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The Arbiter Logs: Mutiny Springs Eternal    by Steven H Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 32400 words. Language: English. Published by Firebringer Press  on May 23, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

A century ago, the Faraday disappeared. The great ship dropped into the mysterious region known as L-space, never to be seen again. There are only legends left, legends of mutiny, murder, and the discovery of forbidden secrets. Today, the young midshipmen of the patrol ship Arbiter have found Faraday, a ghost ship orbiting a remote planet. And, somehow, someone... or something... has survived.
Another Last Flight For Craggy.    by Gary Weston
Price: Free! 50820 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Mars continues to turn green and the population is growing like topsy. On the Varlindran ship, they learn of bad news for all of them. It becomes top priority to prepare for all out war, but with resources stretched, life becomes hard just to survive. Dixon Cragg is in the thick of things, and the big question is, just how many enemies do the humans have? Craggy is about to find out.
The Star Sloop    by Verity Fountain-Douglas
Price: Free! 154670 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

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The first volume of the critical Life and Times of Grant Elik, widely known as 'the Great Gunner,' who used revolutionary action in the Interstellar Armed Fleet to hold sway in the Outer Worlds later in the present millennium.
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.
Above Average Jake    by Robert Collins
Price: $0.99 USD. 8890 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Jake Bonner is approached by an executive at Interstellar Minerals. The planet of Monument is mineral-rich and lawless. That's endangering IM crews picking up ore, and has allowed a smuggling operation to take root. Will Jake's wits and his cool ship be enough to keep him alive as the planet’s only lawman?
New Ceres Issue 1    by Twelfth Planet Press
Price: Free! 21200 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk.

On New Ceres you will find coffee houses, highwaymen, drinks, gambling and illegal high technology. New Ceres' New Enlightenment constrains society as well as liberating old thoughts and literature and drinking customs. The planet plays interstellar politics to defend its independence and it recruits refugees from Old Earth and the conquered New Alliance planets to maintain some dangerous habits.
Beacon - Part II    by Jonathan C. Gillespie
Price: $0.99 USD. 12490 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Everything ends. Everything falls. For centuries, that was the fate of those in Beacon’s orbit. But now Mally and Tersias have a chance to change that—if they can survive. Part II of the Beacon Saga. Twelve thousand words.
Beacon (Part I)    by Jonathan C. Gillespie
Price: Free! 6750 words. Language: English. Published on April 26, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Tersias and Mally have lived their lives in orbit around Beacon, the last star in the universe. But now the young couple have done the impossible: they have conceived. And something has noticed. A short story of about six thousand words.
Alibi Jones and the Time War of The Devrizium    by Mike Luoma
Price: $0.99 USD. 17240 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

A race of time travelers seems to want Alibi Jones' time to come to an end in this connected Cycle of Short Stories. This anthology of comic book script prose for audio adaptations gives Alibi's fans who might not read comic books a chance to experience these adventures from the comic books with the xenophobic, time traveling race known as The Devrizium!
Manifest Destiny    by R. Stempien
Price: $0.99 USD. 3200 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Forced into slave labor by a ruthless human empire, John and his people must band together for there freedom.