. Often labeled as a renaissance, he cautiously credits influences of such legends as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and Marlon Riggs as having a major impact on his desire and creative expression, because â€œas powerful as those influences are, music, politics, love, life and so much of my culture, development and exposure, I think, also influences from where the words flow.â€ He additionally credits such influences as Robert Hayden, Richard Wright, Walt Whitman, and Paul Laurence Dunbar as big ones as well. Asked what or who he is reading or following these days, he comments, â€œCommon, and Mos Def and Floetry are all doing their thing in a way that is bringing poetry to the forefronts, through music and song that is so impressive.â€ Heâ€™s also a huge fan of Terrance Hayes and his work. â€œAnd one of my personal favorites is the unbelievably talented, Timâ€™m West â€“ he and his work are incredibly intoxicating.â€ With such a respect for the legends and a connection to the new â€“ itâ€™s no wonder this up and coming artists is already being labeled a renaissance force. And if that is not enough, he is an adjunct faculty member at a number of universities, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in business, finance, organizational behavior, management, and economics, and creative writing, and a freelance consultant and course developer. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management (Magna Cum Laude), an MBA in International Management, an MPA in Government Programs Management (Cum Laude) and an MBA in Financial Management, and he recently completed a Masterâ€™s of Arts in Organizational Management (MAOM). Heâ€™s completed two years of law school and is currently taking a break from pursuing a PhD program. He resides right outside of the Washington, DC area and is the proud owner of Tugson Press. Heâ€™s the author of RHYTHMS â€“ Poetry and Muse, Soul-Full â€“ Poetry, and MBG â€“ Men Who are Black and Happen to be Gay. His work has appeared in Essence Magazine, on DivineCaroline.com, and on GBMNews.com, and he was the first place, Gold Medalist winner of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) in poetry for RHYTHMS. In addition to this award, Leoâ€™s RHYTHMS â€“ Poetry and Muse, and MBG, were also finalists in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Books Awards. www.leoshelton.com
SOUL-FULL - Poetry	by Leo Shelton March 06, 2009	$5.97	7399 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Leo Shelton is a writer, author, poet, educator, scholar, and a self-proclaimed life long learner and student of life. He credits his mom (Carolyn â€“ â€œTugâ€) as the most influential connection and influence on his creative foundation. Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, he began to journal, write short stories and poetry at the very early age of 10 years old. It was there, surrounding his emotional development, through the exposure to such substantive and creative arts of Fisk University, his mother and god-motherâ€™s alma mater, and Tennessee State University, his fatherâ€™s alma mater, that his first interests in the arts took anchor, through such influences as the Jubilee Singers and local playwrights and visual arts. He entered a couple of local and national poetry writing contests, and actually won a couple of awards. This solidified the quest to one day write and publish. Often labeled as a renaissance, he cautiously credits influences of such legends as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and Marlon Riggs as having a major impact on his desire and creative expression, because â€œas powerful as those influences are, music, politics, love, life and so much of my culture, development and exposure, I think, also influences from where the words flow.â€ He additionally credits such influences as Robert Hayden, Richard Wright, Walt Whitman, and Paul Laurence Dunbar as big ones as well. Asked what or who he is reading or following these days, he comments, â€œCommon, and Mos Def and Floetry are all doing their thing in a way that is bringing poetry to the forefronts, through music and song that is so impressive.â€ Heâ€™s also a huge fan of Terrance Hayes and his work. â€œAnd one of my personal favorites is the unbelievably talented, Timâ€™m West â€“ he and his work are incredibly intoxicating.â€ With such a respect for the legends and a connection to the new â€“ itâ€™s no wonder this up and coming artists is already being labeled a renaissance force. And if that is not enough, he is an adjunct faculty member at a number of universities, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in business, finance, organizational behavior, management, and economics, and creative writing, and a freelance consultant and course developer. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management (Magna Cum Laude), an MBA in International Management, an MPA in Government Programs Management (Cum Laude) and an MBA in Financial Management, and he recently completed a Masterâ€™s of Arts in Organizational Management (MAOM). Heâ€™s completed two years of law school and is currently taking a break from pursuing a PhD program. He resides right outside of the Washington, DC area and is the proud owner of Tugson Press. Heâ€™s the author of RHYTHMS â€“ Poetry and Muse, Soul-Full â€“ Poetry, and MBG â€“ Men Who are Black and Happen to be Gay. His work has appeared in Essence Magazine, on DivineCaroline.com, and on GBMNews.com, and he was the first place, Gold Medalist winner of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) in poetry for RHYTHMS. In addition to this award, Leoâ€™s RHYTHMS â€“ Poetry and Muse, and MBG, were also finalists in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Books Awards. www.leoshelton.com
False Idols: Doom Doom	by PrinceCharles Davis March 07, 2009	$3.99	2105 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Prince-Charles Davis, Independent Consultant, Poet/Media Artist/Instructor Prince-Charles Davis has been an independent media artist in the Bay Area since 1990. He is a successful self-publisher of poetry and spoken word artist. He published a poetry book with an audio accompaniment reaching Texas to Japan. Prince-Charles Davis has been an artist instructor in various schools in the Northwest as well as the Bay Area. He worked as a teacher, aid and counselor at the Fred Finch Youth Center, a residential program for at-risk youth in Oakland, California where he initiated several media expression projects for the young men and women that where there. He has committed his life to helping young people. He was a program director of a non-profit community development organization for three years. He was also co-owner of a restaurant in Berkeley, California before moving to Seattle, Washington. He is now living in the Pacific Northwest where he is a husband and father of three girls and a boy. He is also a major tech geek.
