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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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Dead Drop by Zachary N. DiPego

Brother, can you spare a bullet?

A past that can damn him and no future, Trey has to act.  What would you do?  On the run and homeless.  You would grab at every opportunity like it was your last.  This is the last chance for Trey. Dead Drop is a fiction blog, a modern Noir set in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California.  Listinged every . . .

An ongoing blogfic, with new posts 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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Sam Swift: Occult Investigator by Deklan Green

A Private Eye for all cases dark and arcane.

Told in the style of classic pulp fiction and film noir, each week you can catch up on the latest in the adventures of none other than Samuel Swift, a private eye with a penchant for cases that are dark, dreary, and fraught with more than a touch of the supernatural. . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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Better Angels by Geoffrey Thorne

A Gray Harbor Novel

A soldier returns home to settle old scores and gets caught up in the schemes of some grifters out to rip off the Russian mob. . . .

A serialized novel, updating infrequently.
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Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire by Abner Senires

When the going gets tough, the tough shoot back.

It’s 2042 in the California Free State metroplex of Bay City.  Kat and Mouse are a pair of ronin—guns for hire—trying to eke out a living. They have the skill.  They have the will. And they have the bad habit of getting in over their heads. Which usually means run-ins with rival ronin, punkergangs, the mob, the . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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tales of the hotel st crispian by Dan Leo and rhoda penmarq

The mysterious doings in the Hotel St Crispian. Crime, lust, gossip, fear, tedium and mystery. Lots of cocktails and cigarettes. With colored pictures. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Properties of Light by Linton Robinson

Light makes it owns rules.

This was a hyper-novel before there was a web.  The development of blog software and tag clouds creates the perfect medium for this culture, thirty years later. . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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Black Hat Magick by Kyt Dotson

Not your ordinary detective agency

The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer.  She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her . . .

A complete novel.
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The Fickle Finger of Fate by Matthew Skala

When the purple-haired dame showed up at the agency, Flank Ploughman, private investigator, did his best to send her away.  Like it said on the door, he didn’t take that kind of case.  But he couldn’t resist cash when it was right in front of him like that, and soon he was caught up in the underground of Tokyo’s Seru . . .

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Thomas Bleakly: PI by Robert Gryfft

Thomas Bleakly, Private Investigator is batflip insane.  Sometimes it works for him, sometimes . . . not so much.  One day a beautiful woman hires him to find her father.  The catch?  She’s a robot. Told from three perspectives, none of them necessarily trustworthy.  Watch out for for nonsensical subplots, insane characters, and conspiracies that span whole realities. . . .

An abandoned novel.
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Book of the Blind by James Dickson

At the Eschaton City docks, Detective Sean Gibson begins his investigation into a bizarre cult-related murder.  Meanwhile, Morgan Duane, professional cat burglar, is hired to steal a priceless artifact: the Book of the Blind. As events unfold, it becomes evident that these events are inextricably connected, that old gods are reclaiming their rightful places among mankind, and that it . . .

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KAT AND MOUSE: GUNS FOR HIRE

Quick near-future shoot-em-up

Editor: Linda Schoales
February 18, 2009

“Kat and Mouse” is a fast-paced, near-future web serial about two ronins, or street mercenaries, and their attempts to make a living.  The partners take jobs as hired muscle or delivery girls, but always seem to run afoul of the street gangs, Mafia, Yakuza and other rival groups in the violent underbelly of Bay City. 

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BLACK HAT MAGICK

Geeky Techno-Magical Mystery

Member: Shutsumon
June 13, 2010

Goodness me, my second review of a Kyt Dotson work in less than a week. Another good one at that. Does that make me a fan? I guess it does.

Black Hat Magick is a contemporary fantasy mystery. The main character – Elaine – is a university student/tech support geek/paranormal detective. [more . . .]

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