Scary Mary is an online novel for teens about a high school girl who hears ghosts. Mary begins her junior year of high school without high expectations. As the resident school freak, she’d just like to be left alone, but Cy Asher, a new student, tries to befriend her. The budding friendship, though, dies when Mary discovers Cy’s house is . . .
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 . . .
Mary’s back, and she has to help Vicky, her nemesis. While on a date, Vicky gets into car wreck that leaves her in a coma. Through dreams, she reaches out to Mary for help. Mary isn’t happy to help her, but she’s willing to do almost anything to get her out of her head. . . .
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 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. . . .
The mysterious doings in the Hotel St Crispian. Crime, lust, gossip, fear, tedium and mystery. Lots of cocktails and cigarettes. With colored pictures. . . .
In two regions where elements are controlled by programs, four young people must work together and save Pendi from an invasion by Selatan. Fire programmer Lan has given up on life. Heal programmer Beika has to prove her worth and her friendship. Futuretell Marceau must defend her new authority. Ice programmer Soji must seek his reason to live. They will . . .
Sep 1, 2008: . . . like one that makes me want to scream at the computer screen. And in a good way.
Is this your sort of traditional high school story with the freaks and geeks and popular kids all butting heads? Yeah, it appears to do that. But there’s something so much more. It’s like Sabrina the Teenage Witch crossed with The Craft without the obnoxious and over the top elements involved.
It’s a much more [more . . .]
Feb 15, 2011: I’ve been meaning to review this for a while, but decided to wait until the story reached a good stopping point to do so. Since the Tyrant arc just came to a conclusion, I figured this was as good a time as any.
First of all, I’m not a superhero fan, nor even a comics fan in general. But this story drew me in right away with its gripping voice and the opening scene, which though cliched on first glance, is [more . . .]