On the Great Wall of Texas    by Harry Heyoka
You set the price! 1130 words. Published on May 24, 2009. .
In 2045 a sergeant shows a young draftee the ropes of guarding the Mexican border, explaining how the Wall came to be built and why they are there. This is a short-short story, for general audiences, set very early in Harry Heyoka's all-too-plausible Spiral's Realms future history.

Three Wishes    by Josh Komon
Price: $0.99 USD. 2880 words. Published on March 1, 2010. .
Making a deal with The Devil always seems to end up in his favor. But what if you could get the better of him? One man found himself with just such a plan.

Writing Clear Prose    by George Perkins
Price: $2.99 USD. 28590 words. Published on April 28, 2010. .
A handbook for writers. Intended for self-help and classroom use, it contains chapters on the paragraph, the sentence, diction, the writing as a whole, and style, with exercises at the end of each chapter. Intended primarily to clarify the writing of essays, memoirs, and other forms of non-fiction, it also provides suggestions for improving fictional style.

Dear Communion of Saints: amusingly apt advice for foolish Christians    by The Ironic Catholic
Price: $1.99 USD. 8950 words. Published on June 10, 2010. .
What if "Dear Abby" were a saint? The popular satire and parody website, The Ironic Catholic, takes all the foolish questions we stumbling Christians have offers them to the great Catholic saints, who provide tough-love wisdom, insight, and considerable humor.

The Odds Are Against It    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 2810 words. Published on July 6, 2010. .
Rural mail carrier, Tammy, bumps heads in a nightmare during a rare spring snow storm. Twenty years before, she was kidnapped and shot by a drug addict she met along her route. Now she picks up another stranger along her route and the memories come flooding back. Is she about to be kidnapped and shot again? No, she tells herself, because the odds against it are so great.

Beck and Barn    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 3400 words. Published on July 14, 2010. .
In the tradition of Eudora Welty, "Beck and Barn" is an old-timey love story marked by ironic exaggerated devotion. After Barney dies, Becky goes to visit her sister; when she returns, she finds that her no-account "baby" brother has burned her house and with it her only picture of Barn. Now, Beck has something to live for--revenge. But denied that, she will have to settle for a simple I'm sorry.

Fallout    by Jacob M. Appel
Price: $2.99 USD. 8720 words. Published by 40k  on July 28, 2010. .
«She remembers this phrase from his final months of law school, when he brought home the books on starting up a business. He'd read ravenously for several weeks and then predicted: "Well, darling, we're going to be rich." Now he slaps shut the last of his books and announces, with equal assurance: "We're all going to die."» “Special mention” for the 2006 Pushcart Prize.

The Neighborhood is Really Going to the Dead    by James Noll
Price: $1.00 USD. 2320 words. Published on July 28, 2010. .
Robert is new to the neighborhood, and it's been a busy couple of days. A "feast" of introductions. And then he comes upon Grossman's house. Will Robert survive?

Bryce Loring Must Die!    by Bill Walker
Price: $0.99 USD. 4930 words. Published on August 9, 2010. .
When Riley Harper discovers his old neighborhood bully is now a successful executive within his own company, Riley decides Bryce must pay for all the cruel acts he committed against him and his friends. He decides that Bryce Loring Must Die! In this Digital Short, Bill Walker delivers a taste of suspense and black humor.

I Could Do It    by James D. Chrisman
Price: $2.99 USD. 3270 words. Published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing  on August 23, 2010. .
When Jimmy is forced to move into his Grandmother’s house he has a lot of choices. Does he want to move into the first floor, or the basement? Would he like cable, or satellite television? Should he kill his Grandmother, or let her live?