Webfiction Wednesday #3
| It’s time for our third week of Webfiction Wednesday, giving you the week’s highlights in recommendations and reviews.
In this week’s Top 5 is actually the same set of stories as last week, with some major reorganization! Intimate History keeps the lead for the third week running, Above Ground reclaims second place, and Addergoole plays hopscotch with Scryer’s Gulch, ending up third. Scroll down for this week’s recommendations and reviews. |
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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
**Edit: Apologies: we accidentally copy-pasted last week’s highlights into this week’s post. We’ve left them as-is below.**
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
- The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely by A. D. Fanton: The remarkable and entertaining adventures of his Lordship, recommended by Miladysa.
- Eclipse Court by Shirley Meier: “What does it take to become Imperator?” recommended by valdary.
- The Philosopher’s Arms by Karen Wehrstein: “a novel of power, love, war and spirit” recommended by valdary.
- Kat and Mouse: Guns For Hire by Abner Senires: “when the going gets tough, the tough shoot back,” recommended by valdary.
- Scary Mary by S.A. Hunter. The dead speak to her. She wishes they’d shut up. Recommended by amharte.
- Shadow Unit: the best supernatural FBI drama on or off TV, recommended by Lyn Thorne-Alder.
- Spy Like Me by Ashley Loftin: three lower-level spies find themselves mixed up in a nefarious plot, recommended by ladymacbex.
- One Day At A Time by Dallas Walsh, where the drama unfolds. Recommended by ladymacbex.
- The Edict of Instinct by W Grimm: where morality teeters on a scale, recommended by Miladysa.
- The Deep Underground by Heidi Cautrell, in which @AdaKaze kicks some elitist, dystopian ass. Recommended by harmony0stars.
- Swords and Sigils by Sharon T Rose. What would you do to create your place in the world? Recommended by shutsumon.
Latest reviews
Swords and Sigils by Sharon T Rose was reviewed by Shutsumon, who says it’s “like a traditional fantasy road trip story – more about the trouble the journey gets them into than the destination.”
Harmony0stars gives a full 5 out of 5 to Zombie Punters by Zoe E Whitten due in part to writing that is “very polished and engaging with excellent pacing.”
The Man With the Improbable Leg by MCM & Andy Fanton receives praise from A. M. Harte for the “bizarre elements, which really gave this story its voice,” along with the strong website design.
Linda recommends GreyHound Summer by Nara Malone for the “real diary” feeling of this blogfic: “it’s all about the little ‘moments’,” she says.
“There is something original and poignant” in Alexandra Marshall’s Lab 47. “Approach each chapter as a poem, and then, weirdly, it works,” says Fiona.
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