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Kool Brother Rat , by Jon Sindell , free In this fast, funny tale, a thirteen–year–old boy in the Wonder Years era searches for cool. Can he live up to his big brother's rep? Tastes a little like Stand By Me, A Christmas Story, and The Wonder Years. Previously published in The Write Side Up. 

Zombies Don't Read: 5 Living Dead Stories , by Rusty Fischer , free 5 Living Dead Stories by Rusty Fischer:  Zombies Don't Swim  Zombies Don't Carve  Zombies Don't Kiss & Tell  Zombies Don't Study  Zombies Don't Sleep  

Mind Games , a short story by Susan Kaye Quinn , free Raf, a regular mindreader, is in love with Kira, the only girl in school who can't read minds. Raf struggles to keep his thoughts about her private, but secrets are something that only zeros like Kira can keep. As he works up the nerve to ask Kira to the mindware Games, his friends have other games in mind for him. (Mind Games is a short story prequel to the novel Open Minds .)