WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The legacy" description: The death of Simona in a tragic accident in the summer of 2006, seems to have no other explanation that a trivial distraction to the guide. But her husband Roberto is not entirely convinced. After a terrible dream and a strange call, his suspicions are a below...WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The legacy" description: The death of Simona in a tragic accident in the summer of 2006, seems to have no other explanation that a trivial distraction to the guide. But her husband Roberto is not entirely convinced. After a terrible dream and a strange call, his suspicions are a below. You will indeed alive Erika, an old friend of the victim, who he says he is aware of his important secret. In reality Erika is aware of the minimum part of a terrible truth that has its roots in 1400, in a village of the modenese shocked by the mass at the stake of a woman accused of being a witch. Thanks to a last testimony that Simona had left fearing its own to be killed, and that Bob found himself with the help of Erika, her daughter Cristina discovers all the details of a absurd destiny, the inheritance that from the past came up to her and it threatens to destroy it. But, as her mother, she too will choose the path of rebellion. Views: 582
Now an acclaimed independent film starring Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu, and Peter Fonda.Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with the sexually precocious, 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.Now an acclaimed independent film starring Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu, and Peter Fonda.The Trouble with Bliss is about 35-year-old Morris Bliss, who is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money; he needs a job but has no prospects; he still shares an apartment with his widowed father; and perhaps worst of all the premature death of his mother still lingers and has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with the sexually precocious, 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue. Views: 582
To the short list that includes Jules Verne and H.G. Wells as founding fathers of science fiction, the name of the Belgian writer J.-H. Rosny Aîné must be added. He was the first writer to conceive, and attempt to narrate, the workings of aliens and alternate life forms. His fascination with evolutionary scenarios, and long historical vistas, from first man to last man, are important precursors to the myriad cosmic epics of modern science fiction. Until now, his work has been virtually unknown and unavailable in the English-speaking world, but it is crucial for our understanding of the genre. Three wonderfully imaginative novellas are included in this volume. "The Xipehuz" is a prehistoric tale in which the human species battles strange geometric alien life forms. "Another World" is the story of a mysterious being who does not live in the same acoustic and temporal world as humans. "The Death of the Earth" is a scientifically uncompromising Last Man story. The book... Views: 582
What would happen if you decided to email God... and God emailed back? It was during one of his periodic bouts of smouldering resentment at the way his life had turned out that William Penfold first thought of emailing God. It seemed more modern than praying, somehow. More up-to-date. Anyway, he didn't want to pray. He wanted to protest. He'd been on this earth about 70 years give or take. The point was he did not like the way he was living. Most of the time he was angry about things. He didn't want to be perpetually angry. He wanted serene comfort. He would tell The Lord about it all and see if He could put it right... William Penfold is an angry wreck of a man, drinking too much and depressed at the way his life has turned out. He is one of life's eccentrics who is aware that his life was once very different but he refuses to try to remember the past. He decides to email God to protest about all this – only to get an enigmatic reply! As they exchange emails, William's... Views: 582
Four childhood friends and their families as they battle the horrors of teenager-hood and life.2032. An independent, racist state, carved out of northern Italy. Economic meltdown. A slide into bloody chaos. A man with a mission: to save the two children of his closest friends. At what risk? At what price? Will it be enough? And who is the mysterious female go-between with the sensuous lips and steely eyes? Introducing Daria Rigoletti, the the contract killer desperate to renounce violence in "Goodbye, Padania", to which "Breakaway" is the prequel. Dark Future, good reading. Views: 582
