Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1597802492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel Murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight--and more--missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discotheque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"... What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the seventeen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Two.
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 2
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1597802492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel Murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight--and more--missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discotheque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"... What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the seventeen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Two.
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1597802492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel Murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight--and more--missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discotheque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"... What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the seventeen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Two.
A Change is Gonna Come
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: Torquere Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Max needs a change: a change of scenery, a change of pace, a change of men. And so he packs his belongings and heads out in his car, moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Stopping at a rest stop along the way, he encounters a trucker named Fred in the men’s bathroom. When Max’s car breaks down, it’s Fred who comes to the rescue. With the car now in the back of the semi, the two finish their journey together, but not before they finish each other off first. A surprise and romantic ending awaits them as the truck at last pulls up to a scenic overlook in the heart of the city by the bay.
Publisher: Torquere Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Max needs a change: a change of scenery, a change of pace, a change of men. And so he packs his belongings and heads out in his car, moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Stopping at a rest stop along the way, he encounters a trucker named Fred in the men’s bathroom. When Max’s car breaks down, it’s Fred who comes to the rescue. With the car now in the back of the semi, the two finish their journey together, but not before they finish each other off first. A surprise and romantic ending awaits them as the truck at last pulls up to a scenic overlook in the heart of the city by the bay.
Yin and Yang
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: Torquere Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Steve’s moving from Minnesota to LA when he encounters Chad, a hot surfer with access to a secluded, pristine beach far below the busy highway. More than the surf is up when the two wind up naked on the hot sand in this romantic comedy about new beginnings.
Publisher: Torquere Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Steve’s moving from Minnesota to LA when he encounters Chad, a hot surfer with access to a secluded, pristine beach far below the busy highway. More than the surf is up when the two wind up naked on the hot sand in this romantic comedy about new beginnings.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 2
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968581326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Nathaniel Hawthorne:Endicott and the Red Cross Young Goodman Brown Ethan Brand My Kinsman, Major Molineux Earth's Holocaust The Gray Champion The Minister's Black Veil - Virginia Woolf:A Haunted House Kew Gardens An Unwritten Novel Solid Objects The Mark on the Wall Mrs. Dalloway in the Bond Street The Lady in the Looking Glass - Henry James:The Beast ih the Jungle The Figure in the Carpet Paste The Romance of Certain Old Clothes The Story of a Year The Altar of the Dead Married Son - Mark Twain:About Barbers A Dog's Tale A Ghost Story A Monument to Adam Eve's Diary Extracts from Adam's Diary The Stolen White Elephant - Guy de Maupassant:The Necklace Mademoiselle Fifi Miss Harriet My Uncle Jules Boule de Suif The Wreck The Hand - Charlotte Perkins:When I Was a Witch The Yellow Wallpaper If I were a man The Giant Wistaria The Boys And The Butter! The Cottagette A Middle Sized Artist - Elizabeth Gaskell:The Old Nurse Story The Poor Clare Lois The Witch The Grey Woman Curious If True Six Weeks At Heppenheim Disappearances - Herman Melville:Bartleby, the Scrivener Benito Cereno The Encantadas The Chase Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! I and My Chimney The Lightning-Rod Man - Katherine Mansfield:The Garden Party The Daughters of the Late Colonel Bliss Prelude At the bay Je ne parle pas francais How Pearl Button was Kidnapped - Jack London:The Law of Life To Build a Fire That Spot All Gold Canyon An Odyssey of the North A Piece of Steak Lost Face
