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Asking For Trouble    by Simon Wood
Price: $0.99 USD. 54030 words. Published on March 31, 2010. .

The road to crime begins with a single decision—the wrong one. Not every decision belongs to the criminally minded. Some belong to the ill-informed, the weak and the plain unlucky. In these tales, trouble isn't an indiscriminate force of nature. It's a manmade occurrence that comes when called upon. Asking For Trouble is a case of good intentions gone bad and bad intentions gone worse.
The Know Circuit    by Gary Ballard
Price: $2.99 USD. 56610 words. Published on May 2, 2010. .

Artemis Bridge can get you what you need no matter how immoral or illegal. When the city of Boulder is trapped in a mysterious dome, he sets aside his detachment to help his bodyguard Aristotle. Every step he takes towards the dome deepens the mystery, with flaming dragons, robotic golems and disturbing visions driving Bridge to a life-altering conclusion.
The First Detect-Eve    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $0.99 USD. 17920 words. Published on May 5, 2010. .

Eve, the first woman in the world, wants one thing. To find who killed her son, Abel, and make them pay. Down on her luck since Eden, Eve combs a shadowy wasteland on the trail of a killer. When Eve becomes the first detective in history, she might end up dead before she can solve the first murder mystery of all time. And snakeskin might be the last thing that flashes before her eyes...
Laird Barron (ology)    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 166680 words. Published on May 16, 2010. .

About the work of horror writer Laird Barron, and is a companion to the Laird Barron (ology) website http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com and collects the content found at the site. The various entries and elements can also be browsed there. Barron as a writer often works in a Lovecraft type tradition, using his own Pacific Northwest and in particular Washington State mythos. Also noir influences.
Paparazzi of Dreams    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 11950 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 6, 2010. .

In a world that sells and records dreams, a celebrity will do anything to guard his privacy. But the paparazzi try to steal a celebrity’s dreams anyway. And who do the dreams belong to? The person who dreamed it or the person who recorded it? And what happens if a dream reveals a past crime? Is it a memory? Or is it fiction?
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 1    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 521110 words. Published on June 8, 2010. .

This book is about the work of science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, and is a companion to the Leigh Brackett (ology) website and collects the content found at the site. Brackett was known as the Queen of Space Opera, and famous for a series of brilliant planetary romance adventures, particularly those of Eric John Stark on Mars, Venus and Skaith.
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 2    by Blue Tyson
Price: Free! 306550 words. Published on June 8, 2010. .

The second volume about the work of science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, and is a companion to the Leigh Brackett (ology) website and collects the content found at the site. Brackett was known as the Queen of Space Opera, and famous for a series of brilliant planetary romance adventures, particularly those of Eric John Stark on Mars, Venus and Skaith.
Five Uneasy Pieces    by Debbi Mack
Price: $1.99 USD. 31250 words. Published on July 20, 2010. .

The short stories in this novella-length collection all have an odd twist or edginess that makes them gritty, slightly off-balance or unusual. They represent a range of genres from hardboiled mystery to noir to parody. Altogether, this collection has something for everyone who enjoys dark or edgy crime fiction. Includes the first three chapters of LEAST WANTED, the sequel to IDENTITY CRISIS.
Short Ride to Nowhere    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 26270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 12, 2010. .

Jenks and Hale aren't friends, partners, or even next door neighbors anymore. Not since they each lost their jobs and had their homes foreclosed. Not since they lost their wives and kids and lives. After Hale is found nearly dead beside the corpse of a nine-year-old girl, and soon after commits suicide in a mental hospital, Jenks decides to find out what the hell happened.
Serial Killer vs. E-Merica    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $0.99 USD. 10720 words. Published on August 20, 2010. .

Virtual reality e-representatives form a more perfect union in a future America of a hundred states. Until someone reaches into the computerized Congress and murders them one by one. Can Nevada, the e-rep sergeant-at-arms with a shadowy past, make America's high tech tomorrow safe for e-democracy? Or will a terrible secret pull the trigger on a nation's hopes and dreams?