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Independence Day, Book One: The Beginnings	by Bex Aaron April 20, 2011	Free!	50596 words	Read a sample
It's 1966, and Haven Park, Wyoming is a picturesque community much like any other...until one of its favorite daughters is murdered on Independence Day. Soon, a mystery bigger than the town itself unravels, leaving few in Small Town America unscathed.
"Civil Disobedience"	by G Miki Hayden Nov. 01, 2011	Free!	4988 words	Read a sample
When a man is found dead at his doorstep on the edge of Walden Pond, naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau follows his highly developed moral compass to track down the killer. A short story by an Edgar short story winner.
Officer Down	by David DeLee July 25, 2011	Free!	8002 words	Read a sample
Living a mediocre life and facing the possibility of a cheating spouse, what's a fifteen-year police vet to do? Find out in this short story about a police officer on the edge and desperate to do something about it, with deadly consequences.
Not A Fire Exit	by Christopher Finlan Dec. 03, 2009	You set the price!	62943 words	Sample 50%
Written to help raise money to fight Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Not A Fire Exit is a comedic love story wrapped in a mystery as Jim and Sarah Knox deal with marriage, Nolan's Knockouts, Texas, Felines for Frederick's and the mysterious Dr. Schad. A portion of the profits will be donated to the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation.
Classmate Murders	by Bob Moats Dec. 23, 2009	Free!	52424 words	Read a sample
Jim Richards, has to admit he has become a senior citizen, reluctantly. Richards, receives an email from a childhood sweetheart asking for help, but by the time he reaches her, she has been murdered. His life turns around and is pulled into murders of women from his high school who he hasn't seen in forty years. There's humor, suspense, wild chases with cops, classic cars, motorcycles and fun.
Gloria	by David Sartof Feb. 07, 2010	Free!	5319 words	Read a sample
Iâ€™m dying, well thatâ€™s what Iâ€™ve been told. How has my life come to this: death, betrayal, friendship, love? Yes, love. I know itâ€™s there somewhere, but Iâ€™m struggling to make sense of things. How can I, Oliver Beaton-Court, be here in this cabin, looking at my dead wife and holding an axeâ€¦ Maybe Tom can give me the answers I need, or maybe there are no answersâ€¦
Let Me Protect You	by Jessica Cage Jan. 03, 2011	You set the price!	14169 words	Sample 50%
Trish wakes up in the house of a man she doesnt know wearing cloethes she dosent own. But that is the least of her problems. Someone is out to kill her, and will not rest until she is dead.
Historia de un Crimen Perfecto	by Mikel Santiago March 30, 2010	Free!	18471 words	Read a sample
Me llamo Eric Rot y escribo estas Ãºltimas lÃneas de mi vida para confesarme: Soy un asesino. Yo lo hice. La matÃ©. Linda Fitzwilliams estÃ¡ muerta. Ni huida con su amante, ni jugando a esconderse para irritar a su familia, como apuntaron en su momento las revistas del mundo rosa...
Rainy Nights	by Justin Camp Feb. 01, 2011	Free!	9620 words	Read a sample
This is a compilation of short stories that will scare you, shock you, and make you afraid to turn out the lights!!!
The Devil You Know	by Aaron Acitella March 04, 2011	Free!	2508 words	Read a sample
It won't take long to discover that Vicki Stagway is perceived as an unpleasant woman. How unpleasant? That depends on one's perspective. Her co-workers certainly harbor a certain level of distaste for Vicki, this is true. But her victims? That's another matter entirely.
Christmas in Puyallup	by Daniel Clarke Smith April 17, 2011	Free!	2782 words	Read a sample
A short story in which a bounty hunter learns that the biggest prize can be earned by giving.
Tortuga 1 "Tortuga"	by J.D. Pasco May 20, 2011	Free!	5989 words	Read a sample
BRYAN TORTUGAâ€” An ER doctor is flummoxed by the arrival of his two patients: the husband and wife case that presented on his two night duties; the wife on the first night and then the husband on the next night shift. He missed both of their diagnoses, but could he have saved their lives?
Bury Me Deep	by Roy Glenn May 31, 2011	Free!	31071 words	Read a sample
Mike Black is making the move to take his organization completely legitimate. When Congressman Martin Marshall tells him about a ethanol venture in Cuba with a group of Chinese businessman, Black agrees. Martin had set up a meeting the next day with the Chinese. When things donâ€™t go their way, Black is shot and left for dead.
