"Improbable: The Outlandish Adventures of Miriam Cole" by Rysa Walker

Current Tags

mystery, science fiction, time manipulation, alternate history, adventure, sherlock holmes, gaslamp fantasy

Categories

Mystery / Science Fiction

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Improbable: The Outlandish Adventures of Miriam Cole

Author's Description

Nine heiresses are missing in Gilded Age New York with no ransom demand. Journalist Miriam Cole's sister was the first to vanish twelve years ago. The only connection? They all attended the exclusive Pembroke School. Now, a bizarre murder has Miriam on the run, questioning the very nature of reality as she joins forces with a handsome ex-Pinkerton agent, a reluctant psychic, Mark Twain, and the NY League of Skeptics. Can Miriam find the girls or will New York City be destroyed in the crossfire?

Why I Chose it

A mystery with a science fiction twist — who wouldn't chose that?

[38 episodes, 5 in the last 30 days.]

Who Might Like This

If you're a fan of fantastical mysteries, check this one out!

Unrelated Griping

Someone suggested the New Releases section is manually curated, and it's depressing if that's the case. My new story disappeared is less than two days. Meanwhile, the carousel is filled with a bunch of stuff that appears to have been AI-generated (ie, nothing makes sense, the story refers to the "author" and "narrator" but sometimes also random character names — and I don't think this is intentionally experimental fiction), and there's one "story" where the first episode is all one paragraph, has about fifty names, no plot, no coherent narrative, and yet somehow the story has 76 likes.

I guess what I'm saying is that so many people are gaming the system with garbage just to get the bonuses that Vella is probably doomed.

"Simple as Time: A Wizard Repairs the Past" by Judy Shank Cyg, William Horn

Current Tags

timereaper, time wizard, holy knights and wizards, tracking evil beast, wizard priest, dragonrider and wizard, plotting time

Categories

Fantasy / Action & Adventure

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Simple as Time: A Wizard Repairs the Past

Author's Description

Wizard Allen crosses spacetime and the past to track and destroy a timereaper, a nightmare creature that devours events and people who accomplish positive outcomes, including the path that contained his parents. He plots his steps and enlists knights to help him, including one who will create more trouble and assistance than even a time wizard could predict. Dedication, loyalty, and love prove to be more powerful than the best-planned spellcasting. A time wizard rescues the past

Why I Chose it

Though I usually avoid time travel stories (personal preference!), this one has the distinct advantage of being set in a secondary fantasy world, so I'm not expected to automatically know where reality and fantasy diverge. In the first episode, our wizard is assembling a team to fight the terrible beast destroying timelines. You have to love a "gathering the group of people who hate each other" trope!

[Complete at 18 episodes.]

Who Might Like This

If secondary world fantasy involving wizards, (female) knights, and dragons is your thing, check this out!

Unrelated Griping

This isn't really a gripe, but since "what happens in Vella stays in Vella" (ie, there's almost no audience crossover between Vella and books), I've decided to go ahead and release some novels in Vella that I love but don't quite fit with my current brand. I don't know if I'll ever put them in book form, but they fit a serial form reasonably well.