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11-11-11    by John Rachel
Price: $4.99 USD. 84660 words. Published by Melange Books, LLC  on May 6, 2011. .

Welcome to an alternate reality. "11-11-11" manages to tell it like it is by telling it like it isn't. This not what actually happened during 2011. But what unfolds is not more implausible. Nor is it less implausible. Dark, ironic, witty, at times surrealistic, 11-11-11 is satire that is both sad and funny and rings very true.
Diseased Libido #8 Mutant Dawn    by Carter Rydyr
Price: $2.99 USD. 4140 words. Published by Storm Publishing  on May 11, 2011. .

Something strange is happening to Sally. She is changing into something not quite human. It’s happening to women and girls everywhere, and not just to those in the small suburbs where Sally lives. The authorities are helpless, the world’s experts are baffled. No-one knows what causes it, or how to stop it. Things are never going to be the same again, not ever!
Recovering Lydia    by A. G. Baines
Price: $0.99 USD. 10680 words. Published by Tiber-Griffin Publishing  on May 15, 2011. .

After leaving the Marines, Sheldon settled into civilian life as an accountant for his wife Margaret's research institute. But when his daughter Lydia is kidnapped on the day Margaret announces a major scientific breakthrough, Sheldon decides to take matters into his own hands to get her back. While he struggles to find her, he does make other discoveries that will change his life forever.
The Last of Us    by Robert Jaunsen
Price: $8.95 USD. 49190 words. Published on May 21, 2011. .

The Deep Space Vehicle Genesis returns to a future earth that has been destroyed by an apocalyptic, nuclear war 600 years earlier. A revengeful, female astronaut finds love across the boundaries of time and fights sadistic cannibals with her crew while under an imminent threat of nuclear annihilation.
Modus Operandi    by John Krissilas
Price: Free! 4450 words. Published on May 24, 2011. .

In the future... people all over the world have been swept up in a new cult of happiness called The One True Way. A reporter tells of the harrowing assassination attempt on the cult's leader by a motley crew featuring a priest, a scientist, and a mystic. As the team infiltrates the cult's fortress, they'll each reveal their own perspective on the path to eternal happiness, their "Modus Operandi".
A Most Helpful Text    by Michael Angel
Price: Free! 16790 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on May 29, 2011. .

Journalist Madeline Ferrero's ability to spot patterns in online text leads her on a chase: to find the ‘Helpful Gremlin’ who’s been predicting disasters in the Chicago area without fail for over a decade. The hunt takes an unexpected twist when she starts getting texts from the mysterious Gremlin. But are they thinly veiled threats from someone with the talent to predict the future?
The Academie    by Amy Joy
Price: $4.99 USD. 68370 words. Published on August 1, 2011. .

Allie Thompson's life is uprooted when teen violence causes the government to house everyone under 22 in a militaristic public school system.
Tempting Yerva    by Chris Turner
Price: Free! 3040 words. Published on August 4, 2011. .

A young acolyte in the midst of puberty finds monastic life a drag. An alien presence whispers in her ear; it tempts her with visions undreamed of, visions so sinister as to be . . . appealing? Speculative fiction, 2200 words.
The Brain Machine    by Chris Turner
Price: Free! 8050 words. Published on August 6, 2011. .

Enter Brain 0.4, marvelous invention of Professor Sadsook. The professor is more or less pleased with his AI prodigy. It shocks the world—but when the creation starts proving itself cleverer than creator, things start to go awry. Speculative fiction, 6100 words.
Future Destinies    by Chris Turner
Price: $2.99 USD. 58830 words. Published on August 7, 2011. .

Ten gripping speculative fiction tales: teens discover clues to their heritage and unsettling facts about their backward world ; a university student develops an innovation to revolutionize the holographic film industry ; alien pirates compel a pilot to know what it means to be alien ; a hybrid man struggles for freedom on a mining planet ; solar power in the new age is in jeopardy, and more!