A directory of free ebooks from the authors and publishers at Smashwords. View online samples here and then click over to Smashwords to download them in multiple ebook formats, readable on any e-reading device. Enjoy!
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Outside The Box | by Gary Weston May 17, 2012 | 11241 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: The beauty of writing is that it can take us, including the writer, on incredible journeys, the first step often ending in a final one, far removed from the original visualization of the destination.One Way to Mars 2 has escaped, and i risked a little satire, Murder By eBook, that will probably have literary agents baying for my hide. Presently, I am into a more serious project, and this will occupy my writing time for a while. |
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Growing Pains: Betrayal | by John D May 17, 2012 | 18790 words | Read a sample |
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Sports Alphabet with Nooshi the Balloon Dude | by Riley Weber May 17, 2012 | 535 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Riley Weber resides in Mesa, Arizona. He has been telling (and making up) stories since he was young. Many moons ago, Riley's favorite topic in grade school was not recess, but creative writing. Recess and lunch came second and third. He loves to write stories of adventures in far (and close) away lands. His inspiration comes from his two young boys who love all things that have to do with diggers, dinosaurs, sports, cars, and chicken nuggets. His stories are tried and tested on his two little munchkins. Riley has always had a passion for art and doodling. He draws cartoons on nearly every paper that comes within arms length of his hands. Recently, he has fined tuned some of his art and writing skills by studying painting and fine art at the local community college. He has also taken courses in writing and storytelling, and writes stories and songs in his free time. Riley has composed and recorded dozens of songs for children which are available worldwide by the character he invented; Nooshi the Balloon Dude. Some of Riley's compositions by Nooshi are top children's Easter, Halloween, and birthday songs. Just recently Riley has dove into the world of authoring and illustrating ebooks. He has many future books ideas with plans to write and illustrate them himself. If you'd like a sneak peak at Riley's next project or would like to find out what other books he has available, visit his website at www.rileyweberart.com. You can also become friends with Riley on Facebook. |
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Auralet | by Daphne Hyppolite May 17, 2012 | 1647 words | Read a sample |
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The Gift of Enemies | by V Verona May 17, 2012 | 6547 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: V. Verona is a Messianic Christian and native San Franciscan. Her professions are banking and real estate and she is currently studying towards her law degree. Her passions are: The Bible Pilates, Horticulture & Organics, Music & Dance, Multi-Media Design, Writing, Ancient & Modern World History, Theology & Christian Charity. Quote: "If there is anything I want others to gain from my writing – it is for them to know how much they are loved. It is to undo the erroneous beliefs which would cause them to be less radiant than they truly and immeasurably are. That they would come to completely recognize Christ is on their side and not against them, that He truly is the greatest friend they will ever have this side of eternity -- and that I will never forget it." V. Verona |
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Stockholm | by Max Sebastian May 17, 2012 | 4714 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Max Sebastian is an author of erotic fiction, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction and science fiction, who began writing on the Literotica.com website as an undergraduate more than 10 years ago, winning three annual awards including the Best Erotic Couplings Story of 2001, Reader's Choice Sci-Fi & Fantasy Story of 2002 and the Best First Time Story of 2004. Breaking into the world of ebooks in late 2011, he is currently working on a range of new stories in various sub-genres, weaving elements of suspense, mystery, passion and sensual eroticism, with strong underlying romance. Originally from the United Kingdom, Max currently lives in the Washington DC area of the United States, and when not writing erotic fiction works as an international journalist. Find out more at SizzlingStories.com, or connect with the author on Twitter via @maxsebastian, via Facebook at facebook.com/writermax, or at Goodreads via http://bit.ly/maxsebastian |
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Rainfall | by V. A. Jeffrey May 17, 2012 | 3747 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Victoria A. Jeffrey grew up in Portland, Oregon, attended Portland Community College and studied graphic design. She is an author and an avid reader of science fiction, fantasy. She also enjoys reading historical fiction and non-fiction. She has written three collections of poetry and some short stories. She is currently working on the Secret Doorway Tales children's fantasy series. |
