There are things in Winter, Wisconsin, folks just don't talk about. The murder way back in '45 is one. The near-suicide of a first-grade teacher is another. And then there is 17-year old Christian Cage. Christian's parents disappeared when he was a little boy, and ever since he's drawn and painted obsessively, trying desperately to remember his mother. The problem is Christian doesn't just draw his own memories. He can draw the thoughts of those around him. Confronted with fears and nightmares they'd rather avoid, people have a bad habit of dying. So it's no surprise that Christian isn't exactly popular. What no one expects is for Christian to meet Winter's last surviving Jew and uncover one more thing best forgottenthe day the Nazi's came to town. Based on a little-known fact of the United States' involvement in World War II, Draw the Dark is a dark fantasy about reclaiming the forgotten past and the redeeming power of love. Views: 63
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Swordplay and sorcery leads to unexpected adventures in a strange and exotic land. Views: 63
Romance/Mainstream. 24391 words long. First published in 2009-02-12, 2009 Views: 63
From the most disturbing mind in modern horror, Edward Lee, comes four stories of extreme perversion and visceral horror.
THE STICK WOMAN – Priscilla has been held hostage, physically mutilated, and fed feces for years. And her situation is about to get much, much worse.
SHIT-HOUSE – How bad is the world around you? How much worse could it get? How far would you go to fix it?
THE USHERS – They are always there – somewhere in the background and just out of sight. A force of violence and lust. They are the ushers…
THE SEA-SLOP THING – June needs a new job – and she’s found it, along with something from the deepest depths of the sea. Views: 63
Cats are not meant to save the world.Fitz the cat is supposed to be enjoying the normal activities savored by those of the feline persuasion—napping (a lot), nibbling on house plants, sharpening his claws on expensive furniture, and, most importantly, never, ever doing what a human wants him to.But instead, thanks to Zeke, Stephanie, and Hector—those meddling, tuna-hatin', whiskerless kids who dragged him down to Underwhere—Fitz has bigger fish to fry (though, of course, he prefers his fish raw).Not only has he started thinking like a human, he's actually helping them recover the stolen Scepter of Underwhere, battle a wild pack of triceradoodles, outwit a roaming band of savage mice, and foil the plans of the strange new movie director in town, who happens to smell awfully familiar. . . .Note from the Publisher: This book includes graphic-novel-style illustrations that may not be suitable for devices with small screens. Views: 63
From the comic genius behind Chet Gecko comes a new kind of fairy tale hero—and a big, bad, crime-solving adventure! The houses of all Three (not-so-) Little Pigs were broken into and ransacked, and the Pigs are squealing for justice. So Prince Tyrone, ruler of Fairylandia, drags in the obvious suspect: Wolfgang. The lone wolf has big teeth, sharp claws, no alibi—and a single day to find the real culprit and clear his big bad name. When Wolf (reluctantly) teams up with the fourth Little Pig to crack the case, the Big Bad Detective Agency—and an adventure way funnier than your average fairy tale—is off to a howling start! Views: 63
A woman from the past. A cyborg with no future.They have every reason to mistrust each other but one: survival.When Nell Stafford passed out it was 2012. When she wakes up naked aboard a starship it's 2138, and she's surrounded by the Syn-En: synthetically-enhanced soldiers with a grudge against humans like her. She doesn't know where she is or what's happened, only that her life has been destroyed and everyone she's ever known is dead.Their leader Beijing York has just discovered his people's creators--humans--have betrayed them. They were promised freedom and equality in exchange for settling a newly discovered planet at the other side of a wormhole. But the Syn-En have outlived their usefulness.The offer was a trick.The wormhole has collapsed, and now both Nell and the Syn-En are trapped far, far from Earth to face almost certain death.Bei has lost his future, and Nell has lost her past.But Nell gained something in her 120-year sleep; somehow, she knows everything the Syn-En need to survive. Now she must convince Bei and his people to trust her--as soon as she learns to trust the mysterious intelligence. Views: 63
