Download or read book Hydrocephalic Ward written by Nathan Tyree and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-12-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hydrocephalic Ward, the new collection from Nathan Tyree, you will find robots for pedophiles, a man burning himself with cigarettes, a hospital where they keep you alive as long as you can pay, an abusive husband's grief, group sex and its effects, a suicidal philosopher, Cinderella, Quetzalcoatl, a breast feeding corpse, zombies, Elvis having a very bad day, a poker player in over his head, cannibal children, Junkies, John the Baptist, bees, drinkers and people on the edge.These are stories that both shock and move the reader."Wow! I'm still erect" - Mitch Cullin (Tideland)"Crams more malevolent nastiness and thought-provoking misanthropy into its every word and deed that your average Bret Easton Ellis."-Peter Wild, Editor of Noise and The Flash
Download or read book Pediatric Hydrocephalus written by G. Cinalli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last ten years the pediatric neurosurgeon has witnessed a real revolution in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus, the most frequently encountered condition in everyday clinical practice. The evolution of MRI and the advent of neuroendoscopic surgery have resuscitated the interest in the classification, etiology and pathophysiology of hydrocephalus. The book offers an updated overview on the recent progress in this field, and a new approach to hydrocephalus: the reader will find in it a modern and new presentation of an old disease, where genetics, endoscopy, cost-effectiveness analyses and many other aspects of the various therapies are extensively discussed. The volume will be useful not only for neurosurgeons, but for all specialists interested in the various aspects of hydrocephalus: pediatricians, radiologists, endocrinologists, pathologists and geneticists.
Download or read book Hildegard Peplau written by Barbara J. Callaway, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002-06-18 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hildegard Peplau's 50-year career in nursing left an indelible stamp on the profession of nursing, and on the lives of the mentally ill in this country. She wore many hats -- founder of modern psychiatric nursing, innovative educator, advocate for the mentally ill, proponent of advanced education for nurses, Executive Director and then President of the American Nurses Association, and prolific author. She raised her daughter as a single parent while pursuing an ambitious professional path. Her determined manner often aroused controversy which never deterred her commitment to advancing the nursing profession.
Download or read book Neurology in Clinical Practice written by Walter George Bradley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition, completely rewritten, with new chapters on endovascular surgery and mitochrondrial and ion channel disorders.
Download or read book Current Concepts in Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus written by Carys M. Bannister and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade there have been great advances in the prognosis and treatment of neural tube defects. New surgical techniques can increase the life expectancy and improve the quality of life of affected individuals, while recent research into vitamin supplementation offers the prospect of hydrocephalus and spina bifida becoming largely a thing of the past. The new study brings together these medical advances, and also deals with the practical issues which every specialist, student, family doctor, and even the worried parent, needs to know. For maximum clarity the chapters are arranged chronologically, dealing with all the problems that may occur from the prenatal period to adolescence.
Download or read book Adult Hydrocephalus written by Daniele Rigamonti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidelines for managing this grossly underdiagnosed and undertreated condition, focusing on early detection and timely, effective interventions.
Download or read book Hydrocephalus New Insights for the Healthcare Professional 2013 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydrocephalus: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about Diagnosis and Screening in a concise format. The editors have built Hydrocephalus: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Diagnosis and Screening in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Hydrocephalus: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16 written by Stephen Jones and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition of the world's foremost annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Here are some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of horror fiction - including Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Paul McAuley, Glen Hirshberg, Ramsey Campbell and Tanith Lee. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16 also contains the most comprehensive overview of horror around the world during the year, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.
Download or read book Scarecrows Appalachian Tales written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2024-10-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Rasnic Tem grew up in Lee County Virginia, the westernmost county in the state. It was the heart of Appalachia, isolated, yet beautiful. He has said “Growing up in that small place, it was hard to imagine ever becoming a writer. To me wanting to be a writer was like wanting to become an astronaut or a movie star. I didn’t believe such things ever happened for people like us.” Now in his seventies, Steve Rasnic Tem’s writings include more than 500 published short stories in a variety of genres, seventeen collections, eight novels, and miscellaneous poetry and plays. He has won the World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and International Horror Guild awards. In 2024 he received the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. “His work…will haunt your imagination and your heart in equal measure, and it both expands and defines the genre.” - Weird Fiction Review “Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.” – Joe R. Lansdale “He’s one of the true masters.” – Ed Gorman “A Tem story is like no other.” – Simon Strantzas Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales collects the best of Tem’s writings about his native Appalachia, two poems and twenty-four short stories (including five never-before-published tales) concerning the farmers, miners, teachers, preachers, lawmen, itinerants, housewives, elders, children, and creatures who call these southern mountains home. The tales represent a range of genres: fantasy, horror, crime, humor, and realistic local color fiction of the region.
