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| Title | Author | Type | Reviews | Credits | Date | ||
![]() | A Leprechaun's Lament | Wayne_Zurl | Novel | 6 | n/a | Mar 16, 2010 | |
Summary:Chief Sam Jenkins began his cool and colorful October with two simple jobs: conduct background investigations on the Prospect City civilian employees working directly with the Police Department and get two of his cops promoted to sergeant. Then one of those civilians turned out not to exist and he met a beautiful Irish girl that caused him all kinds of grief. Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions and of course, find my nits!Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | MOONLIGHT ON DARK WATERS | Cadfael | Novel | 1 | n/a | Mar 15, 2010 | |
Summary:Flutist, Pamela Miller is enjoying a visit to the Iron Age Fort near Cardigan in Wales, when she is seriously assaulted by a stranger. After she is taken to the local hospital, she sees her assailant get out of a car nearby. Her friend Gwendolin Davison is supposed to meet her in Cardigan and they are to fly home to Australia six days later for a concert tour with the Pacific Orchestra. However, Gwendolin has gone home without her ...Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | THE NAKED ROOM | Cadfael | Novel | 2 | n/a | Mar 11, 2010 | |
Summary:Allie Carpenter, rising star in the classical music field, is looking forward to a night out with friends before an important concert. Briece Mochrie, cellist in the orchestra, has set the scene for her seduction after the celebration is over. He is hurt and angry when told by a doorman, that Allie has left with another man. I would appreciate if reviewers started at the beginning of this novel. There are many twists and turns, so jumping into the middle of it or skipping chapters is going to be a counter-productive activity!Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Die Again | Preacher | Novel | 3 | n/a | Mar 10, 2010 | |
Summary:Die Again is the story of Detective Ethan Moon. When Moon is called in to investigate the murder of a prominent young Assistant District Attorney, he uncovers a ring of political corruption, human trafficking, and has to face one of his worst nightmares.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Dark Horses | Kay Lovell | Novel | 0 | n/a | Mar 10, 2010 | |
Summary:I have done a few minor alterations/editing, I think it reads a little easier. Still some work to do though. Young man involved in horse breedng, works with his father who dies whilst out riding. Tale of how the young man buys a new stallion. Then it is stolen, recovered, he is threatened, and shot at. Until eventually he discovers who the horse is and why people want him. There is also romance in the air when he meets a young woman and falls in love.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Shake and Bake and Double-O Buckshot | Wayne_Zurl | Short Story | 5 | 1.12 | Feb 10, 2010 | |
Summary:This began life as a deleted scene from the novel A New Prospect. But my Scottish grandfather told me never to waste anything, so I embellished the beginning and made it a short story. It's not a who-dunnit, but rather a police procedural. Comments always appreciated.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Painting By Rote | Cadfael | Short Story | 4 | 1.44 | Feb 6, 2010 | |
Summary:This is a chapter from my novel, The Naked Room about the kidnapping of a classical pianist. The next agent I am submitting it to requires the first two chapters and one other from the body of the novel. In this chapter, James, who has already had a preliminary call from the kidnappers and a "parcel" delivered to his house, is waiting with Eloise, for instructions as to where to deliver the money. I would be grateful for any comments and advice from the braver amongst us as to foreplay/erotic content.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Burning | Rose Mandan | Novel | 4 | n/a | Feb 5, 2010 | |
Summary:Christy was molested by her father when she was a little girl. Her torment ended when she accidentally set the family garage on fire and her father was paralyzed in the building's collapse. Since that time, fire has haunted and lured her, especially when she is in conflict or under pressure. Now Christy is grown. Lately, she is having dreams of fire...and waking up to find herself in possession of clues to yet another arson that has been committed nearby. Is she the arsonist? If not, who is manipulating the scenes to implicate her? Christy and her firefighter husband, Brian must find the answer before Detective John O'Reilly and FBI Profiler Sarah Morning Dove make a case against her.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Heat Wave-Final | Dennis Hart | Short Story | 3 | 1.77 | Jan 28, 2010 | |
Summary:Detective Seymour solves the murderChapters: | |||||||
![]() | Heat Wave - Part 2 | Dennis Hart | Short Story | 1 | 0.00 | Jan 28, 2010 | |
Summary:Detective Seymour interviews all of the suspects.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Book 2 od Greg Garrison series (working title) | Susan Ethridge | Novel | 4 | n/a | Jan 28, 2010 | |
Summary:Many of you read the first book in this series which I have now published through Create Space and titled it Murder in Cleveland, GA. Would like to know what you think of this new book. I'm still writing it so it may take a while to get it all posted. Thanks everyone.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Heat Wave - Part 1 | Dennis Hart | Short Story | 1 | 0.00 | Jan 27, 2010 | |
Summary:Danny Greens just won a prestigious golf tournament, but after a night of celebration, a dead body is found. It is up to Detective Seymour to find whoever murdered the woman on the quiet sandy dunes of Cape Cod.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | SPIDERS | sumthinirote | Novel | 5 | n/a | Jan 20, 2010 | |
