Contemporary Gay Romances is the third collection of short fiction by legendary novelist and memoirist, Felice Picano (The Lure, Like People in History, Ambidextrous). It is also his most diverse in terms of the times, places, themes, characters and situations he writes about. Filled with the unexpected, the true, and the amazing, Contemporary Gay Romances moves with ease from gas-lit, upper class London, to a future, climate-altered Bay Area; from semi-rural Florida to Southern California beaches, to an extrasolar planet where people have surprising existences. His characters range from ordinary American suburban housewives to extraordinary children, from grieving young geologists and memory-haunted middle aged men, to British Midlands soccer stars and 22nd Century war heroes. Picano subtitled this collection of stylish, unique, and moving works "Tragic, Comic, Mystic & Horrific," and they are all that and more. The ten tales include prize winners as well as stories published... Views: 53
No one could have foreseen the horror that followed the discovery of the old burial pit. It was after all, merely a grave occupied by the dead, and when had the dead ever presented a threat to the living? This time however, it was different. The killings and the crucifixions were bad enough, but worse was to follow...much worse. Free until the end of January. Views: 52
Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.Algernon Blackwood was an English author best known for his ghost stories. Blackwood's short stories The Willows and The Wendigo were very influential in the genre. This collection includes the following:NOVELS:The CentaurJimbo: A FantasyThe Human ChordA Prisoner in FairylandThe Extra DayJulius LeVallonThe Bright MessengerThe Wave: An Egyptian AftermathThe Promise of AirThe Garden of Survival SHORT STORIES:The WillowsThe WendigoThe DamnedThe Man Whom the Trees LovedThe Insanity of JonesThe Man Who Found OutThe Glamour of SnowSandA Physical InvasionAncient SorceriesThe Nemesis of FireSecret WorshipThe Camp of the DogA Victim of Higher SpaceThe Empty HouseA Haunted... Views: 52
This volume is a follow-up to our Victorian Rogues Megapack and presents no less than 31 additional tales of Victorian-era (or close to it!) villains, rogues, thieves, and criminals. You don't have to have read the previous volume, of course, since all of these works stand alone. But if you'd rather have an A.J. Raffles or Boston Blackie as the hero or center-point of a story than Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan, this is definitely the ebook for you!Included are no less than 31 classic tales—more than 600 pages:THE NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES RIGBY, by Arthur MorrisonTHE CASE OF JANISSARY, by Arthur MorrisonTHE CASE OF "THE MIRROR OF PORTUGAL," by Arthur MorrisonTHE CASE OF MR. LOFTUS DEACON, by Arthur MorrisonOLD CATER'S MONEY, by Arthur MorrisonHOW DON Q. STOOD AT BAY, by K. and Hesketh PrichardTHE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD, by Robert Louis StevensonMR. CLACKWORTHY GOES TO JAIL, by Christopher B. BoothPlus 12 adventures of Romney Pringle, by... Views: 52
Surrounded by magic, magicians and a glamorous Vegas wedding, Escape Magic follows the adventures of sexy escape magician Lady Lydia, who finds her tangled up in a romance she hadn't anticipated and isn't sure she wants to escape. Views: 52
Three "riveting" novels of space adventure set in a dystopian future from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated author and "brilliant" voice (David Feintuch). In the twenty-fifth century, sentient races are ruled by the League of Peoples. War has been eliminated and killing is forbidden, but insidious secrets are concealed in the dark corners of this would-be utopia, in these three action-packed novels. Expendable: Festina Ramos serves in the Explorer Corps—better known as the Expendable Crew Members—whose mission is to risk their lives on potentially hostile unexplored planets. When the Admiralty finally sends her on a suicide mission, Festina is determined to escape certain death, but the consequences of defiance are beyond what she ever imagined. Commitment Hour: When citizens of Tober Cove—one of few settlements left on Earth since interstellar travel became possible—turn twenty, they make a... Views: 52
Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, is forced for reasons of failing health to surrender his much-prized bachelor's independence. Advertising for an assistant, he unwittingly embarks upon the most dangerous adventure of his privileged life. Alma Busch, a sensuous, physically attractive young woman with bizarre tattoos covering much of her body, stirs in Seigl a complex of emotions: pity? desire? responsibility? guilt? Unaware of her painful past and her troubled personality, Seigl hires her as his assistant. As the novel alternates between Seigl's and Alma's points of view, the naÏve altruism of the one and the virulent anti-Semitism of the other clash in a tragedy of thwarted erotic desire. With her masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates probes the contemporary tragedy of ethnic hatred and challenges our accepted limits of desire. The Tattooed Girl may be her most controversial... Views: 52
