The war has dragged on for ten years. The Darithian Empire is on the verge of victory, but Tal wants nothing to do with it. Rebecca dreams of a new life, but gets more than she bargained for. Dragons and magic, legends and swords—an old-fashioned fantasy adventure . . . [more . . .]
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“Why aren’t there any truly romantic men anymore? The kind that would slay a dragon for a glance or swim an ocean for a kiss. Men with words of honey that drip from their lips and cling to my soul . . . ” Purity Plumb has it all: beauty, money, and handsome enthusiastic suitors. What could go wrong? You’d be surprised. [more . . .]
Jason races into Azazel’s life—sweaty, tortured, and hunted by covert forces. Even though her football-player boyfriend doesn’t like it, Azazel is drawn to Jason. He’s so complicated. He gets in fistfights, but always wins them—efficiently and thoroughly. He reads Plato and argues with their AP teacher. But he’s also quiet and serious, haunted by a past he won’t talk [more . . .]
In 2154, where independent nations have given way to splintered corporate entities responsible for the housing, health, security and education of their employees and shareholders, government everywhere has been scaled down to the point of collapse, leaving those outside of private territories to fend for themselves. Over the shoulder of five inhabitants, carve out slices of a world that [more . . .]
SIMON COLTRAINE is a professional songwriter and musician. His brother GILES, trader, rogue and amiable bully, is a crook. When Giles is killed in a car accident Simon returns to their childhood home to confront his memories and his own complicity in his brother’s schemes. [more . . .]
17-year-old David Beveridge is in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a gunman storms into a convenience store demanding money, he becomes spooked and shoots the cashier before shooting David. Only David doesn’t die. Neither does the cashier. She dies, yes, but David manages to bring her back to life. How? With the help of a [more . . .]
Jobe McKenzie and Gavin Lebowitz have survived the worst that the elites could throw at them, and yet, nothing they’ve investigated prepares them for the night when a werebear-orc drops into the path of their car. Wounded in the fight, Gavin becomes cursed as a werekin, and Jobe is suppressed by the pills he’s forced to take, and by his [more . . .]
The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer. She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her [more . . .]
WIYP is a story written blog-style from the point of view of a person experiencing the shift of his country into Orwellian dystopia. Written during the decline, exploring how it could happen more than what the after-effects would be like. [more . . .]
Akačehennyi on a Diet of Dreams is an epistolary science fiction novel that follows Salus, an ambitious woman who dreams of political achievement. She has moved to the capital to work for one of the founders of the Progressive Movement, a party known for its controversial attitudes about technology and interstellar travel. Her chance for recognition comes one evening [more . . .]
In this first volume of the All Things Impossible series, an ancient evil has returned. An ancient war has resumed. And for the first time in elven history, the Crown of the Realm has been stolen. But young Derora Saxen knows nothing of such things. When she sets out from her village with her best friend Kelin, she knows [more . . .]
An Interactive/Cross-media Novel Can you help Arie discover happiness by Labor Day? Will she find adventure? Will she find romance? Will she find the smiles her life has been missing? Arie has a Greyhound Discover Pass and an entire summer to explore the country. She’s asking her readers to play spin the compass and point her toward the places [more . . .]
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Okay so I’m probably a bit old to be as infatuated with this story as I am, but I just can’t help it. Sure there’s a certain amount of suspension of disbelief required for adults, but it’s exactly the sort of thing I would have loved as a kid. A 10 year old playing detective for the supernatural and saving [more . . .]
“Flyover City” is the fictional blog of Joel Wyatt, a typical technical support guy—except that he’s living in a universe where superheroes and villains are a fact of life. There’s even an agency that recruits and supports the superheroes. Joel and his friends spend their spare time speculating about superheroes instead of “Star Trek” or “Star Wars”.
I’m still going through the backlog of stories, but the one thing that I’ve noticed already is the fantastic quality of the writing. I started first with Dead(ish) which is an insanely hilarious ghost story with a wicked ghost and a truly shocking ending. From there, I’ve been working through the darker Peter Pan Revisited stories.
I thought this idea had promise, but was so badly handled that I had to struggle just to get through the first chapter.
Jobe went through a horrible experience, explained in detail in the second paragraph. Now he is dealing with that experience, with the help of the drug Thorazine and [more . . .]
I’m not sure what the ‘P’ stands for; professional, praiseworthy, pretty damn funny, or maybe all three. I certainly didn’t expect to find such a collection of gems for my first review. But Cynical Biped is a wonderful collection of stories from a writer with a real talent for storytelling.
All [more . . .]
Ember is a very interesting and worthwhile read. Ms. Sharpe’s intimate scenes are not burdened with awkward language and clichéd phrases. The imagery in this story is rich and powerful, and she knows how to write fantastic descriptions of events. I found the first-person narrative engaging, and my sympathy for the main character was not compromised due to any of [more . . .]
By far my favorite work of Alexandra Erin’s, and definitely the most fluid story-wise. The pacing is much more appropriate in comparison to her other stories, and the sexual content doesn’t dominate the storyline, though hints of it find their way into many of the chapters. The actual synopsis I’ll leave to people with more time, but know that if [more . . .]
As with a lot of the other recent reviews, I’ve found myself quickly losing interest. The pacing of the story is just too slow, and there’s too much interesting information not being covered in favor of extending coverage of sexual exploits. The character development is hyper-focused on the sexuality of the characters. While that’s obviously an important component of maturing, [more . . .]
I found Legion of Nothing a few months ago and blew through the backlog in under a week. It was so engaging I had to stop myself from staying up late to reading the entire thing in one night. I look forward to the biweekly updates and can firmly plant this as my favorite online serial. It’s nice to have [more . . .]
Nicholas Jeff by Pyerse Dandridge
Summary: Nick is a bus boy working at Shelly Sholes, a restaurant teeming with belligerent clientele, annoying bosses, and a bunch of slackers. Nick is on the brink of being fired by his boss.Then something goes wrong and things go from bad to worse after something [more . . .]
Summary: Phantasia is a faery "princess" living in the logic ruled society of the Water Queendom. The Queendom goes to war with a rogue queen who succumbed to the powers of darkness. Phantasia receives a mysterious tattoo from the Prince before he meets a tragic end. Now it is up to Phantasia to travel the world and learn more about [more . . .]
“Carpe Arcanum” takes place at a college that is more than it seems. The Assistant Dean, Janice Bulldern, is also Mistress of the Arcanum, a mysterious body of magic users referred to throughout the story. Janice finds and recruits new members from the student body. She’s been alerted that one of the new students this term will possess a new [more . . .]
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