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Daisy Wong, Space Marshal: The Adventure of the Blond Chinaman    by Freddi MacNaughton
Price: $0.99 USD. 9310 words. Language: English. Published by Soapbox Rising Press  on March 14, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

(SHORT STORY PLUS A BONUS STORY) According to Lt. Daisy Wong, "Some guys can act too Chinese for their own good." Eddie Lau, Martian big shot, wins this year's prize. Only now Eddie's devotion to his Asian heritage has put his wife in mortal danger. Person or persons unknown have kidnapped her and are holding her for a huge ransom. In desperation, he turns to Daisy Wong for help.
Criminal Masterminds    by Robert Collins
Price: $0.99 USD. 7030 words. Language: English. Published on March 12, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Jake Bonner is hired by a professor to help him survey a solar system. The professor isn’t worried that he doesn’t know who hired him to conduct the survey. Jake’s ship is fired on, the professor turns up missing, and Jake tangles with criminals and corporate drones. Another job, another series of annoyances to be resolved.
Second Chance    by Thomas Watson
Price: $0.99 USD. 6130 words. Language: English. Published on March 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

The warship Richmond has accidentally released an alien life form on the space station managed by Jan Costa, and it's now up to Costa and his crew to recapture the creature. But as they track it down they soon realize the Captain of the Richmond hasn't told them everything, and what they seek isn't exactly what they were told to find.
Norik and His Daughter (Callisto Series - The End?)    by Erica Conroy
Price: $1.49 USD. 13030 words. Language: English. Published on March 7, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the marriage of Norik and Jasmine. . . or will we? Join Norik as he meets his grown-up daughter and the other children of Callisto.
Star Sails: Fountain of Youth    by Sylynt Storme
Price: $0.99 USD. 9960 words. Language: English. Published on February 25, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Fountain of Youth is #9 in the Star Sails series Captain Jack Stone and his team have come out of neuroliptical training, relatively unscathed. In fact, they've come out alive. Their new ship is the SS Asterias and their first mission is to the Epsilon Eridani solar system.
Lighting The Way Home    by Ross Hamilton
Price: Free! 1140 words. Language: English. Published on February 21, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Farcical space opera! The story that just lights up! How is it possible for a space ship to run out of fuel?
Buck Johnson: The Dragon Drive?    by Wyatt McLaren
Price: $1.49 USD. 4080 words. Language: English. Published on February 19, 2013. Fiction » Adventure » Action.

This time Buck and Skeeter and Snort are trailing a herd of dragons to Skrintax. If everything goes as planned, they’ll sell the dragons for a good price and finally be able to get off Terul. But things seldom go as planned – especially when dragons are involved.
Gravity 1: Remember the Yorktown    by Jeremy Kester
Price: $0.99 USD. 19740 words. Language: English. Published on February 17, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Mankind has continued to stretch further out to the limits of its solar system. While most of the colonies live in relative peace separated from the governing body of the Democratic Human Systems Alliance, there is an unrest festering underneath. Now on the cusp of war, two former lovers learn that there is an underlying force guiding humanity together, and guiding them to find each other again.
Resurgence Part 5 A New Threat    by Sacha Valero
Price: $2.99 USD. 8550 words. Language: English. Published on February 16, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

The mysterious Woman in Black travels to Li’de Space Port to find out who has been snooping into her employers business. Bounty hunter Oliver Wheil and his crew have spent the last week on the red sand beaches of Rhu-nia digging for information about the execution of the crew of the reclamation ship Logne. Arsus discovers a new threat on the edge of Uumshar space.
Porcelain Salli    by Trent Jamieson
Price: $0.99 USD. 4050 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

Alarm bells rang.Common enough in a state of Anthozoan war. Tocsins echoing: warning of collisions imminent or induline spore clouds and polyps drifting and falling like death.But this clamour was different, urgent and strange.