Hole Eighteen-A	by Daniel Clarke Smith June 12, 2011	Free!	1045 words	Read a sample
Flash fiction about a golf match with some unusual stakes.
Cult	by Rachael Payne June 23, 2011	Free!	6336 words	Read a sample
'Cult' is a short story. After stumbling on what she believes to be an undiscovered lost civilisation, Isabella is stolen into an underground world with the unknown always one step ahead.
From Russia Via Blog	by CE Wills Sep. 19, 2010	Free!	1524 words	Read a sample
Woodrow Locke posted his blogs for the enjoyment of it more than anything else. He never expected a lady from Russia to show up at the door of his home in America. Always looking for a new experience, he was too intrigued to ask her to leave.
Tilley's	by Michael Gunter Nov. 18, 2011	Free!	22350 words	Read a sample
A mysterious photograph intrigues a weary shopper as he explores his new town. What is his connection with it? Why does it matter to him? Find out the answers to this mystery in an intriguing short story by Michael Gunter. Bonus Material! Enjoy the first four chapters of Gunter's novel, BLACKWELL: The Encounter Begins
Anglo-FrancÃ¡is	by Phil Dumas Nov. 26, 2011	Free!	4659 words	Read a sample
A serial killer's fate takes an unexpected turn.
One Deadly Sister (Sandy Reid Mystery Series)	by Rod Hoisington Oct. 27, 2010	Free!	87193 words	Read a sample
An almost-too-clever young law student reluctantly attempts to rescue her estranged brother caught up in woman-trouble and a murder charge in a hostile Florida town. He isn't looking for trouble but doesn't have a clue about women and gets seduced and framed, leaving the sister in an ever-increasing entanglement of deceit, double-cross and danger. The first book in this fast-paced mystery series.
October Moon - An Eamonn Shute Short Story	by Tony McFadden Dec. 26, 2011	Free!	6432 words	Read a sample
Let's go back in time, to the first time Nicky called on Eamonn for help. Her cousin, only living relative in the USA, is dead and she doesn't believe the coroner's finding of heart attack.
Worms	by Hugh Macnab Jan. 05, 2012	Free!	3087 words	Read a sample
A simple who-done-it, with a wriggly ending.
Turnaround	by Shawn Nolan Jan. 19, 2012	Free!	1167 words	Read a sample
After years of living with the guilt, cop seeks revenge for murdered partner.
The Math Teacher is Dead	by Robert Manners Dec. 07, 2010	Free!	56821 words	Read a sample
Danny Vandervere has the world on a string: beautiful, athletic, intelligent, rich, popular; but the string starts to unravel when Danny trips over the corpse of his math teacher in the woods. As senior year progresses, more deaths and accidents occur, all with Danny Vandervere in common. Danny learns, perhaps too late, that having it all can be dangerous.
Dead Body In A Small Room	by Charles Deemer Dec. 28, 2010	You set the price!	76293 words	Sample 20%
When screenwriter Dallas Norgood investigates the death of a prostitute in a small Nevada town's legal brothel, he's taken on a ride as adventurous as one of his Hollywood movies.
Monsters and Lollipops	by Franklin Lincoln Sep. 10, 2010	Free!	63511 words	Read a sample
Liz Porelli has lived with the monster called Multiple Sclerosis for years, but when she finds her life threatened during a hospital procedure, she discovers that the monsters lurking within the human mind can be far deadlier.A death caused by a hospital mishap, a missing hospital attendant, neighborhood break-ins and the murder of a good friend, pull Liz into a baffling mystery.
Death Revokes The Offer	by Catharine Bramkamp March 03, 2011	Free!	69923 words	Read a sample
Meet Allison Little â€“ A Little Will Go A Long Way â€“ Real Estate Diva, reluctant sleuth. I do not know exactly why a person is dead, I only know that when the listing agent finds a dead body in the kitchen, it's that much more difficult to sell the house, what with all the hysteria about full disclosure. Difficult, but not impossible."
Dangerous and Sweet	by obizienka elforever Feb. 22, 2011	You set the price!	2784 words	Sample 20%
cerita ini tentang perjuangan para angel untuk membasmi setan dan pengikutnya.Dibumbui dengan cerita keren,romantis,humor dan thriller
Larson's Point	by Jerry Kilgore March 08, 2011	Free!	22396 words	Read a sample
Jay Tucker is a Seattle PI whose last missing personâ€™s case ended badly and sent him on a downhill slide. Now, heâ€™s in deep to a loan shark and his bad habits and worse associations are starting to catch up with him. When he gets a case with the offer of five thousand in cash, he thinks his luck has finally changed. He's right. It just got a lot worse.
