Download or read book Scream Angel written by Douglas Smith and published by Lucky Bat Books. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think of human emotion as a geography, with peaks of pleasure and valleys of pain. Imagine a drug that flips the valleys and makes them peaks, too. You react now to an event based not on the pleasure or pain that it brings, but solely on the intensity of the emotion created. Pain brings pleasure, grief gives joy, horror renders ecstasy. Now give this drug to a soldier. Tell them to kill. Not in the historically acceptable murder of war, but in a systematic corporate strategy—of xenocide. They will kill. And they will revel in it. Welcome to the world of Scream. Jason Trelayne is a Screamer, a soldier forced to take part in the enslavement or death of entire races. But Trelayne falls in love with Philomela, a Scream Angel, an alien who produces the addictive drug. Does he love her for her beauty, for the drug she gives him, from guilt for what he has done to her people? And does she love truly him as she swears? Or is he simply her only hope for freedom, for her and her entire race? Forced to choose between freedom and love, what will they do? "...a multi-layered tale about a circus that features a pair of ‘angels’ who have the ability to produce a drug that produces pleasure based on intensity of emotion. Factor in that the owner of the circus is in love with one of the angels as well as addicted to the drug she produces, and the story quickly becomes one that holds the reader’s attention until the very end." —SpecFicWorld "Smith describes a disturbingly plausible military application for the narcotic ... The basic concept behind the drug strikes me as one of those rare ideas that seems at once so perfect and so natural that someone must have come up with it before; but if someone has, I haven't heard about it, and regardless Smith exploits the potential of the idea extraordinarily well here." —Strange Horizons "...remind[ed] me of the reasons I love the author’s writing: his characterisation, attention to detail and recurring themes of love, faith and redemption."—SF Crowsnest Reviews "A visceral work [...] a true pearl of the fantastic literature. Breath-taking."—Café de Ontem "The story has so many layers that I'm still sorting them out. And like an onion, I'm not sure if I'll ever find the final layer."—Tangent Online "A dark and powerful story with a first line that sets the tone for what is to come: 'They stopped beating Trelayne when they saw that he enjoyed it.' (A++)"—Fantasy Book Critic "Scream Angel was especially horrifying and compelling, and I wound up re-reading it again after I had finished the book."—Fluidity of Time

Download or read book Hark The Herald Angels Scream written by Christopher Golden and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen stories of Christmas horror from bestselling, acclaimed authors including Scott Smith, Seanan McGuire, Josh Malerman, Michael Koryta, Sarah Pinborough, and many more. That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. Marley untying the bandage that holds his jaws together. The hideous children--Want and Ignorance--beneath the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The heavy ledgers Marley drags by his chains. In the finest versions of this story, the best parts are the terrifying parts. Bestselling author and editor Christopher Golden shares his love for Christmas horror stories with this anthology of all-new short fiction from some of the most talented and original writers of horror today.

Download or read book Ghostly Scream written by Michelle Louring and published by Michelle Louring. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They might be better dressed, but mages can be just as fickle as demons . . . Disavowed by the clergy, Selissa is left to fend for herself when her actions lead her to become a prisoner of Var’nori. She is given the choice between staying locked up within the walls of the mage city or accepting to become an apprentice of the secretive magister, Feryll. It’s really not much of a choice. Because while her life has changed a lot over the last few years, one thing is still very much true: Selissa really, really doesn’t like mages.

Download or read book Angel s Paradise written by Janice Angelique and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vacation to Jamaica changes a woman's life forever when she is reunited with her long-ago love. Now she must decide if she will trust him again with her heart. Original.

Download or read book Supernatural Beings 1 written by Thierry Kouam and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winnipeg is divided between two worlds: one is comprised of human beings and the other of supernatural beings, some of whom have been gifted with special powers and magic. Supernatural beings, animals shaped like humans, believe their ancestors are their gods, dutifully follow the rules of their tradition, and understand their purpose is to eradicate the human race. Hero is a young adult, magician supernatural being who has been sent with his brothers to the world of human beings to destroy humankind. But everything changes during his important mission when Hero surprisingly feels his magic pushing him against his own desire to protect Angel, a mysterious human being who appears different than others in her race. When Hero breaks the rules of his tradition and battles against his own family to protect Angel, he becomes a traitor who now must learn why his magic warns him when Angel is in danger as fate leads him to places he never imagined. In this fantasy tale, a young supernatural being with magical powers on a mission to destroy the human race crosses paths with a mysterious being that causes him to question everything he has ever known.

Download or read book Chimerascope written by Douglas Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunburst Awards Finalist (2011) Chimerascope, a story of many parts. A young artist hungers to draw you. A dinner conversation takes three lifetimes to finish. A geologist faces a planet-sized, eons-old puzzle to save her crew. The hero of the Fall of Earth must choose between love and revenge. A mysterious dancer leads a businessman to a most exclusive nightclub. A man is born each day into a new life, only to die each night. A sentient aurora threatens the last of humanity. A Norse god's bar in Toronto hosts an unplanned family reunion. A woman descends into insanity, or is it the end of the world? A house as big as the world. These are some of the stories you will encounter in Chimerascope, the first full collection of short fiction from award-winning Canadian author, Douglas Smith. Sixteen stories of fantasy and science fiction, including one Aurora Award-winners, a Best New Horror pick, and nine Aurora finalists, that take you from love in fourteenth-century Japan to humanity’s last stand, from virtual reality to the end of reality, from alien drug addictions to a dinner where a man loses everything.