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Of No Return | by Jeffrey A. Carver May 17, 2012 | 6248 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Jeffrey A. Carver was a Nebula Award finalist for his novel Eternity's End. He also authored Battlestar Galactica, a novelization of the critically acclaimed television miniseries. His novels combine thought-provoking characters with engaging storytelling, and range from the adventures of the Star Rigger universe (Star Rigger's Way, Dragons in the Stars, and others) to the ongoing, character-driven hard SF of The Chaos Chronicles—which begins with Neptune Crossing and continues with Strange Attractors, The Infinite Sea, and Sunborn. The first three Chaos books are available on Smashwords with all-new Afterwords, featuring the author's reflections on the writing of these novels. A native of Huron, Ohio, Carver lives with his family in the Boston area. He has taught writing in a variety of settings, from educational television to conferences for young writers to MIT, as well as his ongoing Ultimate Science Fiction Workshop with Craig Shaw Gardner. He has created a free web site for aspiring authors of all ages at http://www.writesf.com. For a complete guide to Jeffrey A. Carver's ebooks, visit: http://www.starrigger.net/ebooks.htm |
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The Open Bible - The Gospel of Matthew: Chapter 20 | by Open Bible Matthew May 17, 2012 | 1225 words | Read a sample |
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The Pied Pipers of Autism | by Leonard Oestreicher May 17, 2012 | 68395 words | Read a sample |
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The Last Fight of the Dwarves | by Walter Lazo May 17, 2012 | 1296 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Walter Lazo enjoys writing horror and science fiction stories with an occasional martial arts story thrown in for good measure. He is currently obsessed with the short story form and hopes that it will make a comeback in popularity. Walter grew up reading the short stories of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Richard Matheson, and later discovered the works of the great science fiction writers of the 20th century; namely, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. He is also a fan of Stephen King and of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Walter lives in the south and spends most of his time reading, writing or blowing things up. |
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All About The Dress | by Nicki DeLante May 17, 2012 | 15886 words | Read a sample |
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Exploring the Word of God Acts of the Apostles Volume 4: Chapters 12-15:35 | by Paul Kroll May 17, 2012 | 33084 words | Read a sample |
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Ihr privates Finanzmanagement - Ein Ueberblick | by Thomas Luchow May 17, 2012 | 781 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Erst 2010 habe ich das Internet von der anderen Seite kennengelernt und meine erste Webseite mit viel Krampf und Aufwand erstellt. Heute kann ich mit einem Lächeln auf diese Zeit zurückblicken. |
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New Feeling | by S.V. Joeniel May 17, 2012 | 2012 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: I just like to write poems! Enjoy!! |
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Twice As Irresistible | by Annalynne Russo May 17, 2012 | 5533 words | Read a sample |
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Blue Raindrops | by Jade Herrera May 17, 2012 | 2419 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Born on December 9, 1994, Jade Herrera (real name Jedidaiah Joy Herrera) would grow up to become a writer by passion. A full-time college student and taking up BS Development Communication in the University of the Philippines, Jade balances studying and writing. One of her poems, Remembering Daddy, is chosen to be part of the Torrid Literature Journal which will be published in July 2012 |
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Molly's Lips: Club Mephisto Retold | by Annabel Joseph May 17, 2012 | 33727 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Annabel Joseph is a novelist who specializes in the romance of dominance and submission. Her stories celebrate the complexity of sensual power exchange in loving and sometimes complicated relationships. She is always working on something new, so stay tuned! |
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Sweet Dreams | by Thalia Duiv May 17, 2012 | 2621 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Thalia Duiv - Sensual games at the edge of darkness. Thalia is a sensual young writer of erotica, stepping into the world of games, hidden pleasures and scintillating twists. |
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Drop Dead Tavern | by Chad Brown May 17, 2012 | 3624 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Chad Brown was born in Huntington, West Virginia. Chad attended Marshall University, where he earned a Master's in Latin. He is a horror and fantasy writer, and he has published two novels. The first, Song of Cunolugus, is currently out-of-print while he works on the 2nd edition. It is a Celtic fiction novel and should be available again in late 2011. His second novel, The Jack-in-the-box, is a horror novel and was released in October 2011. He is also currently working on his next horror novel, The Pumpkin House, which he is hoping to have released in October 2012. |
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Far | by Reece M May 17, 2012 | 1867 words | Read a sample |
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Thrilling and electrifying visit to Kaziranga National Park | by Richa Nagar May 17, 2012 | 509 words | Read a sample |
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The Bartending Stories | by Marlene Plasencia May 17, 2012 | 1163 words | Read a sample |
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Altered Nursery Rhymes | by Lisa Vikingstad May 17, 2012 | 909 words | Read a sample |
