A directory of Smashwords ebooks available within the native Stanza ebook reading app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

	Heartland Sunset	by D.K. Graham Feb. 10, 2012	$1.99	51799 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Working with words has been a major part of my career as I worked as a proofreader for several newspapers across the nation, and a temporary line editor for the Petoskey (Michigan) News Review. I hold a certificate of completion from the Parish School of Classified Advertising, where I learned copywriting for successful advertisements. I was also the editor and publisher of the school district newsletter for the Hiawatha, Kansas Unified School District 415, where I was secretary to the Superintendent of Schools for fifteen years. I spent one year at Ventura (CA) Junior College, where I majored in English. During my junior high and high school years I had poems published in the local (Camarillo Daily News) newspaper, was the historian for the Horizon Club (senior Campfire Girls) Camarillo, California chapter, and was responsible for having the monthly meeting articles published in the local newspaper. I am recently retired from my position as an administrative assistant for a geotechnical engineering and construction testing firm in Reno, Nevada. I have three grown daughters and two grandchildren. I live in Sparks, Nevada with my husband Walter and our Maine coon cat Lucy.
	The Safe House	by Gil Hardwick Feb. 07, 2012	$2.49	34990 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Born in England in 1951, Tom Fisher migrated to Australia during the 1970s as an aspiring young school teacher. Initially attracted by the legendary toughness and independence of the Australian bushman he soon started to notice perplexing anomalies, and began taking copious notes. Eventually retiring from teaching he returned to university to complete a specialist degree in literature, and is now a full time writer, editor and proofreader. Something like that. Tom’s a sort of old bloke and doesn’t do the techie stuff, Gil does (Thanks, mate!), but it’s his idea. Alex pops his head in now and then to find out what we’re up to, and if we stuff things up Michael comes in and rips our bloody ears off. His limited vocabulary is unprintable – a lot like a huge Aunty Jack without the moustache – so you’ll just have to imagine the guy. But it runs good, smooth and clean as a whistle. We are graduates in Literature, Film and Media, Social Sciences, and Computer Science. We are skilled, Open Source sorts of enthusiastics. We operate as a collective and share the profits.
	Deck of Lies, Book 1: Justice	by Jade Varden Feb. 07, 2012	$0.99	62498 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Jade Varden is a teller of tales from Louisville, Kentucky. The Deck of Lies series is the first in several young adult series and stand-alone novels Jade will publish in 2012 and 2013.
	Vanish (Book One)	by Sonny Daise Feb. 06, 2012	$1.99	27730 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Sonny Daise is a young adult author who resides in Michigan. She loves animals, reading and spending time with her family.
	Sisters in Mystery	by Al Sarrantonio Jan. 28, 2012	$2.99	24076 words	Sample 20%
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	Testing the Waters	by Cathy and Patty Jan. 26, 2012	$2.99	45188 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Cathy Tucker: "I’ve spent three decades studying, instructing, counseling and observing adolescents in the Midwest. As a teacher I’ve evaluated tens of thousands of writings and led thousands of discussions and analyses on literature and film. As a mom, I’ve garnered great sympathy and empathy for the struggles and joys of being a teen. As a volunteer and activist, I’ve learned what moves people to action and what taps their generous spirit. All of my life experiences have provided a wealth of story ideas, both in book and in script form. My writing partner and I bring these decades of experiences into our works. Our teenage characters act as the real heroes, often testing but ultimately teaching their elders lessons about life. Our adults are people with flaws who survive their tests of courage and lead others to do the same. My goal as a writer is to provide first, entertainment to my readers. Just as important, though, I want to provide character models to readers who will see them as inspirations on how they can make a difference. Patty and I hope you will find our writings do just that!! Patty Hoppe: For the last forty-three years, I've divided my life between my family and my teaching career. As a mother of four boys, I spent hours at ice rinks, soccer fields, and swimming pools. I now have three adult sons working at various jobs in the medical field and one in the marketing department of a national sports equipment company. As an English teacher, I spent my days with juniors and seniors in East Lansing, Michigan. No day was the same as the one before as teens provide a variety of life lessons: especially a willingness for the teacher to learn from her students and a daily lesson on the importance of a sense of humor. My writing partner and fellow English teacher and I share a love of mystery and young adult literature. Cathy and I are inspired on a daily basis by our students and by our voracious appetite for any story or film with a mystery to be solved. While forensic science makes it more difficult for the criminal, it does open new avenues for the writer. Our characters have become real people to us: full of flaws, dreams, and, of course, a problem or obstacles facing them. We hope you enjoy meeting them as much as we enjoyed creating them. All of my life experiences have provided a wealth of story ideas, both in book and in script form. My writing partner and I bring these decades of experiences into our works. Our teenage characters act as the real heroes, often testing but ultimately teaching their elders lessons about life. Our adults are people with flaws who survive their tests of courage and lead others to do the same. My goal as a writer is to provide first, entertainment to my readers. Just as important, though, I want to provide character models to readers who will see them as inspirations on how they can make a difference. Patty and I hope you will find our writings do just that!!
