Download or read book The Enkantatum And Other Stories written by a. a. clifford and published by HardBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s the most frightening thing you’ve ever seen? a.a. clifford the author of the SexLife novels presents four short stories so frightening, they will change the way you look at everything. THE ENKANTATUM In the mid 1950’s, Ernest Hemmingway, William Faulkner, Agatha Christie and J.R.R. Tolkein battle an evil created from the very power of their imaginations.History is filled with the bizarre deaths of legendary writers. In this tale, we discover that these untimely deaths were not accidents, but the work of a creature which has stalked the corridors of history since the beginning of time. And to defeat the beast, they must enlist the help of the only writer to be killed by the demon,and survive. PEOPLE V. THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS Prosecutor Henry McGill catches the most prolific serial killer in history. The man confesses to over 800 murders committed over his lifetime. But in the death penalty phase, the man pleads insanity by claiming that he is the Fallen Angel, Satan and he can prove it. THE WISH A powerful alien lifeform comes to earth to destroy all mankind unless an exceptional boy can make a wish that changes one trait of human beings that will save us from our violent nature. THE X-OMNIA A brilliant young professor lives on the edge of genius and insanity. His perception of reality is changed when he discovers different species of animals are communicating via a universal language. But when he goes to prove his theory, he realizes either he is insane or man’s time on earth is coming to an end.
Download or read book The Executioner s Game written by Gary Hardwick and published by Gary Hardwick. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luther Green is the very best at what he does. But the mastery of his profession is nothing he can brag about. It's nothing for which he will ever be officially recognized and it will never earn him a large paycheck. But there is a high likelihood that Luther's proficiency at his job will get him killed. Luther Green is a government assassin. For more than a decade, he has traveled the world, surgically eliminating America's enemies, never questioning his orders while performing as reliably as death itself. But his new assignment threatens to change all that. Luther's superiors have designated his new target as Alex Deavers -- the agent who taught Luther everything he knows and a man now considered to be a rogue agent on the edge of insanity. For Luther, a man normally more concerned with determining the how of an assignment than the why, his new duty forces him to confront questions he's never before had to consider. Why is he being sent to kill someone on American soil when all of his previous assignments were done abroad? Why doesn't his agency notify the FBI? Perhaps most important, why does he get the feeling that his own agency is spying on him? As Luther seeks to uncover the clues that will lead him to his prey, he slowly realizes that Alex is on a mission of his own, playing a cat-and-mouse game with his former apprentice while setting in motion a plan that could kill millions. Luther begins to suspect that the only person who can give him the answers he needs is the psychotic madman he has been ordered to execute. Luther follows a perilous trail that takes him into the most dangerous territory he has ever encountered. He is just a pawn in a twisted chess match, but a pawn may transform itself into the game's most dominant weapon. Now he has just days to learn the rules and employ all of his skill and training to find the truth. But to defeat the deadly forces against him, Luther Green must win the most dangerous game of all.
Download or read book Four A Science Fiction Thriller written by a.a. clifford and published by HardBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2097 A.D. Religion is no longer the world’s dominant belief system. Cyrenism, a global collection of atheists, agnostics and scientists is now the majority, and our society has become dependent upon artificial intelligence, technology and advanced robotics. Global Marshal Austin Corrigan is a man produced by this brave new world. He is a tenacious law enforcement officer and a dedicated Cyrenist. Austin is balanced on the job and in life by his best friend, Dean “Deadman” Clarkson, a devout Catholic and a lethal military sniper. When three of the most dangerous criminals in the world escape Prime Supermax Prisons, Austin and his team go after them. The escapees are tied to a fourth man, a powerful figure whose ambition is fueled by the most terrifying prophecies of religion. Austin tracks his prey and discovers they possess incredible abilities that logic cannot explain: superhuman strength, speed, agility and a dominant telekinetic power. Are these man-made criminals, scientifically enhanced Apex Humans, or is Austin in pursuit of the unimaginable, the biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Austin confronts his enemy and his belief in a final battle and is forced to make an unspeakable choice, one that will forever change science, religion and the life which binds them together.
Download or read book Citycide written by Gary Hardwick and published by Gary Hardwick. This book was released on 2023-02-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Danny Cavanaugh, the explosive hero of Color Of Justice returns in a riveting mystery that unites Gary Hardwick's Detroit Novel Series.A woman is brutally murdered. Danny Cavanaugh, a white cop raised in Detroit's black innercity gets the case. He soon uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from the Motor City's ravaged streets to the pinnacle of power. Detroit's newest mayor is young and promising but also arrogant and tragically flawed. He assigns Chief of Police Tony Hill (Cold Medina) to back Danny off the investigation but not before text messages between the mayor and the dead girl are uncovered.The sex-laced missives give political enemies the evidence for criminal charges against the mayor. Jesse King (Double Dead) prosecutes the case and the mayor hires prominent defense attorney Marshall Jackson (Supreme Justice) to stave off a municipal coup d'etat in the embattled city.Danny doggedly runs the case's twisted path, chasing shady suspects and deadly killers. In the process, he becomes marked for death. Danny takes the fight to the streets and discovers the steamy messages not only contain evidence to the murder, but the key to saving his beloved city.
