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Strange New Feet    by Shannon Esposito
Price: $2.99 USD. 68420 words. Published on June 11, 2010. .

Dr. Ivan Vogler has found a way to save a dying species of chimpanzee. But at what cost to humans? As scientists and politicians scramble to protect the world from the new threat he has created, one child becomes the target of public outrage. Olivia Barnes is thrust into a firestorm of hate, fear and violence at the tender age of fourteen. To survive, she must prove to the world that she is human.
Helix    by JL Bryan
Price: $3.99 USD. 180070 words. Published on August 29, 2010. .

In the 28th century, humans inhabit more than a thousand self-contained orbital colonies in the near reaches of the solar system. Billions of colonists follow the religious teachings of priests who promote managed evolution and control followers' reproduction through genetic engineering. But the priests have secret research, and the monsters they've created are breaking free.
The Legendary Chimera    by Georgiann Baldino
Price: $0.99 USD. 1650 words. Published on June 8, 2011. .

Clarice White broke through the corporate glass ceiling, only to have it come crashing down. Yet, her tale of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds became a legendary example for the women who followed. Georgiann Baldino gives readers a modern myth that records the mighty deeds of one female executive.
Growing Up Sam    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $1.99 USD. 3860 words. Published by Olo Books on June 15, 2011. .

Hi. I Sam. I half bonobo, half human. That make people want to kill me. I not care. I play in my steel room. But then something go very wrong. Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection "affecting"-- SF Site "strong...In tone the story resembles Flowers for Algernon.... Yuan-Innes pulls off quite a difficult balancing act." --Challenging Destiny
Embryos in Space    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $3.99 USD. 10120 words. Published by Olo Books on June 16, 2011. .

Award-winning author and physician, Melissa Yuan-Innes, explores the strange new worlds of embryo transplantation ("Red"), human-ape genetic engineering ("Growing Up Sam"), and exile (two Shaolin monks banished to outer space in "Iron Monk") in an exclusive collection of her science fiction stories.
Chimère    by Marcelle Dube
Price: $1.99 USD. 5660 words. Published by Falcon Ridge Publishing  on July 28, 2011. .

A short story about a fierce guardian, a jealous god and a very human love...
Code of the Fates    by Uva_Be Dolezal
You set the price! 127840 words. Published on November 22, 2011. .

The fate of humanity's free will hangs in the balance when a potential mind-control weapon is implanted in the brain of a young man nick-named Code-E. This science fiction fantasy story chronicles the adventures of the unlikely hero Captain, the Fates create out of a beer brewer, launching an adventure of vampire battles, banking revolutions and water rights wars. 155 pages depending on reader
Fallen Prince    by Tess Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 91270 words. Published on February 8, 2012. .

She’s the perfect princess, he’s the resident bad boy, they’ve always had each other. Their loyalty is about to be tested.
Someone's Child    by Lynette Aspey
Price: $0.99 USD. 6720 words. Published on March 16, 2012. .

Orphaned as a child by a near-extinction event, Beth is now a feral teenager, scavenging amidst the decaying urban no-man's land sandwiched between the City, with its deadly technologies, and the encroaching wilderness. Beth expects her life to end brutally. What she discovers, at the very edge of survival, is hope.
The Society On Da Run: Dragons and Cicadas (Update 10: 3/2/13)    by L'Poni Baldwin
Price: $1.99 USD. 401300 words. Published on March 26, 2012. .

No vampires rule this land, no wolves take claim to the Dragon's throne. In this collection of stories, these dragons are unbound by standard cliches. These dragons live among us, taking our forms, eating our food...nobody knew their families dwelled in the stars, awaiting for a time to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. UPDATE 6 IS HERE!