	Party Girl Crashes the Rapture	by M.E. Purfield Jan. 26, 2012	$3.99	65988 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: M.E Purfield was raised in the Jersey 'burbs. At 18 he moved to Jersey City to attend The School of Visual Arts film program in NYC. He has never returned to the ‘burbs. Since then he’s done some script work for low low low budget films and even directed a few shorts. Before publishing novels, he has toiled around with many short stories in many genres at many venues until he decided his strengths lie with Young Adult fiction. He wrote three contemporary novels jesus freakz + buddha punx, Breaking Fellini, and Delicate Cutters (due out in 2012). Now he focuses on Noir Fantasy, a genre that brings together hardboiled prose, anti heroes, crime, and dark fantasy. When not practicing the art of Potty Mouth, he spends his time raising his son, being married, watching horror films, and listening to punk music. You can always find him at mepurfield.com.
	Mara Louis; Girl of Mystery	by Timothy Paterson Jan. 23, 2012	$0.99	104419 words
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	The Prisoner	by J David Bethel Jan. 21, 2012	$1.00	4189 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: J. David Bethel is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. He has been published in popular consumer magazines and in respected political journals. He has been recognized for his short fiction by Americas magazine in that publication's annual short story contest. Professionally, Mr. Bethel has spent 35 years in politics and government. He has served in the Senior Executive Service as a political appointee in numerous departments and agencies. Among these positions, he was Senior Adviser/Director of Speechwriting for the Secretary of Commerce; directed speechwriting offices for other Cabinet officials, serving as Chief Speechwriter to the Secretary of Education; and lead speechwriter in the Department of Transportation's Office of Policy and International Affairs.
	The Legend of Burial Island - the third Bean and Ab mystery	by David Crossman Jan. 19, 2012	$0.99	95060 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: David A. Crossman is a modern-day polymath who – in common with polymaths throughout time – has yet to be sufficiently beguiled by any one sphere of endeavor to apply himself to it exclusively. As a result, he’s a best-selling novelist, an award-winning lyricist and composer, a writer of short stories, screenplays, teleplays, poems, and children’s books, a television producer/director (also award-winning), a video producer, radio/television talent, award-winning graphic, computer graphic artist, advertising copywriter, videographer, publisher, music producer, musician, singer, performer and … well, you get the picture. He’s shiftless – in all things but his devotion to Barbara his wife of…well, let’s say over 35 years and leave it at that.
	The Mystery of the Black Moriah - the second Bean and Ab mystery	by David Crossman Jan. 19, 2012	$0.99	82538 words	Sample 33%
	Author bio: David A. Crossman is a modern-day polymath who – in common with polymaths throughout time – has yet to be sufficiently beguiled by any one sphere of endeavor to apply himself to it exclusively. As a result, he’s a best-selling novelist, an award-winning lyricist and composer, a writer of short stories, screenplays, teleplays, poems, and children’s books, a television producer/director (also award-winning), a video producer, radio/television talent, award-winning graphic, computer graphic artist, advertising copywriter, videographer, publisher, music producer, musician, singer, performer and … well, you get the picture. He’s shiftless – in all things but his devotion to Barbara his wife of…well, let’s say over 35 years and leave it at that.
