Download or read book A Little Orange Book of Ornery Stories written by Ed Gorman and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Gorman enjoyed a prolific, award-winning career in a variety of genres—mystery, science fiction, thriller, and horror. He published more than 50 novels, 8 collections, 100+ short stories, and edited 12 anthologies. His presence in the Little Books Series II is a welcome and honored one. Collected in this volume are five of his more cantankerous and hard-nosed novelettes and stories. If this is your first introduction to Gorman’s work, we’re sure after reading these selections, you’ll be looking for more of his tightly-written tales. Included in this collection: "Flying Solo" "Stalkers" "The Brasher Girl" "Cages" "The Face"
Download or read book Best Horror of the Year written by Ellen Datlow and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the seventh volume of this series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman Kim Robinson Stephen King Linda Nagata Laird Barron Margo Lanagan And many others With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this “light” creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness, as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.
Download or read book A Little Magenta Book About a Dollhouse written by Edward Lee and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth title in Borderlands' "Little Book" series II is by cult favorite writer Ed Lee, who has created a A Little Magenta Book About a Dollhouse. WELCOME TO THE PATTEN MANOR HOUSE. It’s a horror house, a slaughter house, a devil house. And it’s something else, too: A dollhouse. Reginald Lympton collects dollhouses, and now that he’s acquired the rare Patten Doll House, he can boast the most preeminent collection in the world. But after visions too abominable to reckon, and nightmares blacker than the most bottomless abyss, he discovers in short order that his acquisition is not a prized collector’s item at all but a diabolical thoroughfare designed to serve the darkest indulgences of the King of Terrors. Edward Lee, the master of hardcore horror, has penned this audacious homage to the master of the Victorian ghost story, M.R. James.
Download or read book Fires Rising written by Michael Laimo and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church waits in darkness. It looks abandoned, forgotten. It has no congregation, but it is not empty. Under its floor, in a pit dug long ago, lies a wooden crate that was never meant to be unearthed. But the church is finally being renovated and workmen have found the pit. How could they realize what they have done? How could they know the forces they've unleashed? Father Pilazzo is overseeing the renovation of the old church. His dream is to see it restored to its former glory. But his dream is becoming a nightmare. He's begun to see horrific visions, unholy images of death and warnings of terrors to come. And within the church forgotten men fight to survive against impossible demons, while sides are drawn for the ultimate battle... The forgotten waifs of the city shall rise up against the city's best paid yet underappreciated minions of darkness. Shall the pure be found in the hands of the homeless or dare we believe that a priest could really be sinless? Perhaps one of the possessed construction workers will have a change of heart and choose to follow the path of the rosary instead of shoving a screwdriver into another innocent's skull. You know you are in it too deep when: your hair stands on the back of your neck when you walk into a holy hundred-year old church; all you can hear is 'God' talking to you through a backwards playing piece of music; you see visions of fires rising through the city; seeing zombies crucify good Christians with construction nails against a ceiling becomes commonplace. This is where a group of bums and a lonely Father come together to attempt to save the world from the evils of the chalice of doom. Wielding only a holy relic, a measly string of wooden beads with a dangling old cross, this team seems only doomed to fail against a massive collection of power tools held by strong tattooed arms of construction workers.
Download or read book Up Verses Down written by Calef Brown and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the delightful world of this long-format picture book poetry collection from #1 New York Times-bestselling creator Calef Brown. This book is powered by 100% natural POETROLIUMTM A verse-based energy source (with verbal synergy, of course) This stupendous poetry collection is full of zany characters—from Sleepy LaFeete, who chooses to snooze in the busiest spots, to Mister Adam Hatter and the Lovely Lady Wigg, who had a fig banquet and danced a fancy jig, to a guy named Rexx who uses exxtra Xs every now and then. It’s an irresistible feast: whimsical, hilarious, and always inspired. Calef Brown—master of wordplay and whimsy—serves up a spectacular verbal and visual banquet! Christy Ottaviano Books
Download or read book Dear Los Angeles written by David Kipen and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, and many more, this is the story of Los Angeles as told by locals, transplants, and some just passing through. “Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory.”—Los Angeles Times The City of Angels has played a distinct role in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of millions of people, who see it as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. David Kipen, a cultural historian and avid scholar of Los Angeles, has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of a truly unique city. From the Spanish missionary expeditions in the early 1500s to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the strange new world of social media, this collection is a slice of life in L.A. through the years. The pieces are arranged by date—January 1st to December 31st—featuring selections from different decades and centuries. What emerges is a vivid tapestry of insights, personal discoveries, and wry observations that together distill the essence of the city. As sprawling and magical as the city itself, Dear Los Angeles is a fascinating, must-have collection for everyone in, from, or touched by Southern California. With excerpts from the writing of Ray Bradbury • Edgar Rice Burroughs • Octavia E. Butler • Italo Calvino • Winston Churchill • Noël Coward • Simone De Beauvoir • James Dean • T. S. Eliot • William Faulkner • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • Richard Feynman • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Allen Ginsberg • Dashiell Hammett • Charlton Heston • Zora Neale Hurston • Christopher Isherwood • John Lennon • H. L. Mencken • Anaïs Nin • Sylvia Plath • Ronald Reagan • Joan Rivers • James Thurber • Dalton Trumbo • Evelyn Waugh • Tennessee Williams • P. G. Wodehouse • and many more Advance praise for Dear Los Angeles “This book’s a brilliant constellation, spread out over a few centuries and five thousand square miles. Each tiny entry pins the reality of the great unreal city of Angels to a moment in human time—moments enthralled, appalled, jubilant, suffering, gossiping or bragging—and it turns out, there’s no better way to paint a picture of the place.”—Jonathan Lethem “[A] scintillating collection of letters and diary entries . . . an engrossing trove of colorful, witty insights.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Download or read book The Prairie Thief written by Melissa Wiley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “delightful mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and The Spiderwick Chronicles” (SLJ), experience life on the prairie—with one fantastical twist! Louisa Brody’s life on the Colorado prairie is not at all what she expected. Her dear Pa, accused of thievery, is locked thirty miles away in jail. She’s living with the awful Smirches, her closest neighbors and the very family that accused her Pa of the horrendous crime. And now she’s discovered one very cantankerous—and magical—secret beneath the hazel grove. With her life flipped upside-down, it’s up to Louisa, her sassy friend Jessamine, and that cranky secret to save Pa from a guilty verdict. Ten bold illustrations from Erwin Madrid accompany seasoned storyteller Melissa Wiley’s vibrant and enchanting tale of life on the prairie—with one magical twist.
