Author: Lord Richard J Carberry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788302395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
'He looks at the painting on the wall; the horse and cart leaving the forest with a certain haste, the night's sky lit up with a moon that's full and bright. Nothing's painted apart from the aforementioned and trees. But he knows that it's there, in the woods, amongst the shadows and he knows from the forest it will come and into the village of Drarkland it will prowl. 1885 and the village of Drarkland is being plagued by a monstrous beast that terrorises the night. 1985 and five cheeky Londoners turn up in Drarkland for a holiday. They are met with suspicion and secrecy and eventually discover that a werewolf is on the loose; the curse from one hundred years ago has returned. Who could it be? Could it be Wilks, the barman; Beckett, their landlord; Deloris, the shop assistant; or another 'innocent' or not so 'innocent' villager? Wide boy, Gary, reckons they can make a fortune if they capture it. Can it be done... especially by this bunch of lunatics? This novel has the appealing combination of suspense and horror with humour and hilarity.
A Fistful of Fur
Author: Lord Richard J Carberry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788302395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
'He looks at the painting on the wall; the horse and cart leaving the forest with a certain haste, the night's sky lit up with a moon that's full and bright. Nothing's painted apart from the aforementioned and trees. But he knows that it's there, in the woods, amongst the shadows and he knows from the forest it will come and into the village of Drarkland it will prowl. 1885 and the village of Drarkland is being plagued by a monstrous beast that terrorises the night. 1985 and five cheeky Londoners turn up in Drarkland for a holiday. They are met with suspicion and secrecy and eventually discover that a werewolf is on the loose; the curse from one hundred years ago has returned. Who could it be? Could it be Wilks, the barman; Beckett, their landlord; Deloris, the shop assistant; or another 'innocent' or not so 'innocent' villager? Wide boy, Gary, reckons they can make a fortune if they capture it. Can it be done... especially by this bunch of lunatics? This novel has the appealing combination of suspense and horror with humour and hilarity.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788302395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
'He looks at the painting on the wall; the horse and cart leaving the forest with a certain haste, the night's sky lit up with a moon that's full and bright. Nothing's painted apart from the aforementioned and trees. But he knows that it's there, in the woods, amongst the shadows and he knows from the forest it will come and into the village of Drarkland it will prowl. 1885 and the village of Drarkland is being plagued by a monstrous beast that terrorises the night. 1985 and five cheeky Londoners turn up in Drarkland for a holiday. They are met with suspicion and secrecy and eventually discover that a werewolf is on the loose; the curse from one hundred years ago has returned. Who could it be? Could it be Wilks, the barman; Beckett, their landlord; Deloris, the shop assistant; or another 'innocent' or not so 'innocent' villager? Wide boy, Gary, reckons they can make a fortune if they capture it. Can it be done... especially by this bunch of lunatics? This novel has the appealing combination of suspense and horror with humour and hilarity.
Serge Gainsbourg: a Fistful of Gitanes
Author: Sylvie Simmons
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781900924405
Category : Singers
Languages : da
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this, the first English biography to capture Gainsbourg in all his contradiction and gleeful outrageousness, Simmons tells the fascinating story of the Gallic star. Drawing on hours of new interviews with his intimates-among them Jane Birkin, Sly & Robbie, Marianne Faithfull, and celebrated producer Philippe Lerichomme-Simmons describes in crackling prose the scope of Gainsbourg's achievement while doing full justice to his complicated emotional life. Simmons's work will stand as the definitive take on a dizzying genius.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781900924405
Category : Singers
Languages : da
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this, the first English biography to capture Gainsbourg in all his contradiction and gleeful outrageousness, Simmons tells the fascinating story of the Gallic star. Drawing on hours of new interviews with his intimates-among them Jane Birkin, Sly & Robbie, Marianne Faithfull, and celebrated producer Philippe Lerichomme-Simmons describes in crackling prose the scope of Gainsbourg's achievement while doing full justice to his complicated emotional life. Simmons's work will stand as the definitive take on a dizzying genius.
