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Ember by Bettie Sharpe

Imagine the Cinderella fairytale without the sweet fairy godmother, that Prince Charming was a louse, and Cinderella was a witch capable of cruelty and spitefulness.  Sharpe’s retelling of the classic tale includes lust, deception, and violence.  Nothing you’d ever expect in the Cinderella myth, but still the heart of the story survives in this re-imagining for mature readers. . . .

A complete novel.
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Charlotte by Charlotte Faulkner

Follow Charlotte Faulkner as she moves from Alabama to New York and experiences all the drama, romance, and excitement of college during her freshman year at Bailey University. . . .

A blogfic, with no recent updates.
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A Bugle for the New Day by Frank Pearson

Romantic family saga set in Rural Wales, in the slate mining industry. . . .

A serialized novel, with no recent updates.
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The Department of Minor Incompetence Correction by Rhapsody In Prose

Got Competence?

The Department of Minor Incompetence Correction is a quasi-governmental agency that battles the forces of incompetence through unorthodox means.  Its newest recruit, Brandon Wilson, finds himself suddenly thrust into the weird and below-the-radar world of incompetence and competence, along with a host of equally strange denizens from chapter #257. “To change big things you have to change small things, . . .

A serialized novel, updating fortnightly.
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Sally Carter by Sally Carter

Investigating Deaths and Other Mysteries caused by Magical Means

Eelsvale: Population 1,355. Magic: Some. Sally Carter writes the fiction column in The Eelsvale Pages, but is a little low on weekly originality. Then she meets Detective Hood, recently turned freelance (reasons unknown).  He has bit of a reputation, and a knack, for trouble, and doesn’t seem to mind her company (or else he probably wouldn’t keep turning . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes fortnightly.
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Tell The Groom by Andy Cox

A romantic comedy not yet written

Andy Cox is a new English writer who specialises in funny romantic stories about unfortunate men.  This latest novel “Tell The Groom” is Andy’s first created just for the Internet and will be written here over the next twelve months.  Although all the characters are Andy’s own, regular readers of the blog will be able to leave comments and influence . . .

An ongoing blogfic.
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The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek

A western themed fantasy, following the story of a low-level political discontent beginning with his imprisonment in a decidedly high security prison. . . .

A complete novel.
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Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson

1880s New Zealand: Two people who come to the valley change Amy’s life forever, and she learns the high cost of making the wrong choice.

“Sentence of Marriage” is the first book in the three-volume “Promises to Keep”. The entire work covers twenty-five years; this first volume takes Amy from the ages of twelve to sixteen. Amy is a bright and imaginative girl who dreams of an exciting life in the world beyond the farming valley where she lives.  But in nineteenth century New . . .

A complete novel.
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Aquarius by Jinxtigr

Sci-Fi Soap Opera in Space

Edie was pleased to get a job working the vast space-tanker/cruise-ship Aquarius as a systems programmer, particularly as she was a ‘totemized’ person—transformed into a walking, human-sized cat. But she couldn’t have imagined what she’d face there—whether it was the terrors of the planet-sized Main Tank, water reservoir for terraforming and alive with unthinkable denizens, or the shock of . . .

A complete novel.
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Ghosts Of Rainmoor by Jinxtigr

High Fantasy with a Furry Twist

Jinx barely survived his experiences in Rainmoor, and escaped to the woods with his new mate to try and build a life he could understand and appreciate. However, his obligations haunt him quite literally, and drag him scrabbling and yowling into a world of magic, sophistication, and intrigue. What can a magically created bipedal tiger do, but try . . .

A complete novel.
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Kings of Rainmoor by Jinxtigr

Fantasy Mystery with Murder and Magic

Jinx, tigerish creation of a perverse rogue wizard, is summoned to the magical plane of Rainmoor to serve as a bodyguard to the rightful King of that plane—but he is way out of his depth, and under suspicion himself as the death toll mounts. Which Jinx will emerge at last—the jungle beast that walks as a man, the loyal . . .

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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LEGENDS

Florid infodump

Editor: Chris Poirier
March 6, 2009

Legends is a verbose, ’80s-style, Romeo-and-Juliet-esque, gay-themed fantasy, set in what may be the final days of Atlantis.  There are a lot of high fantasy themes—sorcery, chosen ones, priest kings—as well as a mix of Greek, Egyptian, and (I suspect) Aztec mythology.  Unfortunately, after 9 long chapters, very little has actually happened, and the backstory—while detailed—offers little compensation.

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CLOUD DANCERS

Who wouldn’t want to fly?

Member: Gavin Williams
May 18, 2010

Cloud Dancers has an interesting premise.  An Italian boy gives an Australian girl a pill, and Petro is guiding Felicity up in the clouds, insubstantiated.  They’re lighter than they were, and able to walk on the white stuff in the sky.

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