	The Secret of the Missing Grave - the first Bean and Ab mystery	by David Crossman Jan. 19, 2012	$0.99	62570 words	Sample 33%
	Author bio: David A. Crossman is a modern-day polymath who – in common with polymaths throughout time – has yet to be sufficiently beguiled by any one sphere of endeavor to apply himself to it exclusively. As a result, he’s a best-selling novelist, an award-winning lyricist and composer, a writer of short stories, screenplays, teleplays, poems, and children’s books, a television producer/director (also award-winning), a video producer, radio/television talent, award-winning graphic, computer graphic artist, advertising copywriter, videographer, publisher, music producer, musician, singer, performer and … well, you get the picture. He’s shiftless – in all things but his devotion to Barbara his wife of…well, let’s say over 35 years and leave it at that.
	Dee Days	by Lora Richards Jan. 16, 2012	$4.50	58794 words	Sample 20%
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	The Mystery of Belle Jardin	by Elizabeth Decker Jan. 12, 2012	$0.99	49825 words	Sample 20%
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	The Secret of Eastman Springs	by Costa Carol Jan. 09, 2012	$2.99	37145 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Carol Costa is a professional writer and editor. She is also an award-winning playwright and a journalist. Carol has worked as an editor of books and newspapers, a business news correspondent, and managed a literary agency. Carol’s plays have been published and produced in New York City, Los Angeles, and regional theaters across the country. She has also worked as the Artistic Director of a community theater. She currently runs a Readers Theater in Tucson, Arizona that benefits a local charity. The first two books in the Dana Sloan series, A Deadly Hand, and The Master Plan, are now available as mass-market paperbacks by Harlequin’s Worldwide Mystery imprint. Other Books by Carol Costa include: The Seventh Messenger, a historical novel, Anaphora Literary Press When Nothing Else Was Right, a Dana Sloan Mystery, Open Books Press Ask Aunt Emma Again, Champagne Books Happiness Awaits You! Open Books Press Ask Aunt Emma, Champagne Books Invisible Force, Champagne Books The Master Plan, Avalon Books A Deadly Hand, Avalon Books Love Steals the Scene, Avalon Books Labor of Love, Avalon Books Teach Yourself Accounting in 24 Hours, (1st & 2nd Editions) Penguin USA The Complete Idiot's Guide to Surviving Bankruptcy, Penguin USA Teach Yourself Bookkeeping in 24 Hours, Penguin USA Video Poker: Play Longer with Less Risk, ECW Press The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting and Running a Thrift Store, Penguin USA Her play: The Last Decent Crooks, is available through Norman Maine Play Publishing Coming soon from Norman Maine is a zany melodrama, The Phantom of the Soap Opera. Member: Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America
	Already Gone (Young Adult Mystery Thriller)	by Christopher Fulbright Jan. 06, 2012	$0.99	45095 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes have written numerous works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. To learn about about the authors’ individual and collaborative works, please visit their website.
	The Pineville Heist	by Lee Chambers Jan. 05, 2012	$0.99	39848 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Lee Chambers is an award-winning writer and director. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Chambers now makes Thunder Bay his home after living in Los Angeles and England.
	TOR Assassin Hunter	by Billy Bob Buttons Jan. 02, 2012	$0.99	42606 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Billy Bob Buttons is from Earth, the third planet from the sun in a small galaxy called the Milky Way. Subsequently, he is called 'Earthling'. He is 'normal' in many ways - for example, he enjoys chocolate. Note, any earthling suspected of not liking chocolate cannot be trusted and must be exterminated. Having observed this human from our ship, the following has been noted: He is 14,235 earth days old and plays a sport called 'tennis' a lot, in which he hits a fuzzy green ball over a net and shouts, 'Love 15'. Note, who are the 15? And why is he in love with them? He is also very popular and has 7,745,121 friends. They all live together in a place called 'London'. He has two matching baby earthlings called, 'No! No! Stop chewing on that electric cable!' and, 'There's no way she needs a nappy change! Is there?!' He also has a mate called 'Sorry, Darling' who seems vastly more intelligent and is the ruler of the dwelling. Finally, he spends lots of earth hours thumping two fingers on the keys of a primitive computer. To conclude, the specimen must be kidnapped, probed and tested.