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In Love's Hands: Free Renderings of Rumi, Kabir, Dadu, & Tukaram | by Paul Long May 16, 2012 | 2916 words | Read a sample |
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Amazing Journey | by James Subramanian May 16, 2012 | 21407 words | Read a sample |
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Dirty Play | by Kyle Adams May 16, 2012 | 13581 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Kyle Adams has been writing gay romance since, well he forgot how long. Trust him, it has been a while. He’s quiet and maybe a little shy, but he decided to start releasing a few stories. We’ll see if people like reading them as much as he likes writing them. |
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Mating Call | by Emily Ryan-Davis May 16, 2012 | 36605 words | Read a sample |
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Filthy Secret Books Issue Two | by FilthySecretBooks May 16, 2012 | 13669 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: FilthySecretBooks publishes any story involving relationships, including the good times, the bad times, the ugly, the straight, the gay, or anything in between. We are committed to showing all ranges of love stories that don't always have a tragic ending or a happily ever after, which seems to be the classic endings of most other books involving romantic relationships. We believe, regardless of genre, that an intimate connection is always a part of a great story. |
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In the Seminary Library, an Artistic Seduction | by Kathleen Longwood May 16, 2012 | 6217 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Kathleen Longwood writes sensual erotica for the intelligent woman. You are never left with a feeling of distaste, but with a lingering passion for life. Mysterious, physical, oddly romantic forces are at play in the life and body and psyche of our heroine. Stories are set in libraries, cathedrals, sometimes Europe or the tropics with sensual descriptions of people, places and uhmm, passionate secret sexual encounters. Come on an exotic, erotic excursion, opening a heretofore secret world of possibilities. |
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Simba | by Sassha Gonzalez May 16, 2012 | 3758 words | Read a sample |
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Getting Away With Murder | by Rick Flynn May 16, 2012 | 5395 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Rick lives and writes in Dayton, Ohio, where he shares his space with his partner of sixteen years, Rob, and two lovable, but stubborn, beagles. One was a rescue, the other one rescued him. When Rick isn't writing, or working at his day job, he can be seen acting on local stages in and around Dayton. Rick recently completed his first novel, Postcards from the Desert, soon to be available. |
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The Domino Effect | by Em Castaneda May 16, 2012 | 4244 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Em was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and currently resides there with family. |
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Tooth | by Em Castaneda May 16, 2012 | 6374 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Em was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and currently resides there with family. |
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Burial Instructions | by Elissa Ambrose May 16, 2012 | 35003 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Elissa graduated from McGill University with a degree in English literature. She’s been a donut maker, a librarian, a computer programmer, and an editor—but always a writer. She currently resides in Arizona with her husband. |
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Bread of Tears | by Fowlpox Press May 16, 2012 | 3123 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Fowlpox presents the greatest in poetry. |
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Naked | by judith falloon-reid May 16, 2012 | 2549 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Judith Falloon Reid is a missionary at heart whose free spirit has led her into the lives and homes of many hurting people as a ministry worker, writer and speaker. Professionally, she is a marketing consultant with over 30 years experience. Born and raised in Jamaica, Judith is the founder of Independent VoYces Literary Fair, a founding member of Jamaica Drums 4 Peace movement and is the host of the weekly Gospel television show, Gospel Rhythms which airs on FLOW TV. She is an active volunteer for the Jamaica Youth for Christ, where along with her husband, Michael Brown, they facilitate the drama ministry. Judith and Michael own BarriVision Productions. She is the executive producer of four television shows, some airing locally and others overseas, Where in JA is Dry Lan’ Touris’, My LiKKle Food Spot, and Gospel Rhythms.  Judith is the author of four books: Here's a Hundred Dollars...Buy Yourself a Life Aaah-Inspiring Antarctica. A Ajamaican on Ice Time & Seasons: A Layman’s Guide to Overcoming Tragedy, Xulon Press ©2003 Full Circle: Reclaiming Your Faith, Wingspan Press ©2007. She has authored several Christian plays and monologues which have been performed to audiences in both South Florida and Jamaica including: Just Another Friday The Gift And on the Third Day Through My Eyes A Black Man Looks Back I Was There She served as the local St. Ann correspondent and frequently wrote opinion columns for The Gleaner in the early nineties under the pseudonym Rosie Clark. She was also a frequent contributor to the Tourist Guide and Vacationer, no longer in publication. She published the first walking guide to Ocho Rios in 1992. She migrated to South Florida in 1994 with her two children and founded the Christian Churches Monthly Magazine which published from 1998-2006. She established and directed ByHisWord Outreach Ministries, a multi-faceted outreach ministry in South Florida and ByHisWord Theatre Company, a youth outreach that used the arts as a ministry tool. These ministries led missions to various parts of Florida and the Bahamas. While in Florida, Judith wrote for several travel publications and a weekly column for the South Florida Times Newspaper for several months until returning home to Jamaica in 2009. In 2010 she established the Independent VoYces Literary Fair. |
