Drinker    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 12280 words. Published on April 26, 2011. .
There are Elders, and then there are Drinkers. Our narrator, alas, is a Drinker, and his life on the planet called Wannoshay is one of hardship and unimaginable labors: he must travels many miles to gather water and carry it back to his people, in his belly. A prequel story to the novel The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).

Redemption, Drawing Near    by Michael Jasper
Price: $1.49 USD. 13800 words. Published on May 4, 2011. .
"There were armed soldiers in Father Joshua’s church again." An aging priest in the near future becomes one of the first humans allowed to interact with the alien Wannoshay -- creatures whose ships have crash-landed on the Great Plains of America and Canada. Father Joshua finds his faith tested as well as his own beliefs about humanity. Part of The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).

Explosions    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 8390 words. Published on May 12, 2011. .
"Of course everyone blames the aliens. But they were working right up until ten minutes before the blast, that’s what really bothers me, and that’s what makes me think it was all just bad timing." A near-future SF story about a mother, her daughter, and how they react to the integration of aliens into their neighborhood, school, and job. Part of The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).

Back to the Old Neighborhood    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Published on May 19, 2011. .
Continuing the story started in "Explosions," Terri makes good on her promise to find out just what caused the fatal explosions at her former place of employment, the brewery. So she goes back home to her old neighborhood, determined to meet one of the alien Wannoshay, to get the whole story. She gets that, and more in this near-future SF story. Part of The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).

Wantaviewer    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 14150 words. Published on May 26, 2011. .
A young girl with a nasty drug habit finds inspiration with the newly arrived aliens in her small Canadian town. She starts recording them, and witnesses their integration into human society firsthand. And then a tragedy strikes that reverses all of her hopes and dreams about the future. Part of The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).

Crossing the Camp    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 7910 words. Published on June 2, 2011. .
Two priests, one young and one old, stand at the gates to the detainment camp where the alien Wannoshay have been rounded up and contained. On this day, they will learn valuable lessons not only from each other, but from the aliens themselves. "Crossing the Camp" was first published at Strange Horizons and was reprinted in the SF novel "The Wannoshay Cycle" (also an ebook).

Mud and Salt    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 7430 words. Published on June 9, 2011. .
In the near future, three armed men enter a snowy woods in search of a runaway alien. Only two men will walk away from the trees in this story of violence and first contact. "Mud and Salt" was first published in Writers of the Future 16 in September 2000, and it was reprinted in The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).