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Excerpts From Role Playing Endeavours    by Matt Hayward
Price: Free! 24520 words. Published on April 4, 2009. .

Excerpts From Role Playing Endeavours is an anthology of short scenes and stories from various online, text-based role playing games. Chronicling the author's progression and improvement from the hobby. With some fantastically detailed and characterised pieces, each character and situation is brought to life in a stunning fashion.
Inspirational Stories - Set 2    by Dorothy Paula Freda
Price: $5.95 USD. 12490 words. Published on June 25, 2009. .

(A Second Set of Inspirational Short Stories ... Rated "G" for General Audiences) ... The Good People ... A Cup of Humanity ... A Mortal Man (Shannon & the Angel) ... The Intangible ... The Lord's Canine
Relationships and Other Stuff    by Emerging Edge Publishing
Price: $2.99 USD. 35510 words. Published on December 9, 2009. .

Based on various commentaries, non-fiction stories and poems about relationships, as it relates to romance, and other related life lessons. A very honest and sometimes humorous look at relationships Introspective views of relationships and all the "stuff" that we have to deal with in the process.
Parasite: Six Tales of Speculative Terror    by Dekker Dreyer
Price: $1.29 USD. 17790 words. Published on February 28, 2010. .

In North Africa something washes ashore rotting everything, and everyone, it touches. On an alien world three astronauts realize the dangers of living off the land. In the shadow of a plane crash two survivors face off against a horde of clockwork monsters. 'Parasite: Six Tales of Speculative Terror' transports you to a nightmarish science fiction world where you can't run, and you're never alone.
Guide to the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 51790 words. Published on May 14, 2010. .

All the 5 star, 4.5 star and 4 star novels, collections, anthologies and short stories.
Major Science Fiction Anthologies - A Brief History    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 8550 words. Published on May 14, 2010. .

Plenty has been written about the decline of the short story, anthology and collection, and when you read some older books they have been saying the same thing for decades, even in the first issue of Asimov's magazine in 1977. I have also seen Gardner Dozois write about the acceleration of the 'lack of memory' of past science fiction work. Not too surprising perhaps with the pace of change. I h
Major Fantasy Anthologies - A Guide    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 7050 words. Published on May 14, 2010. .

For fantasy in general, the short story has been less of a focus than science fiction, it would appear. I certainly also have less of it in my collection, or in my head. However, such a form has been around a lot longer, with more practitioners. Monster and ghost stories galore for centuries, for example, not to mention the various mythological tales from all around the world.
Space Opera and Planetary Romance Reader Guide    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 62850 words. Published on May 29, 2010. .

A ratings guide for these sub-genres of Science Fiction, both by Author and by Type.
Sherlock Holmes in a Flash: New Short Holmes Stories    by Abbott ePublishing
Price: $2.49 USD. 12680 words. Published on May 30, 2010. .

This collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Abbott ePublishing contains 13 new, short, "Flash Fiction" stories - a tribute to Holmes and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They are all 1,100 words in length, or less - often much less. You will quickly see that, with skill, this is all that is necessary for a talented writer to tell a smashingly good Sherlock Holmes tale.
How Could They?    by Daniel Garza
Price: $0.99 USD. 6480 words. Published on September 24, 2010. .

How Could They? How can people be so cruel? Especially to a child. Read on to discover what some people are capable of doing. Join this boy as he shares with the rest of the world the pain bestowed upon him by the people that were supposed to love and protect him; His own family!