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	Birthright	by Gwendolyn Jensen July 14, 2011	$8.00	5681 words	Sample 15%
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	Fallen Letters	by Lawrence Sylou-Creutz Ojermark July 03, 2011	$0.99	8830 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Check out the author's webpage for more information. www.lawrencesyloucreutzojermark.com
	De vagos recuerdos a escondidas	by Gustavo Rivera June 30, 2011	$5.00	20440 words	Sample 12%
	Author bio: Soy Gustavo Rivera, Mexicano de nacimiento, adopción y patria. Crecido y educado en la casi extinta sociedad medica mexicana. Soy licenciado en Farmacia y actualmente estoy a punto de obtener mi grado de Doctor en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela en Tecnología Farmacéutica. En el 2010 publiqué mi primera colección de poesía a nivel independiente por Lulú. De vagos recuerdos a escondidas redacta pequeñas experiencias, aventuras y enamoramientos prohibidos que sucedieron en mis primeros años de exilio. En mi segunda obra, Nunca es tarde para decir Te Quiero, introduzco una colección de poesías con nombres y apellidos y una historia un poco novelesca sobre las relaciones amorosas que no resultan tan amorosas. Empecé a escribir a los 17 años, escribí canciones para grupos de Rock mexicano por algún tiempo y de ahí el gran salto al ensayo, la escritura libre, la descripción y finalmente la poesía y la obra. En este espacio Wattpad además de promocionar mis obras y buscar contactos editoriales iré actualizando una de mis obras inconclusas: Severino Madero, que quedará dispuesta a todos los lectores y afiliados de manera exclusiva y gratuita. Puedes encontrar también otra parte de mi obra en mi podcast: www.larevelacion.net | La revelación del Alebrije. Gracias y espero que me encuentren por aquí pronto. Gustavo Rivera
	For My Prince	by Irena Horodynska June 28, 2011	$0.99	1096 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: didn't live enough yet
	33 pocket, reprise and Other Works	by Clif Kirkland June 21, 2011	$0.99	884 words	Sample 20%
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	Somewhere Between Lost & Found: Selected Poems of M. Andre Lewis	by M. Andre Lewis June 17, 2011	$7.99	3944 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: M. Andre Lewis is originally from Brooklyn, NY. Since the age of 10 he has used poetry as his primary medium of artistic expression. Although Somewhere Between Lost & Found is his first book, throughout the years he has written poems and social commentary for several independent publications. For the past 5 years Andre has lived in the Baltimore, MD area where he has worked as a teacher. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Child and Adolescent Psychology. His goal is to become a therapist and help young people overcome many of the social issues he writes about in his poems.
	A Flicker of Hope: Poems Written by a Wegener's Granulomatosis Survivor	by Cyn Bagley April 16, 2011	$2.99	1349 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Cyn Bagley spent much of her formative years in moving with her family. She continued this obsession by joining the US Navy, and seeing the world: Japan, Panama, and Germany. She was diagnosed with Wegener's Granulomatosis, a Vasculitis disease, in 2003, giving her more time to write. She now lives in Northern Nevada and is an aunt to all the Chihuahuas in her area.
	Wrapped up in Life with Omniscient Eyes	by Sandra Proto April 06, 2011	$5.99	6448 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Sandra Proto is a writer/performing artist/teaching artist/director. She earned her Bachelors in Theater at the State University of New York College at Brockport. She has studied with poet Tina Chang and actor/director Leon Pickney.
	No One Told Us It Would Be Like This	by Wesley Gleeson April 05, 2011	$4.95	8536 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Wesley is a writer living in Wagga Wagga in rural New South Wales. He is married with two cats. Wesley's debut collection of writing, No One Told Us It Would Be Like This, was released in January 2011.
	Prime Directive	by Bryan D. Dietrich April 02, 2011	$2.99	13662 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Bryan D. Dietrich is the author of a book-length study on comics, Wonder Woman Unbound, and six books of poems: Krypton Nights, Universal Monsters, Prime Directive, Love Craft, The Assumption, and The Monstrance. He is also co-editor of Drawn to Marvel, the world’s first anthology of superhero poetry. He has published poems in The New Yorker, The Nation, Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Paris Review, The Harvard Review, Yale Review, Shenandoah, Open City, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Witness, Weird Tales, and many other journals. Having won The Paris Review Poetry Prize, a “Discovery”/The Nation Award, a Writers at Work Fellowship, the Isotope Editors’ Prize, an Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award, a Rhysling Award, and the Eve of St. Agnes Prize, Bryan is a five-time finalist for the Yale Younger Poets Series and has been nominated multiple times for both the Pushcart and the Pulitzer. Professor of English at Newman University, Bryan grew up watching classic horror movies and dreaming of becoming a comic book artist. He remains conflicted about choosing a tenure-track job over a chance to be an extra in Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks, but is comforted by several facts: the first person to be abducted in Aliens is named Dietrich, the composer for the original Mummy was named Dietrich, and the Kecksburg UFO incident occurred in December of 1965, just before Bryan was born. Further inferences are welcome. Bryan lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife Gina and their son, Nick.
