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The Niman Project    by Susan Kroupa
Price: $1.99 USD. 5300 words. Language: English. Published by Laurel Fork Press on April 29, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

After the death of his wife and daughter, Honani works for years to establish a colony of people on a new planet where all can live in the peaceful Hopi Way. But in the ancient myths,every time the people try to leave evil behind, a witch brings it into the new world. This time is no different, except the witch, a teenage girl, forces Honani into hard choices, with the fate of the world at stake.
Heaven Bent Book 12    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $1.99 USD. 11130 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense.

Stag the movie star has gone to Heaven, but it's a Heaven unlike any he ever imagined. In Part 12, Stag tries to unite warring factions and bring about Paradise on Earth. Empowered by angelic mist creatures, he faces Byzantine, raging with power of his own from hellish sources. The fate of Heaven and the world itself hangs in the balance as Stag and Byzantine fight a battle to end all battles.
Paradise    by Jon Fore
Price: $2.99 USD. 80020 words. Language: English. Published by Obscura Publishing  on April 29, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

They promised her that no matter what happened, they would be waiting there for her. They promised that it would only be two weeks, a short vacation, just some time to spend together and away from the daily demands of parenthood. They promised it would be just like going to sleep, and before she knew it, it would be over. These were promises they could not keep.
Jimmy Stu Lives!    by Kent McDaniel
Price: $2.99 USD. 65210 words. Language: English. Published by Penumbra Publishing on April 28, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Pastor Jimmy Stu Sloan, facing old age and death, has lost his faith but tries to hold things together for his congregation, The Church of the Living Lord. On Easter Sunday morning's televised sermon, he speaks of Christ's resurrection, then announces plans for cryogenic preservation of his body. When he awakens in the future, not everyone wants him back from the dead, and he running out of time.
Fevered Visions: Ten Tales from the Febrile Hinterlands of Reason    by Alistair Ainscott
Price: $5.99 USD. 46250 words. Language: English. Published by Rapid-Dynamix Publishing  on April 25, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Professionally published writer Alistair Ainscott presents ten tales from the febrile hinterlands of reason. The stories probe shades of light and dark, from hilarity to shadows of doom. The light-hearted farce of a man trapped on a 3,000 mile trip with his twin toddlers. A mysterious forest fortified by concertina wire of black-barbed briars. One man's quest to atone for nuclear holocaust.
Red Racer    by Marie Brown
Price: $0.99 USD. 14540 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Kief has found a way to escape the rigidly controlled world inside the cityplex. He knows the way to the outside world, and he has a friend out there, and access to the antique car nicknamed by Order news lackeys the Red Racer. Life seems good, until the day he meets up with Ry, a young man that stands his entire world on end. Then, life gets even better... for a while.
Mind Reel    by Unter Grimschrund
Price: $2.99 USD. 7890 words. Language: English. Published by Rapid-Dynamix Publishing  on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Matthew, grief-stricken, a man with an eidetic memory. His mind projects the death-reel-- the haunting vision of Katrika, his wife, in the aftermath of the auto-crash-- over and over, without relent. Until Dr. Paxton disentangles their fates, reconstructs her from the ruin of Matthew's mind. Can a man face his resurrected wife while he remains dead inside, or will the mind reel play on?
Once Upon a Gas Tank    by Tia Nevitt
Price: $0.99 USD. 5840 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.

When their only family car is stolen, Ty and his kid brother Joel can't believe it when Pa buys a horse-n-buggy instead of another car. But Pa has decided to accept the reality of a world where fuel is getting scarce. “Once Upon a Gas Tank” is a short tale about two brothers in a world where progress is stuck in reverse.
The Water Thief    by Nicholas Lamar Soutter
Price: $9.99 USD. 65820 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

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CHARLES THATCHER is a private citizen, meaning that he’s the private property of the Ackerman Brothers Corporation. He’s got problems: the cost of air is going up, his wife wants to sell herself to another corporation, and his colleagues are always trying to get him tossed into the lye vats. But all of that is nothing, compared to what happens when he finds a woman stealing Ackerman's rainwater.
City With No Name - Serial Two    by James Stone
Price: $0.99 USD. 8510 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure.

Continue following the events of the City With No Name from the anthology's introduction in Serial One to its next edition in Serial Two. Four more stories spanning from the city streets to the underground rebellion and beyond. Serial Two Includes: 4 Short Stories: Citizen KL1448, Brother David, The Bomb Part One, and Interpreter Omega Part One 8390 words