Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473399971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
These early works by various authors were originally published in the late 19th century and early 20th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introduction as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'Weird Tales of Weird Tails' contains a collection of short stories about supernatural felines, and includes 'The King of the Cats' by Thomas Lyttelton (1807), 'The Gray Cat' by Barry Pain (1901), 'Ancient Sorceries' by Algernon Blackwood (1908), and many more. Therianthropy – the metamorphosis of humans into animals – is one of literature's oldest themes, and the werecat appears in some form in the folklore of virtually every global culture. African legends are replete with tales of people morphing into lions or leopards; Asian folklore features the often malevolent figure of the weretiger; and in Europe, werecats are found in the writings of Ancient Greece, and were explicitly condemned as heretical creatures during the witch trials of the early Modern period. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.
Weird Tales of Weird Tails - A Fine Selection of Supernatural Short Stories about Were-Cats and Other Ghoulish Felines (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473399971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
These early works by various authors were originally published in the late 19th century and early 20th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introduction as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'Weird Tales of Weird Tails' contains a collection of short stories about supernatural felines, and includes 'The King of the Cats' by Thomas Lyttelton (1807), 'The Gray Cat' by Barry Pain (1901), 'Ancient Sorceries' by Algernon Blackwood (1908), and many more. Therianthropy – the metamorphosis of humans into animals – is one of literature's oldest themes, and the werecat appears in some form in the folklore of virtually every global culture. African legends are replete with tales of people morphing into lions or leopards; Asian folklore features the often malevolent figure of the weretiger; and in Europe, werecats are found in the writings of Ancient Greece, and were explicitly condemned as heretical creatures during the witch trials of the early Modern period. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473399971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
These early works by various authors were originally published in the late 19th century and early 20th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introduction as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'Weird Tales of Weird Tails' contains a collection of short stories about supernatural felines, and includes 'The King of the Cats' by Thomas Lyttelton (1807), 'The Gray Cat' by Barry Pain (1901), 'Ancient Sorceries' by Algernon Blackwood (1908), and many more. Therianthropy – the metamorphosis of humans into animals – is one of literature's oldest themes, and the werecat appears in some form in the folklore of virtually every global culture. African legends are replete with tales of people morphing into lions or leopards; Asian folklore features the often malevolent figure of the weretiger; and in Europe, werecats are found in the writings of Ancient Greece, and were explicitly condemned as heretical creatures during the witch trials of the early Modern period. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.
Weird Tails
Author: Robert Poyton
Publisher: Innsmouth Gold
ISBN: 9781636845494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Us humans have held a fascination with cats since the days of the Pharaohs. Within the breast of even the most domesticated moggy burns the heart of a tiger! Cats have featured heavily in weird and supernatural fiction, including Poe and, of course, that great lover of cats, HP Lovecraft. This 190 page anthology gathers 13 new works from the Innsmouth Writing Circle with a distinctly feline theme. Tales and poems from Ulthar, from ancient times, the modern day and even the far future. You may never look at that snoozing kitty in the same way again... CONTENTS OF SAND AND DREAMS - Ian Delacroix SYNCHRONICITY - Russell Smeaton WHAT ATAL SAW - Miguel Fliguer MOUSER - John Houlihan THE ODYSSEUS FILE - Robert Poyton ROADKILL - Andy Joynes THE SHADOW OF XIOM-THOGG - B. Harlan Crawford CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT - Lara Poyton THE LAST DAYS OF ULTHAR - Peter Rawlik THE CAT AND THE SOMNAMBULIST - Luna Z. Mesvell DREAMS IN THE LAND OF - Mike Slater A GOREY DEMISE - Shelley De Cruz LOVECRAFT AND CATS - J DeLaughter THE CATS - HP LovecraftBIOGRAPHIES
Publisher: Innsmouth Gold
