Amazon Short "Comanche Moon" Wins Prestigious Western Writers of America’s Spur Award for Best Western Short Fiction

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that “Comanche Moon,” a short-form literary piece from the Amazon Shorts collection, won the esteemed Western Writers of America’s Spur Award for Best Western Short Fiction. The Spur Awards, given annually for distinguished writing about the American West, are among the oldest and one of the most prestigious in American literature. Previous winners of the Spur Award include luminaries such as Larry McMurtry, Louis L’Amour, Tony Hillerman, Stephen Ambrose, Richard Matheson, and Elmer Kelton. Written by Dusty Richards and published in May 2006, “Comanche Moon” is a rich historical tale about the early days of the Texas Rangers and their courage and sacrifice on a dangerous frontier. Additionally, “Aldy Neal’s Ghost” by C.K. Crigger was nominated as one of two finalists in the same category.

Amazon Shorts are short literary works available for 49 cents each at www.amazon.com/shorts. Customers can find exclusive Amazon Shorts from accomplished authors in a diverse array of genres and formats, including alternate scenes to well-known stories, personal memoirs, informational essays about everything from food poisoning to contact lenses, plays, and, of course, short fiction from today’s bestselling authors and tomorrow’s brightest voices.

Amazon Shorts provides a great way for readers to discover new writers or learn more about a particular topic of interest at a risk-free price. Amazon Shorts also serves as a place for authors to publish short-form content for Amazon.com’s tens of millions of customers to purchase easily.

In order to provide the best viewing experience, Amazon Shorts can be viewed immediately after purchase as a Web page, downloaded as a PDF file, or emailed as a plain-text message to an email address linked to a customer’s account. Purchased pieces will also be stored permanently in Your Media Library (http://www.amazon.com/library), and customers are welcome to print out hard copies of purchased Amazon Shorts from any of these formats.

“Comanche Moon” can be downloaded here: www.amazon.com/dp/B000FP2WDI and you can find “Aldy Neal’s Ghost” here: www.amazon.com/dp/B000F9RJGO.

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