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Gordy has a problem. His girlfriend, Poppy Nicole, wants to meet him in REALITY (TM). That’s the premise of the comic sci-fi novel, Rate Me Red. It’s the year 2043 and Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, reality television and Ebay have all merged into the VidNet. Everyone and anyone can have a VidNet show, but it’s the people who . . .
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Gordy has a problem. His girlfriend, Poppy Nicole, wants to meet him in REALITY (TM). That’s the premise of the comic sci-fi novel, Rate Me Red. It’s the year 2043 and Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, reality television and Ebay have all merged into the VidNet. Everyone and anyone can have a VidNet show, but it’s the people who . . .
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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 . . .
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The working chapters of a new novel by Heather Spoonheim about her experiences in trying to bring some culinary innovation to a small town. . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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 . . .
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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, . . .
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Cul de Sac Blues is a continuing series about life in a suburban cul-de-sac. Follow the ups and downs of day-to-day life and meet the various characters who inhabit this peculiar piece of the suburban landscape. . . .
Suzie is a waitress at an Atlanta country club, whose members harass and abuse her. She’s got skateboarding, graffiti-spraying roommates, a dishonest mechanic boyfriend, an intense hatred for bad drivers, and a superhero complex. She hates her job, reviles her bosses, is starting to think less of her roommates, and even suspects her boyfriend. And then things get worse when . . .
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This is a comic novel about graduating from college into a recession. It’s meant to appeal to fans of Catch-22. I’m now a professional journalist and published non-fiction author, but I wrote this novel during a period of underemployment following college graduation. I managed to get it in the door with two publishers, but both gave me the same . . .
I have well over 100 published short stories to my credit and you can also toss in appearances in fifteen major anthologies around the world (including a number of “Best Of . . . ” volumes). I love the short story format and coming back to it this summer after spending the four years previous working on my “Ilium” novel cycle was exciting and . . .
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Follow the day-to-day world of the recently (semi) retired Grim Reaper, now residing in Manhattan. An offbeat and twisted serial that takes place both on Earth as well as the Afterlife. . . .
At least for me, anyway. The writing’s great, the voice is pretty close to awesome and just the whole set-up and concept of Death’s blog is fun and fresh so why the three stars? In my eyes, it didn’t stay fresh very long.
I kept thinking of Norm MacDonald’s Death in [more . . .]
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 . . .]