Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias

Blowing off Some Steam (Rust and Ash: Storms over Cogtown #1)    by David M DeMar
Price: Free! 4400 words. Language: English. Published by Twit Publishing  on February 20, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk.

(4.00 from 1 review)
A sci/fi, futuristic tale of people taking freedom into their own hands on a world riddled with EM storms that have destroyed all the basic necessities we take for granted: things like the radio and the cell-phone. The only tech that works are the old-fashioned kind: steam and gas.
Cortez On Jupiter    by Ernest Hogan
Price: $0.99 USD. 47570 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

"All cultures have some acceptable form of human sacrifice. And if you really want to cause trouble, try taking it away." Mythoteching. Splatterpainting. Zapware. A wild young Chicano artist who covers Greater Los Angeles with fantastic graffiti and a beautiful African telepath who opens the door to communications with the deadly Sirens of Jupiter -- on a journey from the barrio to the stars.
ZPG: To Protect and Kill.    by Allen Patterson
Price: $3.99 USD. 83910 words. Language: English. Published on February 12, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

In 2207, there is no disease, no hunger, and no war: unless you don't have a birth-tag. If you don't have a birth-tag you are an Illegal. Then disease, hunger, and war are all you know. The Global Birth Act was a brutal law. ZPG was created to enforce it. ZPG's elite teams of humans and Cyborgs hunt the Illegals. Illegals fight for their lives everyday. Some days they win. Most days they lose.
Forsaken Harbor    by Laura Kreitzer
Price: $4.99 USD. 89400 words. Language: English. Published on February 12, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

The Secret Clock Society has infiltrated every aspect of the government. You can’t hide from them, you can’t out run them—the only choice is to surrender or die fighting. Well, Summer’s found her voice, and she’ll fight if necessary. For now she’s on the run, and the only place to offer her refuge is Forsaken Harbor, full of savages. Will she find hope, or will survival mean savagery?
Cull Revolution    by Zhané White
Price: $6.99 USD. 56750 words. Language: English. Published by All-Seeing Books  on February 11, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

9 billion people. Target: 100%...Cull Revolution concludes the Cull trilogy with an explosive science fiction. Now the government and Revolutionaries do battle on American soil. Take both sides as they overcome deception, lust, and the ultimate revenge. They're all puppets, and you'll never guess who's pulling the strings...
Cull Reborn    by Zhané White
Price: $6.99 USD. 54990 words. Language: English. Published by All-Seeing Books  on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

4 billion people. Target: 75%...The Cull trilogy continues with Cull Reborn, dark science fiction with bouts of hard-hitting action. Kelendria Taylor, a British orphan, will infiltrate China's Cull division and face the toughest fight of her life. If she doesn't play the part, her cover will be blown. Will she sacrifice thousands to save billions, or risk her life saving them all?
Cull    by Zhané White
Price: $5.99 USD. 44010 words. Language: English. Published by All-Seeing Books  on February 10, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

1 billion people. Target: 50%...The Cull trilogy starts with Cull, chilling science fiction set in Europe. Damon Janesh, a tough government official, fights to slash Britain's population - discreetly. There are cost-cutting targets to meet and time is running out. If he fails, two decades of hard work amount to nothing. Soon he'll see the brutal monster he unleashed, but will it be too late?
Tarkentower    by Daniel Scott White
Price: $1.99 USD. 60610 words. Language: English. Published on February 9, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Sci-Fi & fantasy.

(4.00 from 1 review)
He's a doctor with a plan to make the world a better place. Over-population of the planet is the problem. And so he puts the whole world into a time loop, repeating the same day over and over again. Each day a few people go forward in time, escaping the loop, allowed to live on a future planet that is not overcrowded. It sounds like the perfect solution, but his machine is killing humanity...
Dreamspeak    by Mark Lambert
Price: Free! 870 words. Language: English. Published on February 4, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

(3.00 from 1 review)
A very short story exploring religious confession in a technological future.
Privileged Lives and Other Lies    by C S McClellan
Price: $2.99 USD. 94780 words. Language: English. Published on February 3, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Drama.

(5.00 from 5 reviews)
It's 2045. Gifted fifteen-year-old Linden receives a scholarship he didn’t apply for and can’t refuse. Arriving at Mercy College, he finds he’s as much a prisoner as a student, in an experimental program run by the military/corporate government.