Download or read book The Midwestern Fantasy 2nd Edition written by Christopher Keller and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, over 20,000 bike riders go across the state of Iowa.Over a whole week, a selected amount of towns and cities feed, house, and entertain them.It has become an Iowan staple of Midwestern charm and rumor.There are multiple books and sources about the ride and it's history.But who are the people who ride it each year?See past all the rumors and stories.Find out who these people really are.(2018)This new edition includes more thoroughly edited text and redesign.

Download or read book Best of the Midwest s Science Fiction Fantasy Horror written by Brian Smart and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Best of the Midwest s Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror written by Brian Smart and published by Esa Publications. This book was released on 1993-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Midwestern Novel written by Nancy L. Bunge and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Huckleberry Finn, American fiction changed radically and shifted its setting to the middle of the country. A focus on social issues replaced the philosophic and psychological explorations that dominated the work of Melville and Hawthorne. Colloquial speech rather than elevated language articulated these fresh ideas, while common folk rather than dramatic characters like Ahab and Hester Prynne played central roles. This transformation of American literature has been largely ignored, while during the 130 years since Huckleberry Finn the Midwest has continued to produce writers whose work, like Twain's, addresses injustice by portraying the decency of ordinary people. Since the end of the 19th century, Midwestern authors have dismissed the elite and celebrated those whom the power structure typically excludes: children, women, African-Americans and the lower classes. Instead of wealth and power, this literature values authenticity and compassion. The book explores this literary tradition by examining the work of 30 Midwestern writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Wright, Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Franzen, Jane Smiley and Louise Erdrich.

Download or read book America s Emerging Fantasy Writers written by Z. Publishing House and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America's Emerging Fantasy Writers: Midwest Region, 16 up-and-coming writers representing five states across the Midwest (IL, IN, IA, MN, and WI) share their short fantasy stories. A compelling introduction to the great wordsmiths of tomorrow, this anthology will take you to new worlds you won't want to leave.

Download or read book Best of the Midwest s Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror written by Brian Smart and published by Esa Publications. This book was released on 1993-03-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Witch in Time written by Amanda M. Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A storm is raging in Hemlock Cove, but it's nothing compared to the one raging in Aunt Tillie's head. An accident renders Aunt Tillie unconscious in the hospital, and when Bay and Landon fall asleep while sitting vigil, they're transported to a scary world: Aunt Tillie's mind. The couple will be shuttled through time - almost eighty years of it - and witness all of the ups and downs of Aunt Tillie's past. Have you ever wanted to see Aunt Tillie as a child? You're in luck. Landon and Bay will get to see more than they ever dreamed of, including weddings, births and even tragic deaths. The trip isn't all fun and games, because Aunt Tillie is fighting waking up. She's happier reliving the past than fighting for survival in the present. Bay and Landon have their hands full. They have to live through good times and bad - including hanging out with their own demons - and force Aunt Tillie to choose returning with them rather than staying with the people who own her heart. Fasten your seatbelts, because it's going to be a bumpy ride ... for everyone.

Download or read book Perrin s Tale written by B. K. Parent and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perrin has spent all of her young life preparing to be the next laird of the large landholding Nytt Heimili and leader of her clan. With the scrawl of his signature and the stamping of the royal seal into melting wax, Prince Mallus, the newest ruling prince of Bortfjell has declared that no one who is not of pure Borfjellian blood can hold any positions of power. Because Perrin’s mother is from beyond the borders of Bortfjell and therefore considered to be of foreign blood, Perrin finds herself no longer in line to be the heir to either the landholding or the clan. In addition, there are those of Perrin’s father’s court who decide that the prince’s edict is not enough to solidify a shift of power in Nytt Heimili and are determined to eliminate Perrin, causing her to flee her home. With the help of two loyal companions, a wild hill cat named Kipp, several rover families, and a great deal of luck, Perrin’s journey away from all she has known takes her on an adventure filled with narrow escapes, a blowing snow filled mountain pass, scrutiny by the Sommerhjem border guard, and a number of surprises. Perrin’s journey leads her to a place never in her wildest imagination had she expected to find herself.

