A somber yet fatalistic tale of a young woman searching for her roots in a foreign land. Sometimes what we're searching for, finds us first.AJ is a short story prequel to the 8th Mayan Prophecy. AJ is the kid everyone in his grade school wants to be like. Unfortunately, he is disinterested in his studies. In order to continue to play sports he forms an alliance with, Nick Jensen, the smartest kid in his class. Together they both get what they desire most - AJ stays out of trouble with his parents and Nick gets chosen to play in every game. But AJ, also the class prankster, always seems to find a way to get them both in trouble, making for some humorous situations. Views: 319
Ramón mends furniture. Theodore paints. A devout Catholic, Ramón lives in Mexico City, not far from where he was born into poverty. Theodore, a rich German transplanted to a country where money buys some comfort but no peace, believes in nothing at all. You'd think the two had nothing in common. Except, of course, that both had slept with Lelia. The two were good friends, so neither minded sharing her affections. They did mind, however, when Lelia was found raped, murdered, and horribly mutilated. The two friends, suspects both, twist in a limbo of tension and doubt, each seeking his own form of solace and truth. Views: 319
In this sort of prequel to IT'S OVER, Dwayne and Scott are headed to an out of the way place to make a score on a hot Texas afternoon in 1977. Dwayne is in dire need of a fix and as the day wears on he's not entirely sure if the hallucinations he's having are brought on by the sickness or if there's something about his friend Scott he doesn't know.In this sort of prequel to IT'S OVER, Dwayne and Scott are headed to an out of the way place to make a score on a hot Texas afternoon in 1977. Dwayne is in dire need of a fix and as the day wears on he's not entirely sure if the hallucinations he's having are brought on by the sickness or if there's something about his friend Scott he doesn't know.IT'S OVER: CHRONICLES is a multimedia online series in tandem with the IT'S OVER film trilogy, created by Snout Productions. For more information on the three films, the graphic novel, IT'S OVER: TRIBULATIONS, and all Snout music, film and multimedia content, visit www.snoutproductions.com Views: 319
In the month of August of the year 1792 the Rue Maugout was a distorted cleft in the gray mass of the Faubourg St. Antoine, apart from the ceaseless cry of life of the thoroughfare, but animated by a sprinkling of shops and taverns. No. 38, like its neighbors, was a twisted, settled mass of stone and timber that had somehow held together from the time of Henry II. The entrance was low, pinched, and dank. On one side a twisted staircase zig-zagged into the gloom. On the other a squat door with a grating in the center, like a blind eye, led into the cellar which la Mère Corniche, [Pg 4]the concierge, let out at two sous a night to travelers in search of an economical resting-place. Beyond this rat-hole a murky glass served as a peep-hole, whence her flattened nose and little eyes could dimly be distinguished at all hours of the day. This tenebrous entrance, after plunging onward some forty feet, fell against a wall of gray light, where the visitor, making an abrupt angle, passed into the purer air of a narrow court. Opposite, the passage took up its interrupted way to a farther court, more spacious, where a dirt-colored maple offered a ragged shelter and a few parched vines gripped the yellow walls. Views: 319
Back in print in a beautiful new paperback edition, a lost classic from Joyce Carol Oates-a satirical, often surreal, and beautifully plotted nineteenth-century Gothic Romance that brilliantly illuminates contemporary American culture
Set in a nineteenth century similar to our own, A Bloodsmoor Romance follows the beautiful Zinn sisters, five young women who refuse-for the most part-"the obligations of Christian marriage."
Full of Oates's mordant wit, and breathlessly told in the Victorian style by an unnamed narrator shocked by the Zinn sisters' sexuality, impulsivity, and rude rejection of the mores of their time, A Bloodsmoor Romance is a delicious filigree of literary conventions, "a novel of manners" in the tradition of Austen, Dickens, and Alcott which Oates turns on its head.
