Prose poems and vignettes. "(We) must remember that retrospect is a moody historian, who wears glasses only for reading and driving."Susan Hayes moved to Georgia to start the life she wanted to live and build her catering career. On the brink of having everything she ever wanted, Eric Walker and his family happened into her life.Eric Walker’s life had been quiet, structured, and boring until his uncle gambled away the family’s property and jeopardized Eric’s livelihood. Now midst family secrets learned, someone ruining his business and trying to drive him off his land, he fell in love. Things will never be the same for them—especially if someone succeeds in destroying the Walker family and killing Eric. Views: 690
Here is the collection of nonfiction pieces that John Updike was compiling when he died in January 2009. It opens with a self-portrait of the writer in winter, a Prospero who, though he fears his most dazzling performances are behind him, reveals himself in every sentence to be in deep conversation with the sources of his magic. It concludes with a moving meditation on a world without religion, without art, and on the difficulties of faith in a disbelieving age. In between are pieces on Peanuts, Mars, and the songs of Cole Porter, a pageant of scenes from early Massachusetts, and a good deal of Updikean table talk. At the heart of the volume are dozens of book reviews from The New Yorker and illustrated art writings from The New York Review of Books. Updike’s criticism is gossip of the highest sort. We will not hear the likes of it again. Views: 690
Desire...Demon slayer Andrea Cole has always taken down the demons and vampires she hunts without mercy. But when a fellow slayer is captured and turned into a vampire by a sadistic monster, she must choose between loyalty to her family and the man she loves.Versus Instinct...Kaden Quinn has dedicated his life to slaying vampires, so when he is turned into one, his greatest nightmare comes to life. And when the woman he loves is thrown into a dungeon with him — as food — he must battle new instincts and old desires, and choose between his life, and hers.NOTE: This is a short novella that originally appeared in The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2 and the anthology Vampires in Love. It has been expanded for its stand-alone digital release. In the Demonica timeline, it falls between book 4, Ecstasy Unveiled, and book 5, Sin Undone, though it can be read without having read the Demonica novels. Views: 690
Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente, whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times, spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the twentieth century.
Deathless, however, is no dry, historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation. Views: 690
BOOK 2 IN THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES
Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn’t care much for witches. Still, he’s about to make nice with the local coven by signing a mutually beneficial nonaggression treaty—when suddenly the witch population in modern-day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. And the new girls are not just bad, they’re badasses with a dark history on the German side of World War II.
With a fallen angel feasting on local high school students, a horde of Bacchants blowing in from Vegas with their special brand of deadly decadence, and a dangerously sexy Celtic goddess of fire vying for his attention, Atticus is having trouble scheduling the witch hunt. But aided by his magical sword, his neighbor’s rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and his vampire attorney, Atticus is ready to sweep the town and show the witchy women they picked the wrong Druid to hex.
From the Paperback edition. Views: 690
The tale of Mathias Auer's change from human to vampire. Eternal Sun is a short story prequel to the novel Mourning Sun.Fear constricts Mrs. Queen’s life. Anxiety turns her to stone. And all of Mrs. Queen’s worry overflows into the hum forever spilling from the trembling woman. Recognizing how the nervous habit has consumed his mother, Maven refuses to let his son David visit his grandmother until Mrs. Queen promises to follow the prescribed steps required to regain control over her trepidation. Mrs. Queen forces herself to cease fretting over her diet. She volunteers throughout her community to again socialize with her peers. She even tosses her emergency radio into the silence of her closet. Yet the woman's environment seems to unravel all the more furiously with each of Mrs. Queen’s efforts, until the world itself shakes in an attempt to make Mrs. Queen return to her humming. Views: 690
Although Vampires are found in many cultures, this is a short story about the Jewish origins of the Vampire legend as found in the Torah and Talmud which has entered into literature. The information in this regard is factual, as was the treatment of the Jews I describe in the late Middle Ages, just before the advent of the European Enlightenment in the early 1800's.Although Vampires are found in many cultures, this is a short story about the Jewish origins of the Vampire legend as found in the Torah and Talmud which has entered into literature. The information in this regard is factual, as was the treatment of the Jews I describe in the late Middle Ages, just before the advent of the Enlightenment. The fictional account of Bram Stoker in this particular regard, however, serves the narrative and although many Jews indeed abandoned their identity to seek opportunities outside of the ghetto walls, Stoker was not actually one of them. Views: 690
