The Wayouts—Five Futuristic Fables    by Rob Errera
Price: $0.99 USD. 12860 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
Inside The Wayouts, you'll find: GALILEO RETURNS An alien race sends humanity mysterious—and menacing—messages to Earth. MATE A lost space traveler plays chess with God. BRIDE OF BLUES BOY V6.0 Musical robots struggle with love, romance, and human oppression. ENLIGHTENMENT UPON MEETING GOD A guardian angel comes ... AND NOW, TO BED Time to go to sleep...forever.

2-4 Cavalry: Operation Resolute Justice    by Eric Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 7210 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Military.
The unit is sent to pickup Iqbal Hasheed's "war cabinet" at the request of the Kobata government. This is a fictional rendition of the mission template of Operation Gothic Serpent (Black Hawk Down), and with different technology, is played out in this short story. It also shows that with future technology the mission could have been pulled off better than the outcome that happened.

Resurgence Part 7 Avalon    by Sacha Valero
Price: $2.99 USD. 10970 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.
Captain Wheil and Commander Jiang team up to locate what secret is hidden behind the mysterious code found on one of Rolondo’s victims MPJ-AVALON-NOX-8389. Rolondo is also going back for the package he left on behalf of his previous employer Minister Jarelan. All are headed for the corporate space station Avalon.

The Activation    by J. Cafesin
Price: $0.99 USD. 8590 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy.
Micheal still loves the family's annual camping trip to Hindley State Park. His teen sister, Amy, doesn't. And it's likely going to be their last year there... The Activation is a camping fable, meant to be shared around the campfire as a cautionary tale to bickering siblings, and the parents who fail to teach them civility.

Unicorn Witch's Cauldron    by Derek White
Price: $0.99 USD. 56800 words. Language: English. Published by Melanie Newton on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
Unicorn Witch’s Cauldron is my answer to questions about the Characters from the Unicorn Witch Stories Of Refuge.

Above Average Jake    by Robert Collins
Price: $0.99 USD. 8890 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera.
Jake Bonner is approached by an executive at Interstellar Minerals. The planet of Monument is mineral-rich and lawless. That's endangering IM crews picking up ore, and has allowed a smuggling operation to take root. Will Jake's wits and his cool ship be enough to keep him alive as the planet’s only lawman?

Broken (a Tale of Breaking Benjamin)    by Brent Meske
Price: Free! 8840 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
The Clements Academy was established, somewhere around the year 2045, training the best and brightest orphans from around the world into the perfect agents. Weapons training, martial arts training, and small unit tactics are each on the curriculum for Clements students. Jon Talbaine has always been the black sheep of Clements, and now he's backed into a corner. How far will he go to get out?

Gods of War    by R. Jean Mathieu
Price: $2.99 USD. 3080 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
When everything collapses, swept away in an angry red dust, what makes you hang on, cling to life? Marquez and Harris, Red Cross volunteers of Mars, grapple with this question while hunting survivors in the decimated city of Zhengwe.

The Dragon Gate of Mars    by Aaron Ward
Price: $0.99 USD. 12220 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
Craster and Rex are agents from Earth hunting a fugitive on Mars. Once they pass through the Dragon Gate, they find life on the red planet is far different than what they thought.

The Invisible Hand    by Keith Oakden-Rayner
Price: Free! 1570 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
The fight for freedom has shaped human history, but can we be trusted with it? In The Invisible Hand, one young man grapples with his own freedom, and what it may cost.