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His Last Shot    by John E. Miller
You set the price! 7810 words. Published on February 11, 2009. .

Lance Corporal prides himself on being the best professional killers. He's never missed a shot. But when his grandfather dies, he finds himself remembering the past and how it shaped his character. This story is part of the printed collection, Bones of the Woods.
Righteous Revenge    by Thomas Harrington
Price: $1.99 USD. 69380 words. Published on August 26, 2010. .

Patrik Forsberg was forced to make two difficult decisions and, in doing so, discovered a paradox. Despite his insignificance in the randomness of life, the hired killer could affect order--both simple and complex. He could improve one life with love, but he could also change the course of history with a single bullet.
Ghosts    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 10490 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 1, 2010. .

He calls himself Ben…sometimes. Mostly he doesn’t think of his name so other people won’t either. He kills people for a living, but he has standards. He uses astrology to help him follow the right path. Only now, someone is following his path—someone he doesn’t trust. Someone who’ll kill the astrologers helping him. The astrologers, who have no idea who he is.
No Refuge    by Warren Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 118100 words. Published on December 10, 2010. .

Oklahoma wildlife photographer Jim Cutter had nothing more in mind than making a decent image of a hungry coyote. Instead, a different kind of predator, a hired killer, appeared in his viewfinder and a cold-blooded murder was captured in startling color on a digital memory card. In that fraction of a second, the photographer became the prey.
Caleb's Price    by Troy D. Smith
Price: $3.99 USD. 60100 words. Published by Western Trail Blazer on February 2, 2011. .

Cattle vs. Sheep...Grazers vs. Squatters...Life vs. Death... Joey, a nine-year-old orphan, leads a lonely existence. His uncle and aunt have an impending range war on their hands and don't take much notice of him. Then a mysterious stranger named Caleb enters his life. Caleb, a gunman who is in turn tender and brutal, has a deadly secret.. Will he save the downtrodden settlers, or destroy them?
Those Who Leave    by Ivar Rivenaes
Price: $6.99 USD. 314350 words. Published by Amolibros  on July 5, 2011. .

Angelo Vargas was an enigma, a man from nowhere who had followed a perilous path through a restless and eventful life. Time had come to leave his diplomatic activities behind, settle in England and search for his shrine. His partner – the unrestrained and incorrigible Japanese Tadashi Ishihara – shared Vargas’ dream, but there was one more assignment looming over the horizon…
Death Angel: a short story of literary fiction    by S. E. Lee
Price: $0.99 USD. 4340 words. Published by Crescere Publishing  on April 3, 2012. .

What kind of person works as a mercy killer? What makes a death a mercy killing, instead of murder? A 4,500 manuscript word / 18-page short story on death, and life, from the point of view of a man who is intimately familiar with the former.