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Night Fires by Jon McAchren

A federal hate crimes investigator is sent to Johnstown, PA, his hometown, to assist in the investigation of a string of murders with a racial bias motivation. Going home leads him to confront a past that he has tried to forget. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Berlin Confidential by A. Scott & E. Cowles

In October 1929 Berlin, Germany, a young but brilliant detective begins to investigate a series of bizarre and gruesome murders. As he delves deeper, he finds himself drawn into a literal underworld populated by demons, both mythological and otherwise. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Away From Artenia by Ryphna St-John and Guy Matte

A Steampunk webserial brewed in the crazy mind of Two Eccentrics Authors.

In an alternate past where magic is recognize as a true science, people are starving for land.  To alleviate the burden, the government of Great Britain created floating islands, gigantic city that travels the sea. On the Island of King James, two people that have nothing in common must understand what is the link between a series of grotesque . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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The Soulreaper Chronicles by James Monaghan

Murder, mystery and magic in a world teetering on the edge

The British Isles, the 16th century. Decades ago, the fae returned to the mortal world.  Released by a coven of magicians after centuries of imprisonment, they swept across the British Isles, covering the land with a tangled forest of enchanted trees.  Cities fell.  Thousands died.  Only a handful of cities were saved. Years later, the people of the . . .

A serialized novel, with no recent updates.
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The Investigators by Aman Mathur

The Investigators follows the adventures of a private investigation firm based in India. A variety of cases ranging from serial killings to leakage of funds from multi-national companies are tackled by The Investigators. Readers also get a chance to win free e-books, games and more by solving the mystery before the protagonist Dharmesh Singh does. Clues and hints are dropped . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes almost 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. . . .

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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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