Download or read book Spine Intact Some Creases written by Victor J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legendary name from the Golden Age of Paperbacks, VICTOR J. BANIS spins a witty and exuberant tale of A Thousand and One Knights, flitting blithely from tale to tail, in one era and out the other. Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up -- alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and impassioned, and always entertaining -- of the remarkable life and work of a writer hailed by top gay pulp historian Michael Bronski as ?one of my heroes.? ?Banis' memoir provides a poignant history of West Coast paperback publishing in the Sixties, and one author's journey from small beginnings to critical and financial success as a writer -- but it's far more than that: witty, elegantly written, funny, sad, smart, and even wise. Every penman-apprentice should read this book -- twice!? -- Robert Reginald

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Download or read book Life Other Passing Moments written by Victor J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of shorter pieces, Victor J. Banis demonstrates once again the astonishing breadth of his talent, covering virtually every facet of the human experience with astonishing brevity and clarity. Here are pathos and heartache, love and horror, irony -- and humor, especially humor, dry and wry and roll-on-the-floor-clutching-your-sides funny. It would be a hard man indeed who could read the adventures of his Underground Diner -- which take up much of the last half of the book and aptly skewer the ubiquitous and often pretentious food writing column -- without guffawing aloud.

Download or read book The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St Germain written by Andrew M. Greeley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A priest has gone missing in Paris, and Bishop Blackie Ryan is sent to the rescue.

Download or read book The Pot Thickens written by Victor J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from a "Who's Who" of writers -- including Ken Beemer, Anthony Bidulka, Nowell Briscoe, Joseph De Marco, Ralph Higgins, Steven Hoffman, Fanny Kisling, Lori Lake, Emily Medearis, Ruth Nancy, Rick Reed, Rob Reginald, Dustin P. Roebere, Robert G. Schill, Ruth Sims, Caro Soles, and Peter Dombrello -- editor Banis packs this cookbook with writer-friendly favorite foods. Recipes are arranged according to topic, from Appetizers and Sauces through Eggs and Brunch Dishes to Deserts and Diabetic-Friendly Deserts -- with many more in between. A delightly literary snack-fest!

Download or read book The Man from C A M P written by Victor J. Banis and published by ManLove Romance Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resourceful as James Bond, flamboyant as Austin Powers, and gay as a Christmas goose, there's never been a secret agent quite like Jackie Holmes, the Man from C.A.M.P. These fast-paced stories, written and set in the swinging sixties introduce a new generation of readers to the fabulous adventures of gay superspy Jackie Holmes, the Man from C.A.M.P. Armed with a cache of secret weapons, a body that just won't quit, and a white poodle called Sophie who's trained to kill with her razor-sharp teeth, the blond bombshell with a license to thrill known as Jackie Holmes will blow you away! This collection includes The Man from C.A.M.P., Holiday Gay, and The Son Goes Down plus an interview with the author by Fabio Cleto.

Download or read book Fire on the Moon written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennifer's dream vacation in sunny Portugal has suddenly turned into an unending nightmare! The two brothers she encounters are bound by the same strange family heritage: a fascination with fire. Jennifer is attracted to both Neil and Philip Alenquer, but one of them is lying about the tragedy that has taken place in their castle overlooking the Atlantic. Philip claims that Neil had set the blaze that killed Neil's young wife after he'd discovered her in Philip's arms. Neil maintains that Philip had started the blaze, and he fears that Philip's insane pyromania is putting all their lives in danger. Jennifer doesn't know which of the brothers to believe, but when the villa she's staying burns to the ground, she knows that she's become the next target of an obsessed killer! A thrilling gothic suspense tale.

Download or read book White Jade written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Christmas Channing returns to Jeff because he tells her that his life's in danger, that he's being poisoned with arsenic by his wife. But when she arrives at Morgan House, she doesn’t find what she expects--only David, the strange, secretive brother-in-law; Mary, Jeff's cunning, crafty spouse; and Jeff himself, the handsome but vastly changed young man whom she’d once loved, but does not now understand. Chris is lost, confused, and swept into a powerful undertow of danger, panic, and past love. Is Jeff really dying? And just what exactly is going on at Morgan House? It almost seems that the only stop for her now is...death. A wonderfully thrilling and very readable romantic suspense novel!

Download or read book The Curse of Bloodstone written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “My home is nowhere, as is yours,” the old Cajun woman said. “Bloodstone is a place to forget.” “Forget? Never,” Vanessa said. “We came from Bloodstone. We will return to it. Why prevent me from going where happiness waits for me?” “You do not belong at Bloodstone. It is dead, and if you return you too will be dead....” A crumbling castle, a haunted village--and a love that would fulfill her destiny. But first, she must overcome...The Curse of Bloodstone! A riveting tale of gothic romantic suspense and the supernatural.