Oates's dark exploration interweaves murder and mayhem, ghosts, and abductions, substance abuse and gender identity, women's suffrage, the American spiritualist movement, and sexual aberration as the Zinn sisters come into contact with some of the nineteenth-century's greatest characters, from Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde. A biting assessment of the American landscape and a virtuosic transformation of a literary genre, A Bloodsmoor Romance is a compelling, hilarious, and magical anti-romance-Little Women by way of Stephen King. Views: 318
Buddy Jim By Elizabeth GordonBuddy Jim By Elizabeth Gordon Views: 318
Rebecca was a child like any other, living in the times we all recognise as our own. Rebecca was also a child from a time none of us can recognise as our own. Through horror and haunting, Rebecca and Rebecca become one...only to perpetuate the cycle of horror.“The Haeven Collection” is a series of four short stories set in semi modern times. Only through genre are the stories in any way connected and each one has a beginning, a middle and an end. The stories give the reader and inside look at the world that each of the characters live in and comes from as well as a look at how they interact with said world and each other in the individual stories.The Haeven Child-When a witty and temperamental young witch is forced into a situation not of her making and beyond her control, she must traverse the terrible waters of family life and child rearing.Kitten-Running away from home sounds like a good idea, but not when you’re and Skin Changer with major daddy issues and a dead mother. An adolescent Skin Changer runs away from home with her mother’s skin after she dies, her father is looking for her and he is not happy.150-One hundred fifty years is a long time to be with someone you hate, especially if that person is your sire and he controls your very life. A “young” vampire is stuck with the creature that changed him into a monster of the night and his rebellious attitude will not be tolerated.Diner-A diner is such as non-threatening place. However, when a meeting between to associates is cut short because of a joke, the other two men try to keep it together and take the intrusion with grace and poise. Views: 317
‘A loud bang was heard from above, scaring the boys. They shined their lights up the stairwell. The sounds of chains rattling on the floor stirred the dust above. Something or someone was up there. Doug, hiding his fear, took a couple of more steps up. Brandon and Kyle looked at him, their feet locked in place. They had no intention of going any further.’‘A loud bang was heard from above, scaring the boys. They shined their lights up the stairwell. The sounds of chains rattling on the floor stirred the dust above. Something or someone was up there. Doug, hiding his fear, took a couple of more steps up. Brandon and Kyle looked at him, their feet locked in place. They had no intention of going any further.’The old, abandoned Saint Vincent Hospital is said to be haunted by the ghost of David Henry Coleman, the notorious serial killer, known as The Mangler. Coleman died on the fourth floor after being shot by police. For the three Jr. High boys, their curiosity gets the best of them as they explore the old hospital, despite ‘Old Man’ Jake’s warning. No one knew of Jake’s dark connection to the killer and the hospital. And now, on the anniversary of The Mangler’s death, a group of high school kids are planning a private party on the haunted fourth floor. Jake must keep everyone out and protect them from the true evil that lurks on Floor Four. Views: 317
