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Queen of Seven by Sarah R. Suleski

A sequel to Alisiyad.

Queen of Seven is a novel about the past, the present, and the future.  A story about family.  A story about growing up, and growing old.  A story of how you can never escape your ghosts or hide your secrets forever.  It’s the story of Elly, a girl blessed –– and cursed –– with more power than anyone should ever . . .

A serialized novel, updating sporadically.
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Limp by CQ (Cy Quadland)

Limp is the story of a neglected boy who grows up thinking his life is restricted by social and physical limitations, but upon landing a job at a local college, everything changes. To the boy’s surprise, he is not who he thinks he is, and unimagined opportunities unfold. Unfortunately, not everyone admires his good fortune, and jealousy leads to shocking . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick

A Novel of the Sovereign Era

“Brave Men Run” is the story of Nate Charters. Born different, unsure of his origins, he’s an outcast at Abbeque Valley High School, a self-proclaimed “boy freak” with few friends and low self-esteem.  When the Sovereign Era dramatically dawns, Nate finds himself in a quest to discover the truth: is he more than he seems, a misfit in a miraculous . . .

A complete novel.
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The Philosopher in Arms by Karen Wehrstein

A novel of power, love, war and spirit

The Philosopher in Arms is the massively-revised version of my two traditionally-published fantasy novels, Lion’s Heart and Lion’s Soul (Baen Books, 1991) set in the “Fifth Millennium” world collaboratively created with S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier. Almost 3,000 years after a human-made cataclysm reduced both human population and technology back to primitive levels, civilization is rising again slowly.  Here . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekdays.
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The Last Skull by Robert C. Rodgers

Teenagers. Super-heroes. Explosions. Time-travel.

After her mother died in a car accident, Sue Daysdale never expected to stumble upon the family secret—that the mild-mannered soccer mom who taught her how to dance, sing, and properly dress a wound was the Skull, one of the most legendary (and terrifying) super-heroes alive.  Now, saddled with an unpaid mortgage, a drug-addicted guardian, and a basement full of . . .

A serialized novel, updating thrice weekly.
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The Data Yodeler by Brad Salomans

The Data Yodeler is a twisting tale of five mid-career uber-geeks exploring the potential of a voyeuristic existence, and making that dream into a reality.  It is a story about the meaning and purpose of art, a story about the value identity, and a story of coming to terms with an uncontrollable maelstrom of information. “Meet Russ.” “Russ . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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City of Night by Jennifer Recht

Morgan Silver lives in the City of Night, but she is terrified of the dark.  Sandy Banks lives in the City of Light, but her skin burns too easily in the sunshine.  The two teenagers live in a city like no city in our world; a city divided, where magic is the controlling force and Sorcerers clash with Witches for . . .

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7 Days in November by Grant Cravens

A novella about Ty, Furball, Bourbon, and their friends in Java, Missouri, and their very busy week before Thanksgiving.  Bourbon risks losing his boyfriend over a bad choice at a party, Ty struggles against the tide of rumors at school, and Furball’s friends try to pull him out of his own potentially destructive slump. . . .

A complete novel.
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Dirty Red Kiss by Derek Henkel

Dirty Red Kiss’s Caulfield-esque narrator opens a window through which we can see humanity in a way that is beyond the capabilities of a more articulate, self-aware narrator. . . .

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DIRTY RED KISS

Non-contextual to the point of being boring

Editor: Linda Schoales
February 19, 2009

“Dirty Red Kiss” is a story about “dating, city life, and being in a band”.  The narrator is an average guy who talks about his day, his attempts to date this girl he met in a club, and how he forms a band.  We also get philosophical ramblings about life.

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THE PHILOSOPHER IN ARMS

Chevenga: Burning the Candle at Both Ends

Member: Ysabetwordsmith
August 20, 2009

I first discovered Chevenga’s story, years ago, when it appeared as two paperback novels (rather obviously a single story hacked in half for format reasons).  I was utterly delighted to rediscover it recently in its new, revised and expanded, online format.  The original two novels, Lion’s Heart and Lion’s Soul, are being reunited into a cohesive narrative.  This encourages me, [more . . .]

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