Though pompous with its modern advancements, Sybar City has always fostered a seedy underbelly stretching back millennia. Glory, a humble scholar with a talent for occult research, is unwillingly thrust into this world of ancient malevolent races and scientific exploitation. A girl with issues, she would just as soon crawl into a bookshelf and never come back out, leaving a . . .
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In the world that never really belonged to humans, time is running out. It is a strange feeling in the air and many men have their-own dreams about how to change it. One, a strange, unknown man even to people who are working for them is working on a top secret project in the near future, trying to overcome . . .
All over the world, Knights are appearing. They have swords. They ride horses. They wear shining armour. They’re causing trouble. Nobody knows where they came from or why they’re here—even the Knights themselves are pretty vague on the matter. However, they’re not about to let that get in the way of their crusading. They have a Law to uphold. . . .
Stories with a nice dose of the unusual: A demon who rebels against Lucifer; a girl whose family adopts a robot; childhood friends who reunite on board a space elevator. Science fiction and fantasy, with occasional dips-of-the-toe into other genres. The main blog also includes drawings and comments on writing. . . .
Two secret agents. One fedora-wearing sidekick. A spectre. A fat but wise and creepily all-knowing chipmunk. Candy Land. These are just a few of the unpleasant delights awaiting you . . . . Elevenses is an adventure, a quest, a comedy, and a parodic stew. It is a collaboration between two writers whose identities must remain anonymous, for security reasons. Here you will . . .
Crossed Genres is a monthly magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Crossed Genres puts out an issue every month that is free to read online. Each issue has (usually, with a bit of variance) 5 short stories, 1 article and cover art. The final issue of each year is double-sized. Every issue has a unique “theme” which all . . .
The Life and Times of Car Johnson is a wild romp through the mind of a man who doesn’t realize just how pathetic he really is. Insanity never tasted so hilarious. . . .
Of all the times for the dead to rise from their graves to feast on the living why did it have to happen right before the premere of George Lucas’ new Star Wars movie? . . .
There is yet another attempt on God’s life. Gabriel appoints champions to his defence. Follow the son of the north wind, a casino royal, and someone who’s actually competent as they attempt to locate a gang of shotgunchuck wielding assassins and put a stop to their Deicidal ambitions. This is a serious and adult movie in which . . .
The credit crunch building slump has caused the number of London archaeological sites to dry up, leaving time on the Archaeologist’s hands to start to notice unsuspected things in the world around him. There are people, groups of people, beings of some sort, living among the general populace, but with something different about them: are they some sort of deity? . . .
Treasured Vulva tells the story of an unnamed man who lives with a woman. He keeps a secret online journal where he writes weekly about his life including his dreams, abuses, and habits. Dark and oddly offbeat, Treasured Vulva is teeming with themes and stirs questions about the nature of devotion, pain, love, and reality. . . .
(Review written after reading chapters 1-3.1).
The "stalker" element in chapter one was kind of off-putting, particularly as the sensible thing to do when someone is bothering you is threaten them with a restraining order and/or go to the cops. It also had an unpleasant "Twilight" connotation to it.
Sam Swift: Occult Investigator by Deklan Green stands at just six parts as I write this review, but it’s off to an interesting start. As the synopsis says it’s really supernatural pulp fiction. There’s no great depth here but it’s fun and it isn’t trying to be anything else, so that’s okay.