	A Reunion Story	by Christy Quinn Dec. 20, 2011	Free!	12685 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Christy Morrison grew up near the Jersey shore and now writes and lives in South Carolina. She loved college more than high school, but tends to write about the daily trials of surviving those four pre-university years. I like to give away free copies of my books on my blog! Check it out: http://christymorrison.wordpress.com Read two short stories that were published online: Playing the Game http://goo.gl/1F5mJ Hot Heat http://goo.gl/JCLEm
	Chronovisixation II: Song of Strings	by Daniel Cowan Dec. 20, 2011	$2.99	59425 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I'm a newbie writer. I love reading stories, playing games and watching movies. I love doing those things because I get to experience amazing imaginative stories that others have created. I've finally decided recently that I want to make amazing creations just like the ones I've read, and thus I have begun my author days! I hope you guys check out my books and enjoy them
	The Rena Files	by Lyza Ledo Dec. 13, 2011	$0.99	54809 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Lyza Ledo is an avid reader with extreme thrill seeking tendencies that involve, roller coasters, jet skis, and laughing with people that make it very difficult to breathe. Although she is working on a master's degree. Writing is something that has always been a part of her life since she was young and thanks to much encouragement from a very special boyfriend, she finally took the plunge and started finishing what she started.
	Final Justice	by Lynn Henderson Dec. 13, 2011	$7.99	44692 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Lynn Henderson has always had a love of writing. After taking a few writing courses and getting high praise from her instructors she decided to finally send some of her work out into the public. Lynn writes for children and teens. Her first teen novel, Final Justice, is available both in print and eBook format. Her series about a little frog named, Rocket Tree Frog, is a picture book meant for children 2-8, and is only available in print. The first in the series, Rocket Tree Frog and the Tadpoles, the story of how Rocket met his sisters, was published by Pine Lake Books in 2009. The other four in the series are still in production.
	After Burn	by Sherry D. Ficklin Dec. 12, 2011	$0.99	48173 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Sherry is a full time writer from Colorado where she lives with her husband, four kids, two dogs, and a fluctuating number of chickens and house guests. A former military brat, she loves to travel and meet new people. She can often be found browsing her local bookstore with a large white hot chocolate in one hand and a towering stack of books in the other. That is, unless she's on deadline at which time she, like the Loch Ness monster, is often only seen in blurry photographs.
	Overwrite (The 01:23 Bardo, book 2)	by Ryan O'Riordan Dec. 09, 2011	$2.99	102815 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Ryan O'Riordan lives in a city you've probably never heard of in the middle of England and has always wanted to be a writer. His middle name is Ciaran, which means all his names end with the same sound (the technical term is assonance!) He is also a Pixar fanboy and has a dog called Zeus. Ryan writes lots of young adult fiction, and has 2 ongoing series (Serie? Series's? Serieses? Serious? It's just 'Series', isn't it...?) - 'The 01:23 Bardo', a dystopian detective series and 'The Seasons', a horror series about twin brothers, one of whom is a vampire.
	Stealing the Wild	by Beth Hodder Dec. 06, 2011	$2.99	51392 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Beth Hodder worked for the U.S. Forest Service for over 25 years, almost entirely with the Flathead National Forest in Montana. Part of that time her work took her to the Schafer Meadows Ranger Station in the Great Bear Wilderness, where her husband, Al Koss, was a wilderness ranger. Her first book, "The Ghost of Schafer Meadows," won a 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award. Her second book,"Stealing the Wild" received a 2011 WILLA Finalist Award for Children's/Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction and a Purple Dragonfly Award First Place for Children's Chapter Books. A native of Ohio, she and her husband, Al Koss, and dogs Dusty and Scout, make their home in Montana.
	The Ferret Has Landed	by Nell Peters Dec. 01, 2011	$0.99	63908 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Hi! My real name is Anne, with a double-barrelled surname, so I use a much shorter pen name, courtesy my parents' Christian names. And no, my dad is not called Nell. I've always written, in one form or another - I just love it. Because I enjoy writing crime, I went back to uni to read psychology and sociology, hoping to give my plots and characterisation a bit of an edge. I may hold some sort of record for most ancient student on campus. My protagonist, Rose Huntingford (Double You and sequel Santa's Slays) takes her name from my paternal great grandmother, who was illegitimate, born in a workhouse in 1876. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to image how poor she and her mother (Rosa) would have been. But Rose must have been quite a lady - she pulled herself up by the bootstraps and married a rich landowner. That sort of social mobility was very rare indeed for the time. I hope she'd approve of 'my' Rose. Incidentally, her son (my grandfather, obv.) lied about his age to become a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I - so, I have two acts that are pretty hard to follow. Must try harder! I live in Norfolk (UK) with my husband, an artist, plus our two youngest boys (of four!) Thanks for dropping by!
