The Power to Protect - A Short Story    by Ashleigh Oldfield
Price: Free! 2000 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
(3.00 from 2 reviews)
Julia gets caught up in a protest that quickly gets out of hand and ends up doing community service at the local library. The library chief, however, is not what he seems, and Julia gets pulled into a world she never imagined could exist.

The Other Option    by Jamie Brindle
Price: Free! 6580 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
Quince took pride in his job. He was the guy who stood three paces before the cradle and handed out the lives to Poor Souls. In the empty, white land before existence, this made him something of a big deal...until a newer, more popular, more competitive option came along... Now Quince is out of business, and running out of time... Sequel to The Big Deal.

Crushing Mountains and Other Stories    by Douglas T. Vale
Price: $3.99 USD. 113350 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
A young woman wakes up with a full-grown beard. Living mountains threaten to crush humanity. A boy contracts a disease that makes him healthier. These are a few of the gripping speculative tales you'll find in this short-story collection.

Till Human Voices Wake Us    by Annie Bellet
Price: $7.99 USD. 111780 words. Language: English. Published by Doomed Muse Press  on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories.
In this large collection, author Annie Bellet demonstrates her gift for the short form, offering readers twenty short stories, novelettes, and novellas that are compelling, beautifully imagined, and entertaining. Till Human Voices Wake Us contains 20 stories that range from hard science fiction to space opera, sword and sorcery to magical realism, some in print for the first time.

Revelation: Book 4 in the Ice Dragon Series    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 15030 words. Language: English. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy.
The Final Installment: Banished from her village in the middle of winter, Jazella must protect her family and herself while trying to reach (or reunite with) the mysterious young man who haunts her dreams. To do so, she must survive the Dead-infested forest and discover the secret of the strange metal dragon that beleaguers her village.

Unawares    by Heather Douglass
Price: Free! 2670 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
(3.50 from 2 reviews)
Speculative/magical realism short fiction - single story

Tales of the Dying East (Book and Blade, #2)    by Will Powell
Price: Free! 6510 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » High tech.
Over a millennia removed from a cataclysm that destroyed 90% of the world’s population and natural resources, the world’s four surviving nations, termed together as The Dying East, are finally ready to move into a new, prosperous age, away from the lawlessness of their Perdition Age. There are those who do not welcome this change, and then there those who fight them.

Drowning    by Yianna Yiannacou
Price: Free! 2470 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
(3.67 from 3 reviews)
True beauty lies within. A short fairytale written after reading The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. The inspiration for this story.

Regno del Nord    by Lorena Laurenti
Price: Free! 5190 words. Language: Italian. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
Un istante dal profumo speziato. Una parentesi silenziosa in un mondo dove tutto sta per mutare. Magia e mistero vi condurranno al cospetto degli Dei, tra re e sacerdoti, consiglieri e guaritori. Questa è la storia di due giovani coinvolti in un’impresa che cambierà il destino di molti.

Heavy Metal Fairy Tale FREE companion guide 2013    by Jerry Metal
Price: Free! 2360 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.
A FREE companion guide to my Heavy Metal Fairy Tales 2013. Book One - The Window maker, the codpiece and the Sex Gods from Planet Metal. Book Two - Return to Planet Book Three - Glass Eye That Wasn't Book Four - the Robotic Badger of Doom Part 1 Book Four - the Robotic Badger of Doom Part 2 Book Five - The Curse of the BeerWolf Part 1