Download or read book Everybody Scream written by Jeffrey Thomas and published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the final day of the season for the annual Punktown Fair and excitement is high. For the couple in charge, Del and Sophi Kahn, it's a bittersweet day of transition. Little do they realize the trials they will face and how severely this one day will test their relationship. In fact, closing day seems to be a catalyst for many Punktown residents; drawing them in, stirring them up and letting them loose on each other. This roller coaster tale builds to a peak of expectation then plummets, twisting and turning, a breathtaking juggernaut to the final pages with plenty of screams and giggles along the way.

Download or read book Nobody s Angel written by Thomas McGuane and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel about a former soldier in Big Sky Country whose life is spiraling out of control, from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, who is "among the most arresting and fascinating [writers] of his generation" (San Francisco Chronicle). In McGuane's first novel set in his famed American West, Patrick Fitzpatrick is a former soldier, a fourth-generation cowboy, and a whiskey addict. His grandfather wants to run away to act in movies, his sister wants to burn the house down, and his new stallion is bent on killing him: all of them urgently require attention. But increasingly Patrick himself is spiraling out of control, into that region of romantic misadventure and vanishing possibilities that is Thomas McGuane's Montana. Nowhere has McGuane mapped that territory more precisely—or with such tenderhearted lunacy—than in Nobody's Angel, a novel that places him in a genre of his own.

Download or read book Metal Angel written by Nancy Springer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dissatisfied angel falls to Earth to pursue his long-held dream of becoming a heavy-metal rock ’n’ roll god For Volos, heaven is a bore; the real action is in the world of mortals. So the restless celestial abandons the eternal realm, transforming himself into a beautiful, decadent example of the human male while keeping his wings intact, and sets out to become a rock star. Needing appropriate lyrics for his soon-to-be hit singles and having no firsthand experience with mortal emotions and concerns, Volos finds everything he needs in the personal writings of a sexually repressed wife and mother from the Bible Belt. The daughter of a tyrannical fundamentalist preacher, Angie composes poetry in secret, and she is shocked when she hears her own words on the radio. Surely a higher power is calling her to Los Angeles. But the music is leading her to a shining star who is more than a man yet less than human—a true soulmate capable of changing her world in ways she never could have imagined. Multiple award–winning fantasist Nancy Springer reinvigorates the fallen-angel trope in a delightfully inventive and thought-provoking story of a celestial being who is unhappy in the service of a distant and unapproachable God. Metal Angel is an enthralling exploration of belief, spirituality, sexual awakening, and superstardom.

Download or read book Men Not Angels written by Katharine Tynan and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book a rage of angels written by Blair Miller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of love, anger, lust, romance, humor, grief, hope, sorrow, regret, and ultimately redemption. Angels neutral in the first war in heaven are given tasks by the angel Emekmiyahu to redeem themselves in the eyes of GOD.

Download or read book Suicidal Angel S written by Nicola Marie Rattley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicola is 17 years old and has been writing stories since she was 7 years old. Nicola has 2 older brothers. Nicola is also interested in fashion design and loves her music.

Download or read book Angel s Light written by Sabrina Dzulkifri and published by Experiences & Experiments Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt that mind-numbing exhaustion? The kind that seeps into your heart, and your soul, and affects your daily life? Meet Casey. She probably has it worse than you. She’s lost her sight in one eye, and broken two ribs and gotten a bruised face. But she can't remember what happened before she woke up in the hospital, because her ability is to forget as well as retain. And she can't stand not knowing. When she meets Merrick Stewart though, what happens between both of them? Sparks fly, but will he be her light through the darkness?

Download or read book Resurrection written by B. Jarrett (O.P.) and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resurrection is the third book in the series ""The Great Awakening. The author was inspired to write Resurrection to share and offer insight on varied topics. Jesus stands in the midst of the candlesticks which is the church. He is alive and lives forever. Nostalgia revealed knowledge and gave us a look back at the past. Revelation gave us revelatory knowledge and the spirit of prophecy. Now we move in Resurrection power. The church was asleep, but has awaked to the clarion call of Jesus. The world has looked into an empty tomb to find the grave clothes neatly folded in the corner. This is a church without a spot or blemish and adorned for her husband. Each reader will find new insights and be awaken to a journey of discovery and empowerment.

Download or read book Angel s Gaiden Birth written by Tyler Kelso and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the chronicles of Cloukora Skyrell, a descendant of the great King Relyt, king of Atlantis. A city and a family that once held a great amount of power. Power that has now been passed down to a coming-of-age teen. With the help of his newfound abilities and a secret organization that goes by the name Wolfstorm, he must face the evil organization known as Darkstar and save the world from damnation. But with the apocalypse on the horizon, and Lucifer scratching at his cage to get out, will he learn to accept his responsibility and fate as a hero? Or will he run from his destiny and let the world burn?

Download or read book Down to the Top written by Avlon McCreadie and published by Rwg Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it would be like? You know? To walk a mile in another man's shoes. 'The devil is laughing alright! Not only am I practically a junkie again, I'm also cheating on my wife with a married woman. This isn't backsliding. This is diving head first into a bucket full of sh*t. And I'm so numb I can't even smell it.' Somehow everything had just kind of snowballed and David didn't even know how it got that bad. But the devil did! "I am not much of a reader, but I owed someone a favour. So I flipped through the first few pages, I didn't put it down until I finished it!" Gerry Brummer

Download or read book American Angels written by Peter Gardella and published by CultureAmerica. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rich history of angels in America from Spanish colonialism and Puritan culture to modern incarnations found on TV, in movies, in comic books, and on bumper stickers. Finds that Americans have constructed the "useful angel" as a servant of man rather than an agent of God.