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Blood Magic: Mizar    by Marc Lanzoni
Price: $3.50 USD. 66150 words. Published on May 26, 2010. .

Dean. A teen with problems of his own. Being fed lies his whole life has hardened his perspective on the world, but he soon realises it was to mask him from something more dangerous and sinister, the truth. Dean finds himself caught in a vicious and ferocious magic blood war, the sides being those magically gifted and those artificially gifted. And somehow, Dean is the main target for their leader
Ill Wind    by Kevin J Anderson
Price: $4.99 USD. 157660 words. Published by WordFire Press  on August 2, 2010. .

Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason A supertanker crashes into the Golden Gate Bridge, spilling oil. Desperate to avert environmental & PR disaster, the oil company uses an oil-eating microbe to break up the spill. But the microbe, becomes airborne . . . and mutates to consume petrocarbons: oil, gas, synthetic fabrics, plastics. When all plastic begins to dissolve, it's too late. . .
Alien Faith    by Nathan Pattillo
Price: $0.99 USD. 60120 words. Published on September 29, 2010. .

Inheritance of an object not of this world leads to an unexpected direction. Believe in fact, theory, or an unseen force? Decide now and run for your life. Elijah and his girlfriend make this choice, while finding the truth, narrowly escape death, and find love in this present day sci-fi adventure.
The Magic Bag: A Modern Day Santa    by Michael Koza
Price: $3.99 USD. 68510 words. Published on December 4, 2010. .

Michael, as a way to forget the loss of his wife and daughter 50 years ago, devotes his time to Oak Forest Orphanage’s children. But does he not see how much he is loved by them? Or how much he is seen by others, adults and children alike, as the living embodiment of Santa Claus? Can he, in his sorrow and mania, find the desired dolly to give to a girl that resembles his long lost daughter?
Monsters in the Attic: Aliens, Terrorists, and One Voluble Raccoon    by Blaine Readler
Price: $2.99 USD. 76860 words. Published on January 11, 2011. .

Space aliens have invaded the earth! Unfortunately nobody knows, at least until Gabe, pet-sitter and jump-blues bandleader, finds himself face-to-face with a raccoon that talks like Louis Armstrong. The animal hosts an alien who explains that he and his colleagues have come to Earth to save mankind … but they need Gabe’s help. Unfortunately Gabe can’t shake the feeling that Ronny is lying.
The Perfect Totem    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 2340 words. Published on March 30, 2011. .

Selling people new totem animals to solve their personality problems isn't a great way to make a living, but Sue doesn't complain until she gets a particularly annoying repeat customer. How many problems--and avatar animals--can one man possibly have? Originally published in New Fables #3 and podcast on Anthro Dreams.
Fire Queen, Dark Lady    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 4590 words. Published on April 18, 2011. .

Helen has a bad habit; she gives people nicknames, an eccentricity she thought harmless until bestowing one made the database analyst at her office disappear. She doesn't have long to find out what happened and fix it before the Name drains her coworker away forever....
Looking Back on the Summer of ‘87    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 3600 words. Published on July 27, 2011. .

Mary is alone when her car breaks down on some god forsaken back road in the middle of nowhere. Then she hears singing and follows it... to discover something quite unexpected.
Mammon    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 3980 words. Published on August 19, 2011. .

A spinster devotes herself to a shamefully selfish form of charity work, until the day a stranger enters her world...
Vampire Kissed    by Timothy D. Knox
Price: $2.99 USD. 124710 words. Published on January 8, 2012. .

Danger, fast cars, young romance, and supernatural powers abound in this contemporary tale of tragic love and intrigue. Follow Evalyn, a high school senior, as she is thrown heart-first into the midst of a hidden world, where she faces troubling questions about who she is and why witches and vampires alike want her dead. Evalyn must discover what it means to be a vampire—before it's too late.