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The Scanning    by N. Z. Kraime
Price: Free! 4130 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

The Scanning takes one life every day. It has been a nightmare for the planet of Samna, virtually forever. And, although Samnyans learned to live with it, some tried to counter it, unsuccessfully. When Teftkra finally manages to detect the source of the Scanning's signal, it does not take her long to go exploring and, ultimately, facing the unexpected truth.
Visitors    by Steve Wilson
Price: Free! 2830 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

(5.00 from 1 review)
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.
GTBFilez Legend Of Terms: Flight Line    by Garage Tales Basement Filez
Price: Free! 2590 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

A leaked companion guide to GTBFilez Comic Shooter Snack 1. This is a 2nd sneak peak(The 1st was The Verbs). It contains words and phrases characters may use inside the Flight Line story. There is a guide included inside the book but with less detailed information.
Power    by Ralph Ewig
Price: Free! 3590 words. Language: English. Published by One Hand Publishing  on May 4, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Nothing defines a life more clearly, than its use of power. As more details about the Novacula are revealed, the picture of the conflict and its antagonists comes into focus. Crim and Denek's actions are placed into context, suddenly framing them with astonishing consequences as the two troopers continue to apply their own peculiar reasoning to survive in a world beyond their knowledge.
Death on Taurus    by J.M. Porup
Price: Free! 91930 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

On the bullfighting planet of Taurus, a half-man, half-bull race stages ritual blood sacrifices to the gods—human viewers light-years away. High Priest Vizzer loathes the fights and wants to end them. But when he deposes the king and outlaws the fights, Vizzer comes face to face with an enraged and ancient god. And in so doing, he must also confront the truth of his own savage nature.
New Arrivals To Section Four    by Alex Witney
Price: Free! 6010 words. Language: British English. Published on April 28, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Hugh Fraser is on a business trip to Lunar Base Five. A trip he doesn't want to have to make. A trip that may be his last.
Puppet: Soldier    by What Ever
Price: Free! 9340 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

An average guy and his alien, mind-controlling amoeba must save the world from an invasion of Foosball-playing lizardmen. Using chicken nuggets.
Chronicle 2014    by Andrew Woodmaker
Price: Free! 33700 words. Language: English. Published by Michael Simms on April 27, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A diary from the future? Or a dead man’s work of fiction? In this first year's worth of entries from a diary stored on a mysterious recording device, the beginnings of an expansive story are told. Nobody knows if it is a work of fiction or a true record of how things happened, and will happen. By reading the diary, some things may have already begun to change, and the future is not what it was.
The Second Corollary    by Martin Thompson
Price: Free! 4690 words. Language: British English. Published on April 27, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

(5.00 from 1 review)
The defensive nature of the ego, well-known in everyday life to even the most casual observer, is actually far, far more pervasive than any sane person might have dreamed, and it can clearly make people believe just about anything, if it, the ego, 'thinks' it is good for them (or it). Two psychology students decide to use hypnosis to discover just what realities the ego might be hiding from us...
Half a Mind    by David Howells
Price: Free! 6340 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2013. Fiction » Drama » American.

Imagine two separate minds existing in one body from even before birth. What trials and troubles would such a dual intellect in a single body go through as an infant, as a pre-schooler, in high school? Imagine what might happen if such a person were to appear in criminal court. Now, suppose the charge was murder?