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The Magical Brothers by George Laws

The adventures of two fine young men trying to make it in the big city.

Max and Mick are two brothers who’ve just moved away from home.  In the city for the first time, they try to make it big while dealing with rent, local criminals, work, the authorities, their own propensity for getting into trouble, and each other.  Also, they’re mages. . . .

A serialized novel, updating thrice weekly.
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tales of the hotel st crispian by Dan Leo and rhoda penmarq

The mysterious doings in the Hotel St Crispian. Crime, lust, gossip, fear, tedium and mystery. Lots of cocktails and cigarettes. With colored pictures. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Whodunit140 by whodunit140

The daily SMS comedy murder mystery twitter novel you've always craved

Whodunit140 is experimental fiction using the twitter.com website as a publishing medium.  The novel is written and SMSed to twitter everyday.  Each instalment fits tightly into the 140 character limit of the Twitter system. Whodunit140 is a comedy detective novel set in London, UK. . . .

An ongoing scripted series, with new episodes daily.
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Sally Carter by Sally Carter

Investigating Deaths and Other Mysteries caused by Magical Means

Eelsvale: Population 1,355. Magic: Some. Sally Carter writes the fiction column in The Eelsvale Pages, but is a little low on weekly originality. Then she meets Detective Hood, recently turned freelance (reasons unknown).  He has bit of a reputation, and a knack, for trouble, and doesn’t seem to mind her company (or else he probably wouldn’t keep turning . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes fortnightly.
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The Scarlet Lemming by MCM

Gare Marx has been a PI for a year, and he still sucks at it.

A year has passed since Gare Marx started his new firm, and he’s barely scraping by as an unlicensed PI.  After crossing the wrong billionaire, his scam is about to be exposed . . . unless he does a job for free.  What job?  Recover a priceless jewel: the infamous Scarlet Lemming. . . .

A complete novel.
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Fission Chips by MCM

Gare Marx has been a PI for all of five minutes when he discovers he sucks at it.  The mob wants money he never borrowed, he’s suspected of murdering someone he hasn’t met, and he’s hired to find a woman who may be involved in some extremely shady business.  That, and his secretary is an amoral jiu jitsu-loving sociopath. . . .

A complete novel.
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FISSION CHIPS

Scrambled detective story

Editor: Linda Schoales
January 8, 2010

“Fisson Chips” is quirky, madcap romp about a new PI having a very bad first day.  Gare Marx started a private investigating business with his partner Matthew Richardson.  When Gare shows up for work, the guy painting the sign on the door refuses to finish until he gets more money.  This starts a chain of events that ends with broken [more . . .]

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FISSION CHIPS

a choose-your-own pulp adventure

Member: wanderingwidget
June 9, 2009

If you’ve ever wanted to read a hard-boiled choose your own butt-kicking novel then Fission Chips is definitely for you.  In point of fact if you’re a fan of the hard boiled genre of fiction at all then you’ll probably enjoy this one.  It’s got everything, from the down-and-out private eye to the sassy secretary and the insurmountable mountain of [more . . .]

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