Download or read book The Many Faces of Van Helsing written by Jeanne Cavelos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-original anthology of short stories captures the diverse faces and feats of Van Helsing, the famed vampire hunter from Bram Stoker's Dracula, in works by such authors as Katherine Dunn, Elizabeth Hand, Kathe Koja, Tanith Lee, Kristine Katherine Rusch, F. Paul Wilson, Christopher Golden, Graham Joyce, and others. Reprint.
Download or read book The Harvest Child and Other Fantasies written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HARVEST CHILD AND OTHER FANTASIES collects the wide range of Steve Rasnic Tem’s fantasy tales for the first time. These 39 stories include sword & sorcery sagas, chronicles of fairies, elves, witches, wizards, magical creatures, Robin Hood, funny fantasy, and a smattering of science fantasy, as well as some uncollected dark fantasy tales which emphasize the fantasy over the horror. These fictions originally appeared in both major markets and hard-to-find small magazines including, but not limited to: After Hours, Paradox, Asimov’s, Dragon Magazine, Elsewhere, Infinite Loop, New Frontiers, Jabberwocky, Chrysalis, Grue, Mythellany, Fantasy Book, Extro, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Stories included in this collection: The Harvest Child The Artist and His Mother Ancient Grass The Brollachan The Carl Paradox Eddie the Great Robin in the Mists Cornwoman Dune Shack The Dying Embrace of Clay, Embrace of Straw Garbage Hideout Daytimer The Orchard The Doors of Hypertext In All Things Moderation Janael Filmmaker Lost Cherokee Markers Tall Skies The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving Riverbanks Teddy Bear Winter Time and the Exile Umbrellas Morning Talk Re: Vision Wanderlust War on the Downside Welcome to Rodeomart The World through the Tree Ten Things I Know About the Wizard Punishment Writing in the Dark The Night Market (with Melanie Tem) The Final Apprentice Dying on the Elephant Road
Download or read book Here with the Shadows written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories by award-winning author Steve Rasnic Tem drag from the darkness ghosts that haunt us all. Between these covers lurk the spectres of grief, loss, and loneliness: a man discovers he is far from alone in his empty home, a forlorn wife is gifted with an unusual child, a contractor contemplates the sad message left by a grieving father, a blind woman discovers a spiritual manifestation at the edge of a forest, a spectral presence appears in a lonesome Colorado wheat field... Here with the Shadows is a volume of supernatural impressions and quiet vacancies, and in each story Tem reminds us that sometimes only a whisper separates us from the eternal. Stories included in this collection: Here with the Shadows A House by the Ocean The Cabinet Child The Still, Cold Air G is for Ghost Breaking the Rules The Slow Fall of Dust in a Quiet Place Inside William James Back Among the Shy Trees Seeing the Woods Smoke in a Bottle Est Enim Magnum Chaos These Days When All is Silver and Bright Telling Wheatfield with Crows
Download or read book Everything Is Fine Now written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2022-05-07 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this all-ages collection award-winning horror author Steve Rasnic Tem showcases a variety of ghosts and other creatures eager to keep you up all night with the lights on. Read about the two best friends chased by a strangely familiar figure. Or the teenager who woke up one morning with fur sprouting from every nook and cranny on his body. Or the fellow from a poor family who has to take care of both his little sister and his crazy mom whose magical powers only make things worse. Or an old man who finally tells his grandson the terrible thing that makes their crops grow. Or the mechanic who keeps his cars running on oil, gasoline, blood, and broken bones. The stories in Everything Is Fine Now range from subtle supernatural tales to the tall tales typically heard around a campfire. Stories included in this collection: The Woman in the Attic The Hideaway Man Mechanic Little One Jake’s Body Voices in the Dark The Man Under the Bridge Daddy’s An Actor Domestic Magic (with Melanie Tem) The Hunt Sirens Show Night Does It Scare You? Skullbees The Snowman The Farmer Alan’s Mother Bad Dogs Come Out of the Rain Be Mine Creation Story Lesser Fires (with Melanie Tem) Daddy Tyger There’s No Such Thing as Monsters The Boyfriend “a spine-tingling but compellingly honest portrait of how horror can turn into a whole-life experience: as subject matter to spark inspiration for an author, as lived experience for those of us just trying to get by, and as entertainment, too.” – John C. Adams, The British Fantasy Society “Some sheer literary classics in this book.” – Des Lewis Reviews
