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By The Book
By Diane Mavis Schoemperlen. 2014
New from the Winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada Marian Engel Awardand the Governor General's Award for English FictionOnce…
touted as compendiums of human knowledge, the encyclopedias and handbooks of bygone eras now read quaintly, if not comically-yet within their musty pages are often found phrases of uncanny evocative power. Scrupulously stitching such fragments together, in a sequel to the Governor General's Award-winning Forms of Devotion, By The Book is a collection of verbal and visual collages whose alchemies transform long-dead texts into tales of enduring vitality. With her visually witty full-colour artwork and stories like "What Is A Hat? Where Is Constantinople? Who Was Sir Walter Raleigh? And Many Other Common Questions, Some With Answers, Some Without," and "Consumptives Should Not Kiss Other People: A Handy Guide to the Care and Maintenance of Your Family's Good Health," Schoemperlen's irreverent and ironic brand of nostalgia combines vintage kitsch with comic, creepy, unexpectedly moving yarns.Praise for By The Book"Diane Schoemperlen's By The Book is a bravura performance. Fragments, collage, assemblage, found poetry - none of the conventional words cover it for they miss the fantastic wit, the energy of humour, the divine ability to find comedic ore in the print detritus of our culture. She doesn't rescue texts; with her wicked sense of irony, she actually puts thought where there was none. She infects the banal with the virus of her own brain and makes it into art. Then she makes a picture of it-oh, dwell upon the details; there are whole novels lurking in the details."-Douglas GloverPraise for Diane Schoemperlen"Schoemperlen's inventive language and narrative structures encourage readers to be free 'from the prison of everyday thinking."-New York Times Book Review"Lovely, clever [and] imaginative."-Wall Street Journal"Cuttingly witty ... Schoemperlen could almost form a school of piquant and inventive fiction with Julie Hecht, Janet Kauffman, and Lydia Davis."-Booklist"There is no mistaking a Schoemperlen story-devoted to form, faithful to the mysteries of the everyday."-The Globe & MailSketcher in the Rye
By Sharon Pape. 2013
"Pape has a sure-handed balance of humor and action."--Julie Hyzy, New York Times Bestselling Author In her new job as…
a private eye, former police sketch artist Rory McCain has a spirited partner: Old West marshal Zeke Drummond. He may be a ghost, but when these two combine their skills, they reap justice... Trouble has sprouted at Harper Farms. Top secret info has been leaked to the competition, and now there's serious sabotage cropping up. So the farm's beleaguered owner, Gil Harper, has called on Rory to dig up some dirt. But what Rory discovers raises a new field of questions... Someone shucked Harper's accountant and left his body in the farm's corn maze. While Gil is quick to hire Rory to solve now not one but two crimes, the sketching sleuth isn't so sure why the farmer wants her to focus her attention on his own family. Regardless, Rory and Zeke will need to put their hands to the plow and solve this case before someone else is planted six feet under... Includes a preview of the first Crystal Shop Mystery, Amethysts and Alibis, by Sharon PapeAngel City
By Jon Steele. 2013
Electrifying from its explosive first scene to its unexpected and shocking conclusion, Angel City revisits the unforgettable characters from The…
Watchers to reveal more of the earthly--and otherworldy--mysteries of the Angelus trilogy. Katherine Taylor, ex-escort, and Jay Harper, private detective, no longer remember each other. They no longer remember the cosmic battle they fought against the Nephilim. In fact, the only memory of the events of their pasts takes the form of a child, Katherine's infant son, Max, who has, unbeknown to anyone, stirred the interest of the same vengeful spirits.... Meanwhile, from the shadows steps a defrocked priest named Astruc, whose face looks as if it has been clawed by some terrible beast and who hides his eyes behind blue lenses. He and his brilliant young ward have discovered something unfathomable in the catacombs under Paris--something that will confirm that "the time of the prophecy" is at hand.Stoker's Manuscript
By Royce Prouty. 2013
Debut author Royce Prouty offers a spellbinding tale of history, folklore, destiny, and redemption. Joseph Barkeley has a gift. Without…