Katie Roberts never imagined that her book would be made into a movie. She also never imagined falling in love with a well known Hollywood actor. She has to learn to live under the constant microscope of the Paparazzi and the fans.Sex, love, death and everything else that goes with a Hollywood lifestyle, nothing escapes the lens of a paparazzi camera.Kate a famous writer imagined her life with her high school sweet heart. They lost touch over the years, when she hears he is in town she invites him to dinner. She soon realizes after only spending a couple of minutes with him, that he wasn’t the same person she had remembered. Unexpectedly Katie falls in love with the lead actor of the movie based on one of her novels, Joshua Scott. She has to learn to adjust to the life of a movie star’s girlfriend. The paparazzi, the publicity, the lies and the perks. Katie and Joshua get married in a quick ceremony in Las Vegas after knowing each other only a couple of weeks.This is a romance, filled with sadness, happiness, drama, suspense, angst and comedy. Views: 689
From the award-winning founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT: A transformative reappraisal of the world of the extreme poor, their lives, desires, and frustrations Views: 689
Product DescriptionWant the Greatest Zombie Stories Ever Written? BEST NEW ZOMBIE TALES (Vol. 3) Over 100,000 words ~ "I'm proud to be a part of the Best New Zombie Tales series." World Horror Grand Master, Multiple Award Winning Horror Legend, Ray Garton ~ James Roy Daley is doing a marvelous job with his Best New Zombie Tales series-- TERRIFIC! Bloody well done!" New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, author of PATIENT ZERO and ROT & RUIN TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ~ JAMES ROY DALEY The Lazarus Condition ~ PAUL KANEOf Cabbages and Kings ~ NATE SOUTHARDThose Below ~ JEREMY C. SHIPPThe Traumatized Generation ~ MURRAY J.D. LEEDERThe Cyclist ~ SIMON WOODFamily First ~ JG FAHERTYThe Way of Things in Fly-Over Country ~ AARON POLSONThe Beach ~ TIM LEBBONFast Eddie’s Big Night Out ~ JOHN L. FRENCHNight of the Living Dead Bingo Women ~ SIMON MCCAFFERYWorm-sacks and Dirt-backs ~ LEE CLARK ZUMPEThe Purple Word ~ ERIK T. JOHNSONSabbatical in the Ohio Methlands ~ JOE MCKINNEYA Sense of Duty ~ GREGORY MILLERThe Basement ~ WILLIAM T. VANDEMARKWorking Man’s Burden ~ DAVID C. PINNTThe Last Supper (The Anatomy Of Addiction) ~ JOHN CLAUDE SMITHMemory Bones ~ MICHAEL STONEGoing Down ~ NANCY KILPATRICKSweetbread ~ TONIA BROWNMixed Drink ~ Zombie #3 Includes previews:James Roy Daley ~ Terror TownMatt Hults ~ HuskJames Roy Daley ~ Into Hell Don't forget to check out:Best New Zombie Tales Volume 1 & 2&Best New Vampire Tales Volume 1 Views: 689
A a bit of supernatural urban fantasy that pulls no punches...or kicks or bites or slashes. Sure it has drama and mystery and intrigue, but you're the discerning reader and you also want some good old-fashioned action. If you want blood, you've got it.We've seen what happens when British kids attack each other with magic sticks. We've seen what happens when over-moussed vampires fall in love with mopey head cases. But what happens when things hit a little closer to home? What happens when apple pie suburbia collides with the supernatural criminal underworld? What happens when Ryan Fisher is yanked out of afternoon study hall and thrown into a world of sociopathic werewolves, centuries-old soldiers, and beautiful brunettes with a flair for firearms? What happens when nightmare monsters face off on either side of a battle line drawn through morals as shadowy as the world they inhabit? What happens when Ryan is asked to pick a side? What happens when the black and white of right and wrong suddenly become decidedly gray? Spoiler alert: Ryan Fisher gets bitten by a werewolf. What happens when that becomes the least of his problems? This is the one place you’ll find all the bullets, blood, and bedlam. This is Bump.Check out the official site at www.gobump.co.cc"Like" Bump on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bumpnovelSpecial thanks to reader Logan Tauranga for the new cover design Views: 689
Immortality had never been something Jane aspired to until one fateful encounter changed her peaceful existence forever. Giving in to the inevitable, Jane decides to make her current unfortunate situation work in her favor and she embarks on journey that will change her life into something she never imagined. Vampire Assassin runs approximately 15,000 words.Immortality had never been something Jane aspired to until one fateful encounter changed her peaceful existence forever. Giving in to the inevitable, Jane decides to make her current unfortunate situation work in her favor and she embarks on journey that will change her life into something she never imagined. Vampire Assassin is the first book in the Jane novella series and runs approximately 15,000 words. Views: 689
This bigger, better, fatter, grislier, frisbier edition of the Mr Gum World Book Day book comes complete with super bonus material – which means more fun and frolics for you and your Snocklehead friends. Step once more into Lamonic Bibber my friends - if you dare. In the dead of night, when all the stars are sleeping and the moon's nipped off for a coffee, something dark and sinister stalks the streets of Lamonic Bibber. As a fog rolls in from the sea, carrying with it the unmistakeable whiff of pancakes and utter dread, an unearthly howl echoes through the cold midnight air. But who – or what – is at work here? Shabba me suspense-filled whiskers, this one will require some serious detective work! Views: 689
