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The Last Stand of Outpost Gamma by Owen Flanagan Completed
In this light novella, a group of synthetic soldiers known as "S Company" embark to a tiny outpost in the middle of nowhere known simply as Outpost Gamma. However, the ruins of this ancient colony holds mysteries too dark for the likes of man or machine, and soon the men of S Company will find themselves facing an enemy unlike anything they have seen before.

Updated: February 12, 2015 | Published: February 12, 2015 | Reviews: 0


The Last Machine by Owen Flanagan In Progress
In the near future, when machines are as complex as the men who created them, one android will witness the end of everything he holds dear. However, the end of everything is only the beginning of his story, so listen as he awakens in a world very different from the one he leaves behind, rife with new perils and cruel new societies as the inhabitants of a dying world cling to survival by any means necessary. Will Elliot be able to cling to the humanity within or be forced to let it go and embrace his machine side to survive?

Updated: February 12, 2015 | Published: February 3, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Lighting the Fires by Steven MacRae In Progress
Alan Thorne, an augmented human, meets his friend, Blacktail Ethrala, on Earth to teach her about a strange human celebration. However, they may encounter more than they expect when the sun goes down and the fires are lit...

Updated: February 7, 2015 | Published: February 7, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Entwined by Rosie McDonald In Progress
High school is crazy. But when you are a high schooler with strange abilities you don't understand and have the fear of the government taking you from all you know, the crazy steps up to another level. A group of kids find their lives entwined when people are stolen, relationships are broken, and there seems to be more evil than a corrupt government lurking in the shadows.

Updated: February 4, 2015 | Published: February 3, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Crisis Averted by Michael Mann In Progress
1000 Years after the Earth has been targeted by a laser called Earth Buster, A new threat appears, The Juric Impact System, a collection of Kinetic Bombardment Rods, has been targeted at Earth. It is up to Joshua Collin to stop this menace. Please Critique

Updated: January 30, 2015 | Published: January 30, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Zombieland by Andrea Quintero In Progress
Nunca pensé que esto pudiera pasar, pero todos sabemos que el mundo da giros inesperados. Esta es mi vida en un mundo apocalíptico, y quiero que me acompañes.

Updated: January 22, 2015 | Published: January 14, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Guardians by Jane Grosskopf In Progress
Even 4,000 years after they ended The Great War the guardians still protect the dimensions, and it's time for three new guardians to take their place with the others.

Updated: January 16, 2015 | Published: March 25, 2014 | Reviews: 0


254 by Jane Grosskopf In Progress
"Where do you run when there’s no one to guide you?" 254, a girl with nothing to gain or lose, just an experiment to the limited few that are even aware of her existence. They have a plan to make her the most powerful being in on Earth, but she's got a different plan, escape and run.

Updated: January 15, 2015 | Published: January 14, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Black Knight (short) by Kurtis Millette Completed
Serving as a prequel to an ongoing project of mine, witness the beginnings of the Taigian Wars as the famed Prince Admiral takes charge disregarding the King to save the lives of hundreds of millions from genocide but in doing so making his Kingdom a target.

Updated: January 7, 2015 | Published: January 7, 2015 | Reviews: 0


Freak by Hama Ko ! In Progress
Notre Terre n'est plus que cendres et désespoirs depuis la troisième guerre mondiale , marquée par les attaques nucléaires . Les pays n'existent plus : les tyrans maintenant au pouvoir se partage les continents . En Europe , le président Klimt fait régner la terreur et aboli toutes libertés . Né alors la rébellion . Voilà le début de mon histoire , moi , Amélie , simple adolescente , du moins c'est ce que je croyais ....

Updated: January 1, 2015 | Published: October 10, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Space Wolves by SAE Rider In Progress
In the year 3827 humanity has touched many stars, they have colonized many planets, and some even have evolved. Follow the lives of clan Hades. Corsairs, Dragoons and Berserkers. Oh my...

