Graham Greene was always deeply interested in the role played by the subconscious in his writing, and the private world of his dreams was one that he nurtured carefully, recording it almost daily in his dream diaries. Selecting from these dream diaries, he prepared this small treasure for publication just before his death in 1991--a last gift from a great writer to delight and entertain his readers.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 50
Left alone by her husband Su Monk decides to take a holiday with her best friend and sometimes lover Beth. After a sexy interlude on the way the girls take a cruise round the Mediterranean. In Egypt Sue is abducted and taken to a remote compound where she is forced into sexual bondage with an Arab prince. This is an adventure story with plenty of gratuitous explicit sex thrown in for good measure. Views: 50
In a small California town, a carnival roustabout takes a one-way road to vengeance behind the wheel of a car once owned by a notorious serial killer. In Hollywood, a struggling actor makes a desperate play for the biggest of scores at a “dead celebrities” costume party. In the Mojave Desert, a musician stalks his own ghost and the devil woman who stole it. In Hawaii, a disillusioned businessman discovers the true power of a myth at a forgotten shrine. In the Deep South, a crazed Elvis impersonator encounters a man who dares to dishonor the King's name. In the Old west, a gunslinging demon battles a witch and a cursed outlaw gang. Tales of supernatural horror, dark suspense, gruesome irony, and the just-plain fantastic... twisted characters with decidedly different yet all-too-believable viewpoints... places you may have visited but have never seen clearly until now... tough yet strangely poetic prose... in-your-face shocks and nitro-laced plot twists you won't soon forget... two brand new stories, an unpublished original comic script, story notes, and an introduction by multi-talented author Joe R. Lansdale: it's all here in Bad Intentions, the long-awaited first full-length short story collection by Bram Stoker Award-winner Norman Partridge, a writer Stephen King calls “a major new talent.” Amazon.com ReviewNorman Partridge's first story collection, Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales, won a Bram Stoker Award, and his first novel, Slippin' Into Darkness, garnered the highest praise from horror critics; so it's no surprise that this second collection is a knockout. Here, in dusty Southwestern settings with tawdry glimmers of pop culture, you'll find carnival roustabouts, an Elvis impersonator, a demon gunslinger, a gorilla gunslinger, monstrous automobiles, a heavyweight champ who's past his prime--all of them flirting with death, if not damnation, too. The fragmented narratives are at times a little befuddling, but the writing is lean and evocative, like Dennis Etchison or Jim Thompson. As Joe R. Lansdale writes in the introduction, "Bad Intentions will be one of the most important short story collections of the nineties." And this first edition of only 526 copies, with a striking cover painting by Ryan Dreimiller, will most likely be a collector's item. Views: 50
Determined not to allow a band of roaming Cavaliers to enter her home, Caro threatens their leader with a pistol. When he ignores her challenge she shuts her eyes and fires.Compelled to nurse him when her shot grazes his head, she gradually realises she must protect him from his enemies.But that is not enough. His enemies become hers, and to escape them she has to trust herself to his protection.Previously published under the pseudonym Livvy West, and based on "Honor and Passion" published under the pseudonym Vesta Hathaway. Views: 50
Grief can sometimes feel like being caught in the jaws of a great white shark.J.C., who goes by the nickname Sharky, has been having a hard time ever since his best friend died in front of him in what might or might not have been an accident. Shell-shocked, Sharky spends countless hours holed up in his room, obsessively watching documentaries about sharks and climate change—and texting his dead friend. Hoping a change of location will help, Sharky's mom sends him to visit his dad on a remote island in Canada. There, Sharky meets a girl who just may show him how to live—and love—again. Views: 50
A convenient marriage takes a passionate turn in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's Long, Tall Texans: Grant, originally published as Paper Husband in 1995.Dana Mobry has worked her family's Texas ranch her entire life. The cowgirl knows every inch of the property like the back of her hand, but she might find a ring on that same hand sooner rather than later. Where does it say a rancher's daughter has to marry a long, tall Texan—or lose her cherished home? In her father's will—and Dana's just discovered that her partner in this marriage of convenience is none other than the sexiest cowboy in Texas, Hank Grant! Views: 50
With hope in their hearts, three women looking for a new life take fate in their own hands and head West to become the brides to men they have never met. Have they made a serious mistake or found the gold at the end of a rainbow? Authors - Michele Ann Young, Kimberly Ivey, Billie Warren Chai Views: 50
Feride and Nilüfer, accustomed to the elegance and protection of an old, aristocratic society, were suddenly forced by their love for the men they had married to become pioneers for the freedom of their countrywomen! The revolution started by the sensational general Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had swept their husbands up in the fight for a new and modern Turkey, while Feride and Nilüfer were left behind. And so the two girls, escaping in coarse disguises from a palace overlooking the Bosporus, made their hazardous way to the Ankara to join their husbands. Through rain and mud and past glittering snowy peaks, the inexperienced creatures plunged into hardships they had never dreamed of - learning to cook, living with the roar of Greek guns, and fearing the horrors of military disaster. The magnetic Atatürk, having led his forces victoriously against the Greeks, proceeded to cajole and bully his people into doffing the veil and fez, wearing hats, using a new alphabet. He persuaded them... Views: 50
From the author of the “stellar” (Publishers Weekly) Indefensible comes a thrillingly taut legal mystery and courtroom drama that inhabits the blurry boundary between guilt and innocence when murder sends one family’s life into a tailspin.Someone close to Nick Davis is murdered. Investigators see it as either a case of mistaken identity or the work of a jealous fiancé. As a federal prosecutor, Nick tries shepherding the case to a swift conclusion, but it keeps slipping away. Meanwhile, Nick’s relationship with his wife, Tina, hangs by the thinnest of threads. She is also a lawyer, working to vindicate a young man convicted of killing a child eight years previously. When old DNA evidence is uncovered in the murder case, its analysis hurls Nick’s universe into upheaval—his most basic assumptions about his life, the law, and the people he loves most are thrown into question. “Compelling” with... Views: 50