	A Course in Murder	by Elizabeth Chater Nov. 28, 2011	$0.99	47213 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Elizabeth Chater was the author of more than 24 novels and countless short stories. She received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. from San Diego State University, and joined the faculty of the latter in 1963 where she began a lifelong friendship with science fiction author Greg Bear. She was honored with The Distinguished Teacher award in 1969, and was awarded Outstanding Professor of the Year in 1977. After receiving her Professor Emeritus certificate from President J.F.Kennedy personally, she embarked on a new career as a novelist with Richard Curtis as her agent. In the 1950's she published short stories in Fantastic Universe Magazine, The Saint Mystery Magazine, and she won the Publisher's Weekly short story contest in 1975. She also wrote under the pen names Lee Chater, Lee Chaytor, and Lisa Moore.
	Drake Dallas Collection	by N.C. Pennington Nov. 26, 2011	$9.99	98301 words	Sample 20%
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	Resurrection: A Drake Dallas Adventure	by N.C. Pennington Nov. 26, 2011	$2.99	37740 words	Sample 35%
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	Sandy Beach and the Mysterious Book	by Sheri Ochs Nov. 25, 2011	$2.99	37201 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Sheri Ochs started writing children’s books when she was just a child herself, beginning with a whole series of (yet unpublished) short stories that she wrote and illustrated at the age of nine. Although she has made a name for herself writing and publishing eight nonfiction books to date about health, fitness, and diabetes—under her professional name of Dr. Sheri Colberg (www.shericolberg.com)—she still prefers to read fiction of all genres in her leisure time and write fiction in her "spare" time. The Sandy Beach series is her first work of published fiction, written for youth (and adults) of all ages. She has also written two adult novels (to date) that will be published shortly. A mother of three, she currently lives in Virginia Beach with her husband and sons, but plans to move the whole family back to California (where she spent most of her formative years and where she most loves to live) in the near future.
	Finally Home	by Elysabeth Eldering Nov. 23, 2011	$2.99	55728 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Elysabeth Eldering is a traveler from birth. She has traveled with her family due to her father being in the military. She has lived in several states and overseas during her childhood. Ms. Eldering calls South Carolina home these days with a mindset of "Southern by choice, not by birth." She entered her first writing contest at the age of 41 and took second place for a children's mystery story, which has inspired her to take that story and write a series for children, the premise being that each state would be the mystery. Her series has a Jeopardy!® like style to it but for guessing the state in the form of a question. Each book concentrates on one state and there are supplemental study guides available, which take the series cross curriculum. For more information on the series, please visit the JGDS website at http://jgdsseries.weebly.com or check out her JGDS blog http://jgdsseries.blogspot.com. Other award winning stories include The Proposal (An April Fools Day story), a humorous romance, 3rd place, Armchair Interviews April Fools Day contest; Butterfly Halves, a YA fantasy, runner up, Echelon Press's fast and fanciful contest; The Tulip Kiss, a paranormal romance, 1st place, Echelon Press's fast and frigid contest; Bride-and-Seek, a paranormal romance, selected story for SCWW's anthology, the Petigru Review; and Train of Clues, a children's mystery scavanger hunt, shared 2nd place, Armchair Interviews Silence of the Loons fan mystery contest. For other stories, check out Elysabeth's story website http://eeldering.weebly.com or her everything (life, family, writings, non-JGDS) blog http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com. Elysabeth may be reached at eeldering@gmail.com with any questions or to place orders.
	The Last Great Case of the Sunny Hills Detective Agency	by Richard Alan Dickson Nov. 22, 2011	$4.99	51301 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Before becoming a full-time fiction writer, Rick spent nearly twenty-five years in Corporate America. After a hungry stint as a fresh-faced, straight-from-college stockbroker, he set aside the glamour of Wall Street, along with the thousands of friends he’d made during dinner-hour cold calls, for a career as an Accounting Assistant in the Seattle office of a large reinsurance company. Once on the corporate ladder, Rick proved that his many childhood years spent climbing trees hadn’t been a complete waste of time by quickly climbing to the position of department manager. But corporate winds are no less predictable than any other type of wind, and climbing in the wind is never a good idea. Rick suddenly found himself on the wrong side of the country when his company was forced to scale back its operations ten years later. They regrouped in New England. He remained in the Northwest. Waving good-bye to the moving vans as they motored down the road and disappeared into the distance, Rick carefully considered his next career. He became a corporate consultant and ran himself happily ragged for the next nine years. Traveling the country and racking up more frequent flyer miles than even a CPA could conveniently count, Rick helped his clients work through a variety of business issues, including liquidity problems, external reporting matters, process mapping, and workflow concerns. Rick’s final years in Corporate America were spent at one of the major insurance groups. As a VP, Controller, and then an acting CFO, he traveled from one coast to the other putting the lessons he’d learned during his time as a consultant to good use. His current career as a fiction writer takes him to places much further away than any cross-country jetliner ever could, and he seldom needs to leave his writing loft to get there.
	Dark Angel	by N.C. Pennington Nov. 21, 2011	$2.99	19889 words	Sample 35%
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	Something's Cooking at Dove Acres	by Will Zeilinger Nov. 20, 2011	$2.99	57856 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Will has lived and traveled over much of the world and has been writing for over ten years. His novels range from mystery to romantic comedy. A professional graphic designer, Will says that "writing and art use different tools to accomplish the same goal. That is, to evoke emotion." Will resides in Southern California with his wife.
	Overcast (The 01:23am Bardo, book 1)	by Ryan O'Riordan Nov. 16, 2011	$0.99	89018 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Ryan O'Riordan lives in a city you've probably never heard of in the middle of England and has always wanted to be a writer. His middle name is Ciaran, which means all his names end with the same sound (the technical term is assonance!) He is also a Pixar fanboy and has a dog called Zeus. Ryan writes lots of young adult fiction, and has 2 ongoing series (Serie? Series's? Serieses? Serious? It's just 'Series', isn't it...?) - 'The 01:23 Bardo', a dystopian detective series and 'The Seasons', a horror series about twin brothers, one of whom is a vampire.
	The Mystery on the Riverwalk Dock	by K.D. Gray Oct. 22, 2011	$4.76	69913 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Kim currently lives in Wilmington, NC where the saltwater is never far away.
	Hand of Glory	by DeAnna Knippling Oct. 19, 2011	$0.99	13061 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Every summer as kids, we would host one group of cousins or another and jump off hay bales, create mazes by crawling the patterns through the tall grass, and steal green apples out of the garden. We also branded calves, killed chickens, and stole steak knives to threaten skunks with. But that's growing up on a farm for you. Now I write fantasy, science fiction, and horror--and most of it comes from the worlds that I created as a farm kid, one way or another. My first novel, Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse, was published by Doom Press in 2010 and can be purchased through Meta Geek. "This is how I like my zombies: fast and funny. Choose this book, and you won't be choosing your doom. You'll be choosing hours of gooey, gory hilarity." - Steve Hockensmith, New York Times best-selling author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls My short story, “The End of the World,” about fairies on the Great Plains, received an honorable mention in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 3. I also write murder-mystery party games for Freeform Games in the UK. See my website and blog at deannaknippling.com.
	Full Moon Attack	by N.C. Pennington Oct. 15, 2011	Free!	20754 words	Read a sample
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	The Ghost Let Go	by Bruce Coville Oct. 14, 2011	$0.99	7540 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Bruce Coville is the author of 100 books (if you count the forthcoming ALWAYS OCTOBER, HarperCollins, summer 2012). His writing for children and young adults includes the international bestseller MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, and the wildly popular UNICORN CHRONICLES series. His works have appeared in over a dozen languages, and have won children's choice awards in over a dozen states, including twice in California. He has been, at various times, a teacher, a toymaker, a magazine editor, a gravedigger, and a cookware salesman. He is also the founder of FULL CAST AUDIO, an audiobook publishing company devoted to producing full cast, unabridged recordings of material for family listening. Mr. Coville lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife, illustrator Katherine Coville.
	The Archivist	by Robin Ballard Oct. 14, 2011	$3.99	76142 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Robin Ballard was born in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of The Cooper Union School of Art, she published her first picture book in 1991. Since then, she has written and illustrated numerous books for children including, "My Day, Your Day", "Tonight and Tomorrow" and "I Used To Be the Baby". Most recently, though, after an inspiring trip to Egypt she has written her first young-adult novel, "The Archivist".
	Who Holds The Torch for Eddie? A Search for the Elusive Poe Toaster	by Lisa Rene Reynolds Oct. 10, 2011	$3.99	51119 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Lisa Rene Reynolds resides in Connecticut with her husband, three daughters and rescued rabbit “Ashes.” She enjoys writing, reading, running and spending time with her children. She holds both Master’s and PhD degrees in marital and family therapy. She is a family therapist specializing in couples’ treatment/marriage counseling. She also works with parents and children going through family changes. She teaches at several Connecticut colleges and universities where she is an adjunct instructor in the Psychology department. Additionally, she offers community workshops on a variety of topics. Lisa Rene Reynolds is the author of two print books: Coming Out and Covering Up: Catholic Priests Talk about Sex Scandal in the Church (Dead End Street) Parenting through Divorce: Helping Your Children Thrive During and After the Split (Skyhorse Publishing)
	Pest Control Season 1, Episode 2: Running Bull Ants, Hidden Dragonflies or "The Case of the Painful Pesticides"	by Jim Beck Oct. 06, 2011	$0.99	7837 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Jim Beck is a freelance writer who resides in Burbank, California with his loving wife, adoring son, and cute little dog named Monster. He has written for the Cartoon Network show Pink Panther and Pals, produced a short zombie film and independent feature film, and is currently awaiting the release of his first direct-to-DVD film. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies, having open-heart surgery (though it was not his choice), playing video games, and searching the universe hoping to find more spare time. If you have any corrections, compliments, insults, or are a king in need of getting money into the United States, you may contact the writer at blackroostercreations@earthlink.net. He promises to answer each and every e-mail he receives. Please visit www.blackroostercreations.com for more details on his upcoming projects.
	Pest Control Season 1, Episode 1: Meet the Critters or "The Case of the Headless Husband"	by Jim Beck Oct. 06, 2011	$0.99	8519 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Jim Beck is a freelance writer who resides in Burbank, California with his loving wife, adoring son, and cute little dog named Monster. He has written for the Cartoon Network show Pink Panther and Pals, produced a short zombie film and independent feature film, and is currently awaiting the release of his first direct-to-DVD film. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies, having open-heart surgery (though it was not his choice), playing video games, and searching the universe hoping to find more spare time. If you have any corrections, compliments, insults, or are a king in need of getting money into the United States, you may contact the writer at blackroostercreations@earthlink.net. He promises to answer each and every e-mail he receives. Please visit www.blackroostercreations.com for more details on his upcoming projects.
	Mayne Island Skeletons	by Amber Harvey Oct. 02, 2011	$5.00	33023 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I’ve always been a scribbler. One hot prairie summer I filled my fountain pen with red ink, grabbed an empty notebook, and wrote the adventures of Emily. She was 11, like me. Four decades later, I studied with Julie Lawson, who encouraged me to write a novel. I started but never finished it. In 2005 I moved to Mayne. I published Magda’s Mayne Island Mystery in 2007. Mayne Island Aliens followed two years later. Mayne Island Skeletons came out in 2011. Self-publishing means you can read my books now. I’ll go on managing my own books about Magda and her pal Brent who ruin nefarious schemes and solve impenetrable mysteries on Mayne Island. You can read my published articles, short stories and poems at www.authorsden.com/amberharvey or at my website, www.treewithroots.ca
	The Last Chance Texaco	by Brent Hartinger Sep. 26, 2011	$0.99	44239 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Brent Hartinger is the author of many books for teens and children, including Shadow Walkers, The Last Chance Texaco, and Geography Club (a movie version of which is now in the works). His many awards include being named the winner of the Lambda Award and a Book Sense Pick (four times).
	The Razor Files	by Tor Richardson Sep. 26, 2011	$4.99	103028 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: My name is Tor Richardson. Welcome to my Smashwords site. If you’ve landed on this page, you’d probably like to know a little about me. Okay, I was born in Seattle. I’ve traveled up and down the west coast, but still like Seattle quite a bit. I don’t actually live in the city, but I’m close enough to see it out the window. Along with the mountains. We have a lot of mountain in this neck of the woods. Water, too. (And, don’t forget the rain.) Unlike most other writers, I don’t have a pet cat. My family had a very independent tomcat when I was a kid. I once saw him drop down from a tree onto the back of a dog who wandered into our backyard by mistake. (Boy, what a mistake!) He rode that black lab like a cowboy, using his claws as spurs and slapping the dog on the head as they went yowling up the road. Since then, I’ve never really thought of a cat as a house pet. Cats like that need lots of room. I’ve always enjoyed story. I managed to sneak a creative writing class past my parents while at college (engineering majors aren’t supposed to take those kinds of classes). Unfortunately, that experience didn’t pan out. In hindsight, I’m not quite sure about that class. It certainly wasn’t writing, and it was far from creative. (I remember a vampire story I wrote for an assignment in 1981, as well as the ridicule it received. The instructor insisted that nobody would ever be interested in vampire stories. She pretty much demanded that I burn it and try again.) The experience was enough to keep me away from writing for a number of years (openly, at least). But… once a storyteller, always a storyteller. In time, the writing came back with a vengeance. I was finally able to make the transition to a full-time fiction writer. Now, I enjoy coming to work every day. Telling new stories and creating new worlds is much more fun than trying to make sense of the one we’ve got. And meeting the people who enjoy those stories is a lot of fun, too. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your look around. - Tor
	The Last Girl	by Laura Ellison Sep. 22, 2011	Free!	74701 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Laura Ellison was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1972, the youngest of four children. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, where she majored in English, her emphasis in creative writing. She is also the author of Karma House. You can contact Laura through her Facebook page.
	Taylor Takes Charge	by Charles Utley Sep. 22, 2011	$0.99	43824 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Charles Utley is a barrister who writes for The Daily Telegraph's My Telegraph and lives in London. The sequel to 'Taylor Takes Charge' will be published shortly.
	The Obsidian Pebble	by RA Jones Sep. 19, 2011	$2.99	94520 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: RA Jones was born in 1955 and grew up in a mining village in South Wales with his nose in a book and his head in the clouds. He managed to subdue his imagination long enough to carve out a career in medicine, writing whenever the chance arose. Although The Obsidian Pebble is his first young person's book, he has written and published under the name of Dylan Jones (gory adult thrillers) and DC Farmer (soon to be contemporary fantasy). Sometimes all three will start speaking at once, at which point he lies down in a dark room and waits for the feeling to pass. A growing desire to move away from adult thrillers and write for children is what currently preoccupies him. The Obsidian Pebble is the first in a quintet featuring eleven-year-old Oz Chambers whose family inherits a ‘haunted’ house. His mother wants to leave, but Oz wants to unlock the house’s mysteries and uncovers a secret that will change his life forever. RA Jones has three grownup children who have emerged remarkably unscathed into adulthood. When not writing, he practices medicine and lives in darkest West Wales with his understanding (very) wife and two dogs.
	Double Heart (A Will Lansa Mystery)	by Rob MacGregor Sep. 16, 2011	$4.99	62125 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: ROB MACGREGOR is an Edgar award-winning author, whose novel, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. He is the author of seventeen novels, ten non-fiction books, and has teamed with George Lucas, Peter Benchley, and Billy Dee Williams. He writes both adult and young adult mysteries, adventure, and science fiction/ fantasy. He and his wife, Trish, also write the Sydney Omarr’s Astrological Guides. They also co-authored The Seven Secrets of Synchronicity in 2010 and their sequel, Synchronicity and the Other Side, will be published this spring. Double Heart is the third in a series of award-winning novels set on the Hopi Reservation and Aspen, Colorado. The novels were inspired by Rob's experiences residing on an Indian reservation--Little Earth of the United Tribes--where he was editor of a community newspaper for four years. Rob later worked as a freelance travel writer and, with Trish, organized adventure tours to South America --including trips along the Amazon and into the Andes. In his spare time, he teaches yoga, and is an avid off-road mountain biker and windsurfer.