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Red, White and Retirement Blues    by Richard Alan Dickson
Price: $2.99 USD. 12050 words. Language: English. Published by Grey Cat Press  on May 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and include retired agent Roger Turner. A chance sighting of a supposedly-dead international terrorist sends Roger crashing through the Oakland spaceport security gates in hot pursuit. The man won't get away, not again... not even with every spaceport security agent chasing Roger, instead. (This edition also includes the bonus story, "The Eidolon Offramp.")
Scout Expedition    by Stephen Brandon
Price: $1.99 USD. 21220 words. Language: English. Published on May 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

When a powerful group wants somehting done, they create a scenario. What happens when that secneario turns out to be real? Can the survivors adapt?
Commonwealth Universe: Modern Era: True Caderi    by Michelle Levigne
Price: $2.99 USD. 79510 words. Language: English. Published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing  on May 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

When her safe home on an agricultural planet is threatened by her enemy, Qinda and her husband know the only way to keep them all alive and safe is to split up, and hope to reach the Commonwealth where they can request sanctuary. But along the way, someone even more powerful finds Qinda's trail, and he has the law on his side when he takes her prisoner...
The Whispering Tombs (Quality Times #1)    by Gayle Ramage
Price: $2.29 USD. 16160 words. Language: English. Published on May 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.

In 'The Whispering Tombs', Quality and Tim are residing at the luxurious Baala Haven Resort, on an unpronounceable planet, when they're invited on a quest to find ancient hidden treasure by a wealthy alien archaeologist. Reaching the caves of Azrokaran, however, loyalties are tested to the very limits as those within the group reveal their true colours.
Though All the Mountains Lie Between    by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: Free! 12850 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

When star pilot Jael rebels against an abusive captain and flies the "mountain route" through the Flux, she dismisses a legend claiming that dragons lurk waiting for unwary riggers. But appear they do, challenging Jael to a fight to the death. This short story is the basis for the novel Dragons in the Stars (available in the omnibus Dragon Space). 9000 words, plus excerpt from Dragon Space.
Alien Blue    by DeAnna Knippling
Price: $5.99 USD. 108190 words. Language: English. Published by Wonderland Press  on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.

Bill Trout didn’t mean to get involved with aliens. He just wanted to run his brewery and mind his own business. But that ain’t the way things worked out, and now he’s got some bodies to bury, an alien to hide, and his best friend to talk some sense into. Except Mayor Jack ain’t one for sense. Nothing for it but to make some beer...
Flightless    by Robert Waggoner
Price: $0.99 USD. 26500 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Two astronauts return to planet earth that is mostly void of living things. The year is 2018 and the astronauts have been in suspended animation, or cryonics, for almost three years. Live with the adventure.
Appliance-ocalypse (A Short Story)    by Shondra Snodderly
Price: $0.99 USD. 3530 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

The last thing anyone would accuse an appliance of having is a dream, but that is exactly what Silex has. In order to be indispensable to his family, he'll do whatever it takes to make that dream come true. But he's not alone. Something else is lurking in the kitchen and it wants Silex gone. What began as a simple wish is now a battle to see who will become King of the Counter.
A Man Among Gods    by Amanda McCarter
Price: $1.49 USD. 10190 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Roger McCrory is a simple man. He likes his smokes, his booze and his women. But when the old man known only as Odin returns to remind him of his oath, it seems as though his simple life will soon end. Three years free of the machine for every nine inside the machine. Wrapped in wires and conduits, Roger considers it a miserable existence, but he'll die if he doesn't go back. Or will he?
The Good Doctor's Tales Folio Four    by Randall Farmer
Price: $1.99 USD. 34810 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

The Good Doctor’s Tales (Folio Four) is a novella-length collection of additional material supplementary to the Transform series novel “All Beasts Together”.