Peter Normal leaves California and moves into his grandfather’s house with his mother and sister. Upon arriving he discovers that his grandfather’s house looks like something out of a horror movie, that his grandfather forbids him to go into the garden, and that the neighbor boy is a bit off the wall. He also discovers that the undead thing . . .
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Abigail is not afraid of anything in particular. She’s just . . . afraid. All the time. Of everything and everyone. She weaves wild stories to explain her state of perpetual anxiety to the people around her, preferring they treat it as a joke than treat her as a neurotic freak. It’s a plan that works well enough: with a little help from her . . .
When a young woman shows up at the doorstep of an old Victorian house, she finds much more than she was looking for: A place to stay. A host of eccentric companions. A new city to explore. Inexplicable coincidences. Impossible possibilities. And maybe even a new home. Like a warm drink on a rainy day, 53 Ganymede . . .
A magical thing happened to Stef Mimosa when she was only two: she died and an angel confronted Death to bring her back–or at least that’s how she remembers it. Years later, Stef has traded magic for science, working as a freelance hacker. When a simple coding job turns out to be more than she expected, Stef gets in . . .
Everything you know is wrong- there are plenty of gods but no afterlife, wizards plot rebellion against eldritch horrors with marketing departments, the Chinese Mafia runs the phone company, every tarot card is a prophesy waiting to happen and most vampires live in trailer parks. Read on to visit a world where every cliche is a parable, every fairy . . .
Human beings are transient creatures. The impermanence of life is tightly interwoven into society—the young are taught by the old so that they, in turn, can teach the next generation when the old has passed on. People are raised in a transient world. Everything eventually breaks down. Plants wither, mountains erode, and eventually the planet itself will come to . . .
Wolf, Owl, & Black Apple is a serialized collection of mystery fiction, inspired by equal parts Sherlock Holmes and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. It updates every Wednesday and Sunday. The collected stories revolve around long-time friends Juniper Wolf and Noel Lackaday, two orphans from the city-state of Arcanum. Fooled and kidnapped, the two end up stranded in the corrupt resort . . .
It was an average day in Miami—then fractures in the sky appeared. A pulse from the crack that appeared in the sky changed the population; some people’s biology changed while others received magical and physical strength. After the chaos, the political drama ensued, followed by the discovery of portals that brought deadly creatures. They called this event “The Oscillation” and . . .
One day, a green light washed over planet earth, and many people had newfound powers. Follow Jude, Paul, and Vanessa as they test the bounds of their powers and help people along the way. The content ranges from PG to PG-13, with some language and violence. There will be uploads every Friday. . . .
In a not too distant future humanity has suffered an epidemic known to most only as Rapture. No corner of the world is safe from this plague and mankind seems primed for extinction. In the wake of this viral chaos, mega corporations spy opportunity and make a grab for power that sees them rise as monarchs of the new age. . . .
Paul is a seemingly ordinary guy, at least that’s what he thought until his abduction. Upon being abducted he learns a great deal about himself, his abilities, and the war that he finds himself in the middle of. He is not a warrior, and never had formal military training but his new found ability to maneuver through time makes him . . .
The first day of a new week dawns in St. Petersburg where siblings Mashka and Aleksei Sharov proceed with their academic lives. As the days go by, they become aware that they are being watched. Paranormal events wreck havoc on their lives, and they realise that they are not as human as they had always believed themselves to be. . . .
Seventeen-year-old Sidonie Ardash is leaving her home in Uptown Rivalie, headed for the Bromian Ghetto, a forbidden place she has only read about in the pages of a book written by her mother. She finds a new home, a new family, and a new life in the haunted world of the Broms, a people displaced and cursed by unknowable . . .
Jul 25, 2008: The premise of the story, an occult investigator, leaves a lot of room for plotlines – anything magic/folklore/superstition/voodoo etc. could eventually be used for an episode.
The writing style is crisp and clean, very much reflecting the professionalism of the protagonist, Dashiell Aldridge. Each chapter is well-written and interesting. Given its design and the talent at work, Dash’s adventures could go on endlessly without ever really running out of possibilities.
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Jul 19, 2017: Disclaimer – this review is part of a review exchange. Price is a well thought out superhero world with a ton of effort put into worldbuilding. So far I’ve only read the short novels Blue Steel and Blue Wall. I gather these are deliberately heavy on the worldbuilding, but that the other stories in the series are more character driven. The world itself is quite interesting, blending a sort of spy/crime story realism with comic book silliness in a very engaging way. Initially, I found Blue Steel it a little [more . . .]