Author: Adam Simcox
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473230853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The gripping third instalment in Adam Simcox's supernatural crime DYING SQUAD series. A MISSING DETECTIVE Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports of his sighting, signs suggest he may have fallen back into his criminal ways. A DEATH IN A NIGHTCLUB A new drug is taking the world by storm. Spook allows the living to see the dead, but its effects are often fatal. The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case. TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Because the invention of Spook has another purpose. One that's been decades in the planning. Two worlds are on a collision course - the living and the dead's - and the Dying Squad must summon all their investigatory cunning to stop a plot that could change people's (after)lives for ever.
The Ungrateful Dead
Author: Adam Simcox
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473230853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The gripping third instalment in Adam Simcox's supernatural crime DYING SQUAD series. A MISSING DETECTIVE Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports of his sighting, signs suggest he may have fallen back into his criminal ways. A DEATH IN A NIGHTCLUB A new drug is taking the world by storm. Spook allows the living to see the dead, but its effects are often fatal. The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case. TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Because the invention of Spook has another purpose. One that's been decades in the planning. Two worlds are on a collision course - the living and the dead's - and the Dying Squad must summon all their investigatory cunning to stop a plot that could change people's (after)lives for ever.
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473230853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The gripping third instalment in Adam Simcox's supernatural crime DYING SQUAD series. A MISSING DETECTIVE Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports of his sighting, signs suggest he may have fallen back into his criminal ways. A DEATH IN A NIGHTCLUB A new drug is taking the world by storm. Spook allows the living to see the dead, but its effects are often fatal. The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case. TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Because the invention of Spook has another purpose. One that's been decades in the planning. Two worlds are on a collision course - the living and the dead's - and the Dying Squad must summon all their investigatory cunning to stop a plot that could change people's (after)lives for ever.
Our Grateful Dead
Author: Vinciane Despret
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452965935
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
An award-winning exploration of the presence of the dead in the lives of the living A common remedy after suffering the loss of a loved one is to progress through the “stages of grief,” with “acceptance” as the final stage in the process. But is it necessary to leave death behind, to stop dwelling on the dead, to get over the pain? Vinciane Despret thinks not. In her fascinating, elegantly translated book, this influential thinker argues that, in practice, people in all cultures continue to enjoy a lively, inventive, positive relationship with their dead. Through her unique storytelling woven from ethnographic sources and her own family history, Despret assembles accounts of those who have found ways to live their daily lives with their dead. She rejects the idea that one must either subscribe to “complete mourning” (in a sense, to get rid of the dead) or else fall into fantasy and superstition. She explores instead how the dead still play an active, tangible role through those who are living, who might assume their place in a family or in society; continue their labor or art; or thrive from a shared inheritance or an organ donation. This is supported by dreams and voices, novels, television and popular culture, the work of clairvoyants, and the everyday stories and activities of the living. For decades now, in the West, the dead have been discreet and invisible. Today, especially as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Despret suggests that perhaps we will be willing to engage with the dead in ways that bring us happiness despite our loss. Despret’s unique method of inquiry makes her book both entertaining and instructive. Our Grateful Dead offers a new, pragmatic approach to social and cultural research and may indeed provide compassionate therapy for those of us coping with death.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452965935
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
An award-winning exploration of the presence of the dead in the lives of the living A common remedy after suffering the loss of a loved one is to progress through the “stages of grief,” with “acceptance” as the final stage in the process. But is it necessary to leave death behind, to stop dwelling on the dead, to get over the pain? Vinciane Despret thinks not. In her fascinating, elegantly translated book, this influential thinker argues that, in practice, people in all cultures continue to enjoy a lively, inventive, positive relationship with their dead. Through her unique storytelling woven from ethnographic sources and her own family history, Despret assembles accounts of those who have found ways to live their daily lives with their dead. She rejects the idea that one must either subscribe to “complete mourning” (in a sense, to get rid of the dead) or else fall into fantasy and superstition. She explores instead how the dead still play an active, tangible role through those who are living, who might assume their place in a family or in society; continue their labor or art; or thrive from a shared inheritance or an organ donation. This is supported by dreams and voices, novels, television and popular culture, the work of clairvoyants, and the everyday stories and activities of the living. For decades now, in the West, the dead have been discreet and invisible. Today, especially as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Despret suggests that perhaps we will be willing to engage with the dead in ways that bring us happiness despite our loss. Despret’s unique method of inquiry makes her book both entertaining and instructive. Our Grateful Dead offers a new, pragmatic approach to social and cultural research and may indeed provide compassionate therapy for those of us coping with death.
