If
only we would take the time to look a little closer, delve a little
deeeper, when ordinary life goes awry, we might find the world more
strange and unexpected than we ever could have imagined...
Following on from Literary Remains, R.B. Russell’s previous
collection for PS Publishing, the twelve stories of Leave Your Sleep
concern sex and death, love and loss. Russell allows his characters to
disappear, slip into alternate realities, or re-write their own
histories. They find they are able to do the most extraordinary things,
even though they may not immediately realise it. And who is in control
of their actions, or those around them?
In ‘An Unconventional Exorcism’, why is a young woman who claims to talk
to the dead so shocked when her aunt comes back to haunt her? In ‘The
Red Rose and the Cross of Gold’, when an engineer in a crumbling city
stumbles upon a messy murder, who cleans up afterwards? And in
‘Mathilde’, what do lovers do when everyone is against their
relationship? These and other questions are explored in Russell’s
beautifully evocative prose.CONTENTS
An Unconventional Exorcism
The Red Rose and the Cross of Gold
Leave Your Sleep
The Restaurant San Martín
Another Perspective
The Dress
A Woman of the Party
Mathilde
A False Impression
Gala Gladkov’s Exquisite Process
Reunion
The Beautiful Room Views: 20
Seattle police sergeant Lou Boldt is stunned when the local fire investigator presents him with frightening evidence in a series of fires that have occurred in the Seattle area. These white-hot fires burn so cleanly that even the ash disintegrates—leaving not a trace of its victims or any evidence of criminal activity. Only when Boldt is taunted by someone sending him pieces of melted green plastic—houses from a Monopoly board—does he realize that an arsonist is involving him in a deadly game. Views: 20
* a Sapphire Nights Dirty Bits short story * Medieval life is hard for everyone, especially for noble women forced to marry their enemies. Yet even then women longed for love and fulfillment. Can a reluctant bride find true happiness in an arranged marriage? Views: 20
A moving historical tale and remarkable literary achievement, City Wolves is the story of Canada's first woman veterinarian, Meg Wilkinson. Born in 1870 on a farm near Halifax, Meg's childhood experience with wolves makes her determined to be a veterinarian. Supported by the seemingly eccentric Randolph Oliphant and inspired by the ancient Inuit who first turned wolves into sled dogs, Meg surpasses the horse doctors at vet college and becomes the notorious 'dog doctor of Halifax' in the 1890s. After her unusual marriage ends abruptly in Boston, Meg travels to Vancouver and up to the Yukon, seeking the legendary sled dogs. Arriving at the beginning of the Klondike gold rush, she makes her way amidst Mounties, dance hall girls, Klondike Kings, mushers, priests and swindlers...all the mangy and magnificent people, dogs and spirits that populated raucous Dawson City.Observed through the restless spirit of Inuit Ike, this is lively, insightful, historical fiction, subtly... Views: 20
A good mother will do anything to save her child. Briana Morris is definitely a good mother.Josh Morris travels the world in search of its stories. Briana Morris's whole world is a single small farm. They met and married and divorced in little more than the wink of an eye. But together they managed to create one perfect thing--their daughter, Nealie.Now Nealie has been diagnosed with a rare and dangerous form of anemia. Her best hope for survival is a transfusion from a sibling. But Nealie has no siblings. To save her daughter's life, Briana must do the unthinkable--contact Josh and convince him to father another child. Views: 20
The human race is finished. Mankind is all but dead and only a handful of frightened individuals remain. Experience the end of the world from thirty-five different perspectives. These people have survived through chance, not skill, and they are a desperate bunch; cheating lovers, work-shy civil servants, permanently drunk publicans, teenage rebels, obsessive accountants, failed husbands, first-time cross-dressers, disrobed priests and more. Part-companion, part-guide book and part-sequel, AUTUMN: THE HUMAN CONDITION follows the individual stories of these desperate survivors through the early days of the nightmare and beyond. The final book in the AUTUMN series. Views: 19
Erotica/Romance. 85051 words long. First published in 2011 Views: 19
Erotica/Romance. 13787 words long. Views: 19
'Dear Mr. Adam, I am writing on behalf of the Central Watch and Social Problems Committee of the Mothers' Union to ask whether you have a programme in mind on the moral issue of venereal disease.''Sir, Where are the B.B.C's censors? We do not care for the language that was inflicted on us Tuesday night in "The Battle of Britain". Don't retort, 'You need not listen if you don't want to'. We did not know it was coming.''Dear Mr. Frost, Let me start by saying how much I enjoy your programme & that I was among those many who felt almost that they had lost a blowsy old friend when dear & vulgar, but nonetheless thought-provoking and funny TW3 went off the air.'For anyone who regularly feels tempted to put pen to paper, I'm Sure I Speak For Many Others is an alternative history of the BBC, from its triumphant broadcast of the coronation in 1953, to that Tynan moment, the controversial That Was The Week... Views: 19
Sequel to H. A. Carter and second installment in the 3 Years Later series. This dark and twisted journey follows JJ Douglas as he is faced to confront the demon that haunts his worst nightmares, the demon that is himself. Views: 19
Frank and Joe are working on a new case...and it just might blow them away!The exclusive Billington Resort in Phoenix, Arizona has two high-profile events on Saturday: a vintage car auction and a celebrity wedding. They also have something they didn't sign up for: a bomb threat. Frank and Joe have just eight hours to find the bad guys and the bomb. If they fail to do so by 3:00 PM, the entire resort will be blown to bits. Views: 19
For months, Cyrus Black has been in hiding. After ruining his cousin’s chances of college, he goes from job to job, from place to place, making sure he doesn’t have to face them—or himself. Beatriz Morales is set. She has a plan, a schedule, and a dream. Life has thrown her a few curve balls, but nothing keeps a derby woman down. She’d never admit it, but she’s stretched too thin. Something has to give. Love doesn’t just choose a person to see our strengths—sometimes love chooses the person we trust with our weaknesses. The choice is hers. Views: 19
