Blue Haired Alien Girlfriend    by John H. Carroll
Price: $0.99 USD. 6000 words. Language: English. Published on November 27, 2010. Fiction » Science fiction » General.
(4.56 from 9 reviews)
Blue Haired Alien Girlfriend is a stand alone short story. Joshua is a manager at FishBurgers who walks home alone every evening. One night, he comes across an unusual blue-haired woman sitting on a bench. He's thrown for a loop when she tells him where she's from, but he doesn't mind. Sometimes love can be a little quirky, sometimes it can be a lot quirky.

Major Science Fiction Anthologies - A Brief History    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 8550 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2010. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.
Plenty has been written about the decline of the short story, anthology and collection, and when you read some older books they have been saying the same thing for decades, even in the first issue of Asimov's magazine in 1977. I have also seen Gardner Dozois write about the acceleration of the 'lack of memory' of past science fiction work. Not too surprising perhaps with the pace of change. I h

Second Honeymoon    by Mark Souza
Price: Free! 5570 words. Language: English. Published on December 19, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
When Jack Duncan finds out his wife changed the terms of her life insurance policy, he’s not a happy man. Instead of a cash payout, he gets a clone. His wife is back and all his planning has gone for naught.

Healthy or Else    by A.B.R.
Price: Free! 5210 words. Language: English. Published on June 18, 2010. Fiction » Science fiction » General.
(4.33 from 3 reviews)
A speculative satire about the health care industries assuming dictatorial powers in a recognizable near future society. Healthy or Else tells the story of one family's brush with the health care regime and what happens to these good people. The trends are in play; the future may not be as far away as you think.

Dust    by Robert Williams
Price: Free! 6170 words. Language: English. Published on May 27, 2010. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
(4.64 from 11 reviews)
Billionaire adventurer Stan Owens has everything, success, fame, all the luxury money can buy... until a plane crash leaves him stranded in the desert. Alone in a hostile environment, he makes a horrifying discovery in the desert wastes. This is a frightening new short story by Robert Williams, the acclaimed author of "Peculiar, MO."

Small Graces    by M. Pax
Price: Free! 4880 words. Language: English. Published on June 30, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
(4.50 from 8 reviews)
Grace crash lands on an alien world to discover she's not alone. Short science fiction story. About 1100 words. Free.

Future Speculation (a short story)    by Tim C. Taylor
Price: $0.99 USD. 7790 words. Language: English. Published by Greyhart Press  on March 30, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Joel is a gun-for-hire, professionally disinterested in politics or business affairs. His paymasters are a different matter, and he finds himself in a fight to the death over the fate of the greatest stock market bubble of all. This science fiction short story mixes the action of a shoot-em-up with the frantic pace of the Lehmann Brothers collapse.

"Emily's Fifth Birthday" & "Alternative Medicine"    by Kater Cheek
Price: $0.99 USD. 6970 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
Two literary science fiction short stories about women making difficult life choices. The A side, "Emily's Fifth Birthday" was a semi-finalist in the Writers of the Future contest. The B side, "Alternative Medicine," was originally published in Alternative Coordinates.

When Man-Made    by K.E. Rodgers
Price: Free! 18230 words. Language: English. Published on July 19, 2010. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Life within the dome is comfortable, secure and predictable.What lies on the outside is the unknown; the work of the other creator.Lara, a young woman on the verge of a bright future in her world is suddenly confronted by the very thing she fears, but is more than curious about. Two worlds collide in this sci-fi short where significant choices are made and long forgotten promises are fulfilled.

One Night in London    by Ian Whates
Price: Free! 6670 words. Language: English. Published by NewCon Press on May 10, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Ex-military special ops agent, now a freelance courier, accepts a job that begins in the sleaze of London's redlight district and soon places him at the heart of international intrigue and deadly danger, in this near-future cyberpunk SF thriller.