The New Bedlam Project follows the adventures of numerous and sundry characters found in the past, present and future of one messed up little town. Originally started as a companion piece to the Courting Morpheus anthology, the webzine has taken on a life of its own. We publish several short stories and a selection of poetry in each quarterly . . .
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Evonalé has never cared for tales of loathsome tyrants, seduced maids, and prophesied saviors. In the world of Aleyi, prophecies always come true. Evonalé herself is supposed to somehow free her grandmother’s enslaved queendom. But she’s merely a child, and her father is the powerful fire mage who subjugates the realm. Evonalé has therefore fled home, her two half-siblings, . . .
When twelve-year-old Alysia Morales chose to become a Sentinel of the mythical bird Suzaku, she was taken away from her family and friends by Avalon Tech Enterprises and turned into Oryn Zentharis’ personal bodyguard. Unlike her parents, Alysia was born without mana, the energy source of magic. That was until one day, she suffered a concussion that awakened her . . .
Follow Charlotte Faulkner as she moves from Alabama to New York and experiences all the drama, romance, and excitement of college during her freshman year at Bailey University. . . .
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. . . .
Sasha Hunter is a young talented ninja, however, she has no purpose to fight for. She spends her days training and attending Ariadnio, a Greek martial arts school. Her life is peaceful and uneventful, even boring, until one day, everything changes. Her teacher is killed during the invation of Ariadnio and leaves Sasha alone and confuzed. His last words . . .
Corian stood up to the emperor, and now he’s paying for it. He must fight in an arena where the primary weapon is magic. Getting magic powers might seem like a good thing, but there’s two problems. First, the fighters’ powers aren’t proper magic. They’re designed to work only in the arena, so there’s no chance of using these powers . . .
In two regions where elements are controlled by programs, four young people must work together and save Pendi from an invasion by Selatan. Fire programmer Lan has given up on life. Heal programmer Beika has to prove her worth and her friendship. Futuretell Marceau must defend her new authority. Ice programmer Soji must seek his reason to live. They will . . .
Morgan Silver lives in the City of Night, but she is terrified of the dark. Sandy Banks lives in the City of Light, but her skin burns too easily in the sunshine. The two teenagers live in a city like no city in our world; a city divided, where magic is the controlling force and Sorcerers clash with Witches for . . .
The Eagle men have never been attacked before. Their palace floats high above any attackers. The only other flying creatures that would harm them are the goblins, and they hide in their caves from the sun. That all changes when a dark cloud blocks off the sky. Kareen and her husband Terin prepare for battle, but they wonder if they . . .
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 . . .
In an era of bygone anachronisms and steam-powered ambulatory engines, a sharp-witted street-thief with a heart of semi-precious metal finds herself locked in a battle of wits against a secret plot to bring the city she loves to its knees. Arcadia will need to enlist the help of a reformed mad scientist, a stern suffragette, and a persnickety pigeon to . . .
When Tr’lia and Lili run into two Plant milkers at the annual festival, Tr’lia quickly loses her heart—and as far as Lili’s concerned, her mind. If Tr’lia’s mother finds out what sort of man her daughter’s clucking after, she’ll go into a full blown moult. Still, the young hen can’t shake the milker from her thoughts, even if his job . . .
I recall reading "Scary Mary" way, way back in the day, when I first started reading web fiction. Yup. I’m talking about a year ago.
Still, "Scary Mary" was indeed one of the first online novels that I read and I remember it fondly. I was excited to see that a [more . . .]
I really enjoyed the intensity of this novel. It had me hooked from the first page right through to the conclusion. Although there were some places which could have done with a bit of tightening stylistically, I thought that overall, it was a good story and I was never quite sure where it was going – so it managed to [more . . .]