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Completely Fictitious Adventures in Countries I’ve Never Been To by Crystal Beran

What do I do? I write, I travel, I read, and I stumble far off the beaten path, and I do it all beer in hand and tongue-in-cheek (though not necessarily always mine).  Join me for a new short story every Sunday and Wednesday. . . .

A growing collection of stories, updated twice weekly.
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Greyhound Summer by Nara Malone

Can you help Arie discover happiness by Labor Day?

An Interactive/Cross-media Novel Can you help Arie discover happiness by Labor Day?  Will she find adventure?  Will she find romance?  Will she find the smiles her life has been missing?  Arie has a Greyhound Discover Pass and an entire summer to explore the country.  She’s asking her readers to play spin the compass and point her toward the places . . .

A serialized novel, updating daily.
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When Angels Travel by Richard F. Challis

“When Angels Travel” is the story of an international business trip in the 1960,s.  It is based on fact. . . .

A complete novel.
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Travels of Nillian the Writer by yemors

The Travels of Nillian the Writer is a steampunk-inspired web-serial.  It is set in an imaginary world where the technological advancement went a bit different and steam power is the main source of technology. In this world we will follow the travels of Nillian, who is trying to find out what happened to Dr. Biene, the world’s foremost steam . . .

An ongoing scripted series, with new episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Cutler Phiney Stories by Ross K. George

An exploration of moments in history through the eyes of someone who was there. Cutler Phiney visits people involved in singular events, and gives us some insight into the people and their situation.  He is an extraordinary figure of history, but not in history. While he has been involved in many important events, he is not recorded in a . . .

A growing collection of stories, updated weekly.
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Cold Ghost by Eva Shandor

Yakuza, Road Trips and Bears, Oh my!

Joel was just a regular ol’ park ranger, minding his own business when Yukihiro, a recently retired assassin for a Tokyo yakuza family, burst through a window and into his life. Now, he’s trapped quite figuratively in a web of deceit and danger that goes beyond the usual ‘hilarious misunderstanding’ and driven straight to ‘running away for dear life’. . . .

A serialized novel, updating fortnightly.
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253 by Geoff Ryman

Do you sometimes wonder who the strangers around you are?

This novel describes an epic journey from Embankment station, to the Elephant and Castle.  There are seven carriages on a Bakerloo Line train, each with 36 seats.  A train in which every passenger has a seat will carry 252 people. With the driver, that makes 253. . . .

A complete novel.
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The Adventures of Bob Collins, vol. 1 by Bob Collins

The Adventures of Bob Collins is a tragic and comic fictionalized chronicling of my life.  Volume 1 is a love story about how I met, dated, and married my wife, Janice, the whore. Don’t let the fact that I killed her stop you from enjoying the beauty of our relationship before it ended so violently. . . .

An abandoned novel.
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7 cars, 253 characters, and a crash

Editor: Sarah Suleski
January 24, 2009

Let me start off by saying that 253 is most definitely not going to be for everyone.  Its greatest appeal is characterization.  There isn’t much of a plot, and what plot there is is decidedly non-linear.  Readers looking for continuous action, a central plot, a main character, or really, anything resembling a traditional story, will probably feel a bit lost.

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Get Intimate With A Train Crash

Member: Robert Rodgers
April 13, 2010

Though this work isn’t my cup of tea, it’s still getting four stars from me—for reasons I’ll detail in a moment. First, the basics:

253 is more of a listing than a story, providing very brief snapshots of the 252 passengers of the Bakerloo Line train—plus one driver. The author grants [more . . .]

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