While vacationing in London, Archimedes and Finley the foul-mouthed telekinetic fish find themselves caught up in a strange murder plot that reaches into the upper echelons of social power . . . including the formidable Lord Likely, who fastens his belt long enough to avenge the death of a favourite lover. But as a greater plot unfolds, Archimedes and Likely find themselves on a . . .
In 1996, Dr. Beuctus Guggenheim, head of Research and Development at Cantspell’s Olde Fashund Soupe Phactorie, was given the task of creating a preservative for cream of mushroom soup. His actions set into motion a cataclysm, opening a link between our world and the ‘Mushroom Zone’. Soon a legion of Mushrooms claimed our world for their empire. A campaign of . . .
The Good Captain is a sci-fi adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno, conceived for and originally distributed via Twitter. . . .
17-year-old David Beveridge is in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a gunman storms into a convenience store demanding money, he becomes spooked and shoots the cashier before shooting David. Only David doesn’t die. Neither does the cashier. She dies, yes, but David manages to bring her back to life. How? With the help of a . . .
“The Arab Bank” is a 12-part short fiction serial set in Cannes, which is running during the Cannes Film Festival [May 13-24]. It utilizes Google Maps, Street View, and delivery via web, Facebook, email, RSS, and Twitter. . . .
This is a novella in three parts, a reflection on the impact of romantic love and sex on a woman’s sense of freedom and destiny. In the first part, our heroine is a teenager awakening to love and sexual feelings. She is spending the summer on a small island in the South of France, among the pines and the . . .
This book was co-written by two authors of considerable repute in the webfiction world – MCM (of The Vector, Fission Chips, etc) and Andy Fanton (of Lord Likely) – so if you like either or both of them, you’re bound to like this book.
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The Silver Ring is a young adult fantasy thriller that opens with a bang and doesn’t let up until the climax.
The Good:
Robert Swartwood knows how to put a cliffhanger at the end of each of his short chapters. I [more . . .]