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Aurora Award Finalist story from a multi-award winning author. "Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and he's also the most prolific. His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." --Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids... [click here for more] |
Douglas Smith |
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Tessa the Tank is old and retired, living in a shed at Fretwell Tank Museum.
Tessa is excited about going to a classic vehicle show, but Brian the tank transporter has an accident. Will they get to the show on time?
Children will love this story, which subtly conveys the importance of teamwork. ... [click here for more] |
Shilka Publishing |
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Once upon a time, he was the coolest radio DJ at WKPX Harveyville. He always played the really good music and not the plastic pop pap that the corporate overlords wanted him to play. Until the day that he launched the apocalypse protocol, almost triggered the end of the world (well, sort of) and definitely triggered the end of his career…
This is a short story of 3600 words.
Warning:... [click here for more] |
Pegasus Pulp Publishing |
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Mandy adores Bavarian Krisp donuts. A nice day at Boston Common with her niece, Ella, turns ugly when her quest for the goodies takes her down a dark path. Out of work and out of donuts. What lengths will she go to in order to satisfy her sweet tooth? A short story. ... [click here for more] |
Misti Media |
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At the age of eight Charley Ispaymilt of the Lekwungen first nation meets a mythical sea creature named Robert who appears in the waters off Cadboro Bay near Victoria, British Columbia. Charley is startled to discover the creature speaks his tribes language. A friendship ensues as Robert begins to reveal to the boy the shortly of his people. As the decades pass and Charley grows to manhood he is unaware... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
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The Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Megapack: collects 159 works by the great Norwegian author (and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature) -- 24 prose works, 6 plays, and 129 poems -- plus three critical introduction and a long introductory biography. Prose works include: THE FATHER ABSALOM'S HAIR ARNE: A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life THE RAILROAD AND THE CHURCHYARD THROND A DANGEROUS WOOING... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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The Blue Portal is an extract from the beginning of Eric Brown's The Kings of Eternity, released April 2011. 1999, on the threshold of a new millennium, the novelist Daniel Langham lives a reclusive life on an idyllic Greek island, hiding away from humanity and the events of the past. All that changes, however, when he meets artist Caroline Platt and finds himself falling in love. But what is his... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
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After the fraught game of cat-and-mouse that drove Provocation, Meg Vann continues the InSecurity Triptych in The Centre, where a lost child and kidnapped mother plunges a young security guard into the heart of an investigation where nothing is quite what it seems.
Zilla Bannich is the junior security guard working the local shopping centre, a quiet misfit among... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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Welcome to The Dark Zone where our future is doubtful.
A place outside reality where the human race faces the end of the world. A place where rebellion against injustice threatens to destroy all we have built.
Our hopes and dreams may be gone forever.
But just when we think the human race may collapse and disappear a glimmer of hope appears.
Rita Schulz takes readers on a journey to show us... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
$4.99
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Partners can make strange bedfellows, especially when they're your mother. James thought he had seen it all after he and his partner started The Eliminators Paranormal Investigative Service. When the ghost of his estranged mother shows up asking him to kill her things go from strange to downright weird. A strange tale of a ghost seeking closure, and the son who must decide to help.
All 53rd Street... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
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In his first collection since "Waltzing with the Dead" (2004), Russell Davis returns with "The End of All Seasons," which offers four poems, fourteen short stories (including one never before published), and a creative nonfiction essay about his own muse. From a contemporary take on The Little Match Girl in "The Last Day of the Rest of her Life" to the last man on Earth, writing on an old typewriter... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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This volume contains twelve stories which, for one reason or another, have lain uncollected after their initial publication, an era spanning the years 1986 to 1999. Additionally, four never-sold stories of roughly the same vintage—pulled from Di Filippo's files, with the oldest dating from 1984—see print here for the first time. THE MAN WHOM THINGS HATED FLASHERS BELOW THE WRACK THE GREAT... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Here are eight wonderful stories and two evocative poems for cat-people of all ages, including "The Hemingway Kittens," "Cat in the Box," "...And Mongo Was His Name-O," "The Cat Tracker Lady of Asad Alley," "The Cat with the Tulip Face," "A Little Pinch Is All You Need," "Hunger," "White Comma," "No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be...," and "Universes." As Robert Reginald says in his Introduction: "This... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Hank Mueller has been a tinker since birth. He owns a tinker shop known as The Incredible Mr. Fix-It because he can fix anything, even things he sees for the first time. One day the U.S. Air Force asks his help to fix a very special thing. A captured UFO. A tale about a man with a special talent faced with an unusual problem. The ending will surprise you. ... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
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Tales to expand the mind — and the soul
From Nebula-nominated author Kenneth Schneyer
First, the law. A time traveler confronts a judge to prevent four years of war. An author undergoes suspended animation to preserve his copyrights and escape his creditors.