Magic Within
Author: Sara Fitzgerald
Publisher: Champagne Books
ISBN: 1771550716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Nancy, a purple-haired witch, has never fit in with the kids in town. She has always felt something was deeply wrong with her. When Josh, her best friend, is attacked by a werewolf, Nancy seeks a potion to save him from the werewolf curse. But Josh’s fate--werewolf or human--is his to decide, when the potion is injected during his transition at the full of the moon. Nancy, too, must make a choice. Her mother, her best friend, and a steadfast young man all see the magic within her. Can she finally accept who she is and give love a chance?
Publisher: Champagne Books
ISBN: 1771550716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Nancy, a purple-haired witch, has never fit in with the kids in town. She has always felt something was deeply wrong with her. When Josh, her best friend, is attacked by a werewolf, Nancy seeks a potion to save him from the werewolf curse. But Josh’s fate--werewolf or human--is his to decide, when the potion is injected during his transition at the full of the moon. Nancy, too, must make a choice. Her mother, her best friend, and a steadfast young man all see the magic within her. Can she finally accept who she is and give love a chance?
A Fistful of Thorns
Author: Michael A. Crane
Publisher: Boot Hill Press
ISBN: 9780974591407
Category : Historical fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Boot Hill Press
ISBN: 9780974591407
Category : Historical fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Last Ritual
Author: S A Sidor
Publisher: Aconyte
ISBN: 1839080132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A mad surrealist’s art threatens to rip open the fabric of reality, in this twisted tale of eldritch horror and conspiracy, from the wildly popular world of Arkham Horror. Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham’s social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr’s mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might already be too late to save himself, let alone Arkham.
Publisher: Aconyte
ISBN: 1839080132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A mad surrealist’s art threatens to rip open the fabric of reality, in this twisted tale of eldritch horror and conspiracy, from the wildly popular world of Arkham Horror. Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham’s social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr’s mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might already be too late to save himself, let alone Arkham.
A Fistful of Icons
Author: Sue Matheson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476629439
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the United States. And Western archetypes remain as important emblems of the American experience, relating a complex and coded narrative about heroism and morality, masculinity and femininity, westward expansion and technological progress, and assimilation and settlement. In this collection of new essays, 21 contributors from around the globe examine the "cowboy cool" iconography of film and television Westerns--from bounty hunters in buckskin jackets to denizens of seedy saloons and lonely deserts, from Cecil B. DeMille and John Ford to Steve McQueen and Budd Boetticher, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476629439
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the United States. And Western archetypes remain as important emblems of the American experience, relating a complex and coded narrative about heroism and morality, masculinity and femininity, westward expansion and technological progress, and assimilation and settlement. In this collection of new essays, 21 contributors from around the globe examine the "cowboy cool" iconography of film and television Westerns--from bounty hunters in buckskin jackets to denizens of seedy saloons and lonely deserts, from Cecil B. DeMille and John Ford to Steve McQueen and Budd Boetticher, Jr.
A Taste Fur Murder
Author: Dixie Lyle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250031079
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Meet Deirdre "Foxtrot" Lancaster. Trusted employee of eccentric zillionairess Zelda Zoransky, Foxtrot manages a mansion, a private zoo, and anything else that strikes her boss's fancy. Her job title is Administrative Assistant, but chaos handler would be more accurate. Especially after she glimpses a giant ghost-beast in Zelda's pet cemetery. For some strange reason, Foxtrot is seeing animal spirits. And, ready or not, in this mystery from Dixie Lyle, the fur is about to hit the fan. Still reeling, Foxtrot comes home to find her cat Tango, her dead cat Tango, alive and well and communicating telepathically. But that's not all: There's an ectoplasmic dog named Tiny who changes breeds with a shake of his tail and can sniff out a clue like nobody's business. So when a coworker drops dead while organizing closets, Tiny is on the case. Can Foxtrot and her new companions ferret out the killer among a menagerie of suspects, human and otherwise, before death takes another bite?
