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Street by Ryan A. Span

Street is a fast-paced online/print cyberpunk thriller about a woman alone in a dystopian future, Gina, working to make ends meet like the rest of the new underclass — by taking a powerful drug that gives her telepathic abilities.  She skirts the edges of sanity when she takes a job she knows she really shouldn’t, and finds herself embroiled deeper . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Starwalker by Melanie Edmonds

A ship's log, as told by the ship

The Starwalker is a starship with an experimental star-stepping drive. Designed to use the gravity wells of stars to fold space, she can travel between star systems faster than FTL. That is, if they can get it to work. She is run by a sophisticated AI who doesn’t always follow her programming.  She has only just been born, and . . .

An ongoing blogfic, with new posts thrice weekly.
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Cloudnigh by Spinner

Humanity has evolved. Our minds have not.

Roman Fairchild is your average reclusive bin-cron—until the government’s stonewall-busting war game comes crashing own on his doorstep, bringing forth an impending armageddon. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Thomas Bleakly: PI by Robert Gryfft

Thomas Bleakly, Private Investigator is batflip insane.  Sometimes it works for him, sometimes . . . not so much.  One day a beautiful woman hires him to find her father.  The catch?  She’s a robot. Told from three perspectives, none of them necessarily trustworthy.  Watch out for for nonsensical subplots, insane characters, and conspiracies that span whole realities. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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The Deep Underground by Heidi Cautrell

Not All Dystopian Futures are Created Equal

The Deep Underground is the story of Ada and Ky, two evolutionary freaks trying to survive in a dystopian future.  The Deep itself is the underground portion of a utopian City.  Those who live in the Deep are either proles – the unmodified humans and dregs of society – or Transies – evolutionarily advanced humans that look anything but human.  . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

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 . . .

A complete novel.
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Dominion by JL Bryan

In a near-future, totalitarian America, a TV “news” reporter begins to uncover how the regime uses propaganda and psychological operations to control the minds of the public. Note: Only the first five chapters are available on the website.  The complete novel is available as a PDF. . . .

A complete pdf novel.
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Hyperlink Your Heart by randomhuman

Until there's nothing left

Out of loneliness, or boredom, maybe, you assign a URL to your heart and share it on the forums and social networks you frequent.  The hits trickle in at first, the unusually curious trampling through, poking and prodding, unsure of what they’re seeing.  But then the links spread.  Everybody wants to see your heart, to have a role in pulling . . .

A growing collection of stories, updated weekly.
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Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire by Abner Senires

When the going gets tough, the tough shoot back.

It’s 2042 in the California Free State metroplex of Bay City.  Kat and Mouse are a pair of ronin—guns for hire—trying to eke out a living. They have the skill.  They have the will. And they have the bad habit of getting in over their heads. Which usually means run-ins with rival ronin, punkergangs, the mob, the . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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The Know Circuit by Gary A. Ballard

A serialized cyberpunk blog novel, The Know Circuit by Gary A. Ballard is the sequel to Under the Amoral Bridge.  Artemis Bridge is the connection for all your illicit needs.  But when his bodyguard’s grandmother goes missing in a mysterious explosion in Boulder, Colorado, Bridge is forced to ditch his self-interest to help a friend.  But as they approach the . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Agents Provocateurs by Tama Wise

In the near future, New Zealand is the Free Republic of Oceania. In a world of mega-corporations, where mankind has harnessed the computational power of the human brain, a golden new age of utopia is but a few elusive steps away. This is the story of the Agency that is working to stop it. . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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Warriors by Ben Essex

University. It's a world of its own.

The University of York—an academic institution of medium reputation, drawing in hundreds of students every year.  Some come to study, some come to party, some come because it seemed like a good idea at the time.  Whatever the reason, the theme remains the same—University is where you find yourself and, if you’re extremely lucky, others like you.  Sounds simple . . .

A complete pdf scripted series.
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STREET

Horseless Cowboys

Editor: Sonja Nitschke
July 29, 2008

Caveat:  I haven’t read all of Street, but I have read all of Year 1: Empathy.

The beginning instantly grabbed me.  Crisp, clear, to the point. 

I like that.

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CLOUDNIGH

So far, so good! Characters are Cloudnigh’s strength

Member: Lizzy
March 3, 2010

Cloudnigh is a cyberpunk story set in the bad part of town in a post-Earth society. The culture is vaguely North American – some hybrid of hipster and grunge – as explored by a group of late-teens immersed in the music scene.  As of this writing, seven chapters and two supplements are up, with updates scheduled twice a week.

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