From the forthcoming "Kings of Nowhere" collection - After a "girls night out" gone wrong, Evie stumbles upon the strangest of things - a man made of bronze rusting in a clearing in the woods. What wakes in that clearing, and in herself, are more than she may be able to believe, much less handle. A short story, approx. 14,500 words. Views: 22
Chester S. Geier (1921-1990) was a U.S. author and editor whose first work, "A Length of Rope" (included here) appeared in Unknown in April 1941. Ray Palmer recruited him to write for the Ziff-Davis group, where he became a frequent contributor to Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures. He published under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Guy Archette, Alexander Blade, P F Costello, Warren Kastel, S M Tenneshaw, Gerald Vance and Peter Worth. This volume collects 21 of his science fiction and fantasy stories:A LENGTH OF ROPETHE SPHERE OF SLEEPENIGMA OF THE CITYSKY IMPIF YOU BELIEVEFIDOENVIRONMENTWEEP NO MORE, MY ROBOTDISAPPEARANCEJEWEL OF DEATHMIRAGE WORLDFOUR WHO RETURNEDA CRYSTAL AND A SPELLGETAWAYHAPPINESS IS NOWHEREHAUNTED METROPOLISQUEST OF THE SPLIT MAPDEATH SENTENCEWATER LODETHE FINAL HOURIf you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to... Views: 22
Rose Lehman has always known who she wants to marry: the bishop's son, Reuben Byler. But then Trevor, the handsome Army buddy of her future brother-in-law, visits Lancaster County, and Reuben starts to seem dull by comparison. When the thrill of adventure begins to fade, will Rose find happiness—or ruin her best chance at love? Views: 22
Mr. Mani is a deeply affecting six-generation family saga, extending from nineteenth century Greece and Poland to British-occupied Palestine to German-occupied Crete and ultimately to modern Israel. The narrative moves through time and is told in five conversations about the Mani family. It ends in Athens in 1848 with Avraham Mani's powerful tale about the death of his young son in Jerusalem. A profoundly human novel, rich in drama, irony, and wit. Views: 22
There's a reason she's called the Red Queen.Joey Mullins is the man who got away. Desire will stop at nothing to get her favorite brawny werewolf back in her bed.When Joey learns Red Queen is playing at the same music festival he goes on high alert. He's never trusted Desire or her antics, and has no doubt she is out for Sorcha's blood.Sorcha has seen Desire use dark magic to manipulate Joey against his will. That doesn't scare her. She's willing to fight dirty to keep her man.When push comes to shove, will obsession or true love win? Views: 22
The Zuckerman Novels * The Ghost Writer (1979) * Zuckerman Unbound (1981) * The Anatomy Lesson (1983) * The Prague Orgy (1985) * The Counterlife (1986) * American Pastoral (1997) * I Married a Communist (1998) * The Human Stain (2000) * Exit Ghost (2007) Views: 22
SynopsisBook 2 It is 1942, and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat, the Esther Jane. But the back-breaking work and constant childbearing take their toll on Maryann, and the tragic loss of her old friend Nancy, followed by a further pregnancy lead her to a desperate act which nearly costs her her life. The walls of her security are broken down when Joel suffers an accident, and to keep the boats working, Maryann is forced to allow Sylvia and Dot, two wartime volunteers, into the privacy of their life. And when she discovers that someone keeps calling for her at Birmingham's Tyseley Wharf, the dark memories of her past begin to overwhelm her life. For that someone, who seems to be watching her every move, is becoming more dangerous that even she could imagine... Views: 22
The second half of Andrew Motion's new collection returns to the sequence begun in Laurels and Donkeys, completing a body of work recognised by the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award in 2014. These meditations on combat and the people caught up in it look back to conflicts of the past: to the 'war to end all wars'; to Rupert Brooke on his final journey; to Wilfred Owen at Craiglockhart War Hospital; to Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the day of his fatal shooting. But Motion also depicts the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, his plain understatement bringing the magnitude of war home to our own shores. These poems are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Elsewhere we find biographies in miniature, dreams and visions, family histories, which in their range of forms and voices consider questions of... Views: 22
