Now as it is Forever    by Mark Finnemore
Price: Free! 1440 words. Published on January 28, 2011. .
Joe stared out at the old swing-bridge in the middle of the river. Diving from that bridge was the only thing he’d ever accomplished in his life, and if he could do it once, he could do it again. Then things would be different. But the bridge looked vaguely sinister now, a rusting steel skeleton balanced on a concrete finger thrusting out of the dark water. And then there was the boy-in-the-cow.

Cargo    by Jeffrey Hite
Price: $0.99 USD. 4690 words. Published on January 18, 2012. .
Captain Samuel Jonas has just retired from the Martian Fleet, only to find that his new job as Captain of the San Juan is not quite the job he was hoping it would be.