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Sheridan's Bones    by Nancy Hand
Price: $0.99 USD. 93090 words. Published on August 8, 2010. .

Frank Cummings accepts a position, as the new captain of the old ship Sheridan, taking a classified cargo to the Ligurian system. Among his crew are old friends and strangers. The classified nature of the cargo means the owner has hired an unidentified agent to help ensure delivery. But the cargo has also attracted an assassin, trying to prevent delivery.
Shrouded Secrets    by Joel T. McGrath
Price: $1.99 USD. 113550 words. Published on December 3, 2010. .

When a teenage brother and sister inherit secret metaphysical powers, they are unknowingly hunted by a group of clandestine immortals. While jealously, love, and anger unhinge their once typical lives, temptations to abuse their newfound gifts are manipulated by a shrouded and unyielding adversary who seeks to cast earth into a modern dark age.
The Garden Wall    by Lichfield Dean
You set the price! 115300 words. Published on January 3, 2011. .

When Prof. Hughes accidentally vaporised the University of Birmingham School of Materials Science, and couldn't be found afterwards, his students thought the only consequence would be the cancellation of his notoriously hard end-of-year exams. However, for Eradani, this is just the start of a fantastic science fiction caper that she doesn't really want to be a part of.
A Change in Fortune    by Mark Finnemore
Price: Free! 5160 words. Published on January 29, 2011. .

The child's pleading eyes and outstretched hand dug at painful memories John had worked hard to bury. When he turned away, stern eyes and hands on hips awaited him. "You can't even spare a smile for that boy, John?" John blew out a tired sigh. "To what end, Mary? That boy's fate is as meat for the predators out there. Or meat for the Magistrate's axe – just like what happened to Jimmy."
The Omega Directive Episode 1    by Alex Church
Price: $2.99 USD. 32240 words. Published on March 9, 2011. .

Dr. Heller succeeded in creating the ultimate medical tool. However doing so started a chain reaction destroying his son Charles life. With the loss of everyone he loves, and few left he can trust, Charles searches for answers in a world out to finish him off. His only hope being thousands of Nano-Borg's in his veins and, a man named Lopez, he has to trust. Will he survive The Omega Directive?
Chasing Filthy Lucre    by Jarrett Rush
Price: $1.99 USD. 21540 words. Published on March 11, 2011. .

Weber Rexall knows that in New Eden cash is king. That's why, whether it's throwing fights in a basement fight club or doing security work for a friend, he'll take whatever job he can. When one of those security jobs goes violently wrong and a corporate power threatens the status quo, Rexall finds a cause to believe in. It won't pay him anything, but it might change his life.
Globe-Hurler    by Robinson Mason
Price: $2.99 USD. 71210 words. Published on April 3, 2011. .

On the savage planet of Hadanum, the changed remnants of humanity struggle to survive. They are surrounded by massive megas, organisms that cover the land and sea. In search of his father, Watchware Balon will make a discovery that will send the Jana, too long dependent on ancient machines from Earth for protection, hurtling into a conflict for which they are not prepared
CalHouse I - Leonis Manor    by "Mark Paul" Sebar
Price: $3.99 USD. 40780 words. Published on April 6, 2011. .

A galactic psychic inherits one of California Country's most mysterious and feared properties. A man made floating island that nobody has ever returned from. In this technological terror tale of the 21st Century.
Broken World    by Zachary Hill
Price: $0.99 USD. 100020 words. Published on May 9, 2011. .

Virginia Red Lance lived alone on a devastated colony world. When the Oligarchy (a tyrannical rebel government) comes, she rescues some students and flees the colony. Now they must survive in a hostile universe that is crumbling around them. They choose to fight back and become mercenaries. With their uniquely lethal ship, the "Crazy Train" they wage a guerrilla war against the Oligarchy.
Pegasus Flies Again    by Atticus Carroll
Price: $2.99 USD. 37170 words. Published on May 20, 2011. .

With no money, friends or future and a busted leg that's left her in a clunky brace, Calliope Sullivan knows she'll never be a real jockey -- until she discovers a broke down pasture horse with a secret history, a history that stretches back to the ancients and the myths of winged creatures. Pegasus Flies Again is a lightning-paced young adult thriller about courage, true grit and great risk.