The First    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $2.99 USD. 63200 words. Language: English. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on February 17, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
A collection of 15 dark fantasy, dystopian, and science fiction short stories, featuring the Areopagan Cycle where time is literally money. Includes an afterword, and Scott Nicholson's first-ever published story as a bonus. A rare side of an award-winning novelist's work. "Nicholson always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

Life, Death, and Other Cartoons    by Carlos Eton
Price: $1.99 USD. 26150 words. Language: English. Published on February 7, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
Life, Death, and Other Cartoons is a collection of short stories, poems, and narratives written by Carlos Eton to express the many shades of spirituality: joy, humor, depth, devotion, enlightenment, all of the feelings we experience when we travel our spiritual paths on the road to God. Read these stories over and over again to inspire provocative thought and discussion. Or just for fun!

This Is Not the End    by Shelby Davis
Price: Free! 22100 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
A couple decide to divorce themselves from mainstream culture in an attempt to find food and life for later years, a family watches home movies when all else has been taken, the mentally ill are guided by the voices of folk music, and a man discovers a life on a city bus that he’d never thought possible. Plus six more.

The Royal Bank of Stories    by Philip Bradbury
Price: $2.99 USD. 51620 words. Language: English. Published on January 16, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
Short stories that would be true had the world been more sane (or insane). These stories tell of our past and future with a bit of humour and fantasy thrown in. They are guaranteed to touch your emotionally somehow - you'll laugh, cry (maybe), chuckle, sigh, yell 'Eureka!' and you may even realise just how amazing you are, which is the whole point of the stories. Oh, yes, you may even enjoy them!

Unpleasant Futures    by Christopher O'Kennon
Price: $2.99 USD. 52650 words. Language: English. Published by BKP Books on December 23, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
A world full of vampires where humans are the biggest threat. A suicide redirected. A woman trapped with a rotting corpse and madness. These stories and more await you in this collection of the fantastic and the horrible.

The Japanese Grandmother    by Laurel Lamperd
Price: $2.00 USD. 30910 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
Poetry and short stories. The Japanese girl who from disaster meets her true love, a young boy in Oranges are the Bitter Fruit who goes to steal and finds salvation. A farm wife discovers another life with the help of the supernatural in the Coming of Hippolyta. A bitter sweet love story in Interlude, and many more stories and poetry, already published in journals, magazines and newspapers.

In Search of Monsters    by Josh Covington
Price: $0.99 USD. 69120 words. Language: English. Published on November 15, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
Hitmen. Zombies. Private Eyes. Magicians. Strangers that disappear in the night. You'll find them all here in In Search of Monsters, the debut of collection of short fiction from Josh Covington.

Sacrifice and the Sweet Life    by David A. Ross
Price: $2.99 USD. 43980 words. Language: English. Published by Open Books on November 15, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
A profound and disturbing collection of eight short stories, four poems and one vignette by award-winning author David A. Ross.

Working Stiffs    by Simon Wood
Price: $2.99 USD. 89890 words. Language: English. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
The workplace is a dangerous place. The unscrupulous are ready to take advantage of the innocent. A slight indiscretion can cost the employee everything. A new position can turn a person into someone they are not. Those at the top can be toppled and those at the bottom can be crushed. This award winning short story collection begs the question--aren't some jobs worth killing for?

Questionstruck    by William Walsh
Price: $2.99 USD. 45880 words. Language: English. Published by Keyhole Press  on October 27, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
Questionstruck traces the line of questioning throughout Calvin Trillin’s twenty-five books, compiling all of Trillin's interrogatives—the rhetorical, the political, and the victual—into one dizzying collection. Questionstruck is an inventive and experimental text that begs to be defined.