Webfiction Wednesday #2
| It’s time for our second week of Webfiction Wednesday, giving you the week’s highlights in recommendations and reviews.
In this week’s Top 5, we have two new entrants: Scryer’s Gulch and The Vector! Meanwhile, Intimate History keeps the lead, whilst both Above Ground and Addergoole slip down one position. Of course, there are far more webfiction works out there! Scroll down to find something new and exciting! |
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The following post is divided into three parts:
- Fresh discoveries, showcasing the new, exciting or unknown;
- #WebFicWed mentions, listing stories pimped by readers;
- Latest reviews, listing recent highly-rated reviews posted on main webfiction directories.
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Fresh discoveries
The Rose Garden
“Der Kommissar” was playing on my cell phone. It was 7 a.m. and Cottage Grove Police Chief Van Brewer was calling. He’d kill me if he knew what song I’d attached to his phone number.
Jan says: Found this one last week, and this line immediately pushed it up on my check it out list. According to the author it’s a draft of a noir-styled novel and hommage to pulp fiction. The premise of a small-town journalist who gets entangled in dark happenings is interesting.
The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
“He was lean and menacing as a wild dog, and no matter how he hunched on the bench his presence crowded the jail car until it was hard to breathe in there.” – from Chapter 1
Anna says: This is a rip-roaring Western with magic and gods mixed in, which takes you from the grittiness of prison to the wonders of a secret Eden. [Warning - not for anyone who doesn't like sex, violence, or gay relationships.]
#WebFicWed mentions
- Ashantara Chronicles by LadyQKat: blurb, recommended by jolantru.
- Evermist by Patrick Hester: “A tale of the new universe,” recommended by prav_us.
- Addergoole by Lyn Thorne-Alder: “Love, lust, ownership, exploration, and coming-of-age in a strange and novel world hidden beneath the known.” Recommended by tenaciousN & others.
- 314 Crescent Manor by M. Jones: Beware the quantum shuffling! Recommended by tenaciousN.
- Above Ground by A. M. Harte: Go read it, or you’ll pay for it in blood. Recommended by Gabriel Gadfly.
- The Deep Underground by Heidi Cautrell, in which @AdaKaze kicks some elitist, dystopian ass. Recommended by am_harte.
- Strange Little Band by Nancy Brauer & Vanessa Brooks: Where you can sleep with your boss and the higher-ups approve; recommended by HeidiCautrell & others.
- Wild One’s Blood by Lyn Thorne-Alder: Visceral dark fantasy in the modern world recommended by tenaciousN.
- The Peacock King by Charnanigans & Irk: Go read it – or get domesticated. Recommended by pinkbagels & jmchoras
- Fission Chips by MCM: Go read it. That glass door isn’t get fixed on its own. Recommended by pinkbagels.
- Scryer’s Gulch by MeiLin Miranda: Because the wild west has its own demons. Recommended by valdary & others.
- The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely transcribed by A. D. Fanton: Get a gander at Lord Likely and wash your hands when you’re done. Recommended by pinkbagels.
- Refuge of Delayed Souls by Miladysa: The dead already have the cheat sheets. Recommended by am_harte.
- Dustrunners: Typhoon by MCM: Asteroid piracy, vitamins, space ships, and an inefficient mafia, recommended by Gabriel Gadfly.
Latest reviews
Train Wreck: The Wrath of Mom by jeanne is described as “somewhat hypnotic.” Fiona says, “If you enjoyed the movie “American Beauty”, this is not unlike it in word form.”
A hidden school for orphans is the setting of Ash and Zabe by Bix. “If you like young adult novels set in a post-apocalyptic world, you should find this story interesting,” says Linda.
“How does a hetero 40-something mother promote” Dead Boyfriend by Seth Gray? Easy! By telling us that it “hits all the buttons for [her]“. Read sherinik’s review.
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