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Demon Soup    by James Bryron Love
Price: $0.99 USD. 3120 words. Language: English. Published on July 31, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

The alien world surrounds you You don't know how you got there and you don't know why Demons are the norm and you are the outsider
Too Close for Comfort    by Kyle Aisteach
Price: $0.99 USD. 3740 words. Language: English. Published by Steel Magnolia Press  on July 31, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

When Neanderthals — born from surrogate humans and raised in human households — kill a man for just cause, will the court let them have their say? Should they be tried as humans or treated as animals? "Too Close for Comfort" is a complete short story excerpted from the anthology EXTINCT DOESN'T MEAN FOREVER. - 3400 words - about 14 pages
Lonely Child    by James Bailey
Price: Free! 2700 words. Language: English. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
John is a young boy of ten years, inquisitive, playful, mischievous much like any other ten year old. John was born and brought up in zero gravity however, never able to walk on Earth. An opportunity has come up for John to talk to some other children on the surface and John must wrestle with his own envy of their life while realising they envy his life in outer space even more so.
Apex Magazine - August 2011 (Issue 27)    by Apex Publications
Price: $2.99 USD. 20630 words. Language: English. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » General.

Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field.
To Find a Thief    by E L Russell
Price: Free! 630 words. Language: English. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

0.75 star(4.80 from 5 reviews)
Flash Fiction, 500 words. This story is about a purse snatcher who picked on the wrong lady too often.
Soul Equinox    by James Bryron Love
Price: Free! 10650 words. Language: English. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Your world has a commodity that is rarely found in the universe. The harvesters are here and they don't have your interests in mind. There is opposition and if you can get off the planet you might be safe
Thirty Years Gone    by Louis Bertrand Shalako
Price: $0.99 USD. 15020 words. Language: English. Published on July 29, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

What would your town look like if the lights went out and never came back on again? Trevor Ratigan has lived long enough to find out. Seventy year-old Trevor is the closest thing to a general on hand when an invasion fleet arrives to seize the strategic Bluewater Bridge. In a world where cattle and corn equates with money and power, the rivalry between Detroit and Chicago is heating up.
Retribution on a Jetpack    by Eric Nixon
Price: Free! 6000 words. Language: English. Published on July 28, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

A woman with nothing to lose embarks on a potential suicide mission, across the dangerous inner asteroid belt, with only one goal in mind: to destroy the man who took her family. Set in the distant future, this a companion story to the forthcoming science fiction novel, 2492.
Incident on the Hennepin    by Eric Nixon
Price: Free! 7930 words. Language: English. Published on July 27, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

In the year 2492, the luxury cruise ship Hennepin makes a mysterious emergency stop to the distant Treadway Station. As the ship arrives, Card, a maintenance worker, goes outside to make repairs, and returns an hour later only to find all 25,000 residents have gone missing. As he tries desperately to escape the nightmare unfolding around him, he discovers he may share the same fate as the others.
Apollyon Ex Machina    by Stephen Goldin
Price: $0.99 USD. 4130 words. Language: English. Published by Parsina Press on July 27, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Apollyon, the Angel of Death, has a rough job, but somebody's got to do it.