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Hell From Space    by Glenn Maluchnik
Price: $1.49 USD. 2690 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Hell From Space is about a meteor that comes down on the earth. As the meteor is hollow holding a deadly virus known as the sifredal virus. The human race on the earth is almost completely killed off by the sifredal virus killing billions. With only 300 million people left on the earth another horrifying nightmare is discovered on Saturn's moon. What is to become of the human life on the Earth?
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.
The League    by Sonya Watson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5290 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

The first of several story stories that explain the history of The League.
The Killing Machine    by Michael Tinker Pearce
Price: $0.99 USD. 3800 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Military.

A young soldier must work with an alien. Not an extraterrestrial, but one of our own making; an Autonomous Combat Vehicle with such sophisticated AI and Expert Systems that it blurs the line between machine intelligence and sentience.
Green Fingers and Broken Mirrors    by Numbered Entity
Price: $0.99 USD. 9040 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

The archives of The Numbered Entity Project have opened in this membrane of existence for the very first time with two short tales. Stories of those whose time was numbered but refused to 'know their place.' Of those who tried, for better or worse, to change their respective worlds of swords, steam or nanotechnology. Told in tribute to Time and Space.
Three Days in May, the Greatest Spectacle in Science Fiction    by Ron Collins
Price: $2.99 USD. 14050 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Strap yourself into the cockpit as John C. Bodin and Ron Collins take you on three laps around the Indy 500′s past and future. This volume includes: Speeding — A famous director returns to 1964 to record the most horrific accident in Indy history. Oh-oh! — Shape-shifting aliens try to rig the 1969 500. The Day the Track Stood Still — Future 500s may have more on the line than a bottle of milk.
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful    by John Stilwell
Price: $0.99 USD. 17620 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

What if suddenly, everybody in the world had access to a limited form of time travel? What if they could send an email to themselves exactly one month into the future or one month into the past? How would it change society? It would certainly cause trouble.
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.
The City With Rules: A Short Story    by Ben Godby
Price: $2.99 USD. 5110 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Newhope is a charter city, a city with rules, a very nice city... for Africa. But when a moronic security guard falls in love with a cunning terrorist, Newhope - and everything it stands for - becomes threatened.
The Sideways Kant    by M.E. Welman
Price: $0.99 USD. 9650 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Sci-Fi & fantasy.

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Inter-dimensional travel can’t keep Georgia and Pongo safe--even from themselves. What begins as a harmless little joke on the 18th century philosopher turns into the beginning of an epic misadventure. Hard as they try to keep the secret of their journeys from everyone, including Pongo’s nosy little brother, their last expedition to find their parallel selves may turn both worlds inside out.