Temping for Martyrs Inc.    by Hank Gross
Price: $9.99 USD. 76500 words. Published on February 13, 2010. .
Having shown mathematically that punishment does not rehabilitate criminals but only love does ("Love thy enemies") America abolishes its prisons in favor of the U.S. Department of Forgiveness. But will it work on their toughest customer yet -- a vicious unrepentent child killer? It all depends on two temp "forgivers" lest the country again become "Big Sadist."

The Secret Cause    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Price: $0.99 USD. 4180 words. Published by Fario  on May 10, 2012. .
The disquieting pleasures of a forty-year-old man are gradually made clear to a young doctor in this short story by the great Brazilian Machado de Assis. Translated by Juan LePuen.