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Hopeless Tomorrows: A Short Story Collection    by Ben Godby
Price: $4.99 USD. 28960 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Nuclear holocaust. Oppressive regimes. Ecological weapons. Mercenary warfare. The future remains bleak. This collection presents five science fiction short stories: "The Vault," "The Man Who Went to Mars," "The City With Rules," "Seedling" and "What the Market Will Bear."
Spin    by Nina Allan
Price: $5.49 USD. 22890 words. Language: English. Published by TTA Press  on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

In ancient Greece Arachne challenged the gods with her weaving skill so they turned her into a spider. Nina Allan's 'Spin' weaves Greek mythology, science fiction and alternate history into Layla Vargas' journey across an alternate modern Greece. Layla is a surrogate for Arachne so fate and destiny, powers of prophecy and possibly those gods are implicit in her story and those of people she meets.
Seedling: A Short Story    by Ben Godby
Price: $2.99 USD. 4540 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Here, on the shore of Lake Athabasca, are the last two hundred and six trees on the planet. The Canadian government has a plan to pulp them and make sheets of paper out of them. Each log must be worth a billion bucks. But not if the Druids have anything to say about it. And they have a secret weapon on their side: the Seedling. Because, to change the world, all it takes is one seed.
Visitors    by Steve Wilson
Price: Free! 3190 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

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Geoff Rankin, a returned serviceman, just wants to get away for a quiet weekend up in the tablelands. When he encounters what appear to be visitors from another planet, he deals with them the only way he knows…violently.
Ollie and the New Moon    by Carl Derham
Price: $4.99 USD. 86390 words. Language: English. Published by Austin Macauley  on May 10, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Ollie and the New Moon focuses upon a teenage drummer with a fondness for clubbing and surfing, who lives his entire life in 'Ollie World'. He travels to Cairo, befriending an Egyptology specialist from a top London museum on his journey. On a trip to the famous pyramids, Ollie disappears without a trace.
The Genesis Project: The Children of CD-13    by R S Johnson
Price: $4.99 USD. 114530 words. Language: English. Published by Austin Macauley  on May 10, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Charismatic businessman Robert Lane is a worldwide phenomenon, extremely handsome with an immense fortune, he is the man who has it all until his idyllic lifestyle is suddenly torn apart by tragedy.
Death Comes at Midnight    by Adriana Mucea
Price: $0.99 USD. 5140 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

It is the 22nd century and the world is virtually crime-free. But when a series of unexpected murders takes place it is up to Inspector Jones to find the killer.
El Secreto no Reveladol    by Manuel Echevarria
Price: $4.99 USD. 47150 words. Language: Spanish. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Las naciones del mundo guardan sus secretos bajo las más estrictas medidas de seguridad. Algunos secretos jamas serán conocidos, otros el tiempo se encarga de develarlos. Pero para Blix, un ex-agente de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia es cuestión de tenacidad y perseverancia. Es adentrarse en una fascinante aventura llena de misteriosas conspiraciones.
Voyage: Embarkation #8 Benevolence    by Zachary Bonelli
Price: $0.99 USD. 11610 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Kal is shocked to discover a world where the fundamental component of all life is clay. This is a huge surprise, since he has not travelled “metaxically” far enough from Earth to account for such a huge difference in evolutionary history. Tria is unnerved and wants to leave, but Kal insists on uncovering the mystery of the world of clay people and animals called Glinn.
Choosing the Right Time    by William Mangieri
Price: $1.99 USD. 2790 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Who hasn't thought about how different their life would be, if only they had made this choice instead of that one? If there was a way to start over - if this one thing over here hadn't happened? If only...? A young man finds out that no matter how amazing a technology can be, there are no simple fixes. "Choosing the Right Time" is a short speculative fiction.