Meredith Talbot has a secret. In fact, she has nine secrets—her own and those of the eight orphans at Seaton House, a home for children. Each of them has a special talent that if exposed would get them labeled as witches. It is her responsibility to protect the children and their secrets and keep them safe from persecution. Marauding Indians force them into a nearby fort where their safety is threatened by fanatical townspeople and a captivating army officer who try to unmask the children's extraordinary abilities. Lieutenant Preston Booth has one goal—to serve and protect his country. The military is the only life he has ever known. It's the only life he wants. When a child is abducted and Preston goes after the culprit, Meredith has a vision of what will happen to him. Does she risk everything by exposing her gift? Or keep her secret and risk losing him forever? Views: 483
This Is Memorial Device, the debut novel by David Keenan, is a love letter to the small towns of Lanarkshire in the west of Scotland in the late 1970s and early 80s as they were temporarily transformed by the endless possibilities that came out of the freefall from punk rock. It follows a cast of misfits, drop-outs, small town visionaries and would-be artists and musicians through a period of time where anything seemed possible, a moment where art and the demands it made were as serious as your life. At its core is the story of Memorial Device, a mythic post-punk group that could have gone all the way were it not for the visionary excess and uncompromising bloody-minded belief that served to confirm them as underground legends. Written in a series of hallucinatory first-person eye-witness accounts that capture the prosaic madness of the time and place, heady with the magic of youth recalled, This Is Memorial Device combines the formal experimentation... Views: 483
In the wake of his infant daughter's tragic death, Steve Brannigan is struggling to keep himself together. Estranged from his wife, who refuses to be inside the house where the unthinkable happened, and unable to work, he seeks solace in an endless parade of old sitcoms and a bottle of bourbon.Until one night he hears a sound from his daughter's old room, a room now stripped bare of anything that identified it as hers...except for her security blanket, affectionately known as Blanky.Blanky, old and frayed, with its antiquated patchwork of badly sewn rabbits with black button eyes, who appear to be staring at the viewer...Blanky, purchased from a strange old man at an antique stall selling "BABY CLOSE" at a discount.The presence of Blanky in his dead daughter's room heralds nothing short of an unspeakable nightmare that threatens to take away what little light remains in Steve's shattered world.Because his daughter loved Blanky... Views: 483
Butch Shilton and Joe Peters are on the run and think to hide out in a quiet township. The sheriff comes across them on a wanted poster and once again they have to hightail it. Trouble seems to follow the pals and they end up in the confines of the brutal Los Pecos penitentiary. Breaking out they flee over the border into Mexico only to fall foul of the notorious bandit Barca. They recruit a bunch of escaped convicts to fight Barca only to find they have make a pact with one pack of devils to fight another pack of devils. On top of that the prison guards are out scouring the countryside for the escapees. With enemies closing in on all sides there is nowhere to run. Could this be the end of the trail for Butch and Joe? Views: 483
The infamous Dr. Caligari: psychiatrist or psychopath? In this wry and satiric tour de force, award-winning author James Morrow (Towing Jehovah,The Last Witchfinder) offers a surprising and provocative take on a silent film classic. In the summer of 1914, the world teeters on the brink of the Great War. An American painter, Francis Wyndham, is hired to provide art therapy at a renowned European asylum, working under the auspices of its mysterious director, Alessandro Caligari. Francis is soon beguiled by his most talented student, Ilona Wessels, whose genius with a brush is matched only by the erotic intensity of her madness. Deep in his secret studio, Dr. Caligari, rumored to be a sorcerer, struggles to createEcstatic Wisdom, an immense painting so hypnotic it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle. Once Francis and Ilona grasp Caligari’s scheme in all its supernatural audacity, they conspire to defeat him with a magical work of their own... Views: 483
The Kingdom of Hunter's Run is preparing for its first high profile wedding. But first, there is the problem of the Brotherhood to solve, lest the bride be assassinated before she can walk down the aisle. Four sectors have come together to deal with the threat, but only Jane has the Intel and forces necessary to do the job. But all actions have consequences. Decisions are subject to Karma, and Jane begins to wonder if she made the right ones. Circumstances force Jane to rely on others, her forces spread far and wide and in the wrong places, as a new threat appears which threatens the AI's more than anyone else, and Jane in particular. At war once more, Fred drops a bombshell, which shakes the sector ten council. Forced to act as a cohesive group, the AI's must use subterfuge to move assets into position, so Jane can do the impossible in the middle of the worst battle since the Darkness War. There will always be those who view AI's as an abomination, and with the death toll continuing to mount, can Queen Jane continue to also be, Leader Jane?
