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Foot Ways    by Lynn Veach Sadler
Price: $2.99 USD. 34030 words. Published by Bards and Sages on October 9, 2009. .

Polly Junior never understood why the womenfolk in her sleepy little town would get so worked up over the arrival of Mr. Rufe. Why did everyone feel obligated to open their homes to this wanderer, who arrived each spring to the delight of the ladies and the dismay of the menfolk? Nothing is what it seems, and soon it becomes apparent the seemingly harmless tradition carries a darker purpose.
THE AREA 51 OPTION    by Michael A. Kechula
Price: $3.99 USD. 66700 words. Published by Rob Preece on October 20, 2009. .

Zombies, aliens, gorillas and a little girl selling nice dreams...author Michael A. Kechula delivers a charming, weird, scary and often funny collection of short speculative fiction stories. THE AREA 51 OPTION contains 71 complete stories collected from the best of Kechula's work.
For The Love Of God    by Francis Porretto
Price: $0.99 USD. 26390 words. Published on February 20, 2010. .

For intelligent, literate Christians who dislike the bombast and apocalypticism of most religious fiction, and for Amiable Agnostics who occasionally feel the urge: Ten journeys in faith, replete with miracles, mysteries, gentle preachments, and the occasional what-if. Unlike other establishments, the doors of the church are never locked. All are welcome. All ye that labor, come unto Him!
Useful Visions    by J. P. Moore
Price: $0.99 USD. 4760 words. Published on March 7, 2010. .

In this short story by J. P. Moore, a medieval Irish monk attempts to earn the respect of his brothers. His visions, however, only foretell their doom. This is the second of thirteen stories making up the collection "Demon's Dozen."
The Scrubs    by Simon Wood
Price: $1.99 USD. 29530 words. Published on March 23, 2010. .

James Jeter, a serial killer with a 6th sense, holds court inside Wormwood Scrubs Prison. He's the focus of the "North Wing Project." He can create an alternate world containing the souls of his victims. Fellow inmate, Michael Keeler will earn a pardon if he enters Jeter's world to learn the identity of Jeter's last victim. Keeler can redeem himself, but at a price. Published as Simon Janus.
We, The Watched    by Adam Bender
Price: $2.99 USD. 51460 words. Published on May 12, 2010. .

Seven wakes up without memory and finds himself in a nation that administers a Watched List of its own citizens. He meets people who accept invasive surveillance by the government and forced uniformity by the church as necessary safeguards for protecting the homeland. When the amnesiac struggles to fit in, he learns quickly that opposition is heresy--and punishable by death.
Demon War: Attack    by Matthew Forbes
Price: $4.99 USD. 91650 words. Published on June 5, 2010. .

The world as we know it has ended. A terrible wind of disaster has blown away the global economy, the proud superpowers, and all that we take for granted. All that is left is poverty and misery, plus a small band of people who battle every day to put things to right. But just as they are daring to have hope for the future, they are struck by a terrifying threat capable of ending humanity forever!
Strange New Feet    by Shannon Esposito
Price: $2.99 USD. 68420 words. Published on June 11, 2010. .

Dr. Ivan Vogler has found a way to save a dying species of chimpanzee. But at what cost to humans? As scientists and politicians scramble to protect the world from the new threat he has created, one child becomes the target of public outrage. Olivia Barnes is thrust into a firestorm of hate, fear and violence at the tender age of fourteen. To survive, she must prove to the world that she is human.
Variant Worlds    by Raymond M. Towers
Price: Free! 118070 words. Published on September 14, 2010. .

This is a full length collection of fantasy and science fiction written by Raymond M. Towers. You'll find sixteen stories, ranging from short pieces of flash fiction to novellas, including reflective and lighthearted tales such as Gazing At Stars, and The Demise Of The Queen, and more dramatic adventures such as the novellas To Become A Madman, and Snatched Up.
Organic    by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 13010 words. Published by White Sun Press  on October 1, 2010. .

What if in the future your car were made of as many animal parts as machine? What if it became self-aware and less and less enamored of toting you and your family around, getting its seats covered in ice cream and being left in parking lots for hours on end? What if it and some of its friends decided to do something about it? In Organic, meet your car. And be nervous. Very, very nervous.