Then, the heart. A medical accident robs a husband of 20 years of marriage.... [click here for more] |
Stillpoint Prometheus |
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Kathleen's last published story is going to be about a gaming pub - a fluff piece about people playing board games and hanging out at a fun place. But when she finds out the owner is a former boyfriend, the simple story becomes much more complicated... Jake dreamed about owning his own business - The Thirsty Meeple is what he's always wanted, a place for gamers to come and hang out, have a drink,... [click here for more] |
Sheryl Nantus |
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An older woman is not limited to church, the grocery or Senior Center if she wants to meet a man, she can also invoke The Obituary Rule. The Rule states that following the publication of an obituary, there is a mandatory thirty-day waiting period before she can approach the widower in question. Be warned! Competition is strong and there are always claim jumpers who make first contact days early. Common... [click here for more] |
Misti Media |
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You remember last summer, I told you about Frank's time machine?
Uncle Jim had a talent for tall tales over a pint of real ale, but this one was a whopper. Not content with finding his way a hundred years into the future, he just had to set out on the fishing trip of a lifetime.
In a space suit. On Europa.
A 4,000 word science fiction short story. PDF, mobi (Kindle) and epub formats.... [click here for more] |
Banchixi Media |
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In a future where everyone is implanted with the same knowledge, the Dictator has created a humanity of ruthless zombies. But the one who can see the truth must protect himself at all costs—because in this world of the blind, the one-eyed man isn't king—he will be killed! ... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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A strange, alternate world sits on the edge of environmental collapse and someone murders notorious criminal, The Penguin. Private detective, Frank Yellow and Bird (aka FYI) are called in to investigate. They soon discover the stakes are higher than they first suspected, and very personal. An unusual tale of murder where the world has become an unfamiliar and unfriendly place.
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53rd Street Publishing |
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One man versus an army.
Can a rogue alchemist turn the tides of war?
The Mongol army is storming China, devastating everything in its path. Their mission: recovery of an artifact with otherworldly powers. Their General will stop at nothing to recover it.
Zhu is an alchemist in the wrong place at the right time.
He has the artifact ... and an assassin’s blade at his throat.
And... [click here for more] |
Anomaly Press |
FREE
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The thirty-two stories in this new collection reflect the differences between man's real self and the various masks he has to wear in a Romanian society that vacillates between nostalgia for its communist past and restrained optimism about its capitalist future. The characters, who are taken from all walks of life, face constant political intrigues, moral dilemmas, and/or family crises. They must find... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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SHORT STORY (9532 words) Prince Ribeag is bored. His world is cruel and violent and bloody, but that is no longer enough for him. He is the most cunning ruler the Tr’nah have had in generations, but that simply makes everything dull. If he wished, Ribeag knows he could win his people’s eternal war with the dark Tn’trith, but cannot see a reason to bother. Instead, he torments his lords, and... [click here for more] |
Trevelyan Cooper |
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Terrified orphan, Annabel, flees to a steam punk London one step ahead of a man determined to imprison her.
From deep in her soul Annabel dreams of becoming the world’s greatest magician and alchemist and vows nothing or no one will stop her.
Will the forces aligned against her destroy her or will she win The Prize she seeks? ... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
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A science fiction classic by British master Philip E. High!
Harcourt smiled his professional smile. “Now, you came to me because you felt something was wrong, some probably frightening aberration which we will deal with later. Were you under pressure at the time.”
“A policeman is always under pressure.” Nevinson sighed. “Unfortunately this happened three weeks ago while on a holiday in... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Savage was a hard man, a big, strong, clean-shaven Englishman, Yorkshire born, and ungiven to promiscuous friendships. He had pushed his way in the world. He had come here to trade on his own, and felt quite capable of standing on his own feet. Still, in a place like Maneta there are numerous little things that an inhabitant can do for a stranger. Little things that make for comfort in a place where... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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As adventurers of the grand cosmos, Mr. Jason Space and Captain Helena Galaxy seek to discover new worlds and new adventures and to have fun while doing it. They will never do paid mercenary work, no matter how good the offer, for they are explorers and not mercenaries. They will complete every mission they undertake, no matter how much trouble it gets them into. And they will never give up, regardless... [click here for more] |
Annulus Publishing |
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Retirement should be easy for Pittsburgh Police Detective, Tommy “Two Shoes” Minerd. But somehow, mystery always finds him. Armed with his fastidious, clue-dropping, long-deceased uncle and ghostly muse, Aidan LeClerc, Tommy solves crimes that just so happen to entangle his family and friends. ... [click here for more] |
Laurel Highlands Publishing |
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AURORA AWARD WINNER
The Walker is a child of the two Realms of the Continuum, a prince of Order and of Chaos—and a rebel against both. When he falls in love with an ephemeral, a mortal woman who is the key to the balance between the Realms, he triggers a struggle for her life—and the fate of her universe.