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250031079
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Meet Deirdre "Foxtrot" Lancaster. Trusted employee of eccentric zillionairess Zelda Zoransky, Foxtrot manages a mansion, a private zoo, and anything else that strikes her boss's fancy. Her job title is Administrative Assistant, but chaos handler would be more accurate. Especially after she glimpses a giant ghost-beast in Zelda's pet cemetery. For some strange reason, Foxtrot is seeing animal spirits. And, ready or not, in this mystery from Dixie Lyle, the fur is about to hit the fan. Still reeling, Foxtrot comes home to find her cat Tango, her dead cat Tango, alive and well and communicating telepathically. But that's not all: There's an ectoplasmic dog named Tiny who changes breeds with a shake of his tail and can sniff out a clue like nobody's business. So when a coworker drops dead while organizing closets, Tiny is on the case. Can Foxtrot and her new companions ferret out the killer among a menagerie of suspects, human and otherwise, before death takes another bite?
The World of Tiers Volume One
Author: Philip José Farmer
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504046013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The first three adventures set in the amazing realm created by the Hugo Award–winning author of Riverworld and “an excellent science fiction writer” (Isaac Asimov). His past a mystery and his present unbearably mundane, Robert Wolff is simply trying to buy a new house in Arizona when he stumbles upon a secret doorway through space and time and enters the World of Tiers. Made up of ascending levels of jungles, plains, medieval cities, and, at the top, a Garden of Eden, and populated by fantastical creatures, from nymphs and centaurs to merpeople and strange amalgams nonexistent on Earth, it’s beyond anything Wolff could have imagined in his previous humdrum existence. And when his youth is restored in the bargain, it seems he’s truly found paradise. But there are dark forces in this new world, and Wolff is plunged into an epic quest up through the tiers, accompanied by Paul Janus Finnegan, another earthling, now known as Kickaha. Wolff’s journey to find Jadawin, the Lord of this world, will lead to answers about his own identity—and determine his fate. Wolff and Kickaha will face off against feuding Lords—who hold the power to control private worlds of their own design—and the depraved Bellers. Devices originally created in the biolabs of the Lords, the Bellers are now conscious entities waging war on the Lords and their “pocket universes.” As they infiltrate the bodies of creatures throughout the World of Tiers and hunt down the Earth-born, the survival of all the worlds hinges upon the battle between the strangers from Earth and enemies disguised as their allies. This omnibus contains the author’s preferred text, reprinted from the limited edition volumes published by Phantasia Press.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504046013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The first three adventures set in the amazing realm created by the Hugo Award–winning author of Riverworld and “an excellent science fiction writer” (Isaac Asimov). His past a mystery and his present unbearably mundane, Robert Wolff is simply trying to buy a new house in Arizona when he stumbles upon a secret doorway through space and time and enters the World of Tiers. Made up of ascending levels of jungles, plains, medieval cities, and, at the top, a Garden of Eden, and populated by fantastical creatures, from nymphs and centaurs to merpeople and strange amalgams nonexistent on Earth, it’s beyond anything Wolff could have imagined in his previous humdrum existence. And when his youth is restored in the bargain, it seems he’s truly found paradise. But there are dark forces in this new world, and Wolff is plunged into an epic quest up through the tiers, accompanied by Paul Janus Finnegan, another earthling, now known as Kickaha. Wolff’s journey to find Jadawin, the Lord of this world, will lead to answers about his own identity—and determine his fate. Wolff and Kickaha will face off against feuding Lords—who hold the power to control private worlds of their own design—and the depraved Bellers. Devices originally created in the biolabs of the Lords, the Bellers are now conscious entities waging war on the Lords and their “pocket universes.” As they infiltrate the bodies of creatures throughout the World of Tiers and hunt down the Earth-born, the survival of all the worlds hinges upon the battle between the strangers from Earth and enemies disguised as their allies. This omnibus contains the author’s preferred text, reprinted from the limited edition volumes published by Phantasia Press.
