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Finders Keepers by Shakes Peer2B

Pudgy, out of shape, divorced, and laid-off; Colin thought he had hit rock-bottom. Then came the landslide that almost sent him to his grave. In the depths of despair, miles from nowhere, he searches for a way to get back to civilization and finds that his service is required in a totally unexpected role - as the person who will save the human race from destruction.
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Aliens, Space, Nanotechnology, AI
80.2k words,  98%,  Author's Average: 95%   More Info

Dream Weaver - Book 3 of Wizard - a Love Story by Misguided Child

Many years of peace followed Sean's rescue. Peaceful if you didn't count training, and interference by the Wizard's Council. The Council voted to delay the young Magi joining the Council and required a quest due to their immaturity. They decided to join 'normal' society with their extra time. The Prescott High School would never be the same. They could decide if the unpleasant task of completing the quest and joining the Council was really desirable. Do we always have choices in life?
Genre: Fantasy
Age Rating: Older than 7
Tags: Humor, Fantasy, Witchcraft, Magic
85.4k words,  98%,  Author's Average: 96%   More Info

Pipe Springs by woodmanone

The story of a young man in the turbulent times following the Civil War
Genre: Western
Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Romance, Drama, Western
18.7k words,  96%,  Author's Average: 94%   More Info

Cynthia Goes on an Adventure by Lazlo Zalezac

Sid's girlfriend knows about the portal to Crossroads. Driven by a minor streak of jealousy, she wants to meet his caretaker. To do that, she has to serve as Hero Companion and journey to Chaos.
Genre: Action/Adventure
Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Violence, Alternate Universe
26.5k words,  95%,  Author's Average: 96%   More Info

The Depths of Neptune by Lumpy

The Tide Turns. Britannia is finally free from Carthaginian rule. Now it is up to Ky, a test pilot from the far future and current Consul of the new Britannic Empire, to take the fight to the Carthaginian Empire. The continent, with its vast resources and manpower, awaits. However, it takes more than new weapons to turn an ancient army based around heavy infantry into one out of the Napoleonic era.
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Politics, Violence, War, Military, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Universe, Nanotechnology, AI
106.9k words,  95%,  Author's Average: 95%   More Info

Mallard Heir by Ernest Bywater

A man just out of university inherits a trust in the USA. He has to live in the house it owns, but first he has to make it liveable. He also has to worry about some old feuds in place in this rural valley in the Appalachian mountains. He has to survive his first weeks in the mountains, and in doing so he finds a wife and partner for life while they deal with old feuds and the local weather. Set in Australia.
Genre: General
Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Workplace, Rags to Riches
50.0k words,  92%,  Author's Average: 93%   More Info

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Set in 1547, it's the story of two boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives in Offal Court in London; and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. Tom Canty and Prince Edward,meet, and as a jest, switch clothes. The Prince leaves the palace and fares poorly in London, Meanwhile the court and the King insist that Tom is the true prince gone mad. After the death of the King, Edward interrupts Tom's coronation and the boys explain, and Edward is crowned King of England
Genre: Fantasy
Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Novel-Classic
67.1k words,  90%,  Author's Average: 49%   More Info

The Road to Sinharat by Leigh Brackett

The story follows a former archaeologist turned mercenary who has made a life for himself on the colonized, declining Mars.
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Vignettes
13.2k words,  83%,  Author's Average: 53%   More Info

Aliens? What Aliens by Wandering Lanes

It's cold, it's dark and it's raining, and I'm waiting for some geek who says he's got a lead on some Aliens who are living on this planet. what else could I do?
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens
3.3k words,  80%,  Author's Average: 91%   More Info

The Choice by barbar

A mother gives her child a simple choice. But not all choices are as simple as they seem.
Genre: General
Age Rating: Older than 7
Tags: Vignettes
3.7k words,  71%,  Author's Average: 83%   More Info