ISBN: 9781636845494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Us humans have held a fascination with cats since the days of the Pharaohs. Within the breast of even the most domesticated moggy burns the heart of a tiger! Cats have featured heavily in weird and supernatural fiction, including Poe and, of course, that great lover of cats, HP Lovecraft. This 190 page anthology gathers 13 new works from the Innsmouth Writing Circle with a distinctly feline theme. Tales and poems from Ulthar, from ancient times, the modern day and even the far future. You may never look at that snoozing kitty in the same way again... CONTENTS OF SAND AND DREAMS - Ian Delacroix SYNCHRONICITY - Russell Smeaton WHAT ATAL SAW - Miguel Fliguer MOUSER - John Houlihan THE ODYSSEUS FILE - Robert Poyton ROADKILL - Andy Joynes THE SHADOW OF XIOM-THOGG - B. Harlan Crawford CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT - Lara Poyton THE LAST DAYS OF ULTHAR - Peter Rawlik THE CAT AND THE SOMNAMBULIST - Luna Z. Mesvell DREAMS IN THE LAND OF - Mike Slater A GOREY DEMISE - Shelley De Cruz LOVECRAFT AND CATS - J DeLaughter THE CATS - HP LovecraftBIOGRAPHIES
Quirky Tails
Author: Paul Jennings
Publisher: Galaxy
ISBN: 9780754060888
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Quirky? You can say that again. Look at it. His mouth is so small there is only just enough room to poke in one pea at a time. He can't talk, he can't stick out his tongue & he can't eat. You'll be speechless
Publisher: Galaxy
ISBN: 9780754060888
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Quirky? You can say that again. Look at it. His mouth is so small there is only just enough room to poke in one pea at a time. He can't talk, he can't stick out his tongue & he can't eat. You'll be speechless
Two Weird Tails
Author: Harker Tower
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Quirky Tails
Author: Paul Jennings
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140371017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Quirky? You can say that again . . . I have an eye on my finger and a little face in my throat. I start to cry. Tears fall down my face. And down my finger. The eye on my finger is shedding tears too. You'll be speechless. A strangling rose. A ghost chicken. A tiny hole for a mouth. A living copy - of yourself. Football toads.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140371017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Quirky? You can say that again . . . I have an eye on my finger and a little face in my throat. I start to cry. Tears fall down my face. And down my finger. The eye on my finger is shedding tears too. You'll be speechless. A strangling rose. A ghost chicken. A tiny hole for a mouth. A living copy - of yourself. Football toads.
Strange Tails
Author: John J. Kohut
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452281189
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
After the success of their Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest series, the unflappable veterans of the strange news beat -- John Kohut and Roland Sweet -- have come back to their readers with Strange Tails, a collection of true news events chronicling the bizarre, wacky, hilarious, and sometimes heartwarming behavior of animals. After reading more than three hundred unbelievable tales, readers will never look at animals -- let alone their pets -- in the same way again.
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452281189
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
After the success of their Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest series, the unflappable veterans of the strange news beat -- John Kohut and Roland Sweet -- have come back to their readers with Strange Tails, a collection of true news events chronicling the bizarre, wacky, hilarious, and sometimes heartwarming behavior of animals. After reading more than three hundred unbelievable tales, readers will never look at animals -- let alone their pets -- in the same way again.
You Are Weird
Author: Diane Swanson
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1771381981
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
This book tackles the weird questions about the human body that everyone’s curious about, but nobody seems able to answer 3/4 until now.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1771381981
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
This book tackles the weird questions about the human body that everyone’s curious about, but nobody seems able to answer 3/4 until now.
The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful
Author: Milo Rossi
Publisher: Wellfleet Press
ISBN: 0760380015
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful features explanations of some of the most intriguing and entertaining facts from prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. Discover a plethora of intriguing and entertaining facts from archaeology and history—brought to life with the author’s signature wit and levity. In The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, TikTok educator and Youtuber Milo Rossi presents an assortment of funny and detailed anecdotes of some of the more quotidian mysteries of life, such as: Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a mother in the Mesolithic period as the climate shifted, the seas rose, and wild game migrated? Or what types of dogs paced the wide and narrow forest patches of North America as their masters constructed some of the largest earthen works in the world? Or what meals were eaten under the trees of the old- growth forests of ancient Europe, how China accidentally invented