Download or read book Cold Medina written by Gary Hardwick and published by HardBooks. This book was released on 1994-06-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Tony Hill, head of the Special Crimes unit, is called in to investigate the mutilation murder of a crack cocaine dealer whose hands have been severed by a psychopath. The case quickly falls into place as one of a series of similar, drug-related killings, with the murderer, dubbed "the Handyman," identified in a politically explosive turn of events as Caucasian. The killings continue as cops and drug lords alike take to the streets to stop the macabre blood bath. Meanwhile, a trio of hustlers blows into town with the formula for manufacturing Cold Medina, a cheap, super-addictive version of crack cocaine. After the streets are saturated with Medina, the drug is discovered to produce unpredictable aggressive behavior. Tony must travel into his own heart of darkness to save himself and his beloved city.
Download or read book Dark Town Redemption written by Gary Hardwick and published by Gary Hardwick. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anger... Fire... and Murder. A boy is killed in 1967 Detroit after the worse riot in American history. The three white cops at the scene are exonerated. Robert Jackson, a black Vietnam vet is devastated by the death of his younger brother. Thomas Riley, one of the cops involved, harbors a terrible secret. Robert transforms into a deadly street detective, hounding his enemies but drowning his heart in darkness. Thomas fights back with equal measure but the struggle is turning his life to ruin. As each man becomes trapped in the mystery, the unrest of the decade threatens to destroy the nation, legendary leaders are assassinated and Motown's glorious music frames the turbulent picture. Robert moves closer to the truth, forcing Thomas to a dangerous confrontation. And just as both men look into the abyss, an event occurs which galvanizes the nation and uncovers the elusive killer and his shocking motive. But justice will carry a price that must be paid with the most precious of human currency. Dark Town Redemption is set against the epic backdrop of true events in the most violent and important year in 20th century America.
Download or read book The Falteze Malkon written by a. a. clifford and published by HardBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Of all the code streams, in all the sectors, in the mainframe, she walked into mine. In a neo-noir computer matrix, a private DIC (direct investigative command) is hired by a shady Cookie to stop a rogue code that’s killing humans outside the mainframe. Along with his malware companion, Checkit Safe, Dick encounters double-dealing programs, shady components and code assassins who protect a villain that holds the fabled Falteze-Malkon, the code that dreams are made of.
Download or read book The Kifo Chronicles written by a.a. clifford and published by HardBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KIFO A Killer With Awesome Power. A Motive Of Terrifying Reality. A murderer is targeting white police officers. The killer leaves no forensic evidence of any kind at the crime scene, just the unearthly sound of his weapon and the body of the victim-- with a vaporized head. The only clue police have is an eyewitness who believes he caught a glimpse of the killer, a man wearing a dark hood. Jamal Weathers is a Black FBI agent and one of the Bureau’s top behavioral experts. He has followed the suspect across three states, trying to stop the assassin’s next attack. When Jamal discovers that all of the slain officers bear the names of Black victims of police shootings, it is clear that the killer is a vigilante dedicated to retribution. And in the inner cities, the killer’s sigil appears as graffiti, on t-shirts and on the Internet. It is the outline of a hood, accompanied by the name “Kifo,” the Swahili word for death. In the thick of the case, Jamal comes to a startling, but inescapable conclusion: the murderer and his deadly weapon and technology are either not of our time, or not of this world. Jamal locates his prey, a nightmare incarnation of Ellison’s Invisible Man, only to be captured and face a choice he never imagined: carry on the killer’s work, or die. KIFO X MOTO The lethal vigilante returns, with an even deadlier partner. Cleo Capone is a brilliant girl traumatized by racial oppression. She cleverly tracks down Kifo and he agrees to train her in the new unit called the 120. Together, they continue to bring retribution for racial murder, and the nation is paralyzed with fear. But in the Black community the pair are revered and called Kifo x Moto, which in the native tongue means “Death and Fire.” Cleo harbors a terrible secret, and soon the power of the suit and the quest consume her, and she becomes more deadly than her teacher, and more dedicated to destruction than justice. Cleo plans a daring execution, one that will end the race question forever in America but at a bloody cost. Ultimately, the power they wield, determines there can only be one.
Download or read book Slam The Trick written by Kizzy Toussaint and published by Gary Hardwick. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It’s a terrible thing to be a woman,‘Cause a woman is a Terrible thing.”Gale White and her two best friends, Myesha and Sinthia are successful African American women with healthy romantic relationships with their men. Six months later, all that changes....One by one, their men dump them then assume relationships with white women. Gale and her friends do more than get angry.They Slam The Trick.Three women exact a clever and poignant retribution. But when the men catch on, they strike back with a vengeance. The result is a battle that goes from the core of their emotional pain to a discovery of themselves.Slam The Trick is a wickedly comic novel that takes an unflinching look at interracial relationships. It is a funny and moving story of love, race, sex, and personal triumph.
