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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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Space & Time by Sharon T. Rose

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 serialized novel, updating thrice weekly.
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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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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 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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A Change in the Weather by Robert Gould

A modern day fairy tale

A dark brotherhood that was once thought long dead has resurfaced.  After tirelessly searching for elements to a spell that could end a terrible curse they have endured for centuries, they find their way to the sleepy village of Blakeby.  Meanwhile, a brother and sister move there from the city to start a new life in the country, but what . . .

A serialized novel, with no recent updates.
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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 . . .

A complete novel.
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J.B.’s NYC Internet Adventure by Smile-Up

Join us on treasure hunt in NYC.

Match wits with Jake, Stella and the gang by using the Internet to solve the mystery of Aunt Miriam’s treasures. A family vacation to New York City turns into a wacky Internet treasure hunt adventure when Jake, Stella, Stanley and Marcus Bonds meet their oddball ancient Aunt Miriam for the first time.  Mysterious, confused and irritable, Aunt Miriam is . . .

A complete novel.
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Magician’s Merger by Xenophon Hendrix

Eleven-year-old Arthur wakes up to find an ancient wizard sharing his brain.

Arthur is living in an alternate North America in which the USA never broke away from Britain.  The technology level is mid-1970s.  One day, Arthur wakes up and finds an ancient wizard sharing his brain.  It is a growing-up story, at least for now, and meant to be episodic rather than tightly plotted. . . .

A complete novel.
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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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Against the Current by Emmel

In a world full of dangers . . .  In a forest grown men fear to tread after nightfall . . .  Running away from home in the middle of night might not be the most reasonable thing to do.  Reason, however, has never been a strength of eight year old Laiva.  She feels wronged, she feels humiliated, she feels like the whole world is against . . .

A serialized novel, updating infrequently.
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PETER AND THE VAMPIRES

Children and Monsters

Editor: Jim Zoetewey
January 13, 2009

My original review of Peter and the Vampires appeared when the story was only two weeks old. It has since grown to include several different stories, one of which actually includes vampires.

The basic idea is this: Peter, his mother, and his sister move into his grandfather’s house in the town [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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