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The Open Bible - The Gospel of Matthew: Chapter 19 | by Open Bible Matthew May 16, 2012 | 1170 words | Read a sample |
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El León | by Jon Sindell May 16, 2012 | 653 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Jon Sindell writes fiction in San Francisco and reads his work publicly throughout the Bay Area. He is a personal tutor in English and history, he was a dot-com editor and lawyer. The author of the baseball (and more) novel The Mighty Roman cried at six when the Dodgers blew the pennant, found strength on the mound at the age of eleven, rashly quit the baseball team at fifteen, and was reborn as a ballplayer in his thirties. He lives with his wife and near fledglings, and spends non-writing time hiking the Northern California coast, hugging redwoods, growing greens, and watching way too much baseball. He encourages readers to connect with him at Jon Sindell Fiction – where lots of his fiction may be viewed -- or on Facebook. |
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How to Bake: Butter, Shortening, and Oil | by Dennis Weaver May 16, 2012 | 8489 words | Read a sample |
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The Snow of the Spring | by Ben Miller May 16, 2012 | 3970 words | Read a sample |
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How to Bake: Fresh from the Dairy | by Dennis Weaver May 16, 2012 | 10108 words | Read a sample |
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How to Bake: Baking Powder and Baking Soda | by Dennis Weaver May 16, 2012 | 10921 words | Read a sample |
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Leg O'Lamb | by Brendan Gerad O'Brien May 16, 2012 | 3239 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Brendan Gerad O’Brien was born in Tralee, on the west coast of Ireland and now lives in Newport, South Wales with his wife Jennifer and daughters Shelly and Sarah. As a child he spent his summer holidays in Listowel, Co Kerry, where his uncle Moss Scanlon had a Harness Maker’s shop, now long gone. The shop was a magnet for all sorts of colourful characters. It was there that his love of words was kindled by the stories of John B. Keane and Bryan MacMahon, who often wandered into the shop for a chat and bit of jovial banter. After serving nine years in the Royal Navy, Brendan progressed to retail management, working as a Department manager with the UK’s second largest Supermarket. Now retired, his hobby is writing short stories, twenty of which have already been published individually over the years, and also as a collection called Dreamin Dreams Once On A Cold And Grey September is his first full novel |
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Becoming Merlin | by Barbara Bartholomew May 16, 2012 | 5041 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Barbara Bartholomew is the author of twenty traditionally published books and eight independent books and has had her short stories appear in many magazines including Seventeen, Analog Science Fiction, Highlights for Children and Cricket. Many of her books are for young adults or younger readers and include The Time Keeper, Child of Tomorrow, When Dreamers Cease to Dream, Finding Endymion, Royal Blood and Princess Alice. |
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A Workout in a Book-Resistance Band Workouts to Transform Your Fitness Routine | by James Paul May 16, 2012 | 2556 words | Read a sample |
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The Federalist Regained | by Paul Reidinger May 16, 2012 | 12456 words | Read a sample |
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Dressmaker | by Brendan Gerad O'Brien May 16, 2012 | 3686 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Brendan Gerad O’Brien was born in Tralee, on the west coast of Ireland and now lives in Newport, South Wales with his wife Jennifer and daughters Shelly and Sarah. As a child he spent his summer holidays in Listowel, Co Kerry, where his uncle Moss Scanlon had a Harness Maker’s shop, now long gone. The shop was a magnet for all sorts of colourful characters. It was there that his love of words was kindled by the stories of John B. Keane and Bryan MacMahon, who often wandered into the shop for a chat and bit of jovial banter. After serving nine years in the Royal Navy, Brendan progressed to retail management, working as a Department manager with the UK’s second largest Supermarket. Now retired, his hobby is writing short stories, twenty of which have already been published individually over the years, and also as a collection called Dreamin Dreams Once On A Cold And Grey September is his first full novel |
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The Hidden Keeper | by sharon davies May 16, 2012 | 89375 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: The Hidden Keeper is the first book of a series. |
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How to Bake: Yeast and How it Works | by Dennis Weaver May 16, 2012 | 10545 words | Read a sample |
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