These two collections (14 stories each) of Crime/Noir Flash Fiction are available absolutely-free-of-charge in nearly all e-reader formats via Smashwords. They are part of a monetarily prized competition--reader votes decide the winners.

Full details etc. at www.outofbullets.wordpress.com

In a nutshell:

One collection of 14 stories was written by a group of US and UK Crime writers: W.D. County - Nigel Bird - R. Thomas Brown - Thomas Pluck - Mike Miner - Chris Rhatigan - A.J. Hayes - Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw - Kaye George - Jim Harrington - Darren Sant - McDroll

One collection of 14 Stories was written by Pablo D'Stair, only.

Both collections are presented to readers "blind" (no author names given) to vote on--vote for which collection wins and from that collection which are the top 3 stories.

$100 First Prize
$75 Second Prize
$50 third Prize

VOTING OPEN until Jan. 31st 2012

Collection "A": https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/118428

Collection "B": https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/118430