What is this book all about? Well, I could say it is about promotion of my books, which wouldn’t be totally false. On the other hand, it is about writing, as a profession, and reveals what goes into putting together books for publication. It also offers some prime examples of my own writing in essays, stories and articles. And it is a freebee! To boot! Over 80,000 words!TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONPART ONE:Some Writings by the AuthorEDGAR RICE BURROUGHS: A REAL HOOKER or,“The Mystery of Missing Foreword” NIGHTMARE WITH A QUEEN…OF BLOODTHE REAL STRAIGHT DOPECONCERNING A FAMOUS LOVE SONG!DREAMER OF TOMORROWDAD AND ISome Fiction From ElsewhereIN DEFENSE OF PROSTITUTIONSAY RUM, CHUMPARTY BUSINESSSUDDENLY LUST SUMMERBIG DAVE’S GIRLFROZEN SMILES & GLAD HANDSPART TWO:About the Writer1. A TAPED INTERVIEW WITHCHARLES NUETZELby Lynn Munroe2. AN E-MAIL INTERVIEW WITHCHARLES NUETZELby Charles A. Gramlich3. WHY ALL THE PEN NAMES?An Interview with Charles Nuetzelby Bill EwingDE MOUSE WENT WILD!!!4. SOME BIO OF SORTSedited by Robert Reginald5. Scorpion Books—THE BOOKS WITH A STINGby Victor A. BerchPART THREE:Introductions are Shameless Ads for the Wildside Print-to-Order Editions of my books.ADAPT OR DIETHE ERSATZSLAVES OF LOMOOROLOST CITY OF THE DAMNEDGOLD LUSTTROPIC OF PASSIONOPERATION: DOUBLE-CROSSMURDER TIMES 4SOFTLY AS I KILL YOUMISTRESS OF THE DAMNED & DEATH IN HER ARMSANY ONE CAN DIEMURDER MOST TERRIBLETHE SEX CULT MURDERSTHE CASTING COUCHERSBODIES 4 SALEONE SUMMER OF LOVEPARLEY IN PASSIONMIDNIGHT LOVERSSTAR BITCHSEX QUEENKRISTABLUES FOR A DEAD LOVERBORN TO BE LOVEDSEX IS MY BUSINESSSYNDICATE WOMANJEANNEVER IN HER ARMSTHE BODY MERCHANTSHOLLYWOOD NYMPHFLUFFDIMENSIONS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTUREIntros That Never WereTORLO HANNIS OF NOOMASHOLLYWOOD MYSTERIESTHE EPIC DIALOGS OF MHYOSLAVEGIRL OF NOOMASSWORDMEN OF VISTARPART FOUR:AN ALMOST COMPLETE CHECKLIST OF MY BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, LISTED BY PEN NAMEWHERE TO FIND MY EBOOKS ON THE INTERNET Views: 317
Dane Belfast is a young scientist seeking the whereabouts of a missing geneticist and family friend. A visit to the mysterious Cadman Corporation results in his being drugged and whisked off to a secret location called Dragon's Island, where "not-men" and other strange creatures -- as well as human geniuses -- seem to be created. Dane can't tell who to trust in this fast-paced adventure, which is the first novel to use the term "genetic engineering". A ground-breaking novel by the author of DARKER THAN YOU THINK and THE HUMANOIDS. Views: 317
Stories and reminiscences about his early life, times, and associations as a pulp writer in the 1920's and 1930's.Collects 11 early stories, with autobiographical introduction and
remarks between stories. Contents: Introduction, essay by Jack
Williamson; Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science, essay by Jack
Williamson. Stories: The Metal Man; The Girl from Mars (excerpt),
novelette by Jack Williamson and Miles J. Breuer, M.D.; The Cosmic
Express; The Meteor Girl; Through the Purple Cloud; The Doom from Planet
4; Twelve Hours to Live!; The Plutonian Terror; Salvage in Space; "We
Ain't Beggars;" Dead Star Station.
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Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Emile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written. Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the departement of Moselle, in the Lorraine region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode, applying to the Vosges mountain range and the Alsace-Lorraine region techniques inspired by story-tellers from the Black Forest. Lifelong friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after which they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name. Many of Erckmann-Chatrian\'s works were translated into English by Adrian Ross. Views: 317
Exiled from her people, Alila lives alone in a canyon. When a pregnant princess on the run from assassins disrupts her quiet world, Alila chooses to help her reach the coast. Hounded by assassins and torn apart by distrust, Alila’s choice threatens to reveal her dark past and her terrible secret. If she and the princess survive their journey to safety.Exiled from her people, Alila lives alone in a canyon harvesting Frankincense resin with her twin unicorns for company. When a pregnant princess on the run from assassins disrupts her quiet world, Alila chooses to help her reach the coast. Hounded by assassins and torn apart by distrust, Alila’s choice threatens to reveal her dark past and her terrible secret. If she and the princess survive their journey to safety.“Delivering Yaehala” is a fantasy novelette by Annie Bellet. Views: 317
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