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968581326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Nathaniel Hawthorne:Endicott and the Red Cross Young Goodman Brown Ethan Brand My Kinsman, Major Molineux Earth's Holocaust The Gray Champion The Minister's Black Veil - Virginia Woolf:A Haunted House Kew Gardens An Unwritten Novel Solid Objects The Mark on the Wall Mrs. Dalloway in the Bond Street The Lady in the Looking Glass - Henry James:The Beast ih the Jungle The Figure in the Carpet Paste The Romance of Certain Old Clothes The Story of a Year The Altar of the Dead Married Son - Mark Twain:About Barbers A Dog's Tale A Ghost Story A Monument to Adam Eve's Diary Extracts from Adam's Diary The Stolen White Elephant - Guy de Maupassant:The Necklace Mademoiselle Fifi Miss Harriet My Uncle Jules Boule de Suif The Wreck The Hand - Charlotte Perkins:When I Was a Witch The Yellow Wallpaper If I were a man The Giant Wistaria The Boys And The Butter! The Cottagette A Middle Sized Artist - Elizabeth Gaskell:The Old Nurse Story The Poor Clare Lois The Witch The Grey Woman Curious If True Six Weeks At Heppenheim Disappearances - Herman Melville:Bartleby, the Scrivener Benito Cereno The Encantadas The Chase Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! I and My Chimney The Lightning-Rod Man - Katherine Mansfield:The Garden Party The Daughters of the Late Colonel Bliss Prelude At the bay Je ne parle pas francais How Pearl Button was Kidnapped - Jack London:The Law of Life To Build a Fire That Spot All Gold Canyon An Odyssey of the North A Piece of Steak Lost Face
The Best of the Best, Volume 2
Author: Gardner Dozois
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429916060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
For more than twenty years The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005 the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now, for the first time ever, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozios sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series. Included are such notable short novels as: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg In the fiftieth century, people of Earth are able to create entire cities on a whim, including those of mythology and legend. When twentieth-century traveler Charles Philip accidentally lands in this aberrant time period, he is simultaneously obsessed with discovering more about this alluring world and getting back home. But in a world made entirely of man's creation, things are not always as they seem on the surface. Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin returns to her Hainish-settled interstellar community, the Edumen, to tell the tale of two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart in this story of politics, violence, religion, and cultural disparity. Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds On a sea-wold planet covered with idyllic tropical oceans, peace seems pervasive. Beneath the placid water lurks an ominous force that has the potential to destroy all tranquility. Contributors include: Greg Egan; Joe Haldeman; James Patrick Kelly; Nancy Kress; Ursula K. Le Guin; Ian R. MacLeod; Ian McDonald; Maureen F. McHugh; Frederick Pohl; Alastair Reynolds; Robert Silverberg; Michael Swanwick; Walter Jon Williams With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best, Volume 2 stands as the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels ever published in the world.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429916060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
For more than twenty years The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005 the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now, for the first time ever, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozios sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series. Included are such notable short novels as: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg In the fiftieth century, people of Earth are able to create entire cities on a whim, including those of mythology and legend. When twentieth-century traveler Charles Philip accidentally lands in this aberrant time period, he is simultaneously obsessed with discovering more about this alluring world and getting back home. But in a world made entirely of man's creation, things are not always as they seem on the surface. Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin returns to her Hainish-settled interstellar community, the Edumen, to tell the tale of two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart in this story of politics, violence, religion, and cultural disparity. Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds On a sea-wold planet covered with idyllic tropical oceans, peace seems pervasive. Beneath the placid water lurks an ominous force that has the potential to destroy all tranquility. Contributors include: Greg Egan; Joe Haldeman; James Patrick Kelly; Nancy Kress; Ursula K. Le Guin; Ian R. MacLeod; Ian McDonald; Maureen F. McHugh; Frederick Pohl; Alastair Reynolds; Robert Silverberg; Michael Swanwick; Walter Jon Williams With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best, Volume 2 stands as the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels ever published in the world.
Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2
Author: August Nemo
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968587170
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 4780
Book Description
This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Mary Shelley - D. H. Lawrence - Ellis Parker Butler - Anthony Trollope - Zona Gale - Emma Orczy - Don Marquis - Charles W. Chesnutt - Kathleen Norris - Stanley G. Weinbaum - Honoré de Balzac - M. R. James - Banjo Paterson - Bret Harte - Henry Lawson - W. W. Jacobs - Charlotte M. Yonge - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - L. Frank Baum - O. Henry - William Dean Howells - T. S. Arthur - Sherwood Anderson - Robert Barr - Lafcadio Hearn - Giovanni Verga - Hamlin Garland - Émile Zola - Stewart Edward White - Sarah Orne Jewett - Willa Cather - George Ade - Robert W. Chambers - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Ruth McEnery Stuart - Lord Dunsany - George Gissing - Théophile Gautier - Paul Heyse - Selma Lagerlöf - Thomas Burke - Edith Nesbit - Arthur Morrison - Stacy Aumonier - John Galsworthy - E. W. Hornung - Ernest Bramah
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968587170
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 4780
Book Description
This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Mary Shelley - D. H. Lawrence - Ellis Parker Butler - Anthony Trollope - Zona Gale - Emma Orczy - Don Marquis - Charles W. Chesnutt - Kathleen Norris - Stanley G. Weinbaum - Honoré de Balzac - M. R. James - Banjo Paterson - Bret Harte - Henry Lawson - W. W. Jacobs - Charlotte M. Yonge - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - L. Frank Baum - O. Henry - William Dean Howells - T. S. Arthur - Sherwood Anderson - Robert Barr - Lafcadio Hearn - Giovanni Verga - Hamlin Garland - Émile Zola - Stewart Edward White - Sarah Orne Jewett - Willa Cather - George Ade - Robert W. Chambers - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Ruth McEnery Stuart - Lord Dunsany - George Gissing - Théophile Gautier - Paul Heyse - Selma Lagerlöf - Thomas Burke - Edith Nesbit - Arthur Morrison - Stacy Aumonier - John Galsworthy - E. W. Hornung - Ernest Bramah
Midlife Crisis
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 0983767866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Jack is thirty-five and single once again. He is not, as he as quick to point out, going through a midlife crisis. Still, it would be nice to have a partner. So he sets out on an adventure to find the one-time love of his life, Bing, a man he hasn't set eyes on in more than fifteen years, a man who has seemingly vanished off the face of the planet. With the help of his family and friends -- plus the family dog and, of all people, his high school bully -- he goes searching for Bing, only to unearth an ages-old mystery that puts them all in grave danger. In this hysterically funny tale of romance and self-discovery, the question remains right up to the surprise ending: can we return to our past in order to create better our future?
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 0983767866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Jack is thirty-five and single once again. He is not, as he as quick to point out, going through a midlife crisis. Still, it would be nice to have a partner. So he sets out on an adventure to find the one-time love of his life, Bing, a man he hasn't set eyes on in more than fifteen years, a man who has seemingly vanished off the face of the planet. With the help of his family and friends -- plus the family dog and, of all people, his high school bully -- he goes searching for Bing, only to unearth an ages-old mystery that puts them all in grave danger. In this hysterically funny tale of romance and self-discovery, the question remains right up to the surprise ending: can we return to our past in order to create better our future?
Heavy Loads
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1646568990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
A man’s journey to a new home, a new life, gets momentarily derailed when his car breaks down at a rest stop. Thankfully, he’s rescued by a hunky trucker -- in more ways than one. NOTE: This story appears in Rob Rosen's best-selling collection, Short Spurts.
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1646568990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
A man’s journey to a new home, a new life, gets momentarily derailed when his car breaks down at a rest stop. Thankfully, he’s rescued by a hunky trucker -- in more ways than one. NOTE: This story appears in Rob Rosen's best-selling collection, Short Spurts.
Best Gay Erotica
Fate
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1646569245
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Eddie is in love. The problem is, Eddie’s in love with four men ... four men simultaneously, that is. But who does Eddie love more? And can the heart feel for that many men equally? Ah, but it does have four chambers, so four seems the most logical choice ... at least, of course, to Eddie. Paula is Eddie’s famous mom. One by one, each of his lovers comes to work for her, their lives so connected that if one of them itches, another one scratches. But who will wind up with whom in this hysterically funny tale of life and love and friendship? In the end, it’s up to fate to decide what none of them could possibly have seen coming.
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1646569245
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Eddie is in love. The problem is, Eddie’s in love with four men ... four men simultaneously, that is. But who does Eddie love more? And can the heart feel for that many men equally? Ah, but it does have four chambers, so four seems the most logical choice ... at least, of course, to Eddie. Paula is Eddie’s famous mom. One by one, each of his lovers comes to work for her, their lives so connected that if one of them itches, another one scratches. But who will wind up with whom in this hysterically funny tale of life and love and friendship? In the end, it’s up to fate to decide what none of them could possibly have seen coming.