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Addergoole by Lyn Thorne-Alder

Love, lust, ownership, exploration, and coming-of-age in a strange and novel world hidden beneath the known.

Addergoole is a contemporary fantasy story with erotic and dark-fantasy elements.  Set in a world which is, on the surface, much like our own, Addergoole follows three students as they enter a strange, new school and discover just how much they don’t know about themselves, their parents, or their world. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Above Ground by A. M. Harte

Mayhem, violence, and danger: a story about fighting the odds, and surviving.

Life above ground is something Lilith has never experienced. When she gets the chance to visit the outside world, to see, firsthand, the monsters that roam the surface, she’s understandably ecstatic. But the infected have a reputation for being dangerous for a reason, and Lilith is about to find out why . . . . This is the story of Lilith, and her . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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The Antithesis by T.L. Whiteman

Alezair Czynri, an immortal being with no memory of his past, embarks on a journey with a mysterious woman claiming to be a resident of Purgatory.  Through her, Alezair learns the many dark secrets behind the universe, and eventually begins to realize this woman knows more about him than he initially thought. The Antithesis is a horror/sci-fi /dark romance . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Tattoo by Candace McBride

Magic, murder, and monsters

Though pompous with its modern advancements, Sybar City has always fostered a seedy underbelly stretching back millennia. Glory, a humble scholar with a talent for occult research, is unwillingly thrust into this world of ancient malevolent races and scientific exploitation. A girl with issues, she would just as soon crawl into a bookshelf and never come back out, leaving a . . .

A serialized novel, updating Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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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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The Sea Lies After Death by Aubra Penner

A tale of intrigue set in a sea of ghosts.

Vera Langstrom, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, is dead. She finds herself in the depths of the ocean, where lost souls wander unguided in dangerous and unbalancend afterlife. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Dark Icon Original Fiction by Dark Icon

All of us, even the world itself, began in darkness.

Original works of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.  Ten years of novels, short stories, and serial fiction.  All free. . . .

A growing collection of stories, updated thrice weekly.
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Refuge of Delayed Souls by Miladysa

Not your every day ghost story.

Elizabeth returns to RoYds; an Agency that investigates the paranormal. A bit rich of RoYds really, especially when they have several ghosts and a pair of fallen angels on their staff. Then again, Whituth is no ordinary town, nor Refuge of Delayed Souls your every day ghost story. . . .

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Available Darkness by David Wright and Sean Platt

A man wakes up inside a coffin with no knowledge of how he got there or who he is.  After freeing himself, he finds a note in his pants directing him to “Avoid the sunlight! Don’t touch anybody!”  Afraid, hurt, and alone, he starts a journey to discover the truth about himself.  But some things are better left unknown. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Oktober by Vak Beacon

Oktober is a labyrinthine, psychological road novel that blurs the line betweens reality and fantasy.  Each chapter is divided into four sections, each of the sections is a journal entry written by one of the main characters.  Thus, each chapter is told four times over, from each character’s point of view.  The characters openly invite the readers into their minds, . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Shadow’s Light by Jacquelyn Waters

If you were the bane of existence cursed with catastrophic power, would you choose to save the lives of those who abused you, or witness and bring upon their demise? The Dark Crystal, and the Light Crystal, contain magnificent power, but together create an unparalleled path of absolute annihilation. But each carrier is destined to defeat the other. So, . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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30 Pieces of Silver by Cally Beck

Charm City Blood & Betrayal, Magic & Mayhem

30 Pieces of Silver is an urban fantasy webserial set in Baltimore, a.k.a. Charm City.  Each installment is self-contained, though all take place in the same city and characters and plots sometimes interrelate.  A new installment is posted every Sunday morning, and they usually are between 300 and 1500 words long. . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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THE NEW BEDLAM PROJECT

Strange Little Town

Editor: Linda Schoales
November 12, 2009

“The New Bedlam Project” is a web zine based around the town of New Bedlam and its inhabitants.  Each short story or poem tells a tale of this strange, haunted, and possibly cursed small town.  The stories vary in length between one screenful of text and several pages.  If you like horror or dark, urban fairy tales, you’ll probably find [more . . .]

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ADDERGOOLE

A coming of age story for fae beings

Member: MJones
February 25, 2010

Addergoole was one of the first weblit series I sunk my brain into, and it has been a wonderful ride ever since.  With an eerie mixture of fae folklore and dark sexuality, Addergoole is like a dark version of Harry Potter for grown-ups, the story comprised of its monsters instead of its wizards. 

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