the aid of chemical testing, he can accurately determine the authenticity and age of any document, seeing details within the fibers the way a composer picks out the individual notes of a symphony. But rarely does Joseph get a job this delicate and well-paying. A mystery buyer has hired him to authenticate the original draft of Bram Stoker's Dracula. When he travels to Transylvania to personally deliver the manuscript to the legendary Bran Castle, Barkeley, a Romanian orphan himself, soon realizes that his employer is the son of the infamous Vlad Dracula. Imprisoned in the castle and forced to serve "the Master," Barkeley must quickly decipher cryptic messages hidden within Stoker's masterpiece to find the Master's long-lost bride--or risk wearing out his welcome. But as he delves into the history of Dracula and his own lineage, Barkeley discovers that his selection for this job was based on more than his talent with rare books. Now, he has a perilous decision to make--save his life with a coward's flight, or wage a deadly battle with an ancient foe.Broken Branch (Novella)
By John Mantooth. 2013
Broken Branch, Alabama, serves as a refuge for the God-fearing, a shelter from the evils of the outside world. But…
who will protect them from the evil within? Trudy first met Otto and James after World War I, two traveling ministers, preaching the good word to anyone who'd take the time to listen. Together, they founded Broken Branch, a hideaway in Alabama where the faithful would be able to isolate themselves from the impurity of the rest of the world and live blessed lives in the eyes of God. But then the storms came, tearing apart their small compound, God's punishment for hidden wickedness in their hearts. And when an old man wanders into Broken Branch, ranting about a secret hideaway and uncovers an old storm cellar that's been hidden for years, Trudy begins to wonder what other secrets lie under the surface of their safe haven... Includes a preview of The Year of the Storm Praise for Broken Branch "The community of Broken Branch in John Mantooth's fine novella enacts the familiar American quest to found a religiously-pure settlement whose members might escape the evils and ills of the larger world--in this case, Depression-era America. A descendant of Hawthorne's Blithedale Farm, not to mention Puritan Plymouth, its inhabitants come the same discovery as their forebearers, namely, that they themselves contain more than sufficient darkness to undo their enterprise. Through a tight focus on the woman whose largesse has made Broken Branch possible, Mantooth portrays the movement from willful ignorance to painful wisdom. In these pages, tornadoes churn, stars fall burning from the sky, and a strange storm shelter offers a glimpse of another world full of awful beauty. Broken Branch offers compelling evidence of John Mantooth's ambitions and abilities as a writer."--John Langan, author of The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies "John Mantooth's Broken Branch is filled with claustrophobic, creeping dread. It's a story of lies and belief, fear and deception, and it will stay with you long after you've finished the last page."--Damien Walters Grintalis, author of InkThis New & Poisonous Air
By Adam Mcomber. 2011
She admits she is pleased when the new placard is raised, "Madame Tussaud's House of Wax." She stands in the…
crowd with François at her side. He leans close enough to touch her ear with the fringe of his mustache and whispers, "What part of the museum would the famous Madame Tussaud like to survey on her inaugural visit?""The Chamber of Horrors, I think," she says softly."Really, my dear? All that grim fantasy and blood?""There is no fantasy about it, François. It is an embryo, a showing of what is to come."Blending historical fiction with fantasy and the macabre, Adam McOmber's debut short story collection brings the influence of Angela Carter, Isak Dinesen, and Edgar Allan Poe to the next generation. In "The Automatic Garden," a solitary architect from the court at Versailles builds a water-powered pleasure garden; in "There Are No Bodies Such as This," we read a haunted and romantic fiction about the creation of Madame Tussaud's wax museum; in "Fall, Orpheum," a small town movie palace becomes the temple for an entire town's devotion and sacrifice. McOmber seamlessly blends history, artifice, and desire to create a dream of the past that intertwines with our own notions of modern life.Adam McOmber's stories appear in Conjunctions, StoryQuarterly, Third Coast, The Greensboro Review, Arts & Letters, and Quarterly West. He is assistant director of creative nonfiction at Columbia College Chicago and associate editor of the literary magazine Hotel Amerika.The Properties of Things
By David Solway. 2007
The Properties of Things continues David Solway's explorations in the realm of fictive translation, this time that of the obscure…
thirteenth century scholar Bartolomaeus Anglicus. The result is a poetic alphabetary, ranging from the bawdy to the sublime.David Solway has been called "an internationalist of the imagination." He remains one of the country's most brilliant and inventive poets.Isis
