In the Cauldron    by J.A. Marlow
Price: $2.99 USD. 13830 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on September 18, 2011. .
Dropping out of hyperspace into a pulsar system with no engines, a dead bridge crew and captain, and limited power doesn't bode well for survival. Somehow I've got to convince the other passengers to stay with the ship and get the engines running. Before it's too late for any of us. A suspense science fiction short story. Includes the complete bonus story, "Spires"

Le Incognite del Cosmo    by Giancarlo Varnier
Price: $3.00 USD. 11830 words. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on March 13, 2012. .
Il Cosmo è popolato di corpi misteriosi ed inquietanti. Dai Buchi Neri alle Stelle di Quark, dalle Gravastar alle Fuzzball, dai Quasar alle Pulsar. Vengono denominati metaforicamente: i mostri del Cosmo. In questo testo cercheremo di avvicinarli, ma con le dovute cautele, per scoprirne l'origine e la natura, considerando anche il complesso di problematiche che li circonda.

Investments (Dread Empire's Fall)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $3.99 USD. 35300 words. Published on April 21, 2012. .
This short novel takes place in the universe of Walter Jon Williams’ Dread Empire’s Fall series. Three years after the Naxid war, Lord Gareth Martinez has accepted a meaningless post as Inspector General of Chee, a newly-settled world. Intending nothing more than a pleasant vacation with his family, he must battle a literal cosmic menace that threatens to wipe out all life on the planet.