Updated: December 28, 2014 | Published: December 28, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Everyday Heroes: The Dark Mirror by Emily Dearth In Progress
Ellie lives in a time where super powers are completely normal. Hell, they're even explained, down to the last detail. Mostly. If you develop 'powers', you're sent off to one of the many boarding schools for people especially like you. Life's normal, right? Unless you're Ellie, and you live in a town where Heroes are completely shunned and ignored. As much as everyone says that it's all sunshine and rainbows, she can't help but wonder if something isn't quite right.

Updated: December 28, 2014 | Published: December 28, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Pangaea by Revelly Robinson In Progress
Pangaea is set in a future world 200 years from now where global corporations rule under the banner of a single, integrated government. The world is carved into utilitarian zones for commerce, agriculture and manufacturing. Migration between these zones is tightly controlled. Humans are implanted with a number of chips representing the latest advancements in technology. Through the pervasive influence of commercialism on the mind, these chips are used by people to communicate and access entertainment. The protagonist of the story, Chantel Wild, and her disabled friend Beren Marley are residents of the privileged metropolis zone. When Chantel accesses a mysterious piece of footage downloaded onto her hard disk implant, featuring ‘purebloods’ that were believed to have been extinct, she enlists the help of Beren to uncover the origins of the recording. They embark on an adventure trip to Freetown on the other side of the world where Chantel learns of the African continent’s colonial past. The series of circumstances which left Beren handicapped and wheelchair-bound also gave him the opportunity to learn about the long-forgotten history of the world captured in books. In the digital future, there are no historical records of colonisation or slavery. Instead, the citizens cling to the notion of the virtuous Human Integrity Act, one of the first pieces of legislation passed by the global government. With this statute of law in place, the global citizens find it hard to believe that any human right atrocity, such as turning people into property, could ever have taken place. Chantel’s adventure to the metropolis of Cape Town expands her horizons even more when she meets the courageous Captain Julie who promises to transport the pair to the port city of Lagos. Little do Chanel and Beren know that their cruise ship adventure is not what they bargain it to be and a hasty move by Beren puts the two in danger of being hijacked by unorthodox pirates. In a future ultimately dependent upon technology it then comes as little surprise to Chantel that pirates have mastered the art of circumventing digital rights management technology. What does shock Chantel is what lies deeper behind the sinister lives of the pirates as they migrate from place to place like refugees of the sea. Chantel and Beren’s journey eventually takes them to the mysterious wasteland zone to search for the only other known living ‘pureblood’ alive at the time. It is in the depths of a land filled with garbage, where ironically a community manages to live completely sustainably, that Chantel is able to find solace and here she meets the enigmatic Wolram. In true 'heart of darkness’ fashion, Wolram’s viewing of the footage brings on the most extreme and primeval of emotions making the source of the glitch appear ever more mysterious. Joined by the friends they have met on the way, Chantel and Beren are ultimately led to the source of the footage in Freetown, deep within the wastelands of the garbage heap of the world. There, they learn that the most terrible atrocity committed by human beings against each other is still in practice. They uncover the use to which the people featured in the footage are being put and the source of slavery in Africa. Chantel realises that her complacent life in the metropolis zone is not without consequences as the duplicity of the actions of the global corporations are revealed. Ever-faithful in the global regime, Chantel and Beren continue on their journey to the central quadrant in the hope of bringing justice to the human rights violations they have witnessed. As Chantel's journey culminates in Shanghai, she is forced to evaluate her beliefs and allegiances when she realises that she is deeply embroiled in a world conspiracy. This science fiction, dystopian, techno thriller explores what the future may hold if we continue on our current trajectory of environmental destruction and resource depletion without converting to renewable energy.

Updated: December 12, 2014 | Published: December 9, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Stella Gerentis by Selena Walmsley In Progress
It's been hundreds of years since the humans were sealed under the earth. It's been hundreds of years since the Provectus Humanum and Stella Gerentis, the second and third human species, went to war. Now, Provectus Humanum rule with surface above with terror and cruelty, their rivals long extinct. But two boys soon find themselves in a brand new world filled with knowledge and power they never could've imagined.

