Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly July 2023 written by AJ Cunder and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a decade, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has been a showcase for both new and established authors to share their speculative works. The short stories presented in each issue serve as a delightful sampler of the speculative genres. Whether your preference is sword and sorcery, time-travel, space exploration, gothic horror, urban fantasy, or any of the speculative genres, you are sure to find something to love in the pages of this magazine. In this issue, stories by E. C. Bogosian, AJ Cunder, Brian Hugenbruch, J.R. Mikolin, Kiran Kaur Saini, and Jonathan Sherwood. A sample of the stories in this issue: When it takes longer than expected for a valiant prince to rescue her, a princess locked in a tower takes matters into her own hands in The Princess’s Tale. A Hairstyling Hospice AI forges a new way to respect the tights of incapacitated patients in Coiffeur Seven. After rescuing a woman accused of being a vampire, a bi-racial young man is declared a murder suspect instead of a hero in Skinwalker.
Download or read book Dark Horses The Magazine of Weird Fiction No 18 July 2023 written by Wayne Kyle Spitzer and published by Hobb's End Press. This book was released on 2023-07-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: dark horse /ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/ noun 1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds. "a dark-horse candidate" Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion--whatever it is, if it's weird, it's here. So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses. In this issue: HATCHET HEAD Stuart Watson INGENIUM Harold Hoss and Noah Lang HOUSE OF HEADS Michael Bondies I AM MIRIAM Jessica McGlyn EVERY BLADE OF GRASS Wayne Kyle Spitzer THE EVERLASTING FIRE Lillie E. Franks EVOCATION Tiffany Sumner SHEEP Bob Gielow SULTRAZUSTHRA James Harper WHAT I PLAYED FOR LOVE K.A. Kenny
Download or read book Darksight written by Dc Mallery and published by Black Opal Books. This book was released on 2019-04-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-four-year-old Audra Carter won't let mere blindness keep her from living life her way, using her keen hearing and uncanny instincts to guide her. This is all much to the dismay of her father, Jenson, a neuroscientist who has devoted his career to finding a cure for her particular form of blindness...
Download or read book The Bone Mother written by David Demchuk and published by ChiZine Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award: “Beautiful and brutal nightmares . . . made all the more terrifying by the history in which they’re grounded.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Three neighboring villages on the Ukrainian/Romanian border are the final refuge for the last of the mythical creatures of Eastern Europe. Now, on the eve of the war that may eradicate their kind—and with the ruthless Night Police descending upon their sanctuary—they tell their stories and confront their destinies. The Rusalka, the beautiful, vengeful water spirit who lives in lakes and ponds and lures men and children to their deaths. The Vovkulaka, who changes from her human form into that of a wolf and hides with her kind deep in the densest forests. The Strigoi, a revenant who feasts on blood and twists the minds of those who love, serve, and shelter him. The Drevniye, an apparition that impersonates its victim and draws him into a web of evil in order to free itself. And the Bone Mother, a skeletal crone with iron teeth who lurks in her house in the heart of the woods, and cooks and eats those who fail her vexing challenges. Eerie and unsettling like the best fairy tales, these incisor-sharp portraits of ghosts, witches, sirens, and seers—and the mortals who live at their side and in their thrall—will chill your marrow and tear at your heart. “A fable filled with mythical creatures ranging from werewolves to witches . . . set, in part, among the villages of eastern Europe on the eve of the Second World War.” —The Globe and Mail (Toronto) “Extraordinary . . . A dark and shining mosaic of a story with unforgettable imagery and elegant, evocative prose.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award Longlisted for the 2018 Toronto Book Awards
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly October 2017 written by Milo James Fowler and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly, we strive to bring fans of speculative fiction an engaging and entertaining variety of stories from new and established authors in the horror, fantasy, and science fiction genres. In this issue: stories by Tom Barlow, Jason Bougger, Milo James Fowler, Blake Gilmore, Rebecca Linam, Matthew C. Lucas, DC Mallery, Matthew McAyeal, Dennis Mombauer, Aisha Phoenix, Robin Reed, Daniel Ryan, Nicholas Stillman, Daniel Stride, Harold R. Thompson, and Sophie van Llewyn.
Download or read book The Summer People written by Shirley Jackson and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1970 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transpecial written by Jennifer R. Povey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ship has vanished in the dark, in the very outer reaches of Earth's solar system. Alien invaders sweep through the void, destroying outposts and threatening humanity. The truth is known only to a few: We fired first. We fired on aliens whose very appearance and body language sent all humans into a flying rage. All but a few. Now an autistic savant from Mars and an alien diplomat seek peace...while some on both sides desire only conflict. Suza McRae and Haniyar must bridge the gap between their species, or risk a war that will destroy everything and everyone in its path.
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly January 2018 written by Russell Hemmell and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First launched in January 2009, The Bards and Sages Quarterly is a celebration of short speculative fiction. Each issue brings readers a vibrant collection of speculative works from both new and established writers. Our goal remains the same today as when we began: to create a showcase in which to introduce readers to amazing voices they might have otherwise missed. In this issue: Stories by Russell Hemmell, James Victor Jordan, Steve Rodgers, J.G. Follansbee, George Nikolopoulos, Peter Medeiros, Robin Reed, Scarlett R. Algee, Judith Field, James Fitzsimmons, Jude-Marie Green, and A.J. Flowers.