Download or read book Darkwater written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mysterious bayou country of Louisiana, Jennifer Hale, orphaned and destitute in the wake of the Civil War, arrives at Darkwater full of hope, but the cold reception she receives alarms her. So do the screams of Alicia, the dying mistress of the plantation, who appears to be suffering from a psychosomatic illness that causes her to choke uncontrollably. Perhaps even more frightening is Jennifer's dangerous attraction to Walter Dere, her handsome employer. But her fear is forgotten when Alicia's death frees Walter to propose to Jennifer. Then Jennifer begins developing the same symptoms as Alicia. In desperation, she remembers Alicia's ravings about voodoo magic. Can she learn to protect herself from this violent curse? Or will the evil presence at Darkwater lead her to a fate worse than death itself? A first-rate romantic suspense novel.

Download or read book The Wolves of Craywood written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MARK OF THE BEAST! Dark tragedy strikes the three Cray brothers: two girls have been brutally torn apart by vicious beasts, and the countryside around Cray Manor blazes with the legends of the werewolf. No one believes that a man could have caused such horror. Gaye reluctantly answers her sister Susan's call for help, not wanting to see the man she'd once intended to marry. When she learns that Susan blames Walter Cray for the killings at Craywood, it seems as if the world is collapsing into insanity. Nightmare follows nightmare, and soon Gaye herself is marked for death! Can anyone stop the Wolves of Craywood? V. J. BANIS is the author of 150 books, including classic gothic romances and major historical novels, many of them being reprinted or published by the Borgo Press imprint of Wildside Press. His most recent work is Longhorns (Carroll & Graf). He currently lives and works in the Blue Ridge region of West Virginia.

Download or read book San Antone written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced to leave the genteel and pampered world of her South Carolina plantation to migrate to the raw new state of Texas, Joanna Harte surmounts countless obstacles to create a powerful dynasty in the land she loves more than anything else. There Joanna dares to gain the power and prestige so long denied her in a man's world by building an unrivaled cattle empire near San Antonio. But her own family proves to be her biggest challenge, as their bitter jealousies and deadly passions explode in a fight for her ranch, threatening to tear apart her legacy. Publishers Weekly says: "...An exuberant cast makes this diverting chronicle sparkle. The author uses the master's touch in storytelling." The Nashville Banner says: "Real and human in every situation, [and] big in scope." A magnificent nineteenth-century historical saga of how the West was won!

Download or read book The Second House written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Liza Durant is saved from drowning by Jeffrey Forrest, she little realizes how much this chance meeting will change her life. For Jeffrey is the heir both to a large business, and to the great estate that lies near it, dominated by the old manor house called La Deuxième--"The Second." Within days he proposes to the beautiful young woman; she neither accepts nor declines, but says that she'll visit him at his country home. But Jeffrey's father is killed, Jeffrey's so-called accidental death soon follows, and Liza finds herself enmeshed in a web of intrigue over the inheritance of the great house. Can she escape the clutches of a vicious killer? Or will the curse of The Second House claim yet another victim?

Download or read book The Sins of Nightsong written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disllusioned with life in the Imperial palace in 1890s China, April brings her young son back to San Francisco, and sets out to exact revenge on her mother and Peter McNair, whom she blames for the death of her beloved. Lydia, Peter, Raymond, Leon, even her sister Mei Fei, all must suffer--but it is April herself who will pay the highest price of all for her sins. The thrilling continuation of the chronicles of the Nightsong family and their perfume-based commercial empire, a tale of lust and passion, seduction and intrigue.

Download or read book Green Willows written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I see two women struggling together by the lake. I see them fall into the water... The wind rustles the branches of the willows and it is the sound of gentle sobbing in the night... Someone screams..." Something dark and mysterious haunts the halls of stately Green Willows. Village gossip says it's the ghost of Jonathon Tremayne's wife, the beautiful and saintly Angela, who was treacherously murdered here. Pretty Mary Kirkpatrick, hired as governess to Jonathon’s only child, Elizabeth, quickly finds herself falling in love with the handsome master of Green Willows, and discounts the gossip--until the night she finds herself confronted with a ghostly apparition! A riveting horror novel with a nineteenth-century gothic setting!

Download or read book Fatal Flowers written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Whelan isn't imagining the horrors that she finds on Falcon Island, home of her retired movie star mother, Diana Hamilton, and her sixth husband, Leland Braddock. Who's the mysterious girl named Sarah who's locked away in the mansion tower? What connection does the captive have with the elaborate greenhouse that Leland and his brother Justin are maintaining in the nearby woods? And what strange and unholy experiments are the two men conducting with their...FATAL FLOWERS? A novel of riveting horror and suspense by a master storyteller!

Download or read book The C A M P Cookbook written by Victor J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, says: "And away we go! Back to that little room. No, not that one--the one just on the other side of that place they call the dining area. The kitchen, of course. Now, I'm sure you know your way around the other rooms, especially the one with the queen-sized you-know-what, but as I'm prone to mention from time to time, one of the ways to a man's heart is through his stomach, which means you'll have to spend some time in the kitchen cooking!" This very basic guide to cooking for your guy--or for anyone else!--is broken into thirteen chapters, each dealing with a particular category of food. The original edition of this companion volume to the Man from C.A.M.P. fiction series is an unobtainable modern rarity, and is now available for the first time in over four decades. It's filled with the wit, humor, and wisdom of its bestselling author.