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Upon A Midnight Clear    by Ian Thomas Healy
Price: Free! 4500 words. Published on December 3, 2011. .

On Christmas Eve, somewhere out in the Asteroid Belt, a lonely prospector happens across something he never expected to find. This ebook is intended to be free; if your retailer is charging for it, please notify them and check competing retailers like Smashwords for the free copy.
La Rubia    by Raymund Eich
Price: $2.99 USD. 7750 words. Published on January 10, 2012. .

Francisca's small settlement of Mexican refugees needed help defending itself from pirates roving the asteroid belt. But what would she do when the only help was offered by a European renegade whose combat robot had destroyed Mexico and killed her son?
Outward Bound    by Richard Alan Dickson
Price: $2.99 USD. 11630 words. Published by Grey Cat Press  on April 20, 2012. .

After failing to stop chaos from sweeping the planet, Deputy Marshal Griffin Douglas flees Earth for a quiet posting at a sleepy lunar colony. But when pirates raid the frontier mining camps, his ship diverts to the asteroid belt. The miners want justice, justice wants a lawman, and one disillusioned lawman suddenly finds that he wants a second chance to make a difference.
Sci Fi Tales, Volume 2: On the Mark    by Richard Alan Dickson
Price: $5.99 USD. 34690 words. Published by Grey Cat Press  on May 3, 2012. .

Five science fiction tales of pure entertainment, in a strap-on-your-ray-gun-and-hang-on-tight kind of way... or whatever approximation for a ray gun the heroes of each tale might happen to have. The stories include: "Nova Warriors: The Return;" "Devil Dogs;" "Suitcase Switcheroo;" "Shooting Stars and Electric Sheep;" and "Outward Bound."
The Europa Connection    by Richard Alan Dickson
Price: $2.99 USD. 12710 words. Published by Grey Cat Press  on May 12, 2012. .

With gangsters rousting the casinos and pirates raiding the mines, frontier marshal Griffin Douglas goes undercover to nail the bad guys. As a mob enforcer, he discovers a larger operation on Europa than anyone expected, but soon faces a forbidden line that no lawman must ever cross. To make the frontier safe and bring about a Greater Good, exactly how far is Griffin Douglas willing to go?
Asteroid Mine    by Daniel Eness
Price: $1.99 USD. 2980 words. Published on May 29, 2012. .

A rover captain with job security receives an unusual message from his drone on a remote asteroid: "So good to see you." Suddenly, his job seems somewhat less secure. So does his life.
Reality and Other Fictions    by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $2.99 USD. 39040 words. Published on June 30, 2012. .

Five science fiction stories to ignite the imagination. Explore an Earth being devoured by entropy. Dive the ocean depths to stop an oil spill. Rocket into space as a tourist. Mine the asteroids with your border collie. These stories span Carver's career, and include his first published short fiction as well as his most recent. With new introductions, from the author of The Chaos Chronicles.
Sci Fi Tales, Volume 3: Crisis Mode    by Richard Alan Dickson
Price: $5.99 USD. 45100 words. Published by Grey Cat Press  on July 14, 2012. .

Crisis Mode: the feeling of electrified panic that hits when you realize things aren't just bad, they're way beyond that. Here are five tales with heroes who suddenly find themselves in Crisis Mode. The science fiction tales in this collection include: "Lunar Command: Condition Orange," "Prometheus Denied," "The Europa Connection," "Atlantis, B.C.E.," and "Nova Warriors: Darkness Falls."
America One - The Launch (Book 2)    by T I Wade
Price: $5.97 USD. 125140 words. Published on January 20, 2013. .

Ryan Richmond has dreamed about going to space since the age of seven. Reading space updates—and seeing pictures of Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface in National Geographic—was the ignition of this dream. Now, Ryan Richmond is in his forties, and still wants to go to space. The only problem is that the newly elected Administration and members of Congress don’t have a current space program, and
AMERICA ONE - The Odyssey Begins (Book 3)    by T I Wade
Price: $6.97 USD. 124080 words. Published on April 21, 2013. .

Ryan Richmond is going into space, whether anybody likes it or not!