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Lovejoy's World    by Dai Alanye
Price: $2.99 USD. 87740 words. Language: English. Published on February 11, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.

Wally heads out to rescue his girlfriend, and Keira to rescue her career -- across the parsecs to primitive Lovejoy's World. They'll soon be sorry. The planet's backward economy is supported by a prison regime like that of czarist Siberia, and every citizen carries arms. Our two fledglings will be lucky to come back in one piece… Especially after the ponies get through with them.
Víra z kamene a srdce z kovu    by Petr Vyhlídka
Price: $0.99 USD. 27560 words. Language: Czech. Published on February 11, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Zapadlá kolonie na planetě Fisaga má problém, do kterého Pietu Corianovi nic není. Až na to, že má odtud odvést do bezpečí jistý náklad.
The Maintenance Engineer!    by Steve Nelson
Price: $4.49 USD. 37480 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.

Get Strapped In! Buckle Up! And Prepare for an Exciting Thrill and a half ride in this Scifi Action/Adventure at the Edge of the Galaxy! The SMASHWORDS Special 2012 Edition of The Maintenance Engineer! © 2010 by Steve Nelson Is Now in Command! This story is Great for kids from 1 to 92!
Brother Mine - #2 in The Forgotten Shelters Series    by Dee Phillips
Price: $0.99 USD. 11860 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

2nd story in The Forgotten Shelters series. Whatever happened to those bomb shelters built in the 50's & 60's. Are they now just fruit cellars or wine cellars? Have they really been forgotten? Brother Mine tells the story of one possibility of how those old bomb shelters may now be used.
Cull Reborn    by Zia Black
Price: $4.99 USD. 55350 words. Language: English. Published by All-Seeing Books  on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Asia, watch out. Cull is back...Taylor lost everything in the European Blitz. Rumour has it her uncle is alive. With the chance to save Cull's next target, she joins the latest campaign. With new friends, she hopes to foil Cull's mission and track down her uncle. Unfortunately, her new friends are her uncle's old enemies...
Cocoon Master    by Leo Elsinger
Price: $1.49 USD. 9380 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

In a not so far away future, right on this planet Earth, lives Rekmet, member of the mantis-like race that conquered the earth. Rekmet is cocoon master, and one of the best. But his performance is less than adequate these days, because his wife is on a space trip - and the ship has not contacted Earth for too many days.
Obsolete Protection    by David J. Agostine
Price: Free! 4030 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

The year is 2044 and it is a grim time in America. Hundreds of California refugees are dead and Commander Marcus Adario finds himself jobless and outcast from society. Can an obsolete protection officer find a reason to go on living in a world where society rewards and punishes people by casting “Positive” and “Negative” votes on the Cloud? Perhaps this despised hero has one more adventure left.
Third Contact    by Kenneth E. Ingle
Price: $3.99 USD. 101410 words. Language: English. Published by Rob Preece on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Sole survivor of a ruthless pirate attack on his planet, Joshua Penbrook vows revenge on the men who destroyed his home. When he gains control of a space ship, Joshua is forced to become what he feared most--a space pirate. Surviving a cat-and-mouse game with space's most powerful navy won't be easy, but Joshua brings some surprises to the battle.
Cull    by Zia Black
Price: $3.99 USD. 44360 words. Language: English. Published by All-Seeing Books  on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Europe is overpopulated. Someone has to go. Someone has to die. Europe's Cull department saved the Government billions by cutting the dead weight. When the Secretary of State, Janesh, goes on holiday, someone steps into his shoes. Soon sterilisation and euthanasia are the least of his worries. The new Cull has big plans for Europe. But the Europeans are in the way.
The Wall    by Mark Gillespie
Price: Free! 3430 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic.

Having survived a nuclear disaster that has unleashed an unnatural evolution upon the creatures of Earth, a small group of survivors must work together to preserve the very concept of what it means to be human. The Wall is a short story that imagines (with extreme prejudice) the consequences of what might have happened had the London riots of 2011 went global.