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Shades of Mayhem Vol 1 is a collection of six short stories by Adrian Magson. I don't know about the previous publication of each of these individual stories, but several of Magson's series have been traditionally published. Shades is free right now at Kindle US and UK.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087HNZ8C
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0087HNZ8C

Spoiler:

Six short crime stories ranging from hard to soft, with varying shades of danger and mayhem.
ICE-CREAM & AURELIE: a young man growing up in New York finds ice-cream parlors have an attraction all of their own... but that some things are not as sweet as they seem.
SOMETHING TO TRADE: a woman stranded out in the African bush has to use her wit to survive an encounter with violent rebels
THE HOMECOMING: a spy whose cover has been blown returns home. But what sort of reception will she receive?
PRETTY HOT T'ING: forced by a ruthless south London gangster to deliver a bomb, a young man finds that some things are worth risking everything for.
PET HATE: a young woman enters the world of shady deals and creatures that bite.
A GIRL THING: a female police officer goes undercover to trap a sex-trade gang... and discovers talents she didn't know she had.