Webfiction Wednesday #7
| Welcome to week seven of Webfiction Wednesday, giving you the week’s highlights in recommendations and reviews. Though the Topwebfiction.com weekly top 5 changed quite a bit, there’s still only familiar faces on the board. Addergoole, Swords and Sigils and Guardians dropped from the top 5 again, but the Vector, Above Ground and Scryer’s Gulch came back to the top 5. Space & Time dropped 2 places while the Intimate History rose 4. Trilling times thus at topwebfiction.com, and remember, if your favorite story is missing from the top 5, you should make sure to vote for it daily!
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The following post is divided into two parts:
- #WebFicWed mentions, listing stories pimped by readers;
- Latest reviews, listing recent highly-rated reviews posted on main webfiction directories.
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#WebFicWed mentions
Note: this is only a selection of the tweeted recommendations. Search on Twitter every Wednesday to get the full list.
- Abyss by James Jordan: A powerful scripted drama about victims helping other victims while also solving crimes. Recommended by @@JTVaughn
- Above Ground by Anna M. Harte: An engrossing adventure with attention-holding characters, recommended by @LynThorneAlder.
- The Peacock King by Irk & Char: Poets and animisms and mind control, oh my! Recommended by @Zoe_E_W and @caprioxbovidae
- Scryer’s Gulch by MeiLin Miranda: Because the wild west has its own demons. Recommended by @caprioxbovidae
- The Philosopher in Arms by Karen Wehrstein: A novel of power, love, war and spirit, recommended by @caprioxbovidae
- Aldain by Andrew Blatt, a story of reality hopping. Intriguing enough to keep clicking. Recommended by @LynThorneAlder
- Discontinuity: An awesome Steampunk Fantasy, recommended by @mikodragonfly and @Vryka
- Crooked Fang by Carrie Clevenger: The musings of a bassist who happens to be a vampire, or is it the other way around? Recommended by @LynThorneAlder and @Vryka
Latest reviews
For the thrid week in a row, there have been a lot of reviews posted. This is something we can only do a happy dance about!
Diary of a Heretic by Kathleen Maher was reviewed by Rousby who found it “eclectic surprising and delightful”, with high quality writing.
Zesh wrote up a short review of Spirit Walker by James Galloway, after he read the story for the third time, which is a recommendation in itself.
WFG editor Linda Schoales recommends Mayan Calendar Girls by Team 2012 to fans of non-lineair reading because of the fun and interesting plots and characters.
Shandrydan found Lucky Monday by Robert C. Rodgers intriguing because of the “pulp sci-fi writing style”, and the plenty of action and mystery.
He also wrote up a short review for Black Hat Magick by Kyt Dotson, of which he found “the main character is engaging and believable”, and the many cultural references he thought added to the story.
MJones was a very prolific reviewer this week, and reviewed no less than 3 stories:
About Strange Little Band by Nancy Brauer and Vanessa Brooks: “Empathy may not be a good trait for a supervillain to cultivate, but it certainly makes for some darn hot and sexy conflict.”
About Above Ground by Anna M. Harte: “As she explores this strange world, so do we, with the mysteries in it gently expanded upon until the reader feels the sensation of reading fall away as this world envelopes them into it.”
About Addergoole by Lyn Thorne-Adler: “One of the special charms of Addergoole is how the mystery itself is not only a plot device, but is its own character within the series. There is an undercurrent of fear that keeps the tension building, the feeling that we don’t know who is really dangerous and who isn’t, who is good and who is the enemy.”
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