I Am Rich; Yet Still Poor Volume 1: Can U Hear Me World	by Authoress Kerry Lynn Cochran March 08, 2009	$6.00	6438 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Kerry Lynn Cochran an African American lesbian writer living in Greensboro, North Carolina. I havenâ€™t currently done any poetry slams but would like to do this as a public venue and I aspire to be a motivational speaker to the youth in the community by using my past experiences, education and outlook on life. Kerry Lynn Cochran has a firm belief that anyone can change their life around by hard work, a positive outlook on life and education. Ms. Cochran has a Bachelorâ€™s Degree in Criminal Justice Administration and currently working on her Master's Degree in Justice and Security; Ms. Cochran has worked with juveniles and youth.
Pomes - Older and Younger	by John Thomas Ahearn March 15, 2009	$3.99	17430 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Me? What's there to know?
TORCELLO: Reflections on an Affirmative Path 2	by John Torcello March 18, 2009	$1.99	1414 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: As George Harrison once said, "If you don't know where your going, any road will take you there..." John Torcello's writing is introspective, insightful and provocative; ever aware and mindful of the path travelled. Currently residing in Los Angeles, California, John hails from a small community in Western New York State called Batavia. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music; he has a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition. He also holds an MBA in Marketing/Management from Woodbury University in Burbank, California. John is an accomplished musician; appearing on occasion, as part of the orchestra, as a classical accordionist, with ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic in venues including the Hollywood Bowl, new Disney Concert Hall and Dorothy Chandler Music Center. John is also a co-owner of a DVD Design, Compression and Authoring company called speeDVD that provides DVD-Video processing services to various Hollywood studio and distribution companies. Writing is an avocation for John; along with his musical SoundSketches constructions, his creative writing pieces are meant to be thoughtful exercises for the mind and heart of the reader and listener.
FAR AWAY AT HOME	by David Bellarosa April 07, 2009	$4.00	9025 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: David Bellarosa is a new American writer -- FAR AWAY AT HOME is his first published work.
POETRY SHEET, VOL. 1, APRIL 09	by Carla Viniferi April 08, 2009	$1.99	584 words	Sample 20%
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Trains of Thought	by Jill Martin April 10, 2009	$1.49	3301 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: I am a retired music teacher with four books out there: a book of poems exclusive to Smashwords (see below), a music text book, the biography of a Czech man who arrived in England in 1938 to flee the Nazis, and one children's novel, 'Eric and Thickpea', about a street urchin in London and his pet rat. I also belong to Chapeltown Writers, a small group of amateur writers in Sheffield. We write all sorts of pieces in a variety of styles, and love every minute of it!
The Arrival	by JA Laflin April 16, 2009	$4.00	1719 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: JA Laflin has tried his hand at everything artistic from the recording studio to comic book art. He has written many short stories over the years, among many articles. He currently lives in Beaverton, OR, spending his time writing, drawing, making music, and spending time with his family.
Miller's Moments of the Mind	by Becky Miller April 20, 2009	$2.00	1189 words
Author bio: I write fictional books and stories to pass my time between Aerospace Techology classes and when travelling long distances by train. Most of my books involve time and/or space travel, but I am also known to have written the odd poem or two. Some of my stories have even evolved into complete serials! All my work is free to read and download, so that everyone can enjoy it anywhere in the world at any time. Becky Miller
Oranges	by Evan Skora April 22, 2009	Free!	153 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I believe humans are God's punch line
Che Forever	by Dan Brook April 27, 2009	$0.99	7180 words	Sample 18%
Author bio: Besides being a husband and father, Dan is a writer, speaker, poet, photographer, activist, and instructor of sociology and political science. He lives and loves in San Francisco.
Shadows of an Afterlife	by Elizabeth Agiantritis May 04, 2009	Free!	1669 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I was born in England in 1978, the youngest of 3 girls. My whole family moved to Greece in 1983, where we still live. I have been writing poetry since I was 10. The poems in my collections span from my earliest poems up until my most recent work. I am the only one who has ever reviewed my work, so despite my best efforts to check it, errors may be present. I welcome all feedback.
