Fiction

	Title	Editor rating (1-5)	Reader rating
	Noisome Beasts - Robert Chatham - If one must live in New Mexico, Todd thought, one must have ample mouthfuls of onion rings. This short novel tells the compelling story of Todd, a young rapper who is determined to seek out Reginald Vel Johnson, the man who played Carl Winslow in the hit TV show Family Matters...		3
	My Lover, My Friend - Suprina Frazier - Although Andre and Cindy grew up together as next door neighbors, they treated each other more like brother and sister. Years later when Cindy comes home fresh from a painful divorce, Andre suddenly discovers that his feelings for her have changed. Unfortunately, he has to hide his new feelings...		3
	Murder at Summerset - Edward St Amant - “In spite of technological advances that allow life to survive on other planets, human being’s quest for power hasn’t changed over a century’s time.” An exhilarating mystery set in the 22nd century and centered on a series of murders in the small mining community of Summerset...	3	3
	Open Pen - issue 2 - Open Pen - Open Pen's second issue starts with Pure Fields, Anna Harvey's thoughtful tale of a young lady caught between her past and her present. It is a credit to the writer that the story flows so eloquently whilst steering clear of sentimental irreverence. The second...		3
	El Nino - John Halladay - ‘History is written by the victors.’ Yet history is made – not by armies and governments – but by individuals who decide how events will be shaped. At the beginning of the 20th Century one family directed events through the most violent history that the planet has known. One...	3	3
	Come with your shades on - Joe Gotham - A black comedy following the adventures of a disparate group of people in the Netherlands in the days following 9/11. A faded rock star, Dr Kosmoss, his blind companion, Christian, and a Nigerian King called Lord Ahmed go to the Netherlands to rescue a girl kidnapped by a porn star. Since Dr...	4	3
	Magestic - Part 3 - Geoff Wolak - "Under the pretext of a trip to Kenya, we slipped onto a UN flight to Afghanistan. I was nervous. Everything I had heard about this place suggested that it was trouble. This was like Germany in 1938." 'Magestic' is the story of a time traveler sent back to London in 1984 to avert a global...		3
	The American Book of the Dead - Henry Baum - Eugene Myers is working on a novel about the end of the world. Meanwhile, he discovers his daughter doing porn on-line and his marriage is coming to an end. When he begins dreaming about people who turn out to be real, he wonders if his novel is real as well. Eugene may just be the one to stop...	3	3
	Mad Gods - Volumes I & II - Athanasios - Kostadino Paleologos is a descendant of Byzantine emperors and lives with honour, duty and sacrifice. Every year he returns to Istanbul and sends trapped souls to their deserved rest. The final soul in this solemn task sends him on a quest to the mythic, ancient Library of Alexandria. There...	3	3
	Project Proxy - Innocent Mwatsikesimbe - Rupert Blake is a hard-working and experienced computer programmer, working at Leadsway, a software development company. After an unexpected promotion he is given the task of securing the company's computer system from hackers. The position is demanding and crucial but he knows that he is...		3