Download or read book Everyday Horrors written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday horrors, the unexpected twists encountered during an otherwise normal day. The skewed perspectives, those moments of transformative paranoia when everything appears as it might through a funhouse lens. The dreamlike narratives and rhythms which fracture consensual reality into genre-bending rides. When life becomes unmoored and the prosaic becomes surreal. These are the worlds portrayed in this new collection of 20 stories by Steve Rasnic Tem, winner of the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and the Horror Writer Association’s Lifetime Achievement awards. “Tem’s fiction gives you insight into the lives of people who want something they can’t have, and it allows you to suffer their failures as though they were your own.” – Simon Strantzas “His work…will haunt your imagination and your heart in equal measure, and it both expands and defines the genre.” - Weird Fiction Review “Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.” – Joe R. Lansdale Included are such stories as “A Thin Silver Line” (originally scheduled for The Last Dangerous Visions), the folk horror “Gavin’s Field,” an aging man’s final road trip in “The Old Man’s Tale,” the Halloween musings of “When They Fall,” the personal apocalypse of “Privacy,” the Jack the Ripper revelations of “Monkeys,” the pandemic Wendigo tale “An Gorta Mór,” the cosmic horror “The Things We Do Not See,” a bizarre journey “Within the Concrete” from ParSec, and the heartbreaking “Memoria” from The Deadlands.
Download or read book The Night Doctor and Other Tales written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of 25 stories, including two appearing here for the first time, collects the best of Steve Rasnic Tem's dark fiction published since his landmark Centipede tome Out of the Dark: A Storybook of Horrors. A number have appeared in various Year’s Best volumes. All represent the high quality of Tem’s prose and the wide range of his approaches to the horror genre. In The Night Doctor And Other Tales, you will encounter the most haunting figures ever to cross Tem’s imagination: a man obsessed with his own breath and the breathing he hears that is not his own; a husband waiting for his wife as new bodies appear at the bottom of his yard; a weekend fisherman and the unseen man sharing his fishing hut; a loyal husband dealing with the latest changes in his wife’s physical appearance; a strange widower in his house by the sea; a devoted mother trying to protect her son from the nightmares of the past; a son returning to a dreaded summer vacation spot; a grandfather protecting his grandchildren from a legacy of dark transformations; and, in the title story, an elderly man awaits the visit of a mysterious family physician. Stories included in this collection: Breathing Apartment B Red Rabbit The Hanged Man The Fishing Hut A Sudden Event Paula Breaks Lost in the Garden of Earthly Delights Blattidae Wine Half-Light Mister Ainsley The Long Fade into Evening Domestic Magic The Secret Laws of the Universe The Man in the Rose Bushes The Night Doctor The Enemy Within Stick Men Too Many Ghosts When You're Not Looking Between the Pilings The Erased The Wake The Weight Lost The Monster Makers
Download or read book Blood Kin written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Celestial Inventories written by Steve Rasnic Tem and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the transforming events in these twenty-two genre-bending stories: an office worker and his wife fade into a literal invisibility; a photographer discovers the unexpected in the faces of dead children; a girl moves onto a strange street when she fails to return from trick-or-treating; an artist devotes his career to contracting diseases; a plague of head explosions becomes a new form of terrorism; a couple's aging dismantles reality; and a seemingly pointless life finds final expression in bits of folded paper. Steve Rasnic Tem's other works include Deadfall Hotel, Onion Songs, Ugly Behavior, and The Man on the Ceiling. Celestial Inventories may be the World Fantasy Award-winning author's finest collection to date. Stories included in this collection: The World Recalled The Disease Artist Halloween Street When We Moved On The Woodcarver’s Son Invisible Head Explosions Chain Reaction The Secret Flesh Origami Bird In These Final Days of Sales Little Poucet The Bereavement Photographer Firestorm The Mouse’s Bedtime Story Last Dragon The Monster in the Field The High Chair Dinosaur Giant Killers The Company You Keep Celestial Inventory