Download or read book Escape To Sex written by a.a. clifford and published by HardBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2270. Our world is a utopia filled with peace there is no war, suffering or disease. But if you do not have sex five times a day, you will die. People cannot feel the pleasure of sex and our emotions are murky muddles of confusion. Joe and Vella had the first recorded real sex experience in 150 years, filled with explosive sensation. They changed the world but doomed their lives. After several deaths and a desperate run for freedom, they were apprehended and imprisoned for life, sentenced to be sexual experiments forever. They are now incarcerated in a secret research facility with their son, who is simply called The Baby. In Escape To Sex, Joe and Vella make a daring escape and are on the run from the police, Joe’s genius ex-friend and a Global Police Detective named Randall Clickteen, who is legally dead. The couple run with the precious child and find an underworld filled with danger, delights and wonders no man has ever imagined. Joe must break back into New York to save his life, his child and perhaps the world. And along the way, he makes a discovery that challenges the very concept of sex itself. Escape To Sex is the long awaited sequel to his first novel, SexLife.
Download or read book SexLife iTunes written by A. A. Clifford and published by Gary Hardwick. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City, 2268 A.D.Our world is a social utopia; a place where intellect and talent are the prizes of the day. The subways fly, the taxis have legs and technology has advanced humankind to a level where there is no poverty, no crime and no strife.But if you don't have sex five times each day, you will die.All human beings have a disease called CMB which forces them to copulate repeatedly or perish. This ailment has also destroyed the connection between sex and pleasure, turning the act into simple biological maintenance. People are now fragile creatures, unable to reach even the simplest of emotions.Joe is a typical resident of First City, once known as New York. His peaceful life changes after a fateful encounter with Vella, a mysterious and alluring woman. Their union results in a miracle which takes them to erotic passion, ultimate danger, and a truth that will forever change the world's belief in sex and the meaning of life that was once tied to it.
Download or read book Home Style by City written by Ida Magntorn and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world's most stylish and eclectic residences in this inspired armchair décor guide. Home Style by City captures the essense of five design-forward cities, featuring gorgeously decorated homes from each that reflect local style and inspire internationally. Part city tour—including must-visit flea markets, bits of colorful history, and curated lists of music, books, and films—and part design resource for achieving the various looks, this refreshing perspective on décor shows how cities themselves impact interiors. Illuminating text invites readers into page after page of lavishly photographed interiors, offering deceptively simple transitions and insider tips to bring the look into any space. Visually rich and totally inspiring, Home Style by City is a treasure for lovers of design, travel, and, of course, big city dreams.
Download or read book Chronicles of Old Boston written by Charles Bahne and published by Museyon Inc. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover one of America's most historic cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning Boston's 400-year history, and then visit the places where history happened on walking tours of the city's historic neighborhoods. Boston expert Charles Bahne reveals some of the city's most shocking moments, from a murder mystery on the Harvard campus to the mistake that sent two million gallons of molasses pouring down Commerce Street. Other essays explore major historic events including the Boston Tea Party and the ride of Paul Revere to the establishment of the Red Sox and Fenway Park. The book also contains stories about John Hancock, Charles Bulfinch, Fredrick Law Olmsted, Alexander Graham Bell, Isabella Stewart Gardner, the Kennedys, and more.
Download or read book The Deepest South of All written by Richard Grant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91 percent of the vote"--
Download or read book The Card Catalog written by The Library of Congress and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the archives of the Library of Congress: “An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers.” —Booklist (starred review) The Library of Congress brings book lovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than two hundred full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world’s most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Packed with engaging facts on literary classics—from Ulysses to The Cat in the Hat to Shakespeare’s First Folio to The Catcher in the Rye—this is an ode to the enduring magic and importance of books. “The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia . . . . The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd’s eye.” —The Washington Post
Download or read book Southeast Foraging written by Chris Bennett and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is the ultimate guide, and Chris is the undisputed heavyweight champion of foraging in the South.” —Sean Brock, author of Heritage and chef of McCradys, Minero, and Husk The Southeast offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Chris Bennett as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Southeast Foraging include clear, color photographs, identification tips, guidance on how to ethically harvest, and suggestions for eating and preserving. A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Download or read book Palm Springs Noir Akashic Noir written by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena. “Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley’s fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney-shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water.” —Los Angeles Times Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch, Eric Beetner, Kelly Shire, Tod Goldberg, Michael Craft, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Rob Roberge, J.D. Horn, Eduardo Santiago, Rob Bowman, Chris J. Bahnsen, Ken Layne, and Alex Espinoza.