Download or read book Once Upon a Witch written by Amanda M. Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winchester witches have a knack for finding trouble. It doesn't always come in the form of mysteries, though. Enjoy Hemlock Cove's favorite band of merry witches as they embark on a trio of fabulous fantasies that take them to several different worlds that stretch the limits of their imaginations and magical abilities. This multi-book set includes the first three books in the Wicked Witches of the Midwest fantasy series. Witchy Tales: Aunt Tillie is on a rampage, and when Landon threatens to confiscate the wine she intends on selling at an area festival, she curses everyone into a fairy tale book she wrote when her great-nieces were small children. To make it back home, Bay, Clove and Thistle - along with the men they love - have to make their way through a treacherous fantasy land that doesn't follow any standard rules. They're old fairy tales with a modern and witchy twist, and to survive the night the witches have to overcome Aunt Tillie's twisted mind. A Witch in Time: When Aunt Tillie is injured during a freak storm, Landon and Bay sit vigil by her hospital bedside and are drawn into her memories. It's fun and games at first as Landon gets a glimpse at the formation of the family he loves, but things turn dire toward the end when Aunt Tillie wants to stay in the past. The three of them need to work together to return to their time ... but they're going to need a little help from Winchester family members past to make their ultimate escape. Make a Witch: Things are going well in Hemlock Cove and the Thanksgiving holiday is looming large. Before that happens, though, things go wrong (of course). It seems the new wishing well donated to Hemlock Cove by a local shop owner is granting wishes, which makes everyone happy - until those wishes go bad, of course. Between Hollywood stars being locked in basements, flying marijuana fiends and a young teenager trying to make Bay his girlfriend, the witches have their hands full as they force people to reverse wishes and find a way to turn off the magic that empowered the witching well.

Download or read book Journey S Chosen written by B. K. Parent and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the great summer fair at the capital, a little less than a year ago, the Gylden Sirklene challengeSommerhjems ancient way for choosing rulerswas called, forcing Regent Cedric Klingflug to step down. The governing of the country was turned over to an interim ruling council. One year to the day the challenge was called, all nine pieces of the oppgave ringe must be brought to the capital. It is now the start of the summer fair season, but only seven of the pieces of the oppgave ringe have been safely delivered to the capital. With few scant weeks left before the great summer fair, the rules governing the Gylden Sirklene challenge need to be fulfilled. Time is running out for both those who support the Crown and those who support the former regent. All too soon, Nissa, Carz, and her fellow ring carriers are caught up in a race against time, desperate to find the final pieces of the oppgave ringe in order to initiate the challenge and return to the ancient way of choosing the rightful ruler of Sommerhjem.

Download or read book Dictionary of Midwestern Literature Volume 1 written by Philip A. Greasley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume One, surveys the lives and writings of nearly 400 Midwestern authors and identifies some of the most important criticism of their writings. The Dictionary is based on the belief that the literature of any region simultaneously captures the experience and influences the worldview of its people, reflecting as well as shaping the evolving sense of individual and collective identity, meaning, and values. Volume One presents individual lives and literary orientations and offers a broad survey of the Midwestern experience as expressed by its many diverse peoples over time.Philip A. Greasley's introduction fills in background information and describes the philosophy, focus, methodology, content, and layout of entries, as well as criteria for their inclusion. An extended lead-essay, "The Origins and Development of the Literature of the Midwest," by David D. Anderson, provides a historical, cultural, and literary context in which the lives and writings of individual authors can be considered.This volume is the first of an ambitious three-volume series sponsored by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and created by its members. Volume Two will provide similar coverage of non-author entries, such as sites, centers, movements, influences, themes, and genres. Volume Three will be a literary history of the Midwest. One goal of the series is to build understanding of the nature, importance, and influence of Midwestern writers and literature. Another is to provide information on writers from the early years of the Midwestern experience, as well as those now emerging, who are typically absent from existing reference works.

Download or read book Thorval s Tale written by B. K. Parent and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is with great relief to all in the land of Sommerhjem that the challenge to choose a new king or queen has been completed, even if the result of the challenge was very unexpected. What will happen next is unknown. For me, now is the time for reflection. My past catching up to me placed my family in danger. Very few folks know of my wife Ani’s and my involvement with those who secretly provided information to Queen Octavia. Nor do many folks know just how deeply involved I was after the death of Queen Octavia in thwarting the Regent’s intention to prevent Princess Esmeralda from becoming the next ruler of Sommerhjem when she came of age. What is important now is what can I reveal about my past and what do I still need to hold secret? My name is Thorval Pedersen and this is my tale.