By Douglas Clegg. 2009
New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg brings us Isis, a beautifully illustrated, unforgettable novella that is sure to become…
a classic tale of the supernatural.If you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead?Old Marsh, the gardener at Belerion Hall, warned the Villiers girl about the old ruins along the sea-cliffs. "Never go in, miss. Never say a prayer at its door. If you are angry, do not seek revenge by the Laughing Maiden stone or at the threshold of the Tombs. There be those who listen for oaths and vows....What may be said in innocence becomes flesh and blood in such places."She was born Iris Catherine Villiers. She became Isis.From childhood until her sixteenth year, Iris Villiers wandered the stone-hedged gardens and the steep cliffs along the coast of Cornwall near her ancestral home. Surrounded by the stern judgments of her grandfather--the Gray Minister--and the taunts of her cruel governess, Iris finds solace in her beloved older brother who has always protected her. But when a tragic accident occurs from the ledge of an open window, Iris discovers that she possesses the ability to speak to the dead...Be careful what you wish for...it just may find you.The Memory Garden
By Mary Rickert. 2014
"A potent brew of guilty secrets and tragic histories, but also of enduring friendship and love. Add a pinch of…
the botanical. Serve on a luminous night faintly reminiscent of a Midsummer Night's Eve. A totally charming, totally engaging story told by Rickert, a magus of the first order. Magic in every line."--Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Jane Austen Book Club Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most. Not that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay. There's a lot that Nan's kept quiet over the years, especially those times with Mavis and Ruthie--times that were dark and full of guilt. But some secrets have a power all their own, and Nan realizes she needs Mavis and Ruthie now more than ever. When the three meet again in Nan's garden, their reunion has spellbinding effects that none of them could have imagined, least of all Bay... "Mary Rickert's debut novel is absolutely stunning. An emotionally complex story bridges the divide between the past and the present, between generations, and between age-old friendships compromised by a web of secrets and lies. Be prepared to fall under this novel's strange and sensuous spell."--Christopher Barzak, author of One for SorrowRound the Fire Stories
By Arthur Conan Doyle. 1991
Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with…
a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These are seventeen tales of suspense and adventure, of the mysterious and the fantastic, meant to be read "round the fire" upon a winter's night. Murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, diabolical traps, and inexplicable disappearances abound in these exciting accounts narrated by doctors, lawyers, genetlemen, teachers, burglars, dilettantes, and convicted criminals. The titles are inviting--"The Pot of Caviare," "The Clubfooted Grocer," "The Brazilian Cat," "The Sealed Room," and "There Fiend of the Coopergate"--and the stoires are riveting. This is a rediscovered classic by a master storyteller.Xombies: Apocalypso
By Walter Greatshell. 2011
A group of women have been discovered who are immune to the Agent X plague. The secret of their immunity…
can provide a cure for human and inhuman alike-unless the Xombies find them first.إتحاف الفاضل بالفعل المبني لغير الفاعل
By محمد علي بن علان الصديقي. 2001
شرح شذور الذهب في معرفة كلام العرب
By ابن هشام. 2001
يقول عنه في المقدمة: "هذا كتاب شرحت به مختصري المسمى بـ: شذور الذهب، في معرفة كلام العرب، تممت به شواهده،…
وجمعت به شوارده،..قصدت فيه إلى إيضاح العبارة، لا إلى إخفاء الإشارة، وعمدت فيه إلى لفّ المعاني والأقسام، لا إلى نشر القواعد والأحكام، والتزمت فيه إنني كلما مررت ببيت من شواهد الأصل ذكرت اعرابه، وكلما أتيت على لفظ مستغرب أردفته مما يزيل استغرابه، وكلما أنهيت مسألة ختمتها بآية تتعلق بها من آي التنزيل، وأتبعتها بما تحتاج إليه من إعراب وتفسير وتأويل، وتصدي بذلك تدريب الطالب، وتعريفه السلوك إلى أمثال هذه المطالب". نيل و فراتJapanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
By Edogawa Rampo, James B. Harris. 1956
Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edowaga Rampo's best stories--bizarre and blood-curdling expeditions…
into the fantastic, the perverse, and the strange, in a marvelous homage to Rampo's literary "mentor," Edgar Allan Poe.Kwaidan
By Lafcadio Hearn. 1971
Known primarily as an early interpreter of Japanese culture and customs, the famous writer Lafcadio Hearn also wrote ghost stories--"delicate,…
