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Death, Inc. by Edward Morris

Book Zero of There Was a Crooked Man

Welcome to the world of master fabulist Edward Morris, where History has been pulled down a Hieronymus Bosch rabbit-hole and everything makes far too much sense.  In Morris’s alternate history tour de force, on an East Coast two centuries after Armageddon, a rogue soldier throws himself back in Time to wreak havoc upon History and feed on the blood in . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Refuge of Delayed Souls Vol II – Billy by Miladysa

Volume 2 ~ Billy Elizabeth Whyte’s investigations into the past and the supernatural continue. A barguest wreaks havoc on the moors above the town and Billy Lawrence is introduced to the world of RoYds. . . .

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The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams

A work of “singularity” fiction, in which reality itself is controlled and shaped by an intelligent agent for the benefit of humans who now live forever, can no longer harm one another (without consent), and in which no desire is left unfulfilled. In a world where everything is safe, where any whim can be instantly satisfied, what is there . . .

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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. . . .

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The Ice Cream Memories of Charlotte Rowe by Teresa Perrin

Divination from the spirit world.  Con artistry.  Cats and mirrors.  The implications of Freudian psychology.  Death.  Life.  Birth.  Murder.  And ice cream. . . .  Charlotte Rowe has been cast in the role of medium from childhood, and studied under a clever fraud.  But does Charlotte have a real vision into the spirit world? . . .

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Catherine by Nimja

Is she twisted, or the world?

Catherine is a woman around 30 years old, beautiful, intelligent, dangerous.  In a way you could see her as just a nymphomaniac lacking excitement in her life.  But that wouldn’t be fair to the scheming and complex person that she really is.  Try and read it, you might just get swept away in the vortex of her life and thoughts. . . .

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Ossia by Kayleigh Ayn Bohémier

The Story of Eràsis Niksubvya, Lead Singer of Tapestry, Provided in Five Folio Letters

In 1918 Standard Count, the lead singer of Tapestry, Eràsis, jumped to her death at the Great Falls.  One day later, the most devastating and thorough computer virus in history erased almost all data connected to her.  Only her music and several fragmentary interviews remain. Amkzí, a canyon woman living at the close of the twenty-first century, embellished . . .

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Lab 47 by Alexandra Marshall

A quirky underground civilisation discovers that life after ‘death’ can be humourous, challenging, and addictive.

LITMUS isn’t sure what he thinks about people, but science—that is an affair capable of sustaining him indefinitely.  There’s only one problem, he’s already dead.  Everybody is. “Not dead,” corrects Mace. “Almost dead, it’s a different thing altogether.  Plucked from the edge and thrown back into life.  Shouldn’t you be working?” Near fatal accidents, intentional incidents with electrical . . .

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The Key by Lauren Delaney

Being a mage was great until it became a label for extermination...

Marianne Rivers is the only mage she knows—that is, until another mage named Aeryn stumbles into her tranquil life.  She soon learns that, outside the safety of her secluded village, the king of Altrud is invading other kingdoms and turning his own into an empire.  On top of that, he is convincing everyone that mages’ powers are not natural, but . . .

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LAB 47

Quirks and Quarks

Editor: Fiona Gregory
February 1, 2010

Scientists fall down the rabbit hole and find themselves trapped in an ambiguous wonderland. A chance to do endless cutting edge research without having to write any grant proposals or mark undergrad exams? Isn’t this heaven for a scientist? Aren’t fresh air and sunshine vastly over-rated anyway?

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THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PRIME INTELLECT

Good Concepts, Unnecessary Depravity

Member: Sebs
January 24, 2009

MoPI is a work of singularity fiction—that is, fiction that deals with the world after an intelligent agent (named Prime Intellect in MoPI) has taken more or less total control over the earth and/or universe. In such a world, humans would have essentially unlimited lifespans, no ability to harm one another, and no desire left unfulfilled.

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