This is a new collection of seven French proto-science fiction stories devoted to explorations of the future, as imagined in the 1850s and early 1900s, translated and annotated by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford. This collection includes fantastic explorations of Future Paris by Théophile Gautier, Arsène Houssaye, Victor Fournel as well as Alfred Franklin's visionary The Ruins of Paris in 4875 (1875), Maurice Spronck's devastating criticism of socialist utopianism, Year 330 of the Republic (1894), and Jean Jullien's An Investigation of the World of the Future (1909), in which a reporter interviews scientists whose discoveries are in the process of laying the foundations for the transformation of human society. Views: 480
Ever have trouble remembering a password for a computer program? This fun/serious/futuristic book of poetry offers up a number of topics, including the password topic. Ranging from humorous to serious concepts, and finally depicting an almost apocalyptic future, the poems represent the human search for meaning and identity.Ever have trouble remembering a password for a computer program? Or trying to balance a checkbook? The first section of this fun/serious/futuristic book of poetry offers up a number of humorous topics, then moves easily into serious topics, such as domestic violence, illness, even death. Finally, the poems gravitate into a bleak, almost apocalyptic future, focused on topics such as overdependence on technology and concerns for destruction of human life. Several are dedicated to others, including one devoted to the Challenger explosion. Some have been published earlier in anthologies and cover a span of perhaps twenty-five years in the author's life. Views: 480
Short poems and rhythmic prose from the mind of Marvin K. Perkins.In this, this first episode of Deadguy: Professional Hero, the Heroes are made the subject of a student 's film project while having to confront the mysterious and deadly Bomber Twins. Views: 480
"A highly informative, detailed, even thrilling account of how the Supreme Court arguments reshaped American law."—Michael Bronkski, San Francisco ChronicleNo one could have predicted that the night of September 17, 1998, would be anything but routine in Houston, Texas. Even the call to police that a black man was "going crazy with a gun" was hardly unusual in this urban setting. Nobody could have imagined that the arrest of two men for a minor criminal offense would reverberate in American constitutional law, exposing a deep malignity in our judicial system and challenging the traditional conception of what makes a family. Indeed, when Harris County sheriff's deputies entered the second-floor apartment, there was no gun. Instead, they reported that they had walked in on John Lawrence and Tyron Garner having sex in Lawrence's bedroom.So begins Dale Carpenter's "gripping and brilliantly researched" Flagrant Conduct, a work nine years in the making... Views: 479
"He's had centuries to master this game and he is very, very good at it..."One minute I'm a regular Londoner – overworked, underpaid and living in a flat the size of a shoe box. The next minute I'm doing magic and hunting vampires. You see, it turns out that I'm an arcane witch. Never heard of them? Neither had I until I got attacked by a vampire while trying to make a food delivery. Ok, that wasn't all bad. It did get me through the doors of the sexiest doctor this side of the Thames. The trouble is he's hiding something. I know it's something BIG but I just can't work out what it is...Now the other arcane witches want me to join their crusade. They say if we don't hunt vampires to extinction, the blood-suckers will take over the world, turning humans into cattle. I tell those crazy witches to get lost, but that's a mistake. The vampires know about me. They know that I'm special and they won't stop until I'm... Views: 479
Snakes emerging from her head, a strong thirst for vengeance and massive mood swings threaten 15 year old Felicia's goal—to win the grant for the troubled kids she mentors. When this normally stable girl learns she’s the offspring of a Fury and a god of Mercy,she knows she has choices to make and temptations to resist in the form of two new guys, each wanting to lead her down a different path.Adopted at birth, fifteen year old Felicia Murphy has no idea she’s the offspring of a Fury and a god of Mercy. The discovery will soon shatter her world...Felicia’s reputation as stable and trustworthy means everything if she’s to win the grant for the troubled kids she mentors.Snakes emerging from her head, massive mood swings, and a strong thirst for vengeance do not fit into her plans. She has no time to worry about her adoptive parent’s separation and the unwanted discovery that her biological parents are supernatural freaks. She can’t confide in her friends; who would believe her?As her life spins out of control, she allows herself to be distracted by the two new guys who are suddenly showering her with attention, pulling her in different directions.Felicia has choices to make. Embrace the Fury and risk everything, or find a way to tame the beast. Views: 479