The Ungrateful Dead
Author: Barbara Rose Cooper
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385743920
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Annabel Craven is receiving texts from a ghost girl named Harper who begs Anna to help her rejoin the living.
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385743920
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Annabel Craven is receiving texts from a ghost girl named Harper who begs Anna to help her rejoin the living.
Ungrateful Dead
Author: Patricia Morrison
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9780615162621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
It's March 1966: not quite the Summer of Love. When Rennie's best friend, rock singer Prax McKenna, is busted for being at two savage crime scenes---one of them backstage at the newly opened Fillmore Auditorium---despite her own problems (her failed marriage and getting established in the rock biz), Rennie sets out to clear her friend's name. But nobody expects what happens next. Especially not Rennie.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9780615162621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
It's March 1966: not quite the Summer of Love. When Rennie's best friend, rock singer Prax McKenna, is busted for being at two savage crime scenes---one of them backstage at the newly opened Fillmore Auditorium---despite her own problems (her failed marriage and getting established in the rock biz), Rennie sets out to clear her friend's name. But nobody expects what happens next. Especially not Rennie.
Blood Lite
Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416570276
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Horror Writers Association Presents BLOOD LITE ...a collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge. Charlaine Harris reveals the dark side of going green, when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist in "An Evening with Al Gore"...In an all-new Dresden Files story from Jim Butcher, when it comes to tracking deadly paranormal doings, there's no such thing as a "Day Off" for the Chicago P.D.'s wizard detective, Harry Dresden...Sherrilyn Kenyon turns a cubicle-dwelling MBA with no life into a demon-fighting seraph with one hell of an afterlife in "Where Angels Fear to Tread"...Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong's "The Ungrateful Dead." Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin -- in a good way -- from Janet Berliner Don D'Ammassa Nancy Holder Nancy KilpatrickJ. A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson Joe R. Lansdale Will LudwigsenSharyn McCrumb Mark Onspaugh Mike Resnick Steven SavileD. L. Snell Eric James Stone Jeff Strand Lucien Soulban Matt Venne Christopher Welch So let the blood flow and laughter reign -- because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416570276
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Horror Writers Association Presents BLOOD LITE ...a collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge. Charlaine Harris reveals the dark side of going green, when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist in "An Evening with Al Gore"...In an all-new Dresden Files story from Jim Butcher, when it comes to tracking deadly paranormal doings, there's no such thing as a "Day Off" for the Chicago P.D.'s wizard detective, Harry Dresden...Sherrilyn Kenyon turns a cubicle-dwelling MBA with no life into a demon-fighting seraph with one hell of an afterlife in "Where Angels Fear to Tread"...Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong's "The Ungrateful Dead." Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin -- in a good way -- from Janet Berliner Don D'Ammassa Nancy Holder Nancy KilpatrickJ. A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson Joe R. Lansdale Will LudwigsenSharyn McCrumb Mark Onspaugh Mike Resnick Steven SavileD. L. Snell Eric James Stone Jeff Strand Lucien Soulban Matt Venne Christopher Welch So let the blood flow and laughter reign -- because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!
