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Darkside by S.K.S. Perry

When you're dead, wishing you were is kind of counter-productive.

James Decker just won’t stay dead.  Slain while rescuing a young woman from a would-be rapist, he finds himself in a pseudo-life, caught between two realities, belonging to neither.  Haunted by the ghosts of his father and grandfather, he learns that the woman he rescued is in fact an Innocent, the physical embodiment of hope.  As it turns out, seeing . . .

A complete novel.
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Unicorn Bait by Windvein/S.A. Hunter

Naomi was in her kitchen, minding her own business, when all of a sudden she was chucked to another planet.  As if that weren’t bad enough, she was attacked, betrayed, and married off against her will.  That was on the first day.  The next day was worse, much worse.  Two words will suffice to describe the next day, and they . . .

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Scary Mary by Windvein/S.A. Hunter

The dead speak to her. She wishes they'd shut up.

Scary Mary is an online novel for teens about a high school girl who hears ghosts. Mary begins her junior year of high school without high expectations. As the resident school freak, she’d just like to be left alone, but Cy Asher, a new student, tries to befriend her. The budding friendship, though, dies when Mary discovers Cy’s house is . . .

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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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Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo by Heather Wardell

When Candice’s in-laws were killed eight months ago buying a huge faux polar bear rug for her Christmas present, she lost more than just two of her favorite people: she lost her husband Ian as well.  After only two years of marriage, their guilt and pain have left them living together but apart, unable to really talk for fear of . . .

A complete pdf novel.
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Tired of Death by Neil Hartley

A Comedy of Terrors

How many times have you hacked down a zombie without thinking about it?  Ever wondered who the shadowy force is behind that dungeon?  Spared a thought for the poor denizens who are sat around in those chilly Crypts waiting for the next victim?  No?  Perhaps it’s time to see the story from the other side . . . . . . .

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Busted Axle Road by Wes Boyd

A snake crawls out of a bathroom drain, and a woman kills it with her hair dryer . . .  That’s all it takes to set townspeople, media, crooked environmentalists, a country music singer, the federal government and a bunch of dogsledders to getting at each other’s throats.  Of course, nothing’s quite normal in Spearfish Lake! . . .

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How to Build a Career and Find Happiness During a Recession by Anonymous

A Tragi-Comic Novel of Unemployment, Underemployment, Wall Street, Main Street and other Matters that Seemed to Matter at the Time

This is a comic novel about graduating from college into a recession.  It’s meant to appeal to fans of Catch-22. I’m now a professional journalist and published non-fiction author, but I wrote this novel during a period of underemployment following college graduation.  I managed to get it in the door with two publishers, but both gave me the same . . .

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Looking Through the Windows of Madness by Leo Vine-Knight

A darkly humorous story about mental health care and modern values.

Steven is a psychiatric nurse close to burnout.  He senses that the boundaries between his own mind, the mental health unit where he works, and society itself, are becoming dangerously blurred.  Glamorous nursing assistant Kate and mystery man Llewelyn are the only two people who can help him, but . . . . . . .

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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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DARKSIDE

Darkside: Immortality with a sense of humor.

Member: Jaeger
June 17, 2011

I had writer’s block so I took a step away from my own projects and looked for something fun to read. After a few disappointments, I stumbled upon Darkside and devoured the whole story in one sitting.

Having played White Wolf’s Changeling, Werewolf and Vampire, I felt at home in the [more . . .]

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