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Peter and the Vampires by Darren Pillsbury

Peter Normal leaves California and moves into his grandfather’s house with his mother and sister.  Upon arriving he discovers that his grandfather’s house looks like something out of a horror movie, that his grandfather forbids him to go into the garden, and that the neighbor boy is a bit off the wall. He also discovers that the undead thing . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes daily.
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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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A Bit of Cold Weather at Upperworth by Mairi Morgan

Four children discover a strange life-form in the snow.

When the snow falls, and goes on falling, Sam and Bridie discover a strange life-form living amongst the snow.  Are there more of them?  Are they all as friendly as the first one, or will they bring great danger to the quiet town of Upperworth?  It may be up to just four children to prevent a permananet and catastrophic freeze. . . .

A serialized novel, updating thrice weekly.
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The Complete History of Adam Panflick by Stephen C. Rose

Panflick is an online novel in the manner of Tom Jones. It deals with the limits of marriage, limits of family, limits of religion and limits of life. Its hero is Adam Panflick (1936 -). Irony, iconoclasm, a Terry Southern edge and a Kubrick sensibility suggest its general drift. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Eleven & Counting by Joanie Rich

A modern fairy tale about family bonds, tradition, and also some dragons.

Every year since he was five Andrew has been forced to spend the summer at his Aunt Jenna’s farm. This year he’s about to discover his family is anything but normal, and that he has an important duty. Is he ready for such a weighty responsibility? Does he even believe any of this is happening to him? . . .

A serialized novel, updating fortnightly.
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Impeccable Petunia by K&J

Follow Petunia the backyard hen, in a weekly web-series, through a hazardous world as she discovers hidden talents, meets a mischievous cat named Macy, and encounters all things feathered and furious. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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No Man An Island by G.S. Williams

Boy meets girl. Fights demons. Faces the devil to save the world. Your basic love story.

Eight friends gather for a reunion vacation, but go missing after a hurricane strikes along their plane’s flight path.  While friends and family mourn their loss when the crashed plane is found, the impossible happens: they appear in public claiming to have been in a cave in the mountains.  Missing for months, they have no memory of the interval.  What . . .

A complete novel.
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The Ageless One by Jason Richard

Doelan’s people are the gislers, who stop growing up when they turn fifteen.  Nothing wrong with that, but Doelan, a child even by gisler standards, finds the idea strange.  He simply cannot tell how old his ‘elders’ are.  When other children find out about this they start making fun of him.  Things get worse when he starts seeing goblins around . . .

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Detention by Nick Devietro

Be Your Own Narrator

Detention (or My Detention) is a collection of interconnected stories, all of which tie into the life of its overarching child protagonist, Grant, as he creates this fiction to deal with his traumatic past. Various narrators and voices let Detention cross between genres and explore many different aspects of Grant’s young mind. How each story relates is often left up . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes sporadically.
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Call it Freedom by Miguel de Luis

Friendship, courage and adventure

It is the story of a nearby future, not too dark but neither too bright.  A world ravaged by economic failure and a drastic solution, slavery.  Follow the trials of Jonathan, a 12 years old, a bright student and a slave of a Scientific Institution . . .   . . . which works to upgrade the intelligence of dolphins. And his unlikely . . .

A serialized novel, updating almost daily.
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Space & Time by Sharon T. Rose

It's a big universe. Can you handle it?

Space & Time takes place in a galaxy where space travel is common, The Galactic Mutuality governs alliances, Humanity is a minority, and a little girl from an alien race tries to overcome the stigma of being a slave.  Life moves along as it usually does until a small group of strangers arrives, bringing news of impending destruction and a . . .

A complete novel.
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The Puzzle Box by Edward Picot

On her way home for the Christmas holidays, Dora is given a mysterious box by her father.  She also discovers that there’s a boy she’s never seen before in the back of the car—but he vanishes when she tries to tell her Dad about him.  Then her Dad vanishes too: has he gone to work in London, or has he . . .

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PETER AND THE VAMPIRES

Adventures in weirdsville

Editor: Linda Schoales
September 22, 2009

“Peter and the Vampires” is a collection of stories about Peter Normal, a 10-year old boy who moves with his Mom and little sister to live with his grandfather in a big, old house outside of a small town. His grandfather is a cranky old man who tells Peter to never go in the garden, never go in the [more . . .]

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SPACE & TIME

Interesting concepts, an continuing improvement.

Member: harpydora
March 5, 2009

As of this writing, there are currently 17 installments of Space & Time, most of which are relatively small (which is perfectly fine, since the updates are so frequent).  It follows life on a space station, specifically the life if Jregli, an alien slave girl who has conned her way onto the space station to make a better life for [more . . .]

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