The Telltale Tempest	by Don McGraw March 21, 2011	Free!	79656 words	Read a sample
When Robert Fielding, a young African American man with a criminal past, is accused of killing a prominent white judge in the willowy bayous of Louisiana, a death sentence is all but certain. But as Private Investigator, Will Hogarth, dives into the seedy underbelly of Post-Katrina New Orleans, he's quick to find that blackmail and murder are a matter of routine.
Dull Blades Cut Deepest [Arc 1: The Soldiers of Fortune Chapter]	by James Daniel Fluker April 06, 2011	Free!	17501 words	Read a sample
16 suspects. 6 arcs. 6 perspectives. A murder mystery with a twist, or 6. -- The first story arc, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, tells the beginning of the tale from the Couple's Perspective. Download this first sixth of the murder-mystery novel for free, and see how much you can put together.
Mistletoe & Murder	by Laina Turner Nov. 23, 2011	Free!	8738 words	Read a sample
In this holiday short story, Presley goes home for Christmas expecting it to be a relaxing holiday until her old boyfriend, Brian, asks for her help finding out who has been stealing from him and it turns from theft to murder. Why would anyone want to kill Tommy and what was he hiding?
The last game	by Fernando Trujillo May 07, 2011	Free!	23256 words	Read a sample
Four people have been invited to play a game of poker with a difference. The four strangers facing each other across a table, gambling everything they have, to win the only thing that they have in common and cannot share. The three men and a woman are very different, gambling in their own particular way, watched over by a hostess who is much more than she seems. Let the game begin.
The Last Cowboy in the East	by Kate Dempsey Aug. 14, 2011	Free!	4532 words	Read a sample
When Detective Sergeant Harriet is working the night shift in a backwater town in Ireland, she doesn't expect to arrest a fully blown cowboy, bruised and belligerent. She digs into his story and faces up to some home truths of her own. A Why-Done-It. 1,989 Words. Includes chapter 1 of The Story of Plan B
Hypnogogic	by Mark Fitzgerald Aug. 23, 2011	Free!	8148 words	Read a sample
I get these dream-like visions/recollections just as I am falling asleep. They seem as real as real life. But they aren't. I hope. Especially the one where I am sure I have killed and buried someone in the past and I fear being discovered. It would be tolerable, these "hypnogogic hallucinations", I have had any waking recollections of my past. I don't. Just what my parent tell me. I am sixteen.
Spy Hunt in D.C.	by Max Connelly Sep. 14, 2011	Free!	5682 words	Read a sample
November 1949. A midnight visit to the British embassy in Washington D.C. brings an unusual hostage; a senior intelligence officer caught red-handed. However, the Chief Intelligence Representative, Kim Philby has his hand forced. He, himself a Soviet mole, cannot extradite the traitor, who knows of Philby's obscure past. A battle of mind and might ensues.
All Saints Day: A New Orleans Football Mystery	by Sean Patrick Doles Oct. 11, 2011	Free!	42933 words	Read a sample
A Pope who loves football. A desperate team owner. And a miracle-working kicker who looks like Jesus.
Know One Dared to See : Pre-release	by Emmanuel C. Flint Oct. 20, 2011	Free!	6802 words	Read a sample
There is a reason why we are all blessed with the capacity for maintaining our private thoughts â€“ to keep both our most treasured and embarrassing secrets hidden from others. Imagine if one day you learned that your thoughts were no longer private because they are being sold to the highest bidder? Get a glimpse of such a world through the eyes of a master artist named Josiah Chisom.
The Warning	by S.L. Pierce April 05, 2011	Free!	13259 words	Read a sample
Gwen Michaels moved to California to start a new life. But sometimes you just can't ignore when someone is in trouble. The Warning is a free short thriller (approx 2000 words) by S.L. Pierce.
Triad Death Match	by Seth Harwood April 14, 2011	Free!	17304 words	Read a sample
Jack Palms in Triad Death Match! You've waited long and hard for this novella. Now Triad Death Match is here and JACK is Back!! That's right, your boy Jack Palms has returned to you in Triad Death Match! Here Jack teams up with Jane Gannon of the SF bureau of the FBI. As the two look in on an illegal fighting tournament in San Francisco's Chinatown, they get much more than they bargained for.