	Shadows of the Soul	by Bev Walton-Porter March 22, 2011	$0.99	2679 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Bev Walton-Porter (December 17, 1964) is a native of Covington, Virginia. Adopted at the age of six days, Bev's birth name was originally Starlette "Star" Dawn Ferris. She grew up a military dependent, living in Mainz & Mannheim Germany for three years. She has traveled to eight different countries thus far. Bev began writing at age nine and became a published writer before the age of 18. Since then, she has published hundreds of articles and columns, three nonfiction books, two fiction books and one poetry chapbook. Her favorite genres are romance and horror. She lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, videographer/illustrator Paul Sninchak, two adult children and a bevy of animals. Bev is the author of Sun Signs for Writers (2006), Secrets of the Professional Freelancer (2004), Shadows of the Soul (2004) and co-author of The Complete Writer: A Guide To Tapping Your Full Potential (2005). She also writes romance under the pen name of Star Ferris. Her published romance books are Mending Fences (2006) and Hidden Fire (2009). In her spare time, Bev is a paranormal investigator. She is the founder and co-team lead for Colorado Springs Paranormal Association (C.S.P.A.)
	The Heart of a Girl: an emotional journey from thirteen to thirty	by Jane Madison Feb. 22, 2011	$1.99	6340 words	Sample 60%
	Author bio: "BOURBON STREET" by Jane Madison The mist was made of liquor Intoxicating air We sat down by the pier breathing the night away until I was too drunk to walk You stumbled me home I'd lost my keys My mom was asleep So we fell through my bedroom window letting the liquored wind fill the room like it filled my head "No Ma, I ain't been drinkin' There must be something in the air."
	Life's Introspections Vol I: Insights & Revelations	by L. Dwight Lewis Feb. 21, 2011	$9.95	3161 words	Sample 20%
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	Poetry for young adults	by Scott Feb. 18, 2011	$1.99	1422 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Im your average 27 year old male.Im from Akron, Ohio. I served in the Army as an Infantryman. 5/2 BDE 2nd Infantry division. I am inspired to become a writer.
	The Resurrection of Sylvia Plath	by Marc Goldfinger Feb. 01, 2011	Free!	3381 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Born last century in a city hospital. I've been writing since grade school but got lost in the 60's, like Dorothy I fell to the Poppies; my detour off the yellow brick road lasted over three decades, just when I thought there was no hope--a miracle happened. When I sold my motorcycle for short money to feed my habit, I knew I was lost. Things got worse. It's in the book. Kicked heroin, cigarettes in that order, went from a bag-man to a happily married home owner, props to Spare Change News, and, while writing poetry decided to share a how-to book with directions back from hell. For counselors, shrinks, and especially for addicts.
	Lil Haitian Impact	by Tillie Wells Jan. 22, 2011	$0.99	141726 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: I'm a southern girl with a down-to-earth youthful personality. I write so that audiences are entertained with simple flows of contemporay reading. Most of my works are about youth and how they go through obstacles,hassles of life like bullying, name-calling, stereotypcasting and challenges faced in the modern-day world. I am yet to find that great editor, so please take all mistakes for love. I am a published author and have many more titles forthcoming. I hope to be your favorite author by entertaining you with humor, drama and adventure.
	The Summons and Other Free Poems for Kindle Freaks	by Chila Woychik Jan. 04, 2011	$0.99	4158 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Port Yonder Press is a newer small press (2009), with imprints for general market fantasy, sci-fi, and other genres, as well as two Christian imprints. We are a traditional, royalty-paying publisher of the best in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
	The Saints of Jazz	by David Halliday Oct. 18, 2010	$2.99	3816 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: I have published poems, short stories, plays, art works in reviews and publications across the United States and Canada. I have several published books: murder by Coach House Press. This book is a series of poems and illustrations set up like scenes in a movie, describing the murder, trial, and mob execution of an innocent man. Winner of the 2001 Eppie for poetry. The Black Bird by. The Porcupine’s Quill. This is a book of poems, illustrations and short prose pieces describing the fictional making of the John Huston film, The Maltese Falcon. Making Movies by Press Porcepic. This is a book of long poems, interviews, short fiction pieces about a fictional BBC documentary about a fictional Canadian film maker, Samuel Bremmer and his company of actors and colleagues. It follows his career through the creation of a series of his movies. Church Street is Burning, a book of poems, was a finalist in the 2002 Eppie for poetry. The God of Six Points, published by Double-dragon-ebooks. A man who believes he is a god believes he has murdered one of his subjects. Sleeping Beauty, published by LTD ebooks.com is a murder mystery. A woman lands in a small village where the only escape is to be murdered. Finalist in the 2003 Dream Realm Awards. Winner of the 2004 IP Book Awards. The Hole, published by LTD ebooks is one in a series of cop stories. There are unusual happenings in the quiet suburb of Islington. People have begun to disappear. And they have been disappearing for generations. For the soon to retire Sam Kelly, this is his last case as a detective. All the clues point to a mysterious hole, which appears to have no bottom. In 2007 I was short listed for the C.B.C. Literary Contest in poetry.
