Archives for April 2009

Bad Girls Don't Die

by Katie Alender
Alexis is a photographer, a loner, a trouble-maker, a class-skipper, a protester, an independent with pink hair.  She lives a big, old house with a big, old tree in the front yard.  Her mother is a workaholic trying to move up the corporate ladder.  Her father is frustrated and spends most of his [...]

Bones of Faerie

by Janni Lee Simner
Liza lives in a world much different from our own.  Liza’s world was changed when humans and faerie fought a horrible war, devastating both sides.  Liza has been brought up to believe that anything and everything to do with the faeries is bad, especially magic.  When her baby sister is born with [...]

The Glass Maker's Daughter

by V. Briceland
Risa is the daughter of one of the seven most prominent families in Cassaforte, and because of her status, her future is to be decided by the gods during the Ritual of Scrutiny.  As the day for the ritual approaches, Risa is excited, wondering which of the two gods will pick her to [...]

Library Loot: April 22-28

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]

Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival

by Arthur Slade
Newton Starker is the last in the Starker line.  All of his Starker relatives, except for his cranky great-grandmother, have died from lightning strikes, his mother being the most recent victim.  No one knows why lightning so regularly strikes down the Starkers.  Scientific tests have come up with nothing and Newton refused to [...]

Library Loot: April 15-21, 2009

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]

Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot

by Andrew Auseon
Jo-Jo’s life is pretty crappy.  He lives in a poor section of Baltimore with his slightly older sister and her baby.  His mom is dead and his dad flip-flops between spending time in jail and spending time passed out after a long night at the bar.  Jo-Jo has no real ambition, sees no [...]

Library Loot: April 8-14, 2009

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]

Something, Maybe

by Elizabeth Scott
Hannah’s parents are so outlandish and memorable Hannah spends most of her time trying to blend in and become invisible.  Hannah’s mother is Candy Madison, of candymadison.net.  Her two biggest claims to fame are 1. Once being one of Jackson James’ girlfriends and 2. Appearing almost nude holding a pizza box in a [...]

Crown and Court Duet

Crown Duel and Court Duel
by Sherwood Smith
Countess Meliara and her brother Branaric promise their father on his death bed that they will continue to fight, even war, against the king of their lands who is overtaxing the country into poverty and who is also about to break the sacred covenant with the magic Hill Folk [...]