Fantasy short story
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"A very... [click here for more] |
Douglas Smith |
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"They hilariated when he hyperspaced toward Earth. “Nobody Earthwards,” they snickerly advised. But Young Harmish heeded not, being of stubborn stock, and onwards indefatigably toward the planet near Sol ringed by all that orbiting post-Sputnik junk."
Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book. ... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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“Our sasquatch battalion storms up the time fortress’s left flank, throwing scorpion riders into the abyss along the way. The enemy’s ZTZ-99s roll out in defense, so we send our dragonfly squadron on a bombing run, knocking out several of the tanks and pushing the bulk of the enemy’s defenders back toward the citadel. Naturally, they call in a retaliatory strike from their starfighters.... [click here for more] |
Walkabout Publishing |
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Elf Brion Wilde was sitting in his favorite canal-side restaurant, enjoying a nice glass of wine, when, suddenly, the whole world blew up around him. Now he finds himself on the front line of the Time War, fighting alongside Martian mercenary Sy Saxon and the legendary battle mage Lian Fyre. Their mission? To take out the bitch-goddess Yathmog, save the universe, and go home in one piece. Arrayed against... [click here for more] |
Walkabout Publishing |
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A world of dark sorcery—an age of sharpened bronze.
Sabit lives by her wits and her spear. In the aftermath of revolt, whose blood will flow among the rubble? And what sins of the past cannot be overthrown with sword or spear?
This is a 6,100-word short story in the sword-and-sorcery genre. ... [click here for more] |
Incarnadine Press |
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Ruby Eagle, known to her close friends as Ruby Flare, was an international hero, a diminutive but fierce hummingbird of the Atlantean War Eagle Clan. Due to injury she was forced to retire leaving a power vacuum amongst the clans of Atlantis. Ruby hopes her daughter, Anna, will take up the leadership of the Atlantean council of five hundred families. When Anna is challenged to a duel to decide her... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
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Frank has finally finished the time machine in his garage. But the expedition to the future with Uncle Jim, Fatso the cat, and a keg of real ale goes centuries off course. Can they solve one of the greatest mysteries in the history of beer before they find their way home, or will they become sizzling entertainment for a world with no TV or Internet?
A 7,500 word science fiction short story. ... [click here for more] |
Banchixi Media |
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No-one expects to find alien life in NGC 2419. But when the first probes encounter a dirty, industrial planet somewhere no human has gone, the race is on to be the first to welcome its inhabitants into the galactic community. Will it be two poker-playing starships, or The Future, for whom pretension is a vocation, not just a way of life?
A 5,500 word (approx 22 pages) science fiction first... [click here for more] |
Banchixi Media |
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The premature explosion of a rocket harpoon fatally damages the spaceship Starbuck III, a whaling vessel dedicated to hunting the giant space whales Balaenoptera Tregannae. But was the explosion an accident or sabotage? One of the few survivors is Billy Baddoff, crewman second class. Only the luck of a low cabin number saved him from certain death in the vacuum of space. Hunting space... [click here for more] |
Pegasus Pulp Publishing |
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Fire exploded right in front of Holly as the Shellpoint Inn went up in a flash. The young veterinarian raised her cloak to protect her face and quickly ducked into the alley at her back. The flames roared past, but the intense heat still scorched her exposed skin; the acrid tang of her frizzing hair filled the winter morning air. The small dragon perched on Holly’s shoulder cooed; it loved fire.... [click here for more] |
Walkabout Publishing |
FREE
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Fiction writers are taught to show, not tell. In each Short Fiction Lab, award-winning short fiction writer Peter M. Ball presents an original story and an accompanying essay showcasing a particular aspect of the craft or business of writing inspired by the creative work. The Story: Winged, With Sharp Teeth There have always been lands not mapped out in an atlas, and those lands... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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follows “Catati Test”
Tammy’s spent nearly a year working as a base-level tech—read: electrician—on a Catati vessel, and her shipmates still give her special treatment, because she’s the only Human. But not all “special treatment” is a bad thing.
a short story of about 4000 words
followed by “Jungle Catatan”... [click here for more] |
Misti Wolanski |
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