Colby Jack is a murse, but not like you think. Shy, kindhearted, and very sarcastic, Colby is trying to get his act together to continue working his dream job as a Registered Nurse at Henry Ford Hospital. When he is running late for work, again, his morning takes a turn from bad to weird. By the end of the day, Colby will learn there are secrets lurking in the shadows...and within himself.Colby Jack is a murse, but not like you think. Shy, kindhearted, and very sarcastic, Colby is trying to get his act together so he can continue working his dream job as a Registered Nurse at Henry Ford Hospital. When he is running late for work, again, his morning takes a turn from bad to weird. By the end of the day, Colby will realize there are secrets lurking in the shadows…and within himself. M.U.R.S.E. is the first of a five part short story series from Christopher Lee Cousino, author of the superhero novel HOMELESS and the ZOMBIE HERO novel series. Views: 582
Oceanview, Los Angeles, 1962. Stark is a rat and a con-artist. Nobody's friend. The kind of guy Eddie Bunker met in San Quentin. Stark thinks he can beat the suckers and outsmart the cops. When a big score comes his way, he's lucky to escape with his life. Four others are not so lucky. Eddie Bunker described Stark as a story about a con man. Eddie didn't think much of con-men, because, as a rule, they preyed upon people weaker than themselves. But he understood them. Stark was Eddie Bunker's first novel, written in the early 60s and a harbinger of the books that brought him critical acclaim such as No Beast So Fierce. Never published during his life time, the manuscript was only rediscovered after his death and is published in English for the first time by No Exit.From Publishers WeeklyErnie Stark, self-confessed two-bit hustler, con artist, junkie, rides the razor in this rediscovered early novel from Bunker (1933–2005), who was once on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, but achieved true cult status playing Mr. Blue in Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs. Compact, brilliantly detailed, set in the beach community of Oceanview, Calif., in 1962, this effort predates Bunker's sensational fictional debut, No Beast So Fierce (1973). A staccato introductory burst by James Ellroy aptly compares the action to a Gold Medal paperback original of the '50s. As a drug addict, Stark needs to keep clear his supply line from his dealer, Momo Mendoza, even as the brutal cop Patrick Crowley pressures him into setting up Momo. The mute killer Dummy lends some menace, and the beautiful Dorie Williams some allure. Stark thinks that Dorie has about her something childish and undefiled—or perhaps only half defiled. The scams, shoot-outs and sweat of desperation come straight from the street in this posthumous wild ride from a modern master of crime fiction. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"The best first person crime novel I have ever read." --Quentin Tarantino on Little Boy Blue"Bunker is a true original of American letters." --James Ellroy, author of The Black Dahlia"Mr. Bunker has written a raw, unromantic, naturalistic crime drama more lurid than anything the noiresque Chandlers or Hammetts ever dreamed up."--The New York Times on Dog Eat Dog Views: 581
as if we didn't have enough trouble already: suddenly the great chicken shows up in minnesota. first thing you know, a million lime egg chickens are marching on new york city. can beulah and harry foil the great chicken or will he achieve world domination? one hair-raising episode follows another until beulah and harry finally hit on a plan. just in time too.'people eat boiled eggs, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, you name it, they eat it, without a word of thanks to the great chicken. I'm going to teach them a lesson they will never forget.' with these dreadful words the great chicken declares war on anyone who has ever eaten an egg or a chicken leg or told a chicken joke. but it's beulah, an ordinary chicken from minnesota, who hatches the first lime egg chicken. naturally the egg is green, the color of limes, but that's not the worst of it because in a wink of an eye that lime egg chicken hatches another lime egg chicken and she wastes no time hatching a lime egg chicken of her own; before you know it the next chicken does the same, and so on, until pretty soon a million chickens are heading straight for new york city. poor beulah: smart as she is, she can't prevent those lime egg chickens from invading the big apple. already they're chasing people into the suburbs. the great chicken's fiendish plot is succeeding. fortunately beulah is a plucky chicken. she recruits harry the kid and together they mastermind a scheme to stop the great chicken in his tracks. one hair-raising episode follows another as beulah and harry battle the great chicken for world domination. it's a cliffhanger. Views: 581
