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Apex Magazine - April 2010 (Issue 11)    by Apex Publications
Price: $0.99 USD. 10190 words. Published on April 5, 2010. .

Contains short fiction by Seanan McGuire, Mark Henry, and Jennifer Brozek. This is a special "Urban Legends" issue guest edited by Jennifer Brozek.
Close Encounters of the Urban Kind    by Jennifer Brozek
Price: $4.99 USD. 91710 words. Published by Apex Publications on May 14, 2010. .

We’ve all heard the stories of what happens to those who go to lovers’ lane and of the folly of flashing your lights at another car at night. We all know someone who knows someone that survived a meeting with Bloody Mary and another who picked up a hitchhiker that then disappeared. And we all know these stories aren’t true. They’re just urban legends. Right?
Catho Darlington--Lessons Learned in the Space Age    by Sara Marie Hogg
Price: $4.99 USD. 82410 words. Published on June 22, 2010. .

NOTE: THIS IS THE TEXT-ONLY version of Catho Darlington. Catho goes from pigtails to pompadoured ponytail, leaving in her wake a hodgepodge of humorous and heartwarming experiences. It is all done with a gusto that can only be fermented with sassafras tea and "acifidity bags." Midwest Book Review says, "an original and genuinely talented author..heartwarming style."
Stolen Kidneys, Dead Hookers & Other Nursery Crimes    by J.A. Kazimer
Price: $0.99 USD. 13840 words. Published on December 5, 2010. .

Stolen Kidneys, Dead Hookers & Other Nursery Crimes is a funny short story collection by author j.a. kazimer featuring tales published in a wide variety of magazines and journals. Some tales are the retelling of urban legends, while others focus on twisting nursery rhymes for the reader’s perverse pleasure.
New Myths and Legends of Edinburgh Volume 1    by Noel Chidwick
Price: $2.99 USD. 10490 words. Published by The New Curiosity Shop  on May 8, 2011. .

"Professor MacIntyre is Missing!" A collection of tales from Edinburgh never before revealed. These include: the Mysterious Lollipop Man who entices innocent cyclists to their peril; watch out for the the enterprising nesting skills of Michael Garrett; read about the Man Who Waited; and discover the origin of the sinister rock beside the Water of Leith in Craiglockhart Dell.
Deadman's Tome: Best of the Tome    by Jesse Dedman
Price: $1.99 USD. 47810 words. Published on July 26, 2011. .

Celebrating three years of publication is nice, but without friends and associates to share the moment with, the party would grow very boring, very fast. To that end, we reached out to everyone that has ever helped us in the past for their personal favorite picks and reasons why they enjoy this online magazine of the macabre.
Enchanted Forest of Horror (A Short Story)    by Emileen Church
Price: Free! 1550 words. Published on August 24, 2011. .

Here I was, stranded and alone in an allegedly accursed forest. Just my luck.
13 Tales of the Paranormal    by Firefly Anthology
Price: $2.99 USD. 57790 words. Published by Firefly & Wisp Publishing  on October 11, 2011. .

The chills are creeping up your neck, the unknown watch you from a breath away, and the long dead seem closer than ever… In the modern age, our five senses are constantly bombarded by the world around us: flashing screens, loud noises, barking, yelling, horn honking, billboards, bustling crowds, arrogant bosses, and the constant hustle of a busy schedule. It's hard to even think of having a mom
Testing the Waters    by Cathy and Patty 
Price: $2.99 USD. 45180 words. Published on January 26, 2012. .

Reid Williams starts science camp in the Smokey Mountains, anticipating the usual summer experience. Before the session ends, it becomes a life changing one filled with questionable actions. She relies on her ESP, a ghost, and a dyslexic camper to reveal a past crime and the answers to her questions.
Nightmare Fuel: Volume 1    by Andrea Trask
Price: $2.99 USD. 20890 words. Published on April 20, 2012. .

Nightmare Fuel is twenty short horror fictions, plucked from the mind of the author in a wild attempt to stave off an annual influx of sleep-deprivation-inducing nightmares. From werewolves to walking statues to the question of humanity in tiny alien cephalapods, there's fuel aplenty for your own nightmares from under the bed.