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Leaving the Planet by Space Elevator    by Philip Ragan
Price: $1.99 USD. 40270 words. Published on November 17, 2010. .

The seminal work on the Space Elevator by the controller of the project from the 1990's, together with a Foreword by the late Sir Arthur C Clarke, this explains the Space Elevator concept, how it works, when it will be deployed, and all the detail that goes with it.
Vicious Cycle / Piercing the Veil    by Scott  Roche
Price: $0.99 USD. 2040 words. Published on December 6, 2010. .

These two stories are snapshots of distant futures. "Vicious Cycle" shows us a man who has the knowledge to avoid the mistakes of history. Will he release the freedom fighters under his thumb or will he succumb to the vicious cycle that has brought his world to this point. In "Piercing the Veil", a flash piece, mankind is about to take a step into a new world. Or so they think. What awaits them?
Legendary Space Pilgrims    by Grace Bridges
Price: $6.99 USD. 92850 words. Published by Splashdown Books on December 17, 2010. .

If Pilgrim's Progress happened in space, this is what it might look like... On a planet that has never seen the sun, a harvester hears a Voice from beyond. It's time to leave the oatfield. Mario and Caitlin escape the mind control of Planet Monday, following the Voice to unknown worlds where wonders and challenges await. Have you got what it takes...to be a legend?
Dusk    by Ashanti Luke
Price: Free! 166350 words. Published on January 6, 2011. .

In the year 2500, twenty scientists depart on a mission to explore Asha—a distant, uninhabited planet that may offer solutions to humanity’s many problems. But they arrive to find a faster ship delivered humans to Asha, and those humans defeated Earth in a civil war. With the war and a discovery of an inexplicable link to Earth’s past, they find Asha holds more mysteries than answers.
Savage Worlds    by Victor Travison
Price: $2.99 USD. 84560 words. Published on January 8, 2011. .

They came from worlds of peace, justice, and equality for all. They came to a world of war, injustice, and segregation. Can they bring a measure of their peace to planet Sutar?
Mission to Edia-Prime: A Short Novella    by Jeff Ambrose
Price: $1.99 USD. 15980 words. Published by Dark Elms Press  on January 14, 2011. .

Captain Roland Vance wants to complete his mission to Edia-Prime and return to Earth, but when the planet's natives turn hostile, Vance is charged to correct this hostility using any means necessary.
Altair's Acquisition    by Brad Chambers
Price: $1.49 USD. 7990 words. Published on January 26, 2011. .

The sequel to Aphelion's Demise. Derek and his new partners are interrupted during a cargo delivery by surprise visitor. Now they have a new mission. They must capture a criminal or become hunted themselves.
The Birth of the Dread Remora    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $2.99 USD. 63610 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 31, 2011. .

Nathaniel Demming is a midshipman aboard the HMES Remora, the very first ship to go beyond their world's waters and out into the "ether". Can Demming help his friends and fellow officers through the crises that await? Can they survive the dangers all around them? And can he convince them to transform their ship and themselves into the antithesis of everything they believe in?
The Far Side of Evil    by Sylvia Engdahl
Price: $2.99 USD. 93320 words. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on February 1, 2011. .

Assigned as a observer to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization, Anthropological Service agent Elana expects merely to gain knowledge that may save other planets. When a young, inexperienced agent unwittingly endangers the entire world by a well-meant but ill-advised attempt to intervene, Elana finds that only she--at great cost--can prevent an immediate war of annihilation.
Jimmyland    by Tom Lichtenberg
Price: Free! 17100 words. Published on February 4, 2011. .

The settlers were dispatched to a distant planet to build a colony to house the future of mankind. They had everything they needed, except a backup plan in case things went horribly wrong, and there was no way home.