I've Learned More Than U Can 4Get	by Antwan Crisp May 05, 2009	Free!	1889 words	Read a sample
Author bio: 27 year old African American male who writes about it all. I love love, I hate love and I hope you enjoy my spirals in and out of love and life in general through my words. I love music. I have an addiction to poetry and lyrics. So if you see a quote in my work and think, "that sounds familiar..." it might be. It might be from one of your favorite songs. I think my writing is more lyrical like from a song, rather than a mirror image of say something, Shakespherean. I've been branching out more into short stories lately. And it's kind of fun how the words just flow.
Avant-propos d'un prince fou	by Guy Boulianne May 07, 2009	$7.00	4846 words	Sample 35%
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Inspiration de mes contradictions	by VÃ©ronique SÃ©lesse May 08, 2009	$8.20	6690 words	Sample 35%
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C'est Ã§a la vie !	by Francine Minville May 08, 2009	$7.80	5052 words	Sample 35%
Author bio: En 1980, alors quâ€™elle nâ€™avait que 17 ans, Francine Minville sâ€™est aventurÃ©e dans la ville de Puerto Rico pour y travailler au sein dâ€™une Ã©quipe quÃ©bÃ©coise de parc dâ€™attraction Â« Les Amusements spectaculaires Â». En 1982, lors de son cours de coiffure Ã lâ€™Ã©cole de coiffure masculine GVL, elle fut approchÃ©e pour coiffer les acteurs sur le plateau de tournage du film Â« Les Plouffes Â». En 1984, elle participa au concours Â« Miss MontrÃ©al Â» oÃ¹ elle remporta le prix pour le dÃ©filÃ© de mode en maillot de bain. Deux ans plus tard elle prit un cours de cinÃ©ma Ã lâ€™AcadÃ©mie de thÃ©Ã¢tre et cinÃ©ma de MontrÃ©al. Par cette intermÃ©diaire, elle a tenu le rÃ´le principal dans le film Â« Creasy Weekend Â» du producteur James P. Blakes de la Californie. Par la suite, elle fut modÃ¨le pour le magazine de mode Marie-Pier. En 1987, elle a travaillÃ© Ã titre de chorÃ©graphe pour les dÃ©filÃ©s de mode et spectacles Ã lâ€™AcadÃ©mie Marie Papillon et en 1989, elle fut finaliste pour le concours dâ€™hÃ´tesse de lâ€™Ã©mission tÃ©lÃ©visÃ©e Â« La roue de chanceuse Â» Ã la tÃ©lÃ©vision Quatre saisons. Pendant plus dâ€™un an, elle fut bÃ©nÃ©vole auprÃ¨s de personnes atteintes du Sida. Depuis 1990, Francine Minville occupe un poste dâ€™agente de bureau Ã la Commission scolaire de MontrÃ©al. Elle a publiÃ© aux Ã©ditions DÃ©dicaces son premier recueil de poÃ©sie Â« Câ€™est Ã§a la vie ! Â». Au dÃ©part, Francine Minville prenait sa plume afin dâ€™attÃ©nuer sa colÃ¨re face Ã toute lâ€™injustice dans ce monde. PrÃ´nant la justice depuis son plus jeune Ã¢ge, elle ne pouvait concevoir de telles diffÃ©rences entre les peuples, les riches et les pauvres et de toute cette violence perpÃ©tuelle. Elle Ã©crivait plusieurs textes ainsi pour les jeter par la suite et recommenÃ§ait Ã nouveau jusquâ€™au jour oÃ¹ elle dÃ©cida dâ€™en faire des Ã©crits formels. Depuis, lâ€™Ã©criture fait partie de sa vie.
Les PoÃ©sies de l'Ã¢me	by Micheline Lantin May 08, 2009	$9.10	17865 words	Sample 35%
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I Would be Naive	by Bryl R. Tyne May 09, 2009	Free!	198 words	Read a sample
Author bio: BRYL R. TYNE is a wrangler by nature and a writer by choice. Balancing as many pronouns as hats, somewhere between the evil day job, editing, and helping a benevolent Sugar Daddy raise the last of seven kids, Bryl writes. Homoerotic romance is a favorite, but many of Brylâ€™s stories cross genres. Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-fi, even Westerns, Bryl writes them all.
A Perfect Mouse	by Evan Skora May 09, 2009	Free!	179 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I believe humans are God's punch line
A Life in Darkness	by Elizabeth Agiantritis May 11, 2009	Free!	2072 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I was born in England in 1978, the youngest of 3 girls. My whole family moved to Greece in 1983, where we still live. I have been writing poetry since I was 10. The poems in my collections span from my earliest poems up until my most recent work. I am the only one who has ever reviewed my work, so despite my best efforts to check it, errors may be present. I welcome all feedback.
Poetry for my Mother	by Elizabeth Agiantritis May 12, 2009	Free!	1279 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I was born in England in 1978, the youngest of 3 girls. My whole family moved to Greece in 1983, where we still live. I have been writing poetry since I was 10. The poems in my collections span from my earliest poems up until my most recent work. I am the only one who has ever reviewed my work, so despite my best efforts to check it, errors may be present. I welcome all feedback.

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