Download or read book The Heron Kings written by Eric Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers who love medieval-esque fantasy will delight in this rousing tale of rebellion.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) After a warlord slaughters her patients, Sister Alessia quits the cloister and strikes out on her own to heal the victims of a brutal dynastic conflict. Her roaming forest camp unwittingly becomes the center of a vengeful peasant insurgency, raiding the forces of both sides to survive. Alessia struggles to temper their fury as well as tend wounds, consenting to ever greater violence to keep her new charges safe. When they uncover proof of a foreign conspiracy prolonging the bloodshed, Alessia risks the very lives she’s saved to expose the truth and bring the war to an end. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Download or read book Guardian of the Sky Realms written by Gerry Huntman and published by Meerkat Pups. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maree Webster--an almost-emo from the western suburbs of Sydney--hates school, has few friends, and is obsessed with angels and fallen angel stories. Life is boring until she decides to steal a famous painting from a small art gallery that has been haunting her dreams: swirling reds, greys and oranges of barely discernible winged figures. There, she meets a stranger who claims to know her and stumbles into a world where cities float in the sky, and daemons roam the barren, magma-spewing crags of the land far below. And all is not well--Maree is turning into something she loves but at the same time, fears. Most fearful of all is the prospect of losing her identity--what makes her Maree, and more importantly, what makes her human. Guardian of the Sky Realms takes the reader on a journey through exotic fantasy lands, as well as across the globe, from Sydney to Paris, from the Himalayas to Manhattan. At its heart, it is a novel about transformation.
Download or read book The Landlady written by David Quattrone and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-01-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goliath, an oversized Doberman pinscher, and his owner working on construction need to find a place to live in Long Island. This would not be an easy task considering the dogs fierce and vicious appearance, not too many people were willing to rent their apartments out to a man with a dog like that. Throughout their journey the pair meet different people who all had the same answer-no. Finally, a ray of hope was found in a little Puerto Rican lady from suburban Port Jefferson, Long Island who agrees to take Goliath in also in exchange for some help on her aging house that was in dire need of repair. With their newly found ray of hope, they knew little of the never ending, twisting, and turning road into a deeper madness awaiting them.
Download or read book The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing 2nd Edition written by Michael Harvey and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This worthy successor to Strunk and White* now features an expanded style guide covering a wider range of citation cases, complete with up-to-date formats for Chicago, MLA, and APA styles.
Download or read book Reminiscence Theatre written by Pam Schweitzer and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive guide to the nature, practice and therapeutic effects of reminiscence theatre. Drawing on examples from real-life case studies, Pam Schweitzer provides practical advice on the process of taking an oral history, creating from it a written script and developing that into a dramatic production, on whatever scale.
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly written by Josh Covington and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly provides readers with an amazing collection of original speculative fiction from both new and established authors in the genre. In this issue: an aging hero reflects on his life as he faces one final challenge, greedy relatives find their plans to collect their inheritance early thwarted through the miracle of science, a young woman finds herself abandoned by her guardian angel at the most inopportune of times, and much more. Plus: an interview with 33 A.D. and Saying Goodbye to the Sun author David McAfee.
Download or read book Missing Signal written by Seb Doubinsky and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Seb Doubinsky, author of The Song of Synth, The Babylonian Trilogy, White City, Absinth, Omega Gray and Suan Ming, comes his highly anticipated next installment in the City-States Cycle. Missing Signal--a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a government conspiracy? Agent Terrence Kovacs has worked for the New Petersburg Counter-Intel Department propagating fake UFO stories for so long that even he has a hard time separating fact from fiction. Especially when he's approached by a beautiful woman named Vita, who claims she's been sent from another planet to liberate Earth. Praise for The Song of Synth: "[A]t once gritty and dreamlike, somber and sexy . . . a powerful tale of guilt, addiction, and self-discovery." --Publisher's Weekly
Download or read book Sacred Actions written by Dana O'Driscoll and published by Red Feather. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenge that many pagans and earth-based spiritual practitioners face is how to integrate sustainable living with our everyday lives. By offering a vision of "sacred actions," or the integration of sustainable living with Earth-based spirituality, learn how to combine the three ethics: people care, earth care, and fair share, to execute comprehensive sustainable living through the lens of paganism. Find a wide variety of accessible sustainable living activities, rituals, stories, and tools framed through the neopaganism eightfold Wheel of the Year. Each chapter is tied to one of the eight holidays, offering specific themes that deepen topics, including home and hearth, lawns and gardens, food and nourishment, ritual items and offerings, reducing waste and addressing materialism, and much more. Consider this your manual of personal empowerment through sustainability as a spiritual practice.
Download or read book Tales of Sley House 2021 written by K A Hough and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this anthology of short stories, contributing authors reveal some of the darker secrets of Sley House. Here you'll find a strange creature whose lust for fear drives the vengeance of a lonely mortician, a mourning woman who accomplishes the unimaginable to be reunited with her deceased son, a woman's letters to her husband about the strange goings on in the seaside port, a little boy who must do something horrible to save him and his sister, and more. Welcome to Sley House.
