It's not over, that voice says. Some dreams, rabbit, are like this one I just sent you. They are messages and warnings.And even though it sends a shiver down my spine, I understand what this message, this warning, means. Skeleton Man will return.Molly thought she'd put her traumatic past behind her when she escaped from Skeleton Man last year. She rescued her parents and tried to get her life back to the way it used to be. She thought her family would live happily ever after and just be normal again. She thought wrong.Skeleton Man is back for revenge—but this time Molly is ready.In this long-awaited sequel to the award-winning Skeleton Man, Joseph Bruchac revisits his most terrifying villain yet. Views: 49
REVISED EDITION! From independent publisher Dagan Books, Cthulhurotica is an exciting new anthology of erotic horror, inspired by the writing of H. P. Lovecraft. This decadent collection contains unique creations of Mythos fiction, orignal art, and academic essays. In addition, the revised edition contains more than 20 pieces of original art. With work by Cody Goodfellow, Kenneth Hite, Steven J. Scearce, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gabrielle Harbowy, Matthew Marovich, Kirsten Brown, Richard Baron, Don Pizarro, K.V. Taylor, Jennifer Brozek, Galen Dara, Mae Empson, Nathan Crowder, Leon J. West, and many more ... Contents Astrophobos by H.P. Lovecraft Introduction by Carrie Cuinn Descent of the Wayward Sister by Gabrielle Harbowy The C-Word by Don Pizarro Infernal Attractors by Cody Goodfellow Daddy’s Girl by Madison Woods Victim of Victims by Anonymous The Cry in the Darkness by Richard Baron Riemannian Dreams by Juan Miguel Marin Turning On, Tuning In, and Dropping Out at the Mountains of Madness by Ahimsa Kerp Song of the Catherine Clark by Maria Mitchell Between a Rock and an Elder Goddess by Mae Empson The Fishwives of Sean Brolly by Nathan Crowder Flash Frame by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Transfigured Night by K.V. Taylor The Lake at Roopkund by Andrew Scearce Ipsa Scientia by Constella Espj Amid Disquieting Dreams by Leon J. West The Dreamlands of Mars by Travis King The Assistant from Innsmouth by Steven J. Scearce The Summoned by Clint Collins Sense by Matthew Marovich Optional On The Beach At The Festival Of Shug Niggurath by Gary Mark Bernstein Le Ciél Ouvert by Kirsten Brown Astrophobos, conclusion by H.P. Lovecraft ESSAYSCthulhu’s Polymorphous Perversity by Kenneth Hite The Sexual Attraction Of The Lovecraftian Universe by Jennifer Brozek Cthulhurotica, Female Empowerment, and the New Weird by Justin Everett, PhD ILLUSTRATIONS Cthulhurotica by Oliver Wetter Glyphs by Carrie Cuinn Into the Darkness by Galen Dara The Widow's Walk by Galen Dara Infernal Machine by Galen DaraShirley's Demon Lover by Galen Dara Whateley Family Portrait by Kirsten Brown Wandering Bride by Galen Dara Lovecraftian Love by Galen Dara Deep Ones by Galen Dara Woman, Yellow by Galen Dara Love from the Black Lagoon by Galen Dara Your Fisheater by Stephen Stanley The Whateley Estate by Galen Dara Anna by Galen Dara The Box by Galen Dara The Brides of Tindalos by Kirsten Brown Great Rift by Galen Dara Plus additional interior images by Carrie Cuinn Views: 49
Vibrant, sexy, and quite possibly crazy, Bernice is determined to reclaim the child she gave up for adoption five years ago. She convinces her boyfriend, Landis, to help carry out her plan, but once the abduction is accomplished, Bernice—whose own mother was given to manic episodes and strange behavior—is plagued with doubts. Will Landis stay with her, given her volatile personality and his own drifter past? Will she and Landis both end up in jail for this crime? And, perhaps most importantly, will she fail at being a mother? Dovetailed with this is the story of the conservative Christian adoptive parents, Tessa and David, and the effect the kidnapping has on their troubled marriage. As Bernice and Landis journey across America, from Colorado Springs to Tucson to Baltimore, Bernice must confront her past and the secrets she has