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The Peacock King by Erica Bercegeay

The enigmatic Peacock King, ruler of half of the known world, seeks to possess the land itself by enslaving the spirits of the wild. Gerald, a newly initiated Poet whose magic is as real as he can write it, is also one of the Armed—enforcers of the Law who wield guns with souls. His mission: infiltrate the Peacock King’s Court . . .

An ongoing series, with new episodes weekly.
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The Shadows of Sicily by April Raines

Sex, Lies, and Vampires ... in Roman times.

There are three of us. One lost everything and was born again into the night. The second was already a lady of the night when it embraced her. The third feeds on darkness and delivers anger and death. We three disparate Shadows can only fight each other, until a larger threat looms; the threat of Rome. Together we will . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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K2 by Geoff Wolak

The elderly owner of a Swiss bank has been murdered, the bank’s ownership diverted towards a retired British Intelligence officer.  The bank comes complete with its own commercial espionage unit, now in the middle of a small war.  No one is who they seem, and they all have an agenda.  “Groups within groups, secrets inside secrets, lies on top of . . .

A complete pdf novel.
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Typhoon by MCM

Be part of the problem.

Kani isn’t Tundra.  Her friend, Stacey, has gotten mixed up with the wrong people, flying dangerous and illegal “dustrunner” sorties for the mob . . . and since Stacey’s skipped town, Kani’s forced to take her place as Tundra.  As Kani soon discovers, in this world of asteroid piracy, the real threat is on the ground: violence and paranoia come at her from every . . .

A complete novel.
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Night Switch by Flak

"From the darkness in my heart, a violent awakening!"

Joe works the night shift at a government train corporation in New York.  Jason monitors surveillance cameras in the San Francisco Bay Area for the Department of Homeland Security.  The thing connecting them?  The subject of Joe’s adoration and Jason’s surveillance: a college student whose casual purchase of a book from craigslist becomes the catalyst for an insane adventure across . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Key Lime Pie by Arthur Yeomans

Caleb is twenty-two, but he is pretending he is fifteen.  He is attending high school, despite having finished college.  He is pretending to be a nudist, although he actually likes wearing clothes.  He is living with two people who are pretending to be his parents. But don’t worry, it is all for a good cause.  At least, Caleb thinks . . .

A serialized novel, with no recent updates.
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NIGHT SWITCH

Unfocussed, but does improve

Editor: Chris Poirier
February 3, 2009

Night Switch is the story of three characters.  Joe is a night watchman (or something) who spends all his working hours playing video games and ridiculing his girlfriend in internet forums.  Marin is his internet-only, Establishment-hating girlfriend, who buys a talking book that she mistakes for an incarnation of God.  Jason is a slacker script-kiddie/blogger type who works for the [more . . .]

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THE PEACOCK KING

I don’t know who to root for. But it’s awesome.

Member: Wysteria
April 11, 2009

Like the court that is the centerpiece of the first book, this story is both rich and decadent. The writing is the chocolate cake of the web fiction feast, with an evocativeness that leaves one rereading certain chapters over and over. In Your Room comes to mind – the author says that was the first time they did creepy. To [more . . .]

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