Seven short spy stories like you've never seen before: from a man lost in a vortex of illusion, to a boogying alien infiltrating the inaugural ball of a U.S. president...to intense corporate espionage, to the story of a man recruited by a shadow agency that thinks itself above the law - these science fiction tales of intrigue will keep you turning the pages.Seven short spy stories like you've never seen before: from a man lost in a vortex of illusion, to a boogying alien infiltrating the inaugural ball of a U.S. president...to intense corporate espionage, to the story of a man recruited by a shadow agency that thinks itself above the law - these science fiction tales of intrigue will keep you turning the pages. Includes the Writers of the Future Honorable Mention story Superthread, plus Switch, Aliens Don't Dance, Project: Dreamer, Initiate, Edge of Human, and Royal Flush. BONUS: Includes a sample of the popular thriller novel, AssassinWare. Views: 581
Gloria Foley turned off the light in the hallway and made her way slowly upstairs to bed. She paused at the doorway of her daughter’s bedroom and shook her head. It had been such an emotional day for all of them. She prayed she would have the strength to get them both through these treacherous teenaged years.Slowly turning the knob on the bedroom door, she quietly opened it to check on her sleeping child. Through the narrow opening, she could see the bed was still made and no one was sleeping on it. She opened the door wider and saw the shadow on the far wall and her heart clenched. Screaming, she flung the door open and ran to the figure hanging from the thick electric cord suspended from the ceiling fan. “No,” she screamed, as she tried to lift the inert body up to relieve the pressure against her neck. “Nooooooo!”The ghost of a teenager who committed suicide twenty years ago is haunting her family’s home. Can Mary link that death to the serial suicides of the girls who bullied her when she was alive?And with Gary Copper still on the loose, Mary and Bradley are faced with the challenge of keeping the newest member of their family safe and sound. Views: 581
A locked room. A dark threat. A place of poisonous lies. Germany, 1784. Daniel Clode cannot say whether or not he killed the woman. They were found together in a locked room, dressed for the Carnival. But what of the strange madness he feels, and how did she drown on dry land? Harriet Westerman knows Daniel is not a murderer; her sister would not have married such a man. She and the reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther must travel to the Duke of Maulberg's Court to save him from the silken, venal plotting of the castle, and from the axeman's steel. But their journey across Europe brings them to an alien and capricious land, full of lies and shadows, where no one can be trusted.Review'Matchless storytelling, gripping and moving in equal measure. Addictive' -- Nicci French 'Chillingly memorable...an extraordinary thriller' -- Tess Gerritsen This series, launched after Robertson won a Telegraph writing competition, continues to excel' -- Daily Telegraph About the AuthorImogen Robertson worked as a television, film, and radio director before becoming a full-time writer. Her previous novels in the Westerman/Crowther series include Instruments of Darkness, Anatomy of Murder, and Island of Bones. She lives in London. Views: 581
Thrown into a complex web that is the foundation of a past of which Tom has remained ignorant his whole life, he’s forced to acknowledge who and what he really is.Stanley Muddingfield, ex FBI, re-assigned to a new secret division of US intelligence, finds his holidays disrupted as the past which should long have been buried, is violently unearthed.“A groan, uneven, ragged breathing. They both heard it at the same time. Tom’s heart thudding loudly against his ribs, a caged animal trying to escape, he edged over to where the sound was coming from. Right on the water line was a body.”Stranded, without water, food or shelter, 17 year old Tom has only the company of his best friend Martin and a rich, spoilt girl, Julia, who’s keeping something from them. Thrown into a complex web that is the foundation of a past of which Tom has remained ignorant his whole life, he’s forced to acknowledge who and what he really is. Secrets which have been closely guarded until now are about to change Tom’s life forever as he is faced with a reality he never knew existed. Everything he’s been led to believe so far has been a lie…Stanley Muddingfield, ex FBI, re-assigned to a new secret division of US intelligence, finds his holidays disrupted as the past which should long have been buried, is violently unearthed. Plunged back into a world he’d long left behind, Stan is forced into a race against time and an old enemy who is smarter and deadlier than is comforting to imagine. A fight to prevent global dystopia has begun and the only one who can find the answers, is Stan. Views: 581
