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The Torus City Ice Shields Returning Home    by Jim Cline
Price: $2.99 USD. 63260 words. Published on June 19, 2009. .

The mostly abandoned cities of the Clarke Belt Habitat Ring are being dismantled. The old KESTS is crumbling, so they decide to return the water ice back to the Earth and the aluminum to the Moon. But they discover that the remnants of the old TANFL rulers of the Earth are living there; how can they prevent them from discovering that Earth is alive, and returning to enslave the people again?
Alibi Jones    by Mike Luoma
Price: $0.99 USD. 68370 words. Published on September 18, 2009. .

Alibi Jones is a mediator for the Solar Alliance searching for a kidnapped friend with the help of the mysterious alien Dakhur, Kit, and the man known as Piccolo. Alibi doesn't know following the trail of alien kidnappers will lead to a shocking discovery - Dangers thought long-dead are still very much ALIVE!
Climbing Olympus    by Kevin J Anderson
Price: $4.99 USD. 96320 words. Published by WordFire Press  on June 24, 2010. .

They were prisoners, exiles, pawns of a corrupt government. They became Dr. Rachel Dycek’s adin, surgically transformed to survive on the surface of Mars. Still exiles & pawns, they exist to terraform Mars for human colonists, not themselves. Adin leader Boris Tiban tries to sabotage the transformation. His people will die unless Rachel Dycek can save the Mars Project and the race she created.
Helix    by JL Bryan
Price: $3.99 USD. 180070 words. Published on August 29, 2010. .

In the 28th century, humans inhabit more than a thousand self-contained orbital colonies in the near reaches of the solar system. Billions of colonists follow the religious teachings of priests who promote managed evolution and control followers' reproduction through genetic engineering. But the priests have secret research, and the monsters they've created are breaking free.
Astonishing Tales of Science & Fantasy    by richard tombs
Price: $2.99 USD. 34490 words. Published on September 22, 2010. .

Out in space several miners battle the dangerous gas mines of Titan. A teenage boy hunts for his missing father on a desert planet. An FBI agent searches for the truth behind strange manipulations. The Roman Empire lives on, conquering all worlds nearby.
The Ambi-Cognitive Man    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $0.99 USD. 8830 words. Published on October 10, 2010. .

Two brothers travel to a tiny colony in the far reaches of space where everyone is conjoined twins. They expect to find a place where they belong; instead, they're forced to question the very meaning of individuality.
Shattered Earth: an alternate history science fiction novel    by Cliff Ball
Price: $3.99 USD. 75420 words. Published on October 27, 2010. .

Advanced humans leave Earth when its threatened by a massive meteor. The remaining humans on Earth fall back into primitiveness. The advanced humans, and a group of aliens involve Earth in an interstellar war. Thousands of years later, the humans of Earth decide to do something about this. Interstellar politics will never be the same again once Earth is done with their revenge.
Don't Count the Stars: A Short Story of Life on the Edge of the Universe    by Jacob Heim
Price: $0.99 USD. 6200 words. Published on February 10, 2011. .

For Skeeto, an orphan growing up on the rustic frontier world of Fulon, the night sky is a beacon calling him to a life of adventure. But his old friend Bergen, a retired space traveler, has memories of a darker side to the universe.
F.C.F. That Within    by A. Rosaria
Price: $2.99 USD. 15700 words. Published on April 24, 2011. .

Sergeant Troy Black goes on a routine mission, but a betrayal sends him crashing into an ambush, which gets his unit killed and leaves him the sole survivor.
Predestination (and Other Games of Chance)    by J. Daniel Sawyer
Price: $5.99 USD. 124010 words. Published by AWP Books  on April 25, 2011. .

When leaving Earth to escape a contract on his life, Joss Kyle finds his poker habit gets him caught up in a struggle for control of the entire solar system. He just wants to build a new life, but in the looking-glass world above the gravity well, survival, like poker, is just another sport. And in this contest, it isn’t whether you win or lose, it's how you rig the game.