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A Bit of Cold Weather at Upperworth by Mairi Morgan

Four children discover a strange life-form in the snow.

When the snow falls, and goes on falling, Sam and Bridie discover a strange life-form living amongst the snow.  Are there more of them?  Are they all as friendly as the first one, or will they bring great danger to the quiet town of Upperworth?  It may be up to just four children to prevent a permananet and catastrophic freeze. . . .

A serialized novel, updating thrice weekly.
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Special People by Tim Sevenhuysen

Special people have special problems.

Special People is a fiction project about people with special and unusual powers and abilities. But don’t call them superheroes! The stories are action-oriented and humourous, but definitely not what you’d expect from your average “superhero fiction.” From a human cell phone to a man who can conjure bacon out of thin air, these are unique, interesting characters, special . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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Torn World by multiple parties

A science fantasy shared world.

Torn World offers a unique shared world platform with flavors of science fiction, high fantasy, slipstream, steampunk and alternate realities.  Two widely disparate cultures are poised to meet – a close-knit, peaceful, unicorn-herding people, and a sprawling, expansionist, pre-industrial Empire that uses time technology in a near-magic fashion.  Created by Ellen Million, multiple authors and artists have used the . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekdays.
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True Tales of the Soryan Order by John Garrett

For centuries, the Holy Order of Aeremon have used their magic to protect and control the nation of Il’Doran. Now a generation after a devastating civil war, their rivals, the Soryan Order, have risen to a new level of power. Hatred runs deep, and another clash between the devout Holy Order and the atheist Soryan Order is looking . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Terminal by Ben Hron

A zombie web novel. Zombies, a metaphor for a struggle we face every day.

It’s about Zombies. Groaning, moaning, maddened flesh eating abominations driven by their insensate desire to feed. Zombies, a metaphor for a struggle we face every day. A metaphor for our hopeless battle against the savage throng of the human tide . . . an ocean of grasping hands, tearing, ripping, desecrating what you have, who you are.  We struggle to keep our heads . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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A ‘Verse Full of Scum by Alan Baxter

The story of galactic Bounty Hunter, Ghost, and his efforts to track down a rogue magic user who seems to be running as far away as he can, killing anyone that gets in his way. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Guardians: Awakening by Tina C., Lizzy S., and Cailyn O.

An ancient power awaits its keepers

On the planet Elidi, Chikamuyo Academy is a new military academy but it has already attracted a unique collection of students and staff.  It is the only school that specializes in teaching control of the planet-energy eisra.  The senior class is preparing to graduate and join the military when tragedy strikes and presses them into service for their planet earlier . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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I Found Dave by Jim

Dave set up a blog to communicate with his girlfriend while he was away doing research at a top secret facility.  A blog that I discovered while hacking that facility’s computer system.  Then one day, Dave disappears and all of his friends and family assume that he’s dead.  But somehow Dave keeps writing in his blog.  Now I’m the only . . .

An ongoing blogfic, with new posts almost daily.
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Awakenings by Erin M. Klitzke

a post apocalyptic serial

Marin Astoris had a vision a few years ago, of a mushroom cloud rising beyond the university’s iconic clocktower.  A voice whispered in her ear, take a breath and wait to die.  That vision never came to pass.  Something else happened instead: an asteroid, a botched attempt to stop it from hitting earth, and a resulting cataclysm that left only . . .

A serialized novel, updating Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Strandline by Nancy Brauer

A reader-directed, sci-fi/action web serial about the teleporting subspecies Homo sapiens nictans. . . .

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Tales of the Brass Griffin by C.B. Ash

In a time that Might-Have-Been but Never Was, steam power and clockwork mechanisms commanded the might of science and harnessed nature.  Fantastic creatures were common, myths were truth and airships crossed the skies.  This is the story of one of those airships. . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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Shadowstories: The Infi-Net Revolution by Chuck Wendig and Martin C. Henley

The Heroes are back. And dumber than ever.

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 . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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A 'VERSE FULL OF SCUM

Not enough scum

Editor: Chris Poirier
September 20, 2008

After 32 chapters, I’m having a hard time figuring out what to say about A ‘Verse Full of Scum.  At times, it works, and works well.  At other times, it’s just okay.

The story is told first person by Ghost, a bounty hunter in a somewhat Firefly/Serenity universe.  He’s hired by [more . . .]

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AWAKENINGS

(Gradual) Awakenings

Member: Chris George
August 18, 2011

Awakenings is a work of post-apocalyptic fiction set in a small Michigan university campus.  It deals with survival and the relationships and tensions between the survivors, but with an added supernatural twist – the survivors may have all survived for a reason, one some among them have felt for some time and others are just beginning to become aware of.

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