AI Destiny series.
1. Admiral Jane
2. Queen Jane
3. Snark's Quest
4. Destiny Stone
5. Talisman of Tomorrow
6. Leader Jane Views: 483
Life is complicated when your best friend is your ex-boyfriend.
When I broke up with Ashton a year ago I expected things to get easier. We stayed best friends, but keeping our relationship strictly just friends is a lot harder than I thought. All the old feelings are still there hiding just below the surface, and it doesn't take much to bring them out again. I know it won't work, though, so I do my best to keep them under control no matter how much I'd like to give in to them. And there are days when I really, really want to give in.
On top of that I've got a major art project due while my creativity seems to have gone on permanent vacation and three overly supportive friends trying to drive me crazy with their help and advice. And now there's Dylan to complicate my life even more. He's smoking hot, smart, funny, and into me. I really like him a lot and I think he's just what I need - or at least he would be if I could manage to stop thinking about Ashton. Somehow I have to get Ashton out of my head. It's time to move on after the break up, time to live my life.
It's time for more than just friends. Views: 483
Not your typical prostitute ... this is a story of unconditional love. *
“I need a reason to exist.”
Beautiful, intelligent, independent, strong-willed, wealthy—Lilith Fontenot seems by all appearances, to have it all. But that’s not how the highest paid prostitute in New Orleans sees herself.
A stain on society. A scourge. A waste. Outsider. Prisoner…
Any idyllic dream of the normal life she may have once imagined, Lilith buried long ago. Her only plan now is survival.
But mob boss Nico Santelli and community center owner Soti Christos have not given up on Lilith. Each has his own very specific, very opposing, plans for her, and neither will rest until it becomes a reality.
LILITH is a singularly bracing take on an ancient tale of tireless love, betrayal, and the possibility of redemption. Views: 483
The police call came at 4:00 am. A possible burglary that turns out to be a particularly nasty murder. Sandra Deeson, the Librarian who finds the bloodied body, is deeply shaken. Then the nightmares begin- because what the police don't know is that this is not the first time she has found a corpse. One of Sandra's colleagues is missing. The Police investigation starts and then stalls. There may be a clue in the painting someone left for Sandra - but the picture brings back memories she's tried to keep buried. Two unidentified bodies, thirty years apart, and the only connection is Sandra herself. Last time, it cost her dearly. This time the price may be even steeper. Views: 483
Eleven French scientific romances by Jacques Boucher de Perthes, Pierre Bremond, Léon Daudet, Georges Espitallier, Louis Gallet, Pierre de Nolhac & Ralph Schropp. This is the twelfth in a series of anthologies of exemplary texts in the evolution of the French genre of roman scientifique. The eleven stories collected here were published between 1832 and 1932. They include three remarkable tales about automata and homonculi, including one in which the manufacture of an artificial human being is credited to the 13th century scholar Albertus Magnus. Also included are The Uraniad (1844), a protest against Newton's theory of gravity, The Death of Paris (1892), an account of how Paris was destroyed by a new Ice Age, and The Nickel Man (1897) by military historian and journalist Georges Espitallier, in which an eccentric scientist uses galvanic technology to turn his body into a metal statue in an attempt to preserve it. Views: 482