Story Singer
Author: Sheila Rance
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444012401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The land of Khandar needs silk. The moths must dance in the palace garden and Tareth must weave once again. As Maia races across the Vast with the last of the cocoons, she knows the future of the Sun City lies in her hands. But her sister, Elin, will stop at nothing to steal back what was hers and see Caspia crowned as Sun Catcher and Queen. The silk sighs its secrets and Maia realises that now, more than ever, she must find a Story Singer to sing by her side.
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444012401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The land of Khandar needs silk. The moths must dance in the palace garden and Tareth must weave once again. As Maia races across the Vast with the last of the cocoons, she knows the future of the Sun City lies in her hands. But her sister, Elin, will stop at nothing to steal back what was hers and see Caspia crowned as Sun Catcher and Queen. The silk sighs its secrets and Maia realises that now, more than ever, she must find a Story Singer to sing by her side.
play dead
Author: francine j. harris
Publisher: Alice James Books
ISBN: 1938584376
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
"This book talks smack. This book chews with its open mouth full of the juiciest words, the most indigestible images. This book undoes me. . . . francine j. harris brilliantly ransacks the poet's toolkit, assembling art from buckets of disaster and shreds of hope. Nothing she lays her mind's eye on escapes. You, too, will be captured by her work."—Evie Shockley Lyrically raw and dangerously unapologetic, play dead challenges us to look at our cultivated selves as products of circumstance and attempts to piece together patterns amidst dissociative chaos. harris unearths a ruptured world dictated by violence—a place of deadly what ifs, where survival hangs by a thread. Getting by is carrying bruises and walking around with "half a skull." From "low visibility": I have light in my mouth. I hunger you. You want what comes in drag. a black squirrel in a black tar lane, fresh from exhaust, hot and July's unearthed steam. You want to watch it run over. to study the sog. You want the stink of gristle buried in a muggy weather. I want the faulty mirage. a life of grass. we want the same thing. We want their deaths to break up the sun. francine j. harris is a 2015 NEA Creative Writing Fellow whose first collection, allegiance, was a finalist for the 2013 Kate Tufts Discovery and PEN Open Book Award. Originally from Detroit, she is also Cave Canem fellow who has lived in several cities before returning to Michigan. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, and currently teaches writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Publisher: Alice James Books
ISBN: 1938584376
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
"This book talks smack. This book chews with its open mouth full of the juiciest words, the most indigestible images. This book undoes me. . . . francine j. harris brilliantly ransacks the poet's toolkit, assembling art from buckets of disaster and shreds of hope. Nothing she lays her mind's eye on escapes. You, too, will be captured by her work."—Evie Shockley Lyrically raw and dangerously unapologetic, play dead challenges us to look at our cultivated selves as products of circumstance and attempts to piece together patterns amidst dissociative chaos. harris unearths a ruptured world dictated by violence—a place of deadly what ifs, where survival hangs by a thread. Getting by is carrying bruises and walking around with "half a skull." From "low visibility": I have light in my mouth. I hunger you. You want what comes in drag. a black squirrel in a black tar lane, fresh from exhaust, hot and July's unearthed steam. You want to watch it run over. to study the sog. You want the stink of gristle buried in a muggy weather. I want the faulty mirage. a life of grass. we want the same thing. We want their deaths to break up the sun. francine j. harris is a 2015 NEA Creative Writing Fellow whose first collection, allegiance, was a finalist for the 2013 Kate Tufts Discovery and PEN Open Book Award. Originally from Detroit, she is also Cave Canem fellow who has lived in several cities before returning to Michigan. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, and currently teaches writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts.