Were you there when "A Hard Day's Night" opened in America? Remember Wolfman Jack? Hit the streets of a desert town circa the '60s and '70s as the teen siblings from A Phantom Herd go mad for the Beatles, dance to rock and roll, and try to give LSD to a cowboy movie star. A zany, nostalgic look at American life in the southwest.Hit the streets of a desert town circa the 1960s and 1970s as the teen siblings from A Phantom Herd go mad for the Beatles, dance to rock and roll, and try to give LSD to a cowboy movie star. After Meredith receives a girdle, she switches her priorities to everything teen, claiming she never disliked Easterners. The narrator struggles to retrieve memories of Rancho Supremo and the phantom herd, the big hook she received from Meredith. Eventually Jack and Meredith abandon the southwest, leaving the narrator to battle library mashers who are determined to stop the process of remembering. This is a second novel in a two-part series and should be read following A Phantom Herd. Views: 836
A few miles deep in Virginia woodlands, there lies a portal that goes to a new universe each day. It's a fantastic opportunity to explore, certainly, but there are two problems: the destinations are all dead worlds that have suffered unique and terrible apocalypses… and the portal is getting bigger.From the author of Psychosis, Matt Dymerski, comes a new reality-bending tale of horror and adventure. THE PORTAL IN THE FOREST This neighborhood has a secret - while the adults work multiple jobs to make ends meet, the children trade around strange trinkets and famous books with odd misprints. It seems that, without supervision, they've gotten into something extremely dangerous: another universe. One adult is not working. One adult notices. One adult discovers their secret - a portal a few miles deep in Virginia woodlands; a portal that goes to a new universe each day. It's a fantastic opportunity to explore, certainly, but there are two problems: the destinations are all dead worlds that have suffered unique and terrible apocalypses… and the portal is getting bigger. Views: 836
A Collection of flash fiction. During 2014 I entered a few writing contests, and submitted to many events.Collected Stories from Contests and Events 2014A Collection of flash fiction.During 2014 I entered a few writing contests, and submitted to many events.Here you will find all my submissions from the year including the prize-winning story Julie's Problem. Some are humorous, some serious, a few might come as a surprise to anyone who has read my Flashes of Light collections. Views: 835
“The Green Beans” is a series of middle grade novels featuring elements of adventure, mystery, science fiction, and the paranormal. Recommended for ages 9-13 (and anybody who is still young at heart).MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYHEM... Maria and Sara are bummed out. While their friends are off adventuring on Smuttynose Island, undoubtedly engaging in all kinds of escapades and shenanigans, the sisters are stuck at Hollow Oak Elementary for another routine day of school. Could anything, they wonder, be more boring? As the day begins to unfold before them, however, they quickly realize this day is anything but normal. A formidable presence has made itself known in the school, and increasingly strange happenings are occurring at an alarming rate. Their father, Chief Fresco, is determined to resolve the matter, but he isn’t nearly as well versed in the realms of supreme weirdness as his daughters are. When it comes to unparalleled oddities, the girls are the experts, not the lawman of Hollow Oak. It will take more than the chief's efforts to eliminate the school’s strange problems - it's going to take the entire Fresco Family. “The Green Beans” is a series of middle grade novels featuring elements of adventure, mystery, science fiction, and the paranormal. Recommended for ages 9-13 (and anybody who is still young at heart). Views: 835
What are you grateful for?Are you looking for a children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early readers, and includes morals and lessons about caring, sharing, and love? This children's storybook has it all!What are you grateful for?Are you looking for a children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early readers, and includes morals and lessons about caring, sharing, and love? This children's storybook has it all!This is an excellent read for beginning and early readers. Each story is easy to read and exciting with cute and bright illustrations for younger readers!This book is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and read aloud at home.-5 cute bedtime stories for kids-Just for fun activities and crafts-Morals and lessons about being grateful-Excellent for beginning and early readers-Fun games and mazes includedThis storybook is great for a quick bedtime story and to be read aloud with friends and family.Story List & Activities:-Your Gift!-Jana’s Toys-Just for Fun Activity-Special Pets-Just for Fun Activity-Annie’s Big Brother-John’s Little Sister-Just for Fun Activity-Wonderful World-Just for Fun Activity-Game: How Many Kids Do You See?-Maze 1-Maze 2-Maze 3-Maze 4Scroll up and click 'buy' and spend some quality time with your child! Views: 835
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms meets Guns, Germs, and Steel in Seth Dickinson's highly anticipated debut novel The Traitor Baru Cormorant.
Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people-even her soul.
When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, overwrites her culture, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her fathers, Baru vows to swallow her hate, join the Empire's civil service, and claw her way high enough to set her people free.
Sent as an Imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn, another conquered country, Baru discovers it's on the brink of rebellion. Drawn by the intriguing duchess Tain Hu into a circle of seditious dukes, Baru may be able to use her position to help. As she pursues a precarious balance between the rebels and a shadowy cabal within the Empire, she orchestrates a do-or-die gambit with freedom as the prize.
