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A Job of Debt    by P.D Blake
Price: Free! 9530 words. Language: English. Published on December 13, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » General.

(4.00 from 1 review)
It's almost Winterval and George gets more than he bargained for from his new job when his boss, Ricket the loanshark goblin, targets the old lady who lives alone in the Old Forest. Times are hard but there are things even a troll shouldn't have to lower himself to.
Captain Disaster and the Twin Terrors of Unholy Matrimony    by Alistair Ainscott
Price: $2.99 USD. 5880 words. Language: English. Published by Rapid-Dynamix Publishing  on December 13, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

Bernard Keyes travels cross-country with his identical twin girls so they can be flower girls in his brother's wedding. But that last mile of winding country roads just might be the hardest part of his journey... other than the ceremony itself. An inkling of trouble cracks in Captain Disaster's arthritic knuckles, but can he push his sputtering, rusted-out old truck fast enough to save the day?
Nungwarra Dreaming    by Jessi Hammond
Price: $0.99 USD. 1910 words. Language: English. Published on December 12, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

Be careful if you disrespect a legend, for that legend may exact its own kind of retribution. This story was Highly commended in the Conflux 5 Short Story Competition, 2008
Profit Sharing    by Terry Hayman
Price: $1.99 USD. 4240 words. Language: English. Published by Fiero Publishing  on December 11, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

When Benjamin Drogan starts work as a idealistic young associate in the law firm Sutherland Pink, he assumes his magics will be an asset. He soon finds he’s mistaken, not only about that, but about everything magical. It’s going to take a radical rethink to make it all work.
The Frozen North    by P.D Blake
Price: Free! 120030 words. Language: English. Published on December 11, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » General.

When Green Delving is attacked by ice elves Alwyn is once again forced to call on the power and memories of the ancient dwarf in his head. His travels take him through the forests of the fae and across the Silver Sea to the frozen lands of the north where he must take on the Silvan, long since gone from the world, the shades of a race ages dead and their insane, immortal masters.
The Monarch of the Forest    by Jonathan Brett
Price: Free! 4160 words. Language: English. Published on December 10, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

A young man discovers that a story told by his grandfather may not just be family legend, but a modern legend with implications for the future of the old forest where his grandfather lives.
Jim Tuckerman's Angel    by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Price: $0.99 USD. 6510 words. Language: English. Published by Misenchanted Press  on December 8, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

A short story originally published in the webzine Helix, about a man obsessed with seeing a real angel.
Harbinger (Mythologicals Saga | One)    by Elle Beauregard
Price: $2.99 USD. 119030 words. Language: English. Published on December 8, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

(5.00 from 1 review)
A band of friends hide in the darkness below the streets of Seattle, Washington, living outside the laws that govern and record every aspect of modern life. After the death of their parents, and without implanted microchips to identify them, they are fugitives, and Matra finds herself their new leader.
Best Present Ever!    by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Price: $0.99 USD. 3720 words. Language: English. Published by Misenchanted Press  on December 8, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

A Christmas short story -- our family's card for 2011.
Moon Lantern    by Rebecca Birch
Price: $0.99 USD. 2420 words. Language: English. Published on December 7, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

Everyone knows there's no such thing as spirits--at least that's what they say--but why does the Moon Lantern have such an addicting pull, and what are the lights that dance inside and the laughter no one but Scrap can hear?