kept.From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In his incisive latest, Becker (2008 Flannery O'Conner Prize–winner for Black Elvis) recounts the misadventures of Bernice Click, a volatile young woman determined to raise the biological daughter she gave up for adoption. With the help of her boyfriend, Bernice kidnaps five-year-old Emily from her adoptive parents in Colorado and ends up in Baltimore, where she attempts to make a new life for herself and the girl. Meanwhile, Tessa Harding, Emily's adoptive mother, tries to recover Emily without involving authorities. Struggling with the revelation of her husband's indifference to the child, not to mention his adultery and increasingly sadistic behavior, Tessa embarks on a riveting adventure. The novel relies on a far-fetched coincidence to launch Tessa's mission, but resulting scenes are sufficiently tense and thought provoking to justify the stretch, while Becker's portrayal of Tessa's faith is moving and psychologically complex. As desperation mounts on all sides, Becker piles on devastating events, creating a remarkably taut narrative and a rousing testament to humanity's capacity for resilience. Nobody gets off the hook, though they do find uneasy deliverance in unexpected places. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"Geoffrey Becker's fantastic Hot Springs works hard to conceal its own scope and ambition, but the book's coyness (not to mention its humor) only heightens the uncanny, moving power of the question at its core: When it comes down to it, how far will people go for love?...Throughout the novel, characters ignore their own better judgments, creating a thrilling psychological drama that unfolds alongside the external events and creates space for the unexpected on virtually ever page. Becker has a gift for surprises...Becker's technical expertise and natural storytelling gifts are difficult to deny, as is his admirably muted sense of the absurd...Of all the reasons to be excited about Hot Springs, though, the book's strange and fresh treatment of love itself is the best...it's a taut meditation on letting go and a convincing reminder that love, for all the destruction it can cause, can usually rebuild just about anything."—Patrick Somerville, The New York Times Book Review"In his incisive latest, Becker (2008 Flannery O'Conner Prize–winner for Black Elvis) recounts the misadventures of Bernice Click, a volatile young woman determined to raise the biological daughter she gave up for adoption. With the help of her boyfriend, Bernice kidnaps five-year-old Emily from her adoptive parents in Colorado and ends up in Baltimore, where she attempts to make a new life for herself and the girl. Meanwhile, Tessa Harding, Emily's adoptive mother, tries to recover Emily without involving authorities. Struggling with the revelation of her husband's indifference to the child, not to mention his adultery and increasingly sadistic behavior, Tessa embarks on a riveting adventure. The novel relies on a far-fetched coincidence to launch Tessa's mission, but resulting scenes are sufficiently tense and thought provoking to justify the stretch, while Becker's portrayal of Tessa's faith is moving and psychologically complex. As desperation mounts on all sides, Becker piles on devastating events, creating a remarkably taut narrative and a rousing testament to humanity's capacity for resilience. Nobody gets off the hook, though they do find uneasy deliverance in unexpected places."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"In Hot Springs, his rollicking new novel, Geoffrey Becker has assembled a delicate collage of damaged souls...Becker gives them to us with such earnest and empathetic insight that he makes us root for even the most ungracious among them."—Rachel Rosenblit, ELLE"The dichotomy of Bernice and Landis is the sort of thing that makes for great fiction..."—Time Out Chicago"Geoffrey Becker gets you in fast and deep to the humor and the danger of the situation." —latimes.com"Becker's skills as a writer grow increasingly apparent as he lures readers into understanding and empathizing with each of the book's characters despite their flaws and misdeeds."