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Space Slugs by Frances Pauli

Serial Space Opera

When Xenobiologist, Dr. Murray, receives yet another phony wedding invitation from her galaxy hopping sister, she does what any good sibling would do.  She drops her research and hops the first flight to some obscure planet at the edge of the civilized universe. But Zora’s weddings never manage to go off as planned, and before the cake is served, . . .

A serialized novel, updating fortnightly.
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Rowena’s Page by S. D. Youngren

Mostly-funny short stories about a young woman's life.

Rowena has a mother:     “This is my life, Mom.  Not a Jane Austen novel.  Not—”      “Listen to me, Miss Independence.  He’s a nice young man, but men expect things.  Even nice ones, sometimes.  He’s going to think that you’re inviting him to do . . . married people things.”  Rowena tried to interrupt, but when she opened her mouth nothing came . . .

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The Nick of Time (and other abrasions) by Al Bruno III

Tales of Paranormal Romance for people that couldn't get dates in high school.

Everything you know is wrong- there are plenty of gods but no afterlife, wizards plot rebellion against eldritch horrors with marketing departments, the Chinese Mafia runs the phone company, every tarot card is a prophesy waiting to happen and most vampires live in trailer parks. Read on to visit a world where every cliche is a parable, every fairy . . .

A series.
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Curio Killed the Cat by Skyla Dawn Cameron

Urban fantasy without the angst...mostly.

Welcome to Curio Killed the Cat—an occult shop in Kensington Market, Toronto.  Meet the employees (a lazy hoodoo spellcaster, a feminist succubus, and a snobbish Wiccan priest), their perpetually drunk (and confused) boss, and their strange customers, as they try to keep the shop from closing. . . .

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Kings and Monsters by Adah Biggs

A sideways fairy tale

When a monster decides to spare the life of a child, he changes the fate of kingdoms, curtails an expanding empire, restores a lost royal dynasty, and most especially, alters his own life forever. Ja’kh’redd, a monstrous Vidos, was out hunting when he came across an orphaned human child amidst the ruins of a recently destroyed caravan.  Taking pity . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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The Smell Collector by David Wilson-Burns

The experience of smell is the closest thing we have to intimate human contact without actually having it.  A woman’s perfume. a whiff of cigarette smoke, a little bit of diesel fume, and some spearmint gum might come close to someone’s first kiss, for example.  Of course, it’s impossible to create a first kiss without the human element, but for . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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The Mask of the Snake by Alex L.

An adventure serial about three men, one an American WW2 Soldier on a mysterious south pacific island being investigated by Nazis.  The other story takes place in present time about the soldiers grandson his friend and their attempts to escape a new enemy and find some answers. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Magical Security Taskforce by Adam Pulver

Where the magic isn't magical and the reality is unreal.

An average boy at an average high school hooked up with the beautiful, popular girl.  Until her dominating, evil sister used her powers at school to oppress him into submission.  With help from his confident, sexy best friend, the average boy breaks his bonds for one day, only to have everyone exposed to a world of magic.  There, the average . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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From the Journals of Bent Magnus by Milledge / Garduño

These are the journal entries of world traveler Bent Magnus.

A full understanding of Bent Magnus begins with his mind.  Imagine if you poured the intellectual horsepower of Einstein, Edison, and Ben Franklin all into one man.  Now imagine that the man wasn’t a total pansy, like those other guys, and you have Bent Magnus. Beginning with his birth at the “Fight of the Century” in 1910, Bent Magnus . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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Life in Hyperion by John Maxwell

The adventures and ongoings of local radio personalities Cyrus McLean Scott and his friend Conrad Harris in the town of Hyperion, Michigan.  Also featuring radio station intern Phil Turner, budding singer/songwriter and police station janitor Polly McIntyre, niece of the police chief.  The stories are fairly self-contained but a larger storyline or two are always present. . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekdays.
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Whodunit140 by whodunit140

The daily SMS comedy murder mystery twitter novel you've always craved

Whodunit140 is experimental fiction using the twitter.com website as a publishing medium.  The novel is written and SMSed to twitter everyday.  Each instalment fits tightly into the 140 character limit of the Twitter system. Whodunit140 is a comedy detective novel set in London, UK. . . .

An ongoing scripted series, with new episodes daily.
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Shadowstories: The Infi-Net Revolution by Chuck Wendig and Martin C. Henley

The Heroes are back. And dumber than ever.

The Shadowstories—a group of witless heroes who patrol the narrative crimes and fringes of the tale-built Storyverse lead by the intrepid Lord Chuckles and Grebok, Son of Drogmar, Keeper of the Seven Keys of Ventoozlar— come upon their most insidious foe yet: The Infi-Net!  An ever-growing, mind-numbing congregation of cat videos, pornography, and teenage pop stars.  The idiots—er, heroes—are . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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CURIO KILLED THE CAT

Light urban fantasy in an occult shop

Editor: Linda Schoales
February 25, 2009

At 8 chapters, “Curio Killed the Cat” is the beginning of an urban fantasy set in an occult shop.  The staff, “a lazy hoodoo spellcaster, a feminist succubus, and snobbish Wiccan priest”, are worried about their jobs, their boss and their spells.  Their boss, Madam Curio, has let the financial side of the business slide and the store is in [more . . .]

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Go Go Gordy!

Member: agutelle
February 16, 2010

If you love and hate social media and wonder where the Facebook/Twitter/Buzz/Ning world is going then you need to read this book. Richie Chevat has looked into the future and imagined a world in which social connectivity has conquered the planet. Is that really so hard to imagine?

Chevat sets a [more . . .]

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