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Journal Of An Oobax Cowboy    by H Jason Schulz
Price: $0.99 USD. 1900 words. Language: English. Published on July 6, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

The year is 4011 and a young graduate keeps a journal as he completes his internship at one of the vast American oobax ranches.
Futurescape    by Vanessa Finaughty
Price: $2.99 USD. 24760 words. Language: English. Published on July 6, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Science fiction meets the real world in this short story anthology, with stories guaranteed to spin your mind into an alternate reality. Are you ready?
Iron Monk    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $1.99 USD. 5000 words. Language: English. Published by Olo Books on July 6, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

Two Shaolin monks exiled to outer space try to keep up their traditions, including kung fu, on their way to answer an alien communication signal. But when Little Tiger falls ill, they must reinvent their approach in order to survive. "[A]n intriguing story of a group of Chinese dissidents sent on a treacherous space mission to contact aliens in the outer Solar System..." D. Douglas Fratz, sfsite
Red    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $1.99 USD. 1590 words. Language: English. Published by Olo Books on July 6, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

(5.00 from 1 review)
A pregnant teenager donates her embryo to a recipient mother who wants red-haired children. The doctor who pioneered the technology performs the microsurgery exquisitely. Everyone should live happily ever after. Except this isn't a fairy tale. "Red," a short story originally published in Nature's Future science fiction section.
Running To Keep Her    by B.C. Young
Price: $0.99 USD. 14940 words. Language: English. Published by Forever Young Publishing  on July 6, 2011. Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi.

Exercising and staying healthy is a way of life for Neil, but it isn't a life he chose. It's the only thing he can do to always be with his wife. One day something happens that could break the cycle forever. This eBook also contains the bonus flash fiction collection: Don't Blink.
Solar Wind    by Sean Houlihan
Price: Free! 2740 words. Language: English. Published on July 5, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

An original short story by author Sean Houlihan. An uneducated violent murderer, Mohammad "Moe" Farrokh has spent the last thirty-three years of his life a prisoner on a ship drifting through the solar system. On the verge of a scientific breakthrough that could give his meaningless life purpose, he is confronted by a young military officer who offers Farrokh a new lease on life. Illustrated.
Lamppost    by Malcolm W. Keyes
Price: $0.99 USD. 16990 words. Language: English. Published on July 5, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

"We’ve wandered outside God’s field of view to where there’s a hole in the sky, and if I doze off at my post or my instruments fail, then it's not Jesus coming through the clouds; it’s the slow, systematic destruction of our universe by a thing that doesn’t breathe or think or feel. How can anyone believe whoever made this universe had anything resembling love in their heart?"
Apex Magazine - July 2011 (Issue 26)    by Apex Publications
Price: $2.99 USD. 14570 words. Language: English. Published on July 4, 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.
From the Ice Incarnate    by Joe Vasicek
Price: Free! 3880 words. Language: English. Published on July 4, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.

They say that going into cryofreeze is just like dying. I believe it. A 3,500 word excerpt from GENESIS EARTH.
A Scuffle for a Wrinkle    by Luke Evans
Price: $2.99 USD. 10310 words. Language: English. Published by MuseItUp Publishing  on July 2, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Vonnel and his crack team plan to steal a device that bends space-time, but someone else wants it too.