—Colorado Springs Independent"Becker also balances Hot Springs’ momentum with keen insights, creating a terrific tension between the characters’ hunt for faith and redemption and their more profane cravings."—The Rumpus.net"'Bernice was ten when her mother walked around the block naked,' Becker starts out, neatly drawing the reader into a world where the division between normal and crazy is razor thin."—The Oregonian"Becker is a phenomenal storyteller; only a writer of his caliber could have pulled this off so well."—Sacramento Book Review"As the plot unfolds, readers are inexorably drawn into the narrative and are compelled to keep reading to learn the ultimate outcome...Becker demonstrates great skill in depicting distasteful characters whose unhappy experiences are so morbidly fascinating and so bloated with perplexing uncertainty as to provide their own uniquely tainted attraction." —Morton I. Teicher, ForeWord"You won’t trust a person in this book but it’s hard to look away. Peoplemay be feckless and unreliable in the big ways, but their longing forchildren drives them without relent. Hot Springs is a road trip layeredwith desire and mistake and the impossibility of keeping a secret fromrising through the years." —Ron Carlson, author of The Signal"Like the first dip into the searing mineral soup for which the book is named, the first pages of Hot Springs shock and lure...Ultimately, Hot Springs is a beautifully crafted novel with a tightly woven yet unconventional storyline...the characters shape and propel the plot, yet eventually, that plot allows for the full development of the characters themselves." —Christy Corp-Minamiji, Blogcritics.com Views: 49
Product Description This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty science fiction short stories and novellas by more than forty different authors. Most of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s.Included within this work are stories by H. Beam Piper, Murray Leinster, Poul Anderson, Mack Reynolds, Paul Ernst, Laurence Janifer, Stanley Weinbaum, Alan Nourse, Harl Vincent, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Contents:THE BURNING BRIDGE by Poul AndersonLORDS OF THE STRATOSPHERE by Arthur J. BurksTHE WEAKLING by Everett B. ColeIMPACT by Irving E. Cox, Jr.THE CRACK OF DOOM by Robert CromieNO PETS ALLOWED by M. A. CummingsMONKEY ON HIS BACK by Charles V. De VetTEST ROCKET! by Jack DouglasTHE RED HELL OF JUPITER by Paul ErnstTHE OUTBREAK OF PEACE by H. B. FyfeMASTER OF NONE by Neil GobleUNTHINKABLE by Rog PhillipsTHE WAR OF THE WENUSES by C. L. Graves and E. V. LucasNATIVE SON by T. D. HammWIZARD by Laurence Mark JaniferTHE UNTOUCHABLE by Stephen A. KallisBREAD OVERHEAD by Fritz LeiberSCRIMSHAW by Murray LeinsterTHE MACHINE THAT SAVED THE WORLD by Murray LeinsterSPIES DIE HARD! by Arnold MarmorGIANTS ON THE EARTH by S. P. MeekTHE STUTTERER by R. R. MerlissGENERAL MAX SHORTER by Kris NevilleMARTYR By Alan E. NourseMEETING OF THE BOARD by Alan E. NourseHE WALKED AROUND THE HORSES by H. Beam PiperHUNTER PATROL by H. Beam Piper and John J. McguireGUN FOR HIRE by Mack ReynoldsI'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF by Mack ReynoldsSEE? by Edward G. Robles, Jr.I WAS A TEEN-AGE SECRET WEAPON by Richard SabiaTHE STAR HYACINTHS by James H. SchmitzTHE WINDS OF TIME by James H. SchmitzA MATTER OF MAGNITUDE by Al SevcikHOULIHAN'S EQUATION by Walt SheldonMY FATHER, THE CAT by Henry SlesarINSTINCT by George O. SmithNO HIDING PLACE by Richard R. SmithJUBILATION, U.S.A. by G. L. VandenburgTHE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX by Harl VincentDAWN OF FLAME by Stanley G. WeinbaumPROTEUS ISLAND by Stanley G. WeinbaumDEVIL CRYSTALS OF ARRET by Hal K. WellsTHE QUANTUM JUMP by Robert WicksDOUBLE TAKE by Richard WilsonWITH A VENGEANCE by J. B. WoodleyTHE DEATH TRAPS OF FX-31 by Sewell Peaslee WrightTHE FORGOTTEN PLANET by Sewell Peaslee WrightCOLLECTOR'S ITEM by Robert F. YoungCHILDREN OF TOMORROW by Arthur Leo Zagat Views: 49
