Virtual Tales, an e-publisher of serialized novels and novellas spanning a variety of fiction genres and styles, announced the selection of its first eSerial, FRATERFAMILIAS, by Peter Ferrer. It will be available for subscription later this spring when Virtual Tales officially opens for business.

"We are very excited to be able to offer a story of this caliber to our subscribers," said Dave A. Law , Chairman of Virtual Tales. "All of our editors loved it, and we are confident that it will appeal to a wide audience. It is primarily a murder mystery, but has enough otherworldly elements that it will also appeal to science fiction fans."

FRATERFAMILIAS starts off at a run as a quiet architect wanted for four murders in Paris walks off a plane at JFK and into a hail of police gunfire. An Interpol inspector and an NYPD detective are on the case, but the architect's death seems to tie everything up nicely—until the body is stolen, and it is no longer clear if he was ever dead to begin with.

Virtual Tales offers serialized novels in both general and genre fiction for prices starting at $3.99 for ten installments. The stories are delivered through email twice a week as PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files suitable for reading on a PC, Mac, PDA, e-reader or other device with e-mail capabilities. All stories available through its website—including FRATERFAMILIAS—are available for a free trial subscription, so everyone is encouraged to visit the website and give it a try.

Virtual Tales is a privately held partnership founded in 2006 to publish original works of general and genre fiction in multiple formats, including eBooks, eSerials and print. eBooks are offered in a variety of formats, including MobiPocket, Microsoft Reader and PDA-formatted Adobe Reader files. eSerials are delivered through email twice a week as Adobe Reader files suitable for reading on a PC, Mac, PDA, e-reader, cell phone or other devices. All eSerials are available for a free trial subscription, so readers everywhere are encouraged to visit the website and sample the offerings at no cost or obligation.

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