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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
6 Scifi Stories    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $4.99 USD. 42630 words. Published on November 16, 2010. .

Six amazing stories: "The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe": Serial killer trains aliens. "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake": Hellish pastry in love. "Playing Doctor": Lab assistant loves mad scientist. "Serial Killer vs. E-Merica": Murder in a virtual reality Congress. "My Cannibal Lover": Bounty hunter falls for an edible man. "Zinzizinzizinzic": Aliens invade our shadows.
Birthright    by RJ Palmer
Price: $0.99 USD. 124750 words. Published on January 15, 2011. .

What if the next stage of evolution was caused by the oversight of man and what if that oversight was a simple medical mistake?
Universal Language    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $3.99 USD. 27890 words. Published on January 15, 2011. .

A mistake by space linguist Jalila could cost an alien species their lives. The crew of the starship Ibn Battuta has 24 hours to prepare planet Vox to face an invasion fleet. But when Jalila mistakenly uses a forbidden slur, the locals attack their supposed saviors. As revolution and invasion collide, only Jalila can save her shipmates and the aliens by revealing the secret behind the killer slur.
One Awake In All The World    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $0.99 USD. 11010 words. Published on May 24, 2011. .

Exterminators Pass Candle and Nona Stiletto keep space safe for humanity by mowing down hostile alien lifeforms. When a distress call lands them in the battle of a lifetime on a postapocalyptic planet, they must fight a war for survival against hordes of savage creatures. Their only hope: a solitary alien child who might be the only key to a terrible secret that could end the carnage.
Give The Hippo What He Wants    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $0.99 USD. 13730 words. Published on June 9, 2011. .

In the baseball league of the future, losing the World Series will get you the death penalty. Nobody cares if Thal Simoleon choked because of an opera-singing pink hippo that only he can see. Will the hippo's terrible secret lead to Thal's salvation? Or will he die in extra innings of the bloodiest high-tech basebrawl of all time? Only the hippo knows.
Iron I: Too Bright the Sun    by Lazlo Ferran
Price: $1.22 USD. 76120 words. Published on July 2, 2011. .

"It’s been over ten years since Gary Enquine sent my friend Przeltski to a certain death. Not one day has gone by without the memories of that battle prowling my mind like a waking nightmare. Many times I have woken in a cold-sweat thinking about it. I will not rest - can not rest until Gary Enquine has been brought to justice and been forced to pay for his cowardice." Jake Nanden 2101, Feb 3. 1
Nana Genevieve    by Juliet Nordeen
Price: $0.99 USD. 6600 words. Published by ArtChi's Voice  on July 15, 2011. .

Genevieve Rothman lived an enviable life, and now fights against Alzheimer’s to hold tight to every one of her treasured memories. When Genevieve’s grandsons, Emery and Orrin, misunderstand their Nana's treatment and take her android assistant away, Genevieve must find a way to protect a machine who has unexpectedly become so much more.
Wings    by Kris Robbins
Price: $2.99 USD. 113460 words. Published on July 19, 2011. .

Supersonic is far too slow in this book! A pair of mathematical genius SAVANT twins fall in love with TV Science Fiction as children. They then spend their lives building the incredible machines that they saw on TV, making them all work perfectly which does not amuse all sorts of people! The effect they have, literally, blows the World away!
The Breath of Heaven: Stories from Distant Worlds    by Nancy Fulda
Price: $3.95 USD. 18270 words. Published on August 5, 2011. .

This omnibus brings together three stories by Hugo and Nebula nominee Nancy Fulda. From an isolated telepath who flees her destiny to a sentient computer struggling to behave ethically, this 50 page collection revisits questions initially posed by Asimov and Clarke, and casts the HAL 9000 story in an intriguing new light. 3-story sampler pack. 18,000 words.