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13 Percent by Andrew Armas

A Very Mindy Christmas by Lizzie Boeck & Brittany Diamond

A Whole Vibe by Lawrence Watford

American Targets by Yoav Grossman

Angry Geezers! by David Wilcox

Arctic Beasts by Alexander Ortiz

Beyond The Yellow Brick Road by Jennifer Sorensen

Bits of Energy by Cheryl Kirwan

Book of Ormes by Michael Massa

Bowie Butane: Private Dick by Mike Murdock

Carla by Henry G Sanders

Carmilla by Candiace Anderson

Closer Than Love by Morris Clark

Colony8 by David Whitcroft

Conduct Unbecoming by Don Marcari

Contretemps by Marylove Thralls

Deadman by Mike Murdock

Doc Savage: Dark Empire by Marc DeLamater

Dowry Deadline by Linda Gauer

Empty Nest by Linda Gauer

Fiera by Eric Weston

Forgive Those Who Tresspasz by Demian Cuthbertson

Good Book by Linda Gauer

Hawk's War by Daniel Sharpe

Hitman: An Interview by Charles Harman

Hot Shoe: The Legend of Stan Bowman by Gabriel Lang & John Lucas

I Wanna Be Adored by Bill Cook

Liberty Scrap by Christina Masciotti

Lightning Bricker Brave & a Place Called Home by Jill Thrussell

Liminoid by Aidan Moss

Mama's Pearls by Sylvia Villasenor

Marrying Sydney by Robin Moss

Matewan by Gabriel Duran

Mecca by Henry G Sanders

Meet Day by Mike Williams

Murder at the Concours d'Elegance by Jason Kubik

My Friends' Couches by Nick Cavarra

My Name on a Grain of Rice by Richard Voigt

My Superior Me by Robin Moss

Once Upon A Time In Reno by Cliff Varnell

Overlook Chase by Mark Stevens

Paganini by John Dymale

Parkway by John Ramey

Pharaoh by Dimitri Devyatkin

Plus One by Lizzie Boeck

Polarization by Alexander Lee

Prison Dogs by Tobi Solvang

Rebel Without A Cause by Dion Cominos

Richard Spong by Terry Podnar

Rita, The Spy's Wife by Grazyna Wasak

Scare Crew by Danni B. Levinson

Scooter Murphy - Space Marshal by David Wilcox

Slicks by Glenn Powell

Sophomoric by Laura Richardson & Marnie Olson

Storm Loading by Demian Cuthbertson

Ten Million Reasons Not To Get Married by Marc Zatorsky & Shawn Zatorsky

The Art of Lies by John Cooney

The Bait by Bernardo Barreto

The Branches of Nexos by John Reynders

The Castle Doctrine by Mike Bevins

The Christmas Crash by Mike Williams & Inka Mehtola

The Endless House by Mark Zakeri

The eXperience by Charles Chip

The Gamer Place by David Lopez

The Lady in Red by Martin Greenstein

The Last Trick by Heath Papkov

The Life I Left Behind by Garren Boatright

The Music Makers by Roger Westry

The Night Stalker by Mike Murdock

Van 59 by Brian Trotter

Vintage Christmas by Teresa Skaggs

Vow Of Silence by Mary Pat Lindl

You Are Here by Mark Ward