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The Belt    by Raymond Hancock
Price: $0.99 USD. 4540 words. Published on December 26, 2009. .

One aliens love of grav-bike racing and the racial ignorance that will stop at nothing to quash his dreams. The race of the belt is the most prestigious grav-bike race of them all. Rand stands to win more than a cash prize, trophy, and bragging rights; he will win the hearts of his people. He only has his life to lose!
Truckerson (The man, the myth, the legend)    by John F Griffiths
Price: $3.95 USD. 31820 words. Published on December 29, 2009. .

Truckerson marches through life, oblivious to the mayhem that ensues. He touches the lives of Hitler, Stalin, Von Braun, helps invent RADAR and the ‘bouncing bomb’, wins the Battle of Britain almost single-handedly and later saves the earth from destruction by a comet. 'Trux is a compilation of Biggles, Guy Gibson, Douglas Bader, Herman Goering and the complete cast of the Goon Show.'
Earth Has a Cold Heart    by Neil Christianson
Price: $3.00 USD. 57570 words. Published on March 10, 2010. .

Identifies a mathematical error made by geodesists in applying an ideal world calculation to a real world problem; corrects the error and produces a new cold-core model to answer the seismic cross section of Earth. A must read for students of science: astronomy, geology, seismology, archeology, planetary body formation, mathematics, etc.. It is not recommended for those scientifically challenged.
Thunderstrike!    by Michael McCollum
Price: $7.99 USD. 146070 words. Published on April 7, 2010. .

The new comet was a treasure trove of ice and rock. The water-starved Luna Republic and the Sierra Corporation squabbled over rights to the new resource. All thoughts of profit were abandoned when scientists discovered the comet on a collision course with Earth! As scientists struggled to find a way to avert disaster, all Earth waited to see if humanity had any future at all…
Six Six Seven    by R Fitzpatrick
Price: $1.99 USD. 29350 words. Published on August 6, 2010. .

2 girls for every boy. Doomsday planners pick the lucky few who will be allowed to take shelter in caves and tunnels. As a huge dirty snowball comet slowly scorches the planets surface, the survivors face a grim new future. With cooperation and luck, they may just survive. Hopefully they've planned for everything. Now they can only wait, and ask themselves, what else could possibly go wrong?
Josh's Comet    by SP McGiff
Price: $2.99 USD. 43630 words. Published on October 3, 2010. .

Being a teenager is difficult enough, but Josh Foley was to discover that starting at a new school and getting on the wrong side of the school bullies was soon to be surpassed by even more startling events. A freak alignment of nature and the ancient Newgrange Tomb transport Josh to a strange world, where he will struggle to survive long enough to realise how much trouble he is in.
Babel's Basement    by Jane Palmer
Price: $2.49 USD. 52170 words. Published by Dodo Books on October 22, 2010. .

The direct descendent of a carnivorous dinosaur has returned to claim the Earth. Commander Pyg sets up her base in the ancient subterranean Ossiane Empire. Nothing can stop her exterminating the human race apart from an eccentric geologist, sceptical science master, and a few surviving Ossianes. And none of them know about the comet on collision course with the Earth.
The Day The Earth Died    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2360 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

The end of the world is at hand and humanity races for survival in the face of an extinction level event that will wipe out all life on Earth.
Lee Crystal's SciFi Short Story Collection 1    by Lee Crystal
Price: $2.00 USD. 19550 words. Published on January 25, 2011. .

Save when you Buy Five Scifi Short Story's by Lee Crystal at once; Which Came First, The Stick, Beyond The Flat Line, Snow Ball T173 and Secrets.
The Rostical Users - Sceldrant's Comet    by Michael Rogers
Price: Free! 147060 words. Published on March 13, 2011. .

Manga + RPG inspired story follows unlikely 'heroes' to stop the Consultant's wicked plans! Our heroes explore uncharted sanctums known as the Unknown Territories, each with an ancient glyph at the end. The Consultants have been activating these glyphs, one by one. The secret behind the glyphs are currently unknown. Help our heroes discover the meaning behind the glyphs and its secrets!