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The Little Clockwork Mermaid    by Pip Ballantine
Price: $1.99 USD. 11210 words. Language: English. Published by ImagineThat! Studios  on February 17, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

From the imagination behind the award-winning Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a steampunk novella inspired by Hans Christian Andersen. The mermaid Lorelei is the youngest daughter of King Triton, but she has always been drawn to the Above world. Though she is revels in the joys of her tail and the underwater world, she has never felt she belongs there.
After The Darkness: Episode Four    by SunHi Mistwalker
Price: $0.99 USD. 10250 words. Language: English. Published by Dark Tales Great Lives, LLC  on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic.

In a world of never-ending winters and permanent darkness, fourteen-year-old Nadia Comani faces a future of servitude. Can she free herself and her family?
Beware Of The Prizes    by EK Gillcoan
Price: $0.99 USD. 8620 words. Language: English. Published on April 17, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Several short sci-fi stories, including "There Once Was An Alien From Nantucket", ranging in length from app. 1,000 to 1,500 words each (8500 words total).
Quota    by Catherine A. MacKenzie
Price: $0.99 USD. 4810 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Stan knows his future is bleak. Despite that, he's doing all he can to survive, even though there's nowhere to run.
Spaceports & Spidersilk April 2013 issue    by Marcie Tentchoff
Price: $2.00 USD. 6750 words. Language: English. Published by Nomadic Delirium Press  on April 9, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Short Stories.

Spaceports & Spidersilk specializes in science fiction and fantasy for children of all ages. This issue features works from Marge Simon, Lauren McBride, Guy Belleranti and many more.
For Want of a Nail    by Mary Robinette Kowal
Price: $0.99 USD. 12340 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2011. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

0.75 star(4.75 from 4 reviews)
This is the 2011 Hugo award-winning short story, "For Want of a Nail" with some bonus content. Read the author's notes, along with the original first draft which has a completely different plot.
Gone Hunting: and other short stories of Vardin    by Liana Mir
Price: $3.99 USD. 11190 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

John Henry has seen a miracle. Rhiannon is here to silence him. A hunt gone wrong, a child’s uncontrollable power manifested, and a horror about to be unleashed. Born in a land hidden and separated from the rest of Europe by the Barrier, Casal is caught between two sides of her heritage. Three stories of hunters with fantastic powers and the Barrier between two worlds.
Diversiform    by Jeff Young
Price: $1.49 USD. 13450 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

Diversiform contains the Writers of the Future Award winning story "Written in Light" and the prequel "No Visitors Beyond This Point". Humanity's future in a galaxy full of other species is limited by their ability to gain new worlds. The galactic community decides the allocation of worlds with Diversiform Disputes where contesting species prove which can create the most effective biosphere.
Destroyer of Worlds    by Dennis Sharpe
Price: $0.99 USD. 9210 words. Language: English. Published on March 4, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic.

There are sometimes larger and more powerful forces at play in the universe than those that could end all of existence. Even the seemingly most insignificant of lives can have an enormous impact on the world, and every living creature on it. Death isn’t always the end, and to some even an apocalypse can be little more than a means to an end.
Spots the Space Marine: Letters    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 2490 words. Language: English. Published on March 14, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Military.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
An epilogue to the novel Defense of the Fiddler told in the form of letters from Travis "Claws" Walker. Contains spoilers for the novel, and hints of what may be to come...