But the cost of winning the long game of saving her people may be far greater than Baru imagines. Views: 835
Barcelona Jones is a Broadway star. Her new play, Murder on Broadway is a big hit, with people waiting months to buy a ticket to see it. One evening, real bullets are put into the prop gun, killing one of the cast players. Soon, another murder occurs, as well as two attempted murders: one of them on the star, Barcelona Jones herself. Barcelona hires a private detective to investigate the crimes.Barcelona Jones is a Broadway star. Her new play, Murder on Broadway is a big hit, with people waiting months to buy a ticket to see it.At one evening performance, at the end of the first act, real bullets are put into the prop gun killing one of the cast players. Were the bullets meant for him or one of the other players? Soon, another murder occurs, as well as two attempted murders: one of them on the star, Barcelona Jones herself.Barcelona hires a private detective to investigate the crimes, and he completely falls in love with her on their first meeting.Will her feelings for Sam, the detective, be the same? And who is the murderer? Could it possibly be Barcelona’s friend and stage actress, Brenda Summers? That’s up to you, the reader, to find out.Chuck and Doni have been missionaries since 1981. They live on the Big Island of Hawaii. They have two children, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. They have helped start churches in the Philippines, Hong Kong, South Africa and also Taiwan where Chuck ministers four months each year. Chuck is the Pastor of the Kona Coast Chaplaincy on the Big Island of Hawaii, and he along with Doni are the Directors of Go Spread His Word Ministries, Inc. founded in 1990. Views: 835
Melody's eyes met with the Bardo -- and she knew she would never be the same again.It all began with a blood-curdling scream in the middle of the night. This spurs on an investigation by Melody Jackson and her family which leads all over Portland. Enlisting the help of Lonnie's friends, Chazz and Malika, the group looks to resolve the mystery of not only the woman in white, but of two mysterious men in a van, and the dreaded Bardo!Melody Jackson is back in an all new series of tales. In this first story, Melody and her family are confronted with some terrible business going on in the weather station across the street.Note: This begins a new series, which is a prequel to the Novel "Melody Jackson and the House on Lafayette Street". It is a separate series and it's not imperative that they be read prior to the original novel. Views: 835
Every young child has a toy that protects them against demons that haunt them until they become a teenager. It could be a smiling doll or a stitched teddy-bear that guards them against the forces of corruption. Blessed with the magic of innocence, these small toys fight against the dangerous nightmares to keep their charge safe at night.Every young child has a toy that protects them against demons that haunt them until they become a teenager. It could be a smiling doll or a stitched teddy-bear that guards them against the forces of corruption. With the blessed with the magic of innocence, these small toys fight against large dangerous monsters to keep their young charge safe at night. Safe from the nightmares that plague them. Views: 834
In this digital prequel novella set in the Red Queen world, Captain Farley exchanges coded transmissions with the resistance as she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital. She was raised to be strong, but planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected—until she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation: Mare Barrow. Views: 834
What begins as a simple accident quickly evolves into a complex web of deception, subterfuge, and murderThe President is coming to the town.Secret Agent Julia Bukowski warns the local police officers to be on red alert and probe all the events carefully as they can be tips of icebergs. When a car veers off a mountain road, falls into a canyon, killing a veterinary surgeon, Detective Ryan Cook is summoned. Soon Ryan discovers that not everything is as it appears. What begins as a simple accident quickly evolves into a complex web of shady cover ups and family feuds. From the quiet streets of Los Angles to the rugged Arizona mountain range, the trail of deception, subterfuge, and murder leads to a shocking conclusion. Views: 834
A young girl battles with her conscience as she attempts to escape her kidnapper's grasp, once and for all.Rosie doesn't know her birthday. She doesn't know her last name, or her height, or what she'll do with the rest of her life. In this moment, facing her kidnapper, Rosie only knows one thing for sure: She will kill him. Views: 834
The Republic Ship Freedom has been ordered to remove a group of defiant miners from the dead world LX-925. As UN inspector Dr. Remy Duval marvels over the advanced technology at the crew's disposal, he quickly understands the horrific downside to these wonders. Risking everything, Remy schemes to bring a peaceful end to the stand-off before it escalates into genocide.In the early 23rd century, four nations dominate interstellar travel. Their programs have remained a mystery to the people of Earth, including their own people, and the UN wants to know why. Previous inspectors have yielded little insightful information. Dr. Remy Duval is the latest to venture into the unknown.The Republic Ship Freedom has been ordered to remove a group of defiant miners from the dead world LX-925. As Remy marvels over the advanced technology at the crew's disposal, he quickly understands the horrific downside to these wonders. Risking everything, Remy schemes to bring a peaceful end to the stand-off before it escalates into genocide. Views: 834
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author T.C. Boyle makes his Ecco debut with a powerful, gripping novel that explores the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character.
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people—an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover—as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.
On a vacation cruise to Central America with his wife, seventy-year-old Sten Stensen unflinchingly kills a gun-wielding robber menacing a busload of senior tourists. The reluctant hero is relieved to return home to Fort Bragg, California, after the ordeal—only to find that his delusional son, Adam, has spiraled out of control.
Adam has become involved with Sara Hovarty Jennings, a hardened member of the Sovereign Citizens’ Movement, right-wing anarchists who refuse to acknowledge the laws and regulations of the state, considering them to be false and non-applicable. Adam’s senior by some fifteen years, Sara becomes his protector and inamorata. As Adam's mental state fractures, he becomes increasingly schizophrenic—a breakdown that leads him to shoot two people in separate instances. On the run, he takes to the woods, spurring the biggest manhunt in California history.
As he explores a father’s legacy of violence and his powerlessness in relating to his equally violent son, T. C. Boyle offers unparalleled psychological insights into the American psyche. Inspired by a true story, The Harder They Come is a devastating and indelible novel from a modern master. Views: 833
