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Street by Ryan A. Span

Street is a fast-paced online/print cyberpunk thriller about a woman alone in a dystopian future, Gina, working to make ends meet like the rest of the new underclass — by taking a powerful drug that gives her telepathic abilities.  She skirts the edges of sanity when she takes a job she knows she really shouldn’t, and finds herself embroiled deeper . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Strangers in the Brain by Charles Sebian-Lander

A story about a detective and his brain.

Veteran detective Jake Burleigh is chosen to solve a case using an amazing new technology.  It’s only after he finishes the job that the real mysteries begin. Strangers in the Brain is a mysterious detective noir blended with a delirious, dreamlike sci-fi twist. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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The Corvus Project by Corvus Corvix

There is life after petroleum and credit economy. Just not as we knew it.

Set in a fairly near future in which fossil fuels are unavailable but electrical power is plentiful–in Seattle anyway–the initial chapters create a dystopia that is actually not such a bad place to live.  Pedal power rules the crumbling streets and freeways, while people live where they will and, increasingly, however they wish. The Northwest is lucky: it still . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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The American Book of the Dead Part II by Henry Baum

Part II of The American Book of the Dead – a novel about evolution and the apocalypse, which won Best Fiction at the DIY Book Festival and the Gold IPPY Award for Visionary Fiction. In Part II, the writer of the first novel is commissioned to write another book that may help avert catastrophe, and pave the way for . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Tracker: Tiger and Fox by David Fields

Tracker, starting with Tiger and Fox, is the story of a genetic construct in a post-apocalyptic America learning to live with his differences where the Enhanced are despised and frequently destroyed in the name of racial purity.  He is a non-human in a world of humans. . . .

A serialized novel, updating almost daily.
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A Pittsburgh Storm by David R. O'Keeffe

Early next year, a deadly and unexplained virus emerges on the U.S. continent.  Within weeks, the entire world’s population faces extinction.  Amongst the chaos and desperation of a ruined world stand a few mysteriously unaffected individuals.  Lost, confused, and alone.  This is the bizarre story of one of those individuals, Matthew Cahill, as he travels from Pittsburgh through the Pennsylvania . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Verifiable by Ayami Tyndall

Welcome to the first Surveillance Peace State In utopia nothing is unknown. The Cloud sees, records and shares everything. Apps can tell you anything about anyone from anywhere. No secret can be kept, no wrong can be done . . . except by a Ghost. Invisible to the Cloud and overlooked by humanity, these shadow people lead hidden lives off the grid. Unrestricted . . .

A serialized novel, updating Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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The Vector by MCM

Eva thought she could outrun the plagues, but she was wrong. The bio-hackers that ripped the world raw are targeting her hometown of Prague, and this time there may be no escaping it. Now, hunted by police who think she’s a hacker herself, Eva must brave the rotting city streets to find her mother before it’s too late. But . . .

A complete novel.
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Strange Little Band by Nancy Brauer and Vanessa Brooks

Two psychics, one mega-corp and all-around bad behavior

Strange Little Band is the ongoing story of Addison and Shane, two self-centered, amoral psychics who work for the cut-throat Triptych Corporation.  Their insular, comfortable lives are disrupted when, due to Triptych’s machinations, they become unlikely parents.  How can they raise a child when they can’t trust each other? . . .

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Corvus by L. Lee Lowe

In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy.  Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor.  Laura is a homo sapiens.  Their story is part . . .

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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 Day the Sun Stopped Shining by Matthew Wood

The only thing we need fear - is fear itself.

In just one morning the neatly organised world of Cory Wilson falls apart. The sun has been extinguished, plunging the Earth into total darkness. Terror reigns. Unable to think of anything else to do, Wilson places his faith in Billionaire Barry Castle’s radio announcement of a Doomsday Dome being constructed in rural Montana – a sanctuary where all who can . . .

A serialized novel, updating fortnightly.
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TRACKER: TIGER AND FOX

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Editor: Sonja Nitschke
March 7, 2009

Note:  The chapters are divided into multiple parts of alternative lengths.  Even though I have only read a little more than four complete chapters, I feel that I have read enough to write a fair assessment of the work.

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CORVUS

Corvus

Member: Loribeth215
February 16, 2010

Corvus takes place in a world where two types of humans exist, the superior (homo cognocens), and supposedly inferior (homo sapiens). In this story, Zach is of the superior breed, while Laura is what we’d consider a normal human.

At its heart, Corvus is a tale of two young people from [more . . .]

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