This is a continuation of Maya Angelou's personal story, begun so unforgettably in her bestselling I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It is full of memorable people and charged with a life-giving quality that marks Maya Angelou's writing. Views: 346
You lose your memory; and you find a new lifestyle.You seem to lose your sexuality; and you find a new type of lust.You lose your sense of time; and you find time re-paced and re-defined.You search for yourself; and you meet "Helen of Troy" and "Professor Apocalypse".You read this book and you are taken into worlds that are frightening and unknown.
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Epub v5Crystal creatures, bird-things, & other weirdies
Within these pages, you'll meet a girl
"volunteered" into her ominous neighbor's experiments in
shape-shifting; journey to a planet where viscious life-forms have evolved from
glass; confront "The Thing from Ennis Rock"; brave a
multi-dimensional being that crosses over into our world for peaceful
purposes...maybe; and challenge a dark future in which man has been subjugated
by machines.
The authors use uncomplicated prose, characters and stories - yet manage to
plumb depths of character and compelling adventure lacking in much of pop
sci-fi.
More Science Fiction Tales: Crystal Creatures, Bird-Things & Other Weirdies
Interior artwork by Rod Ruth
Contains:
Introduction: Starting in the Middle • essay by Barry N.
Malzberg
The Music of Minox • short story by Howard Goldsmith
Werewolf Girl • short story by Nic Andersson
Hide and Seek • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone [as by Mario Martin, Jr.]
A Thirst for Blood • novelette by Arthur Tofte
The Hole in Jennifer's Room • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone [as by Brian
T. LoMedico]
The Thing from Ennis Rock • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
The Bend of Time • short story by William Danton
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Maigret's career is at stake when he is accused of immoral behavior, by a young girl of an excellent family, and he must prove his innocence Views: 346
'When people play the game: Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island - they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the reputation of being difficult guests...' Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' pasts. Alternately comic and poignant, The Parasites is based on the artistic milieu its author knew best, and draws the reader effortlessly into that magical world. Views: 346
THE ABDUCTION
Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal is a bad lot a rake and seducer, reckless, heedless, and possessed of a murderous temper. He is known by friend and foe alike as the "Devil's Cub." Yet as the handsome and wealthy heir to a Dukedom, he is considered a good prospect on the marriage market. Vidal currently has his eye on the young, lovely, and unintelligent Sophia Challoner, and Sophia's greedy mother is more than happy to encourage his dubious attentions.
When lovely, saucy Mary Challoner had practiced her bold deception upon the hot-blooded, fiery-tempered young Marquis of Vidal--substituting herself for her young sister he had thought to carry off to France--she had little notion he would grimly hold her to her part of the bargain. Now he had left her, and she was alone, a stranger in a strange land, prey to the intrigues of glittering, heartless, 18th century Paris.
Only one person could rescue her--the Marquis himself. But how could she ever trust this man? How could she even hope to overcome the contempt in which he held her? And how could even the sudden flowering of her love ever bridge the terrible gap between them? Views: 346
Billy Cutshaw, a former astronaut who fell into madness, lives in a large castle that is actually an insane asylum for military personnel. Views: 345
Thrown out of her long-established office job, Miss Christine Smith takes up a new role as housekeeper for a group of middle-aged artists. Charmed by a previous mystical experience, her spirituality is nurtured further by the tenants, who seem stuck in their own personal lull. Written in the 1960s, surrounded by social and political transitions, the novel focuses on change, or the lack thereof. Views: 345
Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection. Views: 345
Deborah, cultured and intelligent, has been handicapped since childhood. Convinced of her lack of attractiveness, her work has become her life. Leigh, a painter, refuses to be discouraged by her rejections. As Deborah blossoms into a woman in love, she is drawn into a sinister unknown world. Views: 345
Few men were able to match Mark Counter's Herculean strength. And then Tiny Crumble came along...Yet, despite his great size and awesomely powerful muscles, Tiny appeared to be of a trusting and gentle nature—so gentle in fact that the boys of the Floating Outfit had misgivings about allowing him to be alone in the trail end railroad town of Mulrooney. Then a robbery took place—one that could only have been committed by a man of exceptional strength.As Dusty Fog, Mark Counter, and the Ysabel Kid looked down at the shattered skull of the victim of the crime, they began to wonder if the 'Gentle Giant' was really as gentle as he seemed... Views: 344
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. Views: 344
"By His Bootstraps" is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein that plays with some of the inherent paradoxes that would be caused by time travel. It was originally published in the October 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction (US) under the pen name Anson MacDonald. Views: 344
