In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part . . .
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Scary Mary is an online novel for teens about a high school girl who hears ghosts. Mary begins her junior year of high school without high expectations. As the resident school freak, she’d just like to be left alone, but Cy Asher, a new student, tries to befriend her. The budding friendship, though, dies when Mary discovers Cy’s house is . . .
Josh wakes up one morning to find his ten-year-old brother filling in a grave in the backyard. From there, the day just gets worse. . . .
The one who makes the choices that nobody else will. The wanderer. The war veteran who can’t quit. The avenger. The one who gave up everything. The one who hides her face behind her masks. The one who lost everything. The lord who is gone forever, and the lord that won’t be stopped. . . .
Enrico Hierodon began his life as many of us do, with a mother and father and an old lady next door who liked to bake cookies. But this was not to be. Someone had an eye on Enrico, and does not plan on leaving him be. Someone is watching, cutting away the pieces of Enrico’s life that he doesn’t need, . . .
Titan City, a hub of superheroics, where gods walk the streets and demons stalk the shadows. A place where destiny has the phone book and a mean sense of humour to go with it. Where a young man can rise up and become a hero . . . or a villain . . . . . .
Actionlad’s Journal is the fictional blog of Blake Anderson, who as Actionlad is the pre-teen super-hero sidekick of his parents, Deca-Man and Dart. The Blog focuses on what life would be like for a teen super-hero, not just the crime fighting but bullies, first dances, girls etc. . . .
It is the story of a nearby future, not too dark but neither too bright. A world ravaged by economic failure and a drastic solution, slavery. Follow the trials of Jonathan, a 12 years old, a bright student and a slave of a Scientific Institution . . . . . . which works to upgrade the intelligence of dolphins. And his unlikely . . .
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves . . .
A unique fantasy novel, first in its series, which tells the story of a farmer boy named Uic, who lives on the outskirts of the Great Empire in the world of Eterneth. He suddenly discovers and rescues a mysterious girl who cannot even speak and soon, with peril at every turn, Uic must unravel the truth about his mystifying companion, . . .
Girl in Time is serialized novel of suspense about Kendra, a genius who attracts the attention of industrial spies and vampires after she figures out how to travel in time. As the two groups become embroiled in deadly conflict she must figure out why and how to stop them in order to remain alive and free. . . .
She understood that the battle against The Enemy required sacrifices from everyone. But why did she have to give of her entire life? Cull is the story of a young woman, Aliya, taken from the life she knew and wanted: forcibly recruited for life to serve in a battle against an implacable enemy in an un-winnable war. She . . .
Opening up a restaurant in a haunted house with a man-eating fridge, a giant rat, a mute hobo, etc. . . . has never been so strange. . . .
An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom has everything that every good fantasy story needs: magic, prophecies, mysterious—apparently immortal – mentors and curses just to mention a few. But unlike most fantasy stories, there is no apparent Quest – it is simply the history of the Kingdom. Not the dull sort of history in text books that are nothing [more . . .]
Mind + Body, by Aaron Dunlap is a fast-paced scroller.
I’m currently reading a novel, some webfiction, and lots of nonfiction, but I tore through this novel. It’s 400+ pages in PDF, but it sure didn’t feel that long. It’s a simple mystery/action plot – a high school senior tracking down [more . . .]