Download or read book Witchy Tales written by Amanda Lee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look out Hemlock Cove, Aunt Tillie is on a rampage. What else is new, right? She's determined to move her wine business to the next level, and she needs twenty-four hours of peace and quiet to do it. There's only one thing standing in her way. Well, make that a whole family of obstacles ... and one ticked-off FBI agent. When cousins Bay, Clove and Thistle vow to stop their great-aunt's wine endeavor in its tracks, Aunt Tillie is forced to come up with a unique solution. In order to keep her great-nieces out of her hair, she curses them into a book of fairy tales. Of course, because it's Aunt Tillie, these aren't normal fairy tales. They're the fairy tales she created - with a little inspiration from the classics. Now Bay, Clove and Thistle have to work their way through a labyrinth of stories they haven't heard since they were kids - and they have to take Landon, Marcus and Sam along for the ride. Will Bay get eaten by bears? Will Thistle kiss a frog? Will Sam climb Clove's hair to rescue her from a tower? And, better yet, will Landon turn himself into a prince and slip a glass slipper on Bay's foot? Each task becomes harder as the story progresses, and as the tales darken, things start to become dangerous. Can the Winchester witches survive Aunt Tillie's twisted mind? Or will they be lost in a book forever?

Download or read book 12 X 12 written by Christina Mengert and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes the poetry by and interviews with : Jennifer K. Dick, Laura Mullen, Jon Woodward, Rae Armantrout, Sabrina Orah Mark, Claudia Rankine, Christina Hawkey,Tomaž Šalamun, Christine Hume, Rosemarie Waldrop, Srinkath Reddy, Mark Levine, Karen Volkman, Allen Grossman, Paul Fattaruso, Dara Wier, Mark Yakich, Mary Leader, Michelle Robinson, Paul Auster, Sawako Nakayasu, Carla Harryman, Ben Lerner, and Aaron Kunin.

Download or read book The New Midwest written by Mark Athitakis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the public imagination, Midwestern literature has not evolved far beyond heartland laborers and hardscrabble immigrants of a century past. But as the region has changed, so, in many ways, has its fiction. In this book, the author explores how shifts in work, class, place, race, and culture has been reflected or ignored by novelists and short story writers. From Marilynne Robinson to Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison to Aleksandar Hemon, Bonnie Jo Campbell to Stewart O'Nan this book is a call to rethink the way we conceive Midwestern fiction, and one that is sure to prompt some new must-have additions to every reading list.

Download or read book Being Michael Swanwick written by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and published by Fairwood Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, Michael Swanwick published the book-length interview Being Gardner Dozois. Now Swanwick himself becomes the subject of inquiry. During a year of conversations, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg) set about discussing with Swanwick his remarkable career, with a particular focus on his extraordinary short fiction. The resulting collection of transcribed interviews is a tribute to the similarly-named book that inspired it, a discussion of writing craft, an anecdotal genre history, and a chronological survey of the work of a modern master.

Download or read book A Witchmas Carol written by Amanda M. Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is here but the Winchester witches aren't exactly teeming with good cheer. Well, they are, but it's not the sort of Christmas cheer Aunt Tillie wants waiting for her under this year's tree. When Aunt Tillie finds out her great-nieces want to separate for Christmas Day - forgoing the family's annual tradition - she decides to teach them a little lesson. Of course, since she's Aunt Tillie, her dose of retribution comes in the form of her favorite holiday Christmas stories. For Bay and Landon, that means they're shoved into A Witchmas Carol, one of Aunt Tillie's favorite tales. That should mean hugs and happiness, right? Yeah, try toil and trouble instead. Bay and Landon have to work their way through memories of the past, guilt over the present and absolute terror when facing their future if they expect to come out the other side. To escape, they have to figure out exactly what Aunt Tillie wants ... and she's got a few tricks up her sleeve. So, it's that time of the year. Things are about to get merry ... and maybe a little messy ... for the Winchesters. There's no better time to hitch a ride on the mayhem sleigh.