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Assassins & Tyrants: A Short Story Collection    by Ben Godby
Price: $4.99 USD. 30310 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Poison. Golems. Magic machines. Demons, warfare, and battles. This short story collection features five high fantasy short stories by Ben Godby: "The Very Best," "The Clockist," "Lovemachinist," "Tarthan & Gadiel's," and "The Master Is Equal Parts Guile & Evil." Inspired by writers like Jeff VanderMeer, China Miéville, and Jay Lake, these stories will delight any lover of fantasy.
Rock Book Volume II: Dark Side of the Moon    by C. Sean McGee
Price: Free! 21170 words. Language: Australian English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Rock Book Volume II: Dark Side of the Moon. Set to the music and lyrics and music of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, this is the story of Theodore the disenfranchised rabbit; working tirelessly on the moon to dig a hole from one side to the other to let the sun through; playing in a mundane rock band and having sex rampantly but without much zest.
Rebirths    by Frank Luke
Price: $3.50 USD. 54850 words. Language: English. Published by The Cross and the Cosmos  on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Derke is a blessed man and a prophet. But in the course of one day, everything he loves is stripped from him: his wife, his family, and his faith.
Fantastical Tales: A Fantasy Short Story Collection    by Mark P. Kolba
Price: $3.99 USD. 40930 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Adventure, magic, and intrigue! Fantastical Tales brings you all three in a delightful collection of fantasy short stories. Befriend a cantankerous potionmaker striving to brew a forbidden elixir. Explore with an elven messenger fighting his way out of a magical trap. These adventures and more await—so go ahead, turn the page, and let the adventure begin!
Song of Bone    by A. S. Warwick
Price: $2.99 USD. 30670 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Inscribed upon an ancient bone, in a language obscure and hard to translate, is a message that brings Peregrine, the swordmaiden of the wild Aedring hill clans, and Carse, her urbane city-born companion, to the far, frozen north, to where an ancient curse and even older evil lurk. Includes the bonus short story 'The Tavern Cursed.'
Cat Tales    by Anne B. Walsh
Price: $3.99 USD. 66330 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Cat lovers rejoice! This collection of speculative shorts from the pen of Anne B. Walsh has something for all science fiction or fantasy readers who've ever suspected their cuddlesome companions of conspiracy...
Nenfari: an Assassin's Flower novella    by Lionrhod
Price: Free! 24640 words. Language: American English. Published on May 8, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

In a city of political intrigue and betrayal, assassin-in-training, D'hara trusts only her beloved born-for slave, Aldrar. A disappointment to her parents and herself, without the mysterious "Change," D'hara can't follow the path of her High Assassin mother. With Aldrar's newborn chosen for sacrifice, D'hara braves the wrath of the Prophet God's priests and the hazards of the city Below. Dark S&S.
Seven True Lies    by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 89080 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Seven True lies is a collection of five stories and two novellas. It includes: “Beast,” “Angels,” “Hell’s Father,” “I Killed Hemingway,” “Bristlecone Buddha,” “Boil a Manchild for Odin,” and “Only the Albatross Remembers” — please see my individual stories here in Smashwords for more details.
A Guardian for Garson    by Bill Hunt
Price: $0.99 USD. 24910 words. Language: English. Published by Alpha Wolf Publishing  on May 5, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

When landscaper Richard Peterson goes to work for elderly Nan Messer, he winds up with much more than just a nice paycheck: he gets her centuries-old miniature dragon, as well! Nan is guardian to tiny, mischievous Garson. "No one owns a dragon," she tells Richard. "We simply take care of them until they die or are passed on to the next guardian."
A History of Sarcasm    by Frank Burton
Price: $5.99 USD. 48050 words. Language: English. Published by Dog Horn Publishing  on May 4, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

The seventeen stories in this collection blur the boundaries between fact and fantasy through a series of obsessive characters and their skewed versions of reality. Among them: a man who insists on living his life in alphabetical order, a girl who believes she is receiving secret messages through the TV, a paranoiac who is pursued by an army of giant lobsters, and an academic werecat.