Download or read book A Little Emerald Book of Ephemera written by Jack Ketchum and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth in Little Book Series II is Jack Ketchum's A Little Emerald Book of Ephemera, a delightful collection of essays, opinions, reflections, and even a few poems. Included in this collection: "A Week in the Work-Life of a Nonessential Author" "Barflies" "Remembering Charlie" "Afterword to Tales from a Darker State" "On Writing The Girl Next Door" "Afterword to the Movie Tie-In Edition of The Girl Next Door" "Introduction to the Filmscript of The Girl Next Door" "On The Lost" "Foreword to Cover" "Afterword to Hide and Seek" "Afterword to Old Flames" "On Writing Joyride" "Afterword to Only Child aka Strangehold" "Afterword to the Unexpurgated Off Season" "On Writing Offspring" "Talked to God" "Introduction to The Crossings" "Afterword to Sleep Disorder" "Elvis Ku" "The I'm Not Sam Blogs" "On John Carpenter's The Thing"
Download or read book The Little Orange T written by George A. Bove and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lowercase letter t from alphabet soup is rejected. He journeys his way around Tennessee to find his place leading a crowd of adoring fans as an upper case letter T in the world's largest bowl of alphabet soup.
Download or read book Morning Miss Moo written by Carrie Dow and published by Miss Moo Productions. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Runaway Orange written by Felicity Brooks and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chain of events is set in motion as an orange comes free of a market stall and rolls down the hill.
Download or read book Going Away Shoes written by Jill McCorkle and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven ...stories about women and love and the complications therein.
Download or read book Gigantic Orange Book of Stories written by MR Kenneth Leon Roberts and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lil Quacker Books Gigantic Orange Book of Stories recounts four Lil Quacker Books. With lovable characters like Bucky the Panda, Little Reddy the Duck, the Gnomies, and Koko the Dog, Kenneth Leon Roberts creates a world of fun and values.
Download or read book Grave s End written by Elaine Mercado and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You leave us alone; we'll leave you alone. When Elaine Mercado and her first husband bought their home in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1982, they had no idea that they and their two young daughters were embarking on a thirteen-year nightmare. thin a few days of moving in, Elaine and her older daughter began to experience the sensation of being watched. Then came scratching noises and weird smells, followed by voices whispering, maniacal laughter, shadowy figures scurrying along baseboards, and small balls of light bouncing along the ceilings. From the beginning of the haunting, "suffocating dreams" were experienced by everyone except the younger daughter. These eventually accelerated to physical aggression directed at Elaine and both the girls. This book is the true story of how one family tried to cope with living in a haunted house. It also describes how, with the help of parapsychologist Dr. Hans Holzer and medium Marisa Anderson, the family discovered the tragic and heartbreaking secrets buried in the house at Grave's End. I struggle to open my eyes, but achieve nothing but frustration and failure. I am not asleep. I am fully conscious, in a state of panic unthinkable during the day intolerable in the dark of night, held prisoner by some tortured, invisible presence, insistent on abruptly invading my slumber. The more I struggle toward freedom, the more I am pushed into the mattress, perspiring, heart palpitating, a scream involuntarily silenced within my throat. Some nights I experience my skin being stroked while I fight to regain control of my body, my sight. Thank God, this was not one of those nights. Tonight it lets me open my eyes, shaken but unviolated, frightened, but not as frightened as I know I can become. First Runner up for the 2001 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for Best Biographical/Personal Book
Download or read book Tiny Love written by Larry Brown and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Larry Brown wrote the way the best singers sing: with honesty, grit, and the kind of raw emotion that stabs you right in the heart. He was a singular American treasure." —Tim McGraw A career-spanning collection, Tiny Love brings together for the first time the stories of Larry Brown’s previous collections along with those never before gathered. The self-taught Brown has long had a cult following, and this collection comes with an intimate and heartfelt appreciation by novelist Jonathan Miles. We see Brown's early forays into genre fiction and the horror story, then develop his fictional gaze closer to home, on the people and landscapes of Lafayette County, Mississippi. And what’s astonishing here is the odyssey these stories chart: Brown’s self-education as a writer and the incredible artistic journey he navigated from “Plant Growin’ Problems” to “A Roadside Resurrection.” This is the whole of Larry Brown, the arc laid bare, both an amazing story collection and the fullest portrait we’ll see of one of the South’s most singular artists.
Download or read book Kansas City Noir written by Steve Paul and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of sinister stories set in Kansas City features contributions from such noted mystery authors as Daniel Woodrell, Nancy Pickard, and J. Malcolm Garcia.
Download or read book I Can Make This Promise written by Christine Day and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her debut middle grade novel—inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets—and finds her own Native American identity. All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic—a box full of letters signed “Love, Edith,” and photos of a woman who looks just like her. Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new questions about this woman who shares her name. Could she belong to the Native family that Edie never knew about? But if her mom and dad have kept this secret from her all her life, how can she trust them to tell her the truth now?