Updated: December 9, 2014 | Published: November 4, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Predation by Hannah Kavanaugh In Progress
(First Book in the Contamination Series) In 3000 AD, over half of the world's population was eradicated by a nuclear bomb in an attempt to reduce the population and "save" the planet. Several different subspecies of humans have risen out of the ashes of what is known as the Purge, but so have many vile creatures and abominations. Only one thing can save them now: the Pearl.

Updated: November 25, 2014 | Published: November 5, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Through the Heart of the Cosmos by Em Herbert In Progress
Gin was having a perfectly normal day ... until her house blew up. Now she's been dragged half way across the cosmos, chased by a bunch of pirates - sailing HER SHIP! - and coerced into helping Red Sven her ridiculous Unionists Alliance in finding the lost Royale before the GMR (that's Galactic Militant Realm by the way) does. And she was having such a quiet retirement ... The thing is, no one knows what happened when the Union fell ... ... no one but Gin.

Updated: November 21, 2014 | Published: November 4, 2014 | Reviews: 0


La Verdad Sobre IEPCOM: El Comienzo. by Marianny Briceño In Progress
En un futuro no muy lejano... La compañía IEPCOM era una de las mas importantes en la producción de medicinas para el tratamiento de la parálisis motora, total o parcial, uno de los males mas terribles del mundo entero. Pero esa solo era una fachada para realizar experimentos con ADN humano, con la finalidad de ayudar a la humanidad. O eso fue lo que creyeron... Descubre la verdad sobre la compañía mas importante del mundo y su lado mas oscuro.

Updated: November 21, 2014 | Published: October 1, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Earth by Sun Ninja In Progress

Updated: November 16, 2014 | Published: November 16, 2014 | Reviews: 0


The Legend of Stevie-Man by Stephen Wargo In Progress
When a young boy is struck by lightning, he learns that he has special powers and must use them to destroy the very evil that's within. With help of his friends, Stephen will learn how to control his power for good, and could be the greatest hero this world will ever see.

Updated: November 8, 2014 | Published: November 8, 2014 | Reviews: 0


I'm as human as you by Emil Steilsson Completed
For nearly 500 years, nothing was born into the world, naturally. For nearly 500 years, the Earth has slowly rebuilt itself from its ruins. But, for three short minutes, a Galstan saw humans for the first time in her life and a Huma was reminded of the memories beyond his reach.

Updated: November 5, 2014 | Published: November 5, 2014 | Reviews: 0


A Priest of Mars by Allen Bair Completed
In the far future, Jovan, a priest of the Martian Orthodox Church, learns through struggles and trials what true faith and practice really are.

Updated: November 5, 2014 | Published: November 5, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Ground Zero by Mackie Jay In Progress
Call them what you will - superhuman, meta-human, mutant, freak. They are the next step in human evolution, and they've been among us for over forty years, just managing to stay off the government's radar... until now. Ground Zero follows a group of meta-human rebels fighting against injustice, oppression and the rising threat of a shady pharmaceutical company. [NaNoWriMo 2014]

Updated: November 5, 2014 | Published: November 5, 2014 | Reviews: 0


THE AURORA SKY PROPHECY - SAGA 1 by Scott Matthew In Progress
A science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, paranormal thriller

Updated: November 4, 2014 | Published: November 4, 2014 | Reviews: 0


The Traveller by Abrar Aly In Progress
This boy... this boy is a lunatic. The things he does, the way he acts. If he were anybody else, he would be thrown into an asylum. But unfortunately, he isn't. He is free, free to risk his own life, and mine, for people he may never know. He's insane, he's crazy, he's a lunatic, he's dangerous, he's mad, and he is the most amazing person I have ever met. Balancer 7, thank you.

Updated: October 29, 2014 | Published: October 29, 2014 | Reviews: 0


Gundam: Beyond by Unknown Unknown In Progress
Daniel was an ordinary... well not so much kid he has been wrap up in a world he wanted to be in but at the same time not to be. It all started when he was on a school field trip and he found the "thing". Rate and Review

Updated: October 24, 2014 | Published: September 30, 2014 | Reviews: 0