BEHOLD! The most THRILLING tales ever committed to the inter-net! OBSERVE! As Victorian adventurer and gentle-man of action, Lord Likely, solves BAFFLING mysteries and battles TERRIFYING foes! GASP! As Lord Likely and his hapless man-servant, Botter, encounter killer prostitutes, undead gentlemen, female pirates and HORRIFYING beasts! THRILL! As Likely beds a succession of gorgeous females, while keeping . . .
Murder In Skin City is a noir murder mystery set in the near future. The interesting thing is, the protagonist is a robot. In fact, most of the main characters are robots. Imagine a hard-boiled detective tale mixed with an exploration of the evolution of Artificial Intelligence. There will be plenty of action, suspense, a mystery, and a sprinkling . . .
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. . . .
In a near-future society where “normals” fear and mistrust those with telepathic ability, Jack Garrett leads a special police unit of telepaths with the unique talent of contacting the psychic awareness of the dead. Seven years after solving a notorious murder spree that culminated in the killing of his best friend’s daughter, Jack starts receiving visits from the murdered girl. . . .
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 . . .
A story of three lower-level spies who find themselves mixed up in a nefarious plot with consequences that change their lives forever. . . .
Dashiell Aldridge is a private investigator. Who just happens to be an expert in occult phenomena. His adventures are wrought with suspense, mystery and magic. . . .
Sebastian Arcady is a vain, eccentric violinist, with a genius for observation and deduction, who thinks he’s the next Sherlock Holmes. Phineas Zene is a washed-up, pragmatic cellist, with a punch like daylight bursting through your skull, who doesn’t want to be the next Watson. They live and breathe classical music in a way that makes obsessive classical . . .
Welcome to Hallandale, Massachussetts, a city of infinite possibilities—love, magic, deception, the unexplained, the unwanted, romance, and tragedy. You may settle in this sleepless city at your own risk, but remember that no stone goes unturned and that behind every locked door there is a reason it was not to be opened in the first place. . . .
What happens when the creatures of the night and modern technology meet? Is it true that vampires are masters of seduction and manipulation? Are old legends of creatures such as werewolves, fae, mages and demons true? Follow the adventures of Erika, master vampire and walking social disaster, as she finds her place in a world of darkest night. . . .
I feel like I know my way around Washington DC now, that’s for sure.
This was one of those stories that I wanted to like because I liked the idea of a private investigator that specialized in the occult. There’s a lot of weird stuff in this world. Really, it’s only [more . . .]
Let me preface my review by stating the truth: Lord Likely is the man every other man wishes they could be. He is a gentleman, an aristocrat, a kicker of beggars. He is Sherlock Holmes, if Sherlock Holmes had a sense of style and a great deal more opium.
It should [more . . .]