	Love Poems After Fifty Years	by Gerald M. Weinberg Oct. 13, 2010	$0.99	7777 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Gerald M. Weinberg (Jerry) writes "nerd novels," such as The Aremac Project, Aremac Power, First Stringers, Second Stringers, The Hands of God, Freshman Murders, and Mistress of Molecules—about how brilliant people produce quality work. His novels may be found as eBooks at or on Kindle. Before taking up his science fiction career, he published books on human behavior, including Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method, The Psychology of Computer Programming, Perfect Software and Other Fallacies, and an Introduction to General Systems Thinking. He also wrote books on leadership including Becoming a Technical Leader, The Secrets of Consulting (Foreword by Virginia Satir), More Secrets of Consulting, and the four-volume Quality Software Management series. He incorporates his knowledge of science, engineering, and human behavior into all of writing and consulting work (with writers, hi-tech researchers, and software engineers). Early in his career, he was the architect for the Mercury Project's space tracking network and designer of the world's first multiprogrammed operating system. Winner of the Warnier Prize and the Stevens Award for his writing on software quality, he is also a charter member of the Computing Hall of Fame in San Diego and the University of Nebraska Hall of Fame. The book, The Gift of Time (Fiona Charles, ed.) honors his work for his 75th birthday. His website and blogs may be found at http://www.geraldmweinberg.com.
	Pieces of Sunshine	by Kia Brightful Aug. 04, 2010	$5.99	3497 words
	Author bio: Kia Brightful is a talented, raw writer born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was educated in the Prince George’s County school system where she excelled at reading and writing. At an early age her teachers recognized her talent and supported placing her in an advanced program offered at the elementary level of her education. Throughout her educational career she continued to develop her creativity and imagination which was apparent in her writing. Writing became second nature to her and she assumed this to be normal for everyone. In her adult years she wrote poems and short stories here and there but not considering them as real works of art. She attended Houghton College and Anne Arundel Community College where she excelled in an advanced English course. Realizing her writing was true talent she wrote over eighty poems in the course of two years. In 2010 she decided this talent should be shared with the world. She published her first collection of poems in book form titled “Pieces of Sunshine” and decided to follow her passion and develop her writing career to inspire and encourage a generation.
	Wonderment...	by Si Stratton June 03, 2010	$4.99	5082 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Award winning comic script writer and standup comedian.
	Poems from a Life	by Des Greene April 23, 2010	$0.99	5632 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: In my novels I try to merge the worlds of modern science (quantum theory/relativity/cosmology) with the metaphysical world of philosophy (in particular philosophy of science and theory of knowledge). The characters inhabit this world and struggle with the events of a sometimes brutal reality and the more ethereal reality of the mind. Reading the novels should lead the reader on a journey that is both physically and intellectually challenging and perhaps enlightening.
	In the land of blue	by Tracy Dibert March 18, 2010	$1.99	3305 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Tracy Searight Dibert is an elementary teacher and mother of four silly children. She was inspired one morning when her son woke up to find his breakfast was missing. Catch her next story The sister that won't stop talking coming soon.
	Reunion	by Brenda Mantz Sep. 30, 2009	$5.99	5430 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Brenda Mantz’ first novel, Pungo Creek, was inspired by her own childhood on Pungo Creek in rural North Carolina where she grew up in a house shared by three generations. In her second novel, Lilly’s Tattoo, a hard boiled police detective and a fifth grade teacher become unlikely allies in a pursuit of a diabolical killer. She has also published Reunion a book of poems and essays. President of her own risk management firm in Washington, DC, Brenda lives in Falls Church, Virginia with her husband and their two dogs. She is currently at work on a memoir about her experiences on a New Mexico commune
	In Mind: A Collection of Poetry	by Diya Das May 28, 2009	$4.99	12733 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Diya Das was born in India on 24th September,1991. She is currently a senior at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School at Kingston in northeast Pennsylvania. She lives in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with her parents. A National AP Scholar and a member of Johns Hopkins University's Study of Exceptional Talent program since 2004, Diya attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences in the summer of 2007. She is currently the co-editor-in-chief of her school newspaper, The Opinator, and a member of her school's chorale and orchestra. In her free time, Diya figure skates and plays piano and violin.
	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.
	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.
	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 can’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.