Harlem, 1926.As the West Indies and the Harlem Knights wage a bloody turf war, the Irish, Italian and Jewish mobs circle like sharks and a helpless community bleeds. But one of Harlem's darkest denizens has been called by the old gods in answer to the people's prayers for help. He stalks Harlem's night as a skull-faced, gun-toting, voodoo-powered avenger that the people call the Cemetery Man... the Witch Doctor... the Dread Baron...But you can just call him Doc Voodoo.In Aces & Eights the Queen Bee controls the speakeasies, brothels and numbers rackets in north Harlem; Papa House controls the south. As the Queen Bee puts the final touches on her new night club, Papa House makes his move to take over all of Harlem, declaring war. But Doc Voodoo is conjuring the Loas and getting horsed to maintain peace, prosperity, and autonomy for the residents of Harlem. Navigating a minefield of gang rivalries, political corruption, and black magic, Doc Voodoo lays down a new law in Harlem,... Views: 29
On a spring day, 1.8 billion children disappear from the face of the earth and natural disasters rock the globe. Of those who remain, 90 percent a ravaged with a plague that turns them into mindless, murderous beings. Views: 29
Bernie Bridges is the luckiest kid at Rotten School. He wins every game he plays, doesn't get into any trouble, and even finds money! So what's the catch? For the good luck to stick, Bernie has to keep his parrot, Lippy, on his shoulder wherever he goes.Lippy's luck is so powerful that Bernie's friends, Feenman and Crench, want in, too. But the minute they touch Lippy, everything changes—Lippy turns into a bad-luck bird.Now nothing Bernie does goes right. Bad luck follows him wherever he goes. There's only one solution, thinks Bernie. He'll give the bird away to his archrival, Sherman Oaks.But hold on! Now Sherman is having all the good luck in the world. Has Bernie made a big mistake? Can he get both his bird and his good luck back—or has his luck run out for good? Views: 29
It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine—with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained in just one book! Views: 29
150 years apart, two men are attacked and killed in exactly the same part of exactly the same church. The only thing linking the incidents is the fact that in both cases, eyewitnesses reported seeing an angel. And although he's familiar with many of London's more bizarre inhabitants, Robinson is certain of one thing: angels aren't real. But if that's the case, how did one attack a tube train? Views: 29
Jack Harden is your average good-old-fashioned American truck driver.
You can ask the girl he's got duct-taped in the back of his cab, she'll tell you.
Oh, don't worry - it's okay. His wife knows all about it.
She told him to do it. Views: 29
2012, Bangalore. Sixteen-year-old Tamanna finds an old Polaroid photograph in the attic and stumbles into her mother's past...It is 1982. Tamanna finds herself in her grandmother's house where her mom seems to be younger than she is. She also meets her grandmother, aunts, and Manoj, her mother's charming neighbour. Manoj's granddad is a scientist working on time-travel but he seems pretty clueless about getting Tamanna back to the present. Even as Manoj helps Tamanna sort out the mess that she's in, they fall hopelessly in love. How will the impossible attraction ever work if Tamanna has to return?A delicious romance, No Time for Goodbyes is tender, irresistible and unforgettable all at once. Views: 29
For so many years, Madelyn had protected her grandmother's cabin for posterity. Her nephew proved that it simply wasn't important. Family was important.
Down in Fairbanks, it’s a fragile time for the small community. Any pressure could fracture the structure they’ve achieved. A stiff breeze could disrupt the balance of power.
God help the poor souls who might threaten Madelyn's new family. Views: 29
Frank Belknap (1901-1994) -- one of the early masters of fantasy and science fiction, friend of an collaborator with H.P. Lovecraft -- produced hundreds of novels, short stories, and poems throughout his long and distinguished career. From fantasy and horror stories in Weird Tales to science fiction in Planet Stories, Astounding Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and so many other venues, his nearly 70-year career is filled with remarkable achievements. This collection presents 20 of his pulp science fiction stories. Views: 29
THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY New York Times bestselling author William W. Johnstone continues his masterful storytelling with The Last Gunfighter—a boldly authentic series about lawmen, outlaws, and the innocents caught in between. The Forbidden Outlaws had smashed his life, left his wife dying, and carried off his son. Now all Frank Morgan wants is to hang up his guns and settle down in peace. But all that changes when he rides into the middle of a Montana range war, where a valley has been ripped apart by hatred and fear . . . and where his legend proves to be as dangerous as his gun. The blood of innocent men, women, and children has been shed. On one side is a small army of ranchers, on the other a stubborn band of farming families. With each side suspecting that the other brought in Frank Morgan, the gunman's reputation fans the flames of war. But a strange thing happens to a... Views: 29
From the author of the bestselling Blood books, a brilliant new tale of shape-changers, mages, soothsayers,and a power-mad emperor. The Empire has declared war on the small, were-ruled kingdom of Aydori, capturing five women of the Mage-Pack, including the wife of the were Pack-leader. With the Pack off defending the border, it falls to Mirian Maylin and Tomas Hagen — she a low-level mage, he younger brother to the Pack-leader — to save them. Together the two set out on the kidnappers' trail, racing into the heart of enemy territory. But with every step the odds against their survival, let alone their success, grow steeper... Views: 29