I Text Dead People
Author: Barbara Rose Cooper
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385743912
Category : Dead
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"As if living in a creepy house on cemetery grounds weren't horrible enough, Annabelle accidentally becomes a guide that bridges the gap between the living and the dead with her cell phone. Which means she is pestered by the deceased 24/7. And until she helps them with their absurd unresolved issues and ridiculous requests, no one will be able to rest in peace."--
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385743912
Category : Dead
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"As if living in a creepy house on cemetery grounds weren't horrible enough, Annabelle accidentally becomes a guide that bridges the gap between the living and the dead with her cell phone. Which means she is pestered by the deceased 24/7. And until she helps them with their absurd unresolved issues and ridiculous requests, no one will be able to rest in peace."--
The Duke Is Dead
Author: Michael David
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982284005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A collection of short stories; crime, sci-fi, fantasy, realism, and satire by the Hans Christian Andersen of adult fiction. Questioning The Unknown. When we gaze up at the stars, the question that eludes Mankind, is there life on other worlds? Maybe on some far-away planet, there are other beings like ourselves also wondering if they too are alone, and maybe one day our paths may cross, and when it does, we may have to ask ourselves another question, do we embrace peace or go to war? Well, there's an old saying that comes to mind, seek, and you shall find. They may already be among us. Peace On Earth. The ghouls were miserable and scared. Their master was losing his evil influence, and it was driving them crazy with despair. It was a sad day indeed when there was peace on Earth. When people reunited, and there was love in the world. Races intermingled, and mixed babies were born. Nations got together, and there was one flag for us all. It was a very cold day in Hell. Jokers Are Wild. As he laid down his cards, four kings and a jack, the banker gave me a superior smile, then his greedy paws reached out for the pot, but I stopped him and turned over my cards and watched the joy drain out of his face as I showed him a straight flush. “Better luck next time.” Someone threw down a dollar and told the scarecrow, “And don't forget your bus-fare home.” Live And Die In New York. It was Christmas Eve, and the streets were alive with festive joy. Wise guys killed and got smoked, couples drank and got drunk, and the virgins got laid. But for the perverts, pimps, junkies, and whores, and the shyster lawyers that represented them all, and the cops that were tasked with upholding the law. It was just another day. And a variety of other stories with characters you would love, hate, and enjoy. The writer has a humorous mind. His dialogue and characters are sharp. A unique talent that doesn't waste words. An entertaining read...
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982284005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A collection of short stories; crime, sci-fi, fantasy, realism, and satire by the Hans Christian Andersen of adult fiction. Questioning The Unknown. When we gaze up at the stars, the question that eludes Mankind, is there life on other worlds? Maybe on some far-away planet, there are other beings like ourselves also wondering if they too are alone, and maybe one day our paths may cross, and when it does, we may have to ask ourselves another question, do we embrace peace or go to war? Well, there's an old saying that comes to mind, seek, and you shall find. They may already be among us. Peace On Earth. The ghouls were miserable and scared. Their master was losing his evil influence, and it was driving them crazy with despair. It was a sad day indeed when there was peace on Earth. When people reunited, and there was love in the world. Races intermingled, and mixed babies were born. Nations got together, and there was one flag for us all. It was a very cold day in Hell. Jokers Are Wild. As he laid down his cards, four kings and a jack, the banker gave me a superior smile, then his greedy paws reached out for the pot, but I stopped him and turned over my cards and watched the joy drain out of his face as I showed him a straight flush. “Better luck next time.” Someone threw down a dollar and told the scarecrow, “And don't forget your bus-fare home.” Live And Die In New York. It was Christmas Eve, and the streets were alive with festive joy. Wise guys killed and got smoked, couples drank and got drunk, and the virgins got laid. But for the perverts, pimps, junkies, and whores, and the shyster lawyers that represented them all, and the cops that were tasked with upholding the law. It was just another day. And a variety of other stories with characters you would love, hate, and enjoy. The writer has a humorous mind. His dialogue and characters are sharp. A unique talent that doesn't waste words. An entertaining read...
To Wake The Dead
Author: Lee Mueller
Publisher: Lee Mueller
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Renown Mystery writer Fred Finnegan has died under unusual circumstances and all his friends have gathered at his wake. Was Fred murdered by someone at the wake? Because Fred's ghost shows up and he's dying to find out who dun it!
Publisher: Lee Mueller
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Renown Mystery writer Fred Finnegan has died under unusual circumstances and all his friends have gathered at his wake. Was Fred murdered by someone at the wake? Because Fred's ghost shows up and he's dying to find out who dun it!
