A young man named Liam Wheelwright investigates the gruesome deaths of his estranged parents and discovers The Pneuma Chocolatiers, a shop that specializes in the creation of emotional chocolate. He is soon pulled into a world where spells have a smell and it is possible to fall into the hidden spaces of the heart. It is a journey of self-discovery. . . .
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The cities have gated their walls. Those in rural areas have been reduced to savages. When Callen Carrus, a seven year old boy from the city, faces a personal crises and runs away, he’s chased outside the city walls. What happens to him there sets him on a twelve year quest that leads to love and extraordinary adventure. The riddle . . .
Thelma French is an outsider, maybe that’s why she finds herself drawn to the new boy in town. His name is Chad Lunt and he’s secretive and strange. Why does he live in that abandoned house? And who are the strange girls he lives with that he calls his Oracles? . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves . . .
She understood that the battle against The Enemy required sacrifices from everyone. But why did she have to give of her entire life? Cull is the story of a young woman, Aliya, taken from the life she knew and wanted: forcibly recruited for life to serve in a battle against an implacable enemy in an un-winnable war. She . . .
This is a 148,000 word historical fiction and geographic drama. It is set in Salina, Kansas, and Monterey and Pebble Beach, California. The story runs through the years 1891-1996. It is an adult novel. The story is both coming of age and adult soul-searching. Several vignettes break up the novel. A third person narration is supplied as the memories . . .
A young professional in Chicago discovers the nebulous power of style, which subsequently threatens to consume him as he propels himself towards the American Dream. . . .
“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 . . .
College and the years just afterwards are pivotal for many people, having adventures and establishing their lives. It was especially true for Randy Clark and his three girl friends. They are very different people facing very different futures. Can their special friendship survive the problems and distances of the real world? . . .
After moving away from a troubled childhood, Dean McAllen’s life begins to change for the better. He meets a guy that likes him, has a good job, and is slowly but surely makes a friend. But when Dean and his new boyfriend, Brad, start dating, things begin to happen. Brad calls in the middle of the night, complaining about teenagers . . .
In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part . . .
Sarah Suleski’s previous web serial Alysiad and its continuing sequel, Queen of Seven, were highly acclaimed by many readers, who will be excited to check out her latest work.
It seems to take place in an paralell universe, because instead of the Rom (gypsies) we have the Brom. They also [more . . .]
I cried while i rushed over the words that spilled unto the pages of this story. I hardly ever cry over a story – actually, i have never cried over a story. This story swallowed me and turned me inside out with emotion and interest. Interest i have never experienced since i read my first science-themed novel in the tenth [more . . .]