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The Gateway    by Steve Simons
Price: Free! 22870 words. Published on September 25, 2009. .

This FREE book was written for children, but has found great popularity amongst adults as well. The story follows the adventures of two boys who accidentally discover some form of gateway, that takes them to other worlds or parallel universes. You can now join the boys on their journey as they try to get back home. Do they get back home though?
The Journey For Peace in Windilia    by German Alcala
Price: Free! 10840 words. Published by Alcala Publications  on May 17, 2010. .

A war is ruining Earth and the Americans are in danger of being killed at any moment,so in response everybody moves into underwater cities But, what if there is a fish kingdom ruled but a human Queen who doesn't want you in her Ocean? A book of understanding one another and the human nature to acquire more than one needs or even truly wants out of desire.
The Real Widow Maker    by K. D. Taylor
Price: $4.99 USD. 79260 words. Published on June 30, 2010. .

The Real Widow Maker is a composition of short stories highlighting some of America’s worst mining tragedies, including disasters at Sago, Crandall Canyon, and Upper Big Branch. The book tells of the coalminer’s struggle to achieve safer mines, and recounts how a band of Rednecks started the largest labor uprising in U.S history. It's a saga filled with tragedy, but filled with heroics too.
Ice Cream In The Snow    by Diana Castilleja
Price: $5.99 USD. 52630 words. Published on September 1, 2010. .

Jessica Harden has lived her adult life raising and protecting her son. Except her surprises have been lying in wait. With the inheritance of her own business, her ordered life begins to experience the darker side of her ex-husband's history, involving secrets and money. And someone in the shadows knows about both.
Stormfront    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: Free! 4940 words. Published on October 11, 2010. .

Captain Isidore Wyatt, new transfer to the Alliance Fleet from the Terran Space Navy, is still getting used to having engineered aliens for officers when he's called to investigate a possible pirate vessel. Except not everything is what it seems, and these pirates have ambitions above and beyond the norm....
An Enlightening Lie About the Lucidity of Bees    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60270 words. Published on January 18, 2011. .

Crofton Eer, a member of a militaristic society set in a canyon that knows only war, seeks an escape from the troubled canyon in which he lives, guided by the embodiment of the lone star that is visible from the canyon depths. His escape takes him on a journey in which he discovers that there are a great many more stars (gods) in the sky, which leads to a search for truth in the valley of life.
Spaced Out    by R. L. Copple
Price: $0.99 USD. 5510 words. Published by rlcopple on February 21, 2011. .

Who can solve the mystery of recent space ships exploding? Why, Starry, a space hippie turned comedian and undercover spy for POoP, along with his alien wife, Tramel. Who else could catch the bad guys while leaving a smile on your face?
Back to the Old Neighborhood    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Published on May 19, 2011. .

Continuing the story started in "Explosions," Terri makes good on her promise to find out just what caused the fatal explosions at her former place of employment, the brewery. So she goes back home to her old neighborhood, determined to meet one of the alien Wannoshay, to get the whole story. She gets that, and more in this near-future SF story. Part of The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).
Infiltration    by Lee Dodson
Price: $6.93 USD. 51310 words. Published on July 25, 2011. .

Why would anyone want to take and hold twenty square miles of territory on the Arizona border, kill every person there, hold it for forty-eight hours, and the leave without an observable trace? The central character, Rand, his senescent aunt, Mary Jo are thrust into the world of homeland terror by a homeland attack and must deal with it, all the time wondering why. Rand discovers the answer.
The Caldarian Conflict    by Mike Kalmbach
Price: $5.99 USD. 98140 words. Published on August 28, 2011. .

Brother Mendell, follower of Lord Justice, consoles a pirate prisoner slated for execution. As he listens to the prisoner, Mendell wonders whether the execution is just. Meanwhile, Admiral Cain and his ruthless assistant Krell have more in mind than simply ridding the seas of piracy. Will Mendell figure out the mystery in time to prevent innocents from dying?