transparent, ghostly sketches"--about his adopted land. Many of the stories found in Kwaidan, "stories and studies of strange things," are based on Japanese tales of long ago told to him by his wife; others possibly have a Chinese origin. All have been re-colored and reshaped by Hearn's inimitable hand. Some critics attribute Hearn's fascination with eerie tales to his partial blindness. Whatever its roots, he was clearly drawn to the hidden realms of the spirit world and to strange facts and marvels. In this collection of unforgettably haunting stories, Hearn brings together "the meeting of three ways"--the austere dreams of India, the subtle beauty of Japan and the relentless science of the Western world.This collection of supernatural tales includes:A musician called upon to perform for the deadMan-eating goblinsInsects who uncannily mimic human behaviorA perfect treat for fans of the strange and otherworldly.Quintana Roo
By Gary Brandner. 1984
It is a living hell: murderous Mayans . . . reptiles that kill on contact . . . creatures more…
deadly than crocodiles. No man has ever come back alive from Quintana Roo.John Hooker is hired by beautiful, sexy Connie Braithwaite to discover the whereabouts of her billionaire husband, Nolan, who vanished a year before on an expedition into the Yucatan.Quintana Roo's jungles barely conceal a violent mix of horrors old and new - "Muerateros," whose skill at torture has been honed over centuries, and their modern counterparts, who will stop at nothing to preserve their right to kill . . .Whispers in the Night
By Brandon Massey. 2007
Whatever you do, don't turn off the lights. . .Cross the threshold into one man's tortured mind, haunted by the…
mocking voices of his youth. Quench your insatiable thirst for terror at a bar where the drinks are abominable and the patrons never leave. Relive the harrowing Middle Passage that brought millions of African slaves to America--but this time with a spellbinding twist. Meet the malevolent entities that feed on human misery in the midst of a hurricane's wrath. Endure a sweltering summer on a swamp inhabited by predatory spirits. From pulsating ecstasy to unspeakable tragedy, submit to the irresistible pull of the unknown in nineteen stories that will illuminate the horrors within--and without. . .Anthony Beal Michael Boatman Maurice Broaddus Chesya Burke Christopher Chambers Lexi Davis B. Gordon Doyle Tananarive Due Dameon Edwards Robert Fleming Rickey Windell George L.R. Giles Lawana James-Holland Tish Jackson Tenea Johnson Brandon Massey Terence Taylor Randy Walker Wrath James White.Broken Shadows
By Aj Larrieu. 2015
Everyone has a breaking point.Mina Tanner was once a converter, a human with telekinetic and telepathic abilities. After a vicious…
mental assault by an evil shadowmind stripped her of her powers, she was forced to flee her home to escape her attacker. Now, she's trying to start a new life in San Francisco, far away from any and all reminders of the gifts she grew up using.But her precariously balanced "normal" life topples as her apartment and her job fall victim to a new luxury development. Jackson Herring, an old family friend and powerful converter, offers Mina his spare bedroom while she gets on her feet, and she agrees...reluctantly. Mina's finding it difficult enough to adjust without a daily reminder of what she's lost, especially when that reminder is six-foot-four, super-talented and gorgeous.When a mugger attacks her and she somehow burns his hands, Mina realizes that despite everything she's lost, she may have gained something far more powerful--and dangerous--than she ever imagined. And when the rest of the shadowmind community learns about it, Mina will find herself on the run once again.Book three of The Shadowminds93,000 wordsThe Forgotten
By Tamara Thorne. 2002
Reprinted EditionThe Past. . .Will Banning survived a childhood so rough, his mind has blocked it out almost entirely--especially the…
horrific day his brother Michael died, a memory that flickers on the edge of his consciousness as if from a dream. Isn't Gone. . .Now, as a successful psychologist, Will helps others dispel the fears the past can conjure. But he has no explanation for the increasingly bizarre paranoia affecting the inhabitants of Caledonia, California, many of whom claim to see terrifying visions and hear ominous voices. . .voices that tell them to do unspeakable things. . ..It's DeadlyAs madness and murderous impulses grip the coastal town, Will is compelled to confront his greatest fear and unlock the terrifying secret of his own past in a place where evil isn't just a memory. . .it's alive and waiting to strike. . .Suspect Zero
By Richard Kadrey. 2013
In this terrifying tale by New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey, a young aspiring serial killer goes in search…
of a mentor--the supreme, the ultimate killer. What he finds is much greater and much worse than he ever could have imagined.