The second in the Tapestries series.Jane Smith has the perfect corporate job, a beautiful apartment and an understanding boyfriend. She works long hours, but enjoys her life. It all begins to unravel the moment she witnesses a murder. Now her former life has vanished and she is left to rebuild again.Just when things seem to be taking a turn for the better, the thrift store tapestry that she'd impulsively purchased magically transports her to Javara, a world that resembles medieval Earth, and into the arms of the Bakra brothers.Zaren Bakra is shocked to discover that the tapestry has delivered Jane to Bakra land—as the tapestry prophecy has already been fulfilled for this generation. Their world is strange to Jane, and her very presence ignites violence and death.Now the two brothers will use all their sexual skills, separately and together, to convince Jane to stay in Javara and choose one of them for her husband. But the tapestry will reappear in just three days.... Views: 479
"In The Big Picture, He'll Be Happier..." is the touching story of how one family deals with a mentally challenged loved one: A short play for two females and two males. This play is free of charge to perform as long as authorship is correctly attributed, no major changes are made without the author's permission, and the author is kept informed regarding any public performance/s."In The Big Picture, He'll Be Happier..." is the touching story of how one family deals with a mentally challenged loved one: A short play for 2 females and two males. This play is free of charge to perform as long as authorship is correctly attributed, no major changes are made without the author's permission, and the author is kept informed regarding any public performance/s. Views: 479
Sadness looms over the old mansion at the end of the road where the massive oaks and willows line the street. With no one recovering from the losses they have experienced and D-Day creeping up on them, Ari decides to make a final push. Only this time she has a little help from O. Between the strongest magic in the world and the control Ari has learned, they hope they will be able to manipulate the time change and make everything better with a single push. There is one thing they don't account for, Angels. Angels and the gifts they bestow upon us change us. Sometimes permanently. Views: 479
Love of language, poetry prompts and openness to self-discovery guide Steve Lavigne’s latest collection of poems. Delightful twists and turns of voice, meanings and poetic devices power their way throughout this work. Unique and entertaining, this book is sure to inspire your own season of creativity as you compare the end results to the initial prompt. Will you step up to the challenge?Love of language, poetry prompts and openness to self-discovery guide Steve Lavigne’s latest collection of poems. Delightful twists and turns of voice, meanings and poetic devices power their way throughout this work as each poem is allowed to direct its own course – whatever that may be- unabashed honesty, self-effacing humor, healthy skepticism, optimistic faith. Unique and entertaining, this book is sure to inspire your own season of creativity as you compare the end results to the initial prompt. Will you step up to the challenge? Views: 479
Everyone knows the story of Adolf Hitler's final days – cornered, insane, killing himself in despair as Berlin burned above him.But this story is based solely on the eyewitness accounts of the people who shared the bunker with him – the people most loyal to the Führer; the people most likely to lie to protect him. The world's foremost Nazi hunter has never believed the official account; he has spent his life chasing a phantom, convinced that Hitler escaped the bunker. Now, as he lies on his deathbed, he receives a mysterious visitor; a man who claims to know the true story of Hitler's death; a man named Karl Fairburn.Is he just another conspiracy fantasist, or could his tale possibly be true...? Views: 479
She thought Cupid's arrow would never find her... love sent a missile instead. Being the onboard matchmaker for an interstellar dating cruise isn't the most exciting job in the world, but that's fine. Joy likes things to be calm and orderly. Then the ship gets attacked, and her captain orders her into an escape pod with two VIPs and instructions to keep everyone alive. Crashing on an unknown planet is one excursion she never planned for. The wildlife is dangerous, the terrain is treacherous, and the only help available comes in the form of a tall, horned alien with the sex appeal of a rockstar and a stubborn streak wider than the Milky Way. He's certain she belongs to him. She's convinced he's crazy. She's got a long list of reasons why it could never work, but the big, sexy alien has his charms... and he's willing to use them all to get what he wants. Her. After years of helping others look for love,... Views: 479
