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Children of the Apocalypse by Skyla Dawn Cameron

Passion. Vengeance. Redemption. Sacrifice. Destiny.

From the author of the award winning novel “River” and internet cult hit “Catharsis” comes a serialized novel about the end of the world and the lives of those destined to stop it.  Three girls are thrust together by their shared abilities and the roles they are to play in the nearing apocalypse.  They are guided only by the mysterious . . .

A serialized novel, with no recent updates.
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The Philosopher in Arms by Karen Wehrstein

A novel of power, love, war and spirit

The Philosopher in Arms is the massively-revised version of my two traditionally-published fantasy novels, Lion’s Heart and Lion’s Soul (Baen Books, 1991) set in the “Fifth Millennium” world collaboratively created with S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier. Almost 3,000 years after a human-made cataclysm reduced both human population and technology back to primitive levels, civilization is rising again slowly.  Here . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekdays.
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10 by MedleyMisty

Do you always do what you're supposed to?

Seth Morrigan is kind of a loner.  He has his herb garden, his alchemy, his experiments and tinctures.  These are enough. Until he is beaten up by bullies.  Until Caitlyn Wilson takes an interest in him.  Until cracks begin to show in the perfection of time and space. . . .

A serialized novel, updating sporadically.
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asa kraiya by Karen Wehrstein

What would you do . . . to live?

asa kraiya is the sequel “that never should have happened” to my two traditionally-published fantasy novels, Lion’s Heart and Lion’s Soul (Baen Books, 1991).  Greatest of warriors and greatest of leaders, Fourth Chevenga Shae-Arano-e lives “the life of other men’s dreams”—except that he faces certain death by the age of thirty. When a healer with the gift of seeing . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekdays.
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.fictions. by ljones by Laura Jones

Vignettes which blur the distinction between what is most definitely fiction and what is less convincingly false. . . .

A collection of stories.
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Howl by Seth Gray

From the same universe as Dead Boyfriend, Howl is the story of hunter Eric St. John, a straight guy who suddenly finds himself with an unexpected, yet undeniable attraction to a mysterious man named Adam. Eric can’t explain why it seems impossible to resist his body’s impulse to submit so completely to the other man.  But he’s beginning to . . .

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Activated by EK Gonzales

In two regions where elements are controlled by programs, four young people must work together and save Pendi from an invasion by Selatan. Fire programmer Lan has given up on life. Heal programmer Beika has to prove her worth and her friendship. Futuretell Marceau must defend her new authority. Ice programmer Soji must seek his reason to live. They will . . .

A complete novel.
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Servicing the Pole by Lauri Shaw

Some people have nightmares about showing up to work naked. Other people live them.

Servicing the Pole is the portrait of a New York stripper—a battle-worn misfit slogging her way through the city’s roughest clubs, watching as the job replaces her personal life, and secretly harbouring rock star ambitions. As the fast-paced night life’s deceptive promises of easy money gradually give way to the harsher realities of addiction and prostitution, Emily must decide—is . . .

A complete pdf novel.
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In the Valley of the Sun by MedleyMisty

A Sims 3 story of love, fire, and death

Lilith Parker is working at the local paper, announcing births and birthdays and deaths.  One morning her boss Shannon gives her a more exciting assignment – research the local haunted house and write an article on its history.  Nice flavor for Halloween, right? But then Shannon turns up dead the next day, the local townspeople seem intent on keeping . . .

A complete novel.
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7 Days in November by Grant Cravens

A novella about Ty, Furball, Bourbon, and their friends in Java, Missouri, and their very busy week before Thanksgiving.  Bourbon risks losing his boyfriend over a bad choice at a party, Ty struggles against the tide of rumors at school, and Furball’s friends try to pull him out of his own potentially destructive slump. . . .

A complete novel.
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Self-Inflicted by Rachel Thorn

Aurelie Barlow is living in her own nightmare.  To her, the world is an evil place and she must terminate the people that cause her pain.  A very troubled individual that falls in love with someone that is supposed to be on of “them” her enemies.  Will she be able to fight off her inner demons or will she downspiral . . .

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THE PHILOSOPHER IN ARMS

Description of a Warrior’s Life

Editor: Linda Schoales
November 20, 2009

“The Philosopher in Arms” is a fantasy novel written from the point of view of a great warrior-leader looking back on his life.  Fourth Chevenga Shae-Arano-e’s people, the Yeola, live in a pre-industrial society where the Assembly makes the rules and the decisions, but the semanakraseye acts in times of war.  Chevenga is the son of a semanakraseye, and has [more . . .]

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SERVICING THE POLE

A great, merciless read

Member: Christine Hall Volkoff
October 22, 2009

I like grey and gritty stories, and this is an excellent one. Lauri describes the life of an exotic dancer, with honesty, no self-pity, and with a strange detachment which I recognize from having had acquaintances who were sex workers. It explores with eyes wide open the fine line between pole/lap dancing and prostitution in the mind of the [more . . .]

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