Dead Is Just a Rumor
Author: Marlene Perez
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547505108
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Thrills and chills descend on the town of Nightshade during Halloween in this fourth book in the series, following Dead Is So Last Year. As the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary—on Halloween, of course—many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats. But launching an investigation isn’t easy for Daisy with her overprotective father watching her every move. Though she’s is happy to have him back after the years he spent being held captive by an anti-paranormal group called the Scourge, Dad is having a difficult time adjusting to home life—and the fact that his little girl is now a senior in high school. He even disapproves of Daisy’s boyfriend, Ryan. Can their relationship take the strain? And Daisy’s got even more on her plate: A talented amateur chef, she has won cooking lessons with celebrity chef Circe Silvertongue. After nosing around (with a little help from Circe’s pet pig), Daisy begins to suspect the temperamental chef’s secrets aren’t only in her ingredients . . . Praise for the Dead Is series “[Perez] delivers a wise-cracking, boy-lusting, determined sleuth of a high school protagonist . . . this quick, lighter-than-air spoof of the undead, cheerleaders and popularity is pure pleasure.”—Publishers Weekly “A fun ride from start to finish. Perez’s smart and sassy style soars.”—Mary E. Pearson, author of the Remnant Chronicles “[A] quick, lively romp . . . Teens looking for a breezy read will find plenty to like here.”—Booklist
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547505108
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Thrills and chills descend on the town of Nightshade during Halloween in this fourth book in the series, following Dead Is So Last Year. As the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary—on Halloween, of course—many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats. But launching an investigation isn’t easy for Daisy with her overprotective father watching her every move. Though she’s is happy to have him back after the years he spent being held captive by an anti-paranormal group called the Scourge, Dad is having a difficult time adjusting to home life—and the fact that his little girl is now a senior in high school. He even disapproves of Daisy’s boyfriend, Ryan. Can their relationship take the strain? And Daisy’s got even more on her plate: A talented amateur chef, she has won cooking lessons with celebrity chef Circe Silvertongue. After nosing around (with a little help from Circe’s pet pig), Daisy begins to suspect the temperamental chef’s secrets aren’t only in her ingredients . . . Praise for the Dead Is series “[Perez] delivers a wise-cracking, boy-lusting, determined sleuth of a high school protagonist . . . this quick, lighter-than-air spoof of the undead, cheerleaders and popularity is pure pleasure.”—Publishers Weekly “A fun ride from start to finish. Perez’s smart and sassy style soars.”—Mary E. Pearson, author of the Remnant Chronicles “[A] quick, lively romp . . . Teens looking for a breezy read will find plenty to like here.”—Booklist
Dead of Veridon
Author: Tim Akers
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1625670818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The conclusion to the Burn Cycle is “an engaging, page-turning read . . . [for] those who enjoy their steampunk tech with a high dose of technofantasy” (Tor.com). The city of Veridon used Jacob Burn horribly. The Council, the Church, even his family betrayed his trust, and still Burn risked everything to save their lives. For his sacrifice, he lost his tenuous ties to lawful society, his place in the criminal underworld, and the only woman he ever loved. Now, to survive, Burn runs small-time jobs, like his latest gig, delivering a seemingly innocuous package to the Fehn. The Fehn are a symbiotic race that dwell peacefully under the murky Reine River, colonizing any body that slips beneath its dark waters. But moments after Burn makes his delivery, swarms of dead Fehn clog the Reine. More terrifying are the horde of pearl-white cogdead Fehn who still walk, crawling out of the river to violently ransack the city. Once again, Burn is responsible for Veridon’s survival, and the Fehn are just one of many threats the city suddenly faces. Burn thought he had nothing to lose, but protecting Veridon could cost him the one thing he has left . . . his life. “Very fast-moving, full of action, color, and invention . . . It is fun, and it is interesting, and it sets a template for what could be an ongoing series in the noir detective/action fashion.” —SF Site “Just when you think you know what’s going on, suddenly you’re not so sure. Akers writes a mean action sequence as well which stirs things up beautifully.” —Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1625670818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The conclusion to the Burn Cycle is “an engaging, page-turning read . . . [for] those who enjoy their steampunk tech with a high dose of technofantasy” (Tor.com). The city of Veridon used Jacob Burn horribly. The Council, the Church, even his family betrayed his trust, and still Burn risked everything to save their lives. For his sacrifice, he lost his tenuous ties to lawful society, his place in the criminal underworld, and the only woman he ever loved. Now, to survive, Burn runs small-time jobs, like his latest gig, delivering a seemingly innocuous package to the Fehn. The Fehn are a symbiotic race that dwell peacefully under the murky Reine River, colonizing any body that slips beneath its dark waters. But moments after Burn makes his delivery, swarms of dead Fehn clog the Reine. More terrifying are the horde of pearl-white cogdead Fehn who still walk, crawling out of the river to violently ransack the city. Once again, Burn is responsible for Veridon’s survival, and the Fehn are just one of many threats the city suddenly faces. Burn thought he had nothing to lose, but protecting Veridon could cost him the one thing he has left . . . his life. “Very fast-moving, full of action, color, and invention . . . It is fun, and it is interesting, and it sets a template for what could be an ongoing series in the noir detective/action fashion.” —SF Site “Just when you think you know what’s going on, suddenly you’re not so sure. Akers writes a mean action sequence as well which stirs things up beautifully.” —Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review