Lavoro di Natale (un racconto di Sandrone Dazieri)	by P.A. Gardinali Dec. 26, 2009	Free!	5879 words	Read a sample
Lavoro di NataleÂ l'ho scritto diversi anni fa, subito dopo aver terminato il primo romanzo del Gorilla, o forse in contemporanea. Il racconto rimase nel cassetto, lo pubblicai con qualche variante quattro anni dopo in un'antologia dalla circolazione limitatissima.E mi fa piacere ridarlo a voi, miei lettori e amici, mettendolo idealmente sotto il vostro albero di Natale. Â Â
Biggles & Worrals : Joint Mission	by Genie D Jan. 17, 2010	You set the price!	83005 words	Sample 20%
Detective "Biggles" Bigglesworth meets up with Joan Worralson otherwise known as Worrals. Worrals loves adventure, and doesn't see anything wrong in getting involved with Biggles' investigations, much to his annoyance. Please note: This story was written in 1979, but never published until now. It may have a few flaws and was intended for teens.
The Journal of 1972	by Stephen Moon Aug. 22, 2010	Free!	591 words	Read a sample
This is a FREE version, of the full book. This is just Chapter One. The full book will be released at a later date.
Aus Dem Dunkel Der Nacht 1 - Kreaturen	by Gunter Arentzen Feb. 07, 2010	Free!	8481 words	Read a sample
Alice Wood verdiente ihren Lebensunterhalt schon mit vielen; unter anderem mit Drogenhandel. PlÃ¶tzlich jedoch erhÃ¤lt sie die Chance, auf der Seite des Gesetzes zu agieren; als Agentin der United Nations International Preternatural Investigations - UNIPIT. Schon ihr erster Fall fÃ¼hrt sie in die Welt des Paranormalen, besucht sie doch einen Kongress der Vampire in New York City ...
Eliza and Mrs. Frank	by Maureen Mullis Jan. 06, 2011	Free!	3112 words	Read a sample
Left alone in the 19th century sea captainâ€™s home she and her husband bought on the northeastern coast, Eliza finds that vestiges of the original owners surround her. As a storm rages and waves crash below, it seems she and Mrs. Frank, the widow of the sea captain whoâ€™d built this house for her, may have more in common than Eliza first thought.
Blow Me, Baby	by Sidney Bristol June 01, 2011	Free!	1384 words	Read a sample
The last thing Toni Amos expected when she decided to go on a girl's weekend in Vegas was to be left high and dry. Now she'll have to figure out a way home that may or may not include a new friend's help.
The House of Happy Mayhem	by Trent Zelazny Oct. 20, 2011	Free!	7188 words	Read a sample
It would be nice to live their life... Acclaimed short story by Trent Zelazny about taking fantasies too far. Originally published in The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories, Wilder Publications, 2009. Received an honorable mention in Best Horror of the Year 2009.
The Necromancer's Faire	by Mortimer Jackson Dec. 26, 2011	Free!	6761 words	Read a sample
And now for something a little different. In this installment of the necromancer's adventure, Sebastian Grimm must venture into a Renaissance festival to prevent a murder.
Redemption: an Inspector Gilles Maintenon mystery	by Louis Bertrand Shalako Nov. 29, 2011	Free!	65061 words	Read a sample
Recently widowed and inspired by a boyhood fascination with Sherlock Holmes, the middle-aged Inspector Gilles Maintenon of the Surete is on a walking vacation of Dartmoor when he stumbles upon death in mysterious circumstances. When the woman he is falling in love with is brutally murdered, Gilles swears that he will never rest until the case is solved, the killer is caught, and justice is done.
Dome of Death	by Rigby Taylor Feb. 03, 2011	Free!	103109 words	Read a sample
Dome of Death is a thriller; shocking, funny, romantic and thought provoking. When the director of an Art Gallery in Queensland falls to his death from the central dome, his lover, Peter, unwillingly takes over the job. Murder, torture, cyclones, tidal surges, snuff porn shows â€“ are but a few of the complications to be navigated in his search for justice, happiness and love.
Blood Revenge - The Night Stalker Crew Series Book 3	by Alina Meuangkhot June 13, 2011	Free!	100056 words	Read a sample
After fifteen years of fruitless search for his sisterâ€™s murderer, Tristan is even more determined to find this bastard and put an end to his existence when his other sister gets captured...

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