Summary:In a town where nothing ever happens, there's a lot going on. Burned-out sheriff, Luke Hayden, finds himself neck deep in trouble; and between windstorms, an unexpected crime spree, and murder, his town is coming apart at its well-worn seams. Unraveling the deadly strand of lies is up to Hayden and his new deputy, Megan Moreno, but they may have just stepped into a tangled web that will trap even them.[Please don't read chapters out of order. The chapter numbers are listed below -- just in case you're not sure which chapter you're currently at. It's easy to switch to the appropriate chapter. Thanks. Doralynn] Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Crimson Rose - Memoir of a Serial Killer | Raven Greywolf | Novel | 1 | n/a | Jan 18, 2010 | |
Summary:"We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow. " -Ted Bundy I am not as different from you as you think. I had a very normal life on the outside. From the outside I had everything: A nice house, good job, a pretty wife and a great family. I was the American dream. On the outside looking out was a monster. Waiting in the shadows of that postcard life was a killer. The true me. I was not so different from you. A productive member of society. I was a member of united Baptist church, parent teacher association in my children’s school, volunteered at soup kitchens and I also was an assistant Boy Scout leader. I had dreams and aspirations, just like you. So don’t think we are that different. It all started with a book, actually it was an idea. I never could sit down in front of computer and just type. Always wanted to be writer but never could tell a story. My interest was crime fiction. The kind of story my life turned into. The ones that have some cocky police offer tracking down a clever serial killer. It case you don’t know my story, I wasn’t the cop. Never could get myself inspired enough to find the right words to put on the blank page. Now the story is no longer fiction so the words would come easy. This is my story. I’m not writing this story because I feel I owe it to the families to ask for their forgiveness. I’m not writing so I can sell a bunch of book and make a million dollars. I’m writing because people need to know the stories of the victims. I will not ask you to forgive me but I will ask you to understand I had no control over it. This is confession. I don’t want peace with god or even myself. I don’t deserve it and I don’t need it. I can sleep at night knowing what I did. Even with my impending release from this world, I do not fear what is ahead of me. I know my time here is numbered, actually its only two weeks away. I won’t make any excuses for why I did what I had to do. I was told that “there is only what you got to do. No right or wrong, just what has to be done.” I don’t feel remorse. I don’t have some guilt weighting me down. There is no little cricket telling me that I have to get this off my chest. My conscience is clean. They understood that this was beyond my control and theirs. This is my burden.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | See No Evil | bullettbob | Novel | 3 | n/a | Jan 17, 2010 | |
Summary:Secret Service Agents Hanford and Jevorwich begin an investigation that will lead them through many doors that are best left closed.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | The Stranger | Dan Philips | Poetry | 6 | 0.48 | Dec 29, 2009 | |
Summary:I am getting closer to finding a comfortable format to call my own I have written two large Narratives one at 1800 words and one at 800. The 800 word narrative was received extremely well and the longer one not so well. So I have decided 800 words is my cutoff using a base ABAB rhyming pattern but that will vary because I enjoy changing it up. This is a short narrative useing alexandrine please let me know if it is technically sound. I have experimented with Alexandrines and I feel like this is the direction I would like to go. The 12 syllable count gives me a huge buffer and I feel will work. If anyone is familiar with this meter please scrutinize this and correct it as needed.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Stripped | rhiannon | Novel | 3 | n/a | Dec 27, 2009 | |
Summary:Rhi, an exotic dancer, gets herself involved in a murder of her friend Bernadette. Will she be able to solve the crime. This just popped into my head, after the success of the two Naked Girl stories. It is a novel which is being developed a chapter at a time. All feedback is welcome, and suggestions as to where it should go. Think Kensy Milhone, only naked.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Homo Necans | Kydd Dustyn | Novel | 4 | n/a | Dec 27, 2009 | |
Summary:The first book in the Eagle Plume Detective series. To help you decide if you want to read this: this is a police crime story, not a mystery and I write in multiple POVs, though I do try to make it obvious when I switch characters. It does involve a shapeshifter quasi-psychic detective, so there's an element of the paranormal. The main focus, however, is solving the crime. Hope you choose to read on!Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Shroud of Friends; the betrayal from within | RL Hull | Novel | 1 | n/a | Dec 27, 2009 | |
Summary:In a city where Law enforcement is tough on the issue of domestic violence and abuse, a deep dark event will arise that shall tear the foundation of this city to its core. An incident… one specific incident will ignite a cataclysmic occurrence that will upend the meaning of the words Shroud of Friends as two people, Detective Lenny Chris and Angelina Ryan will push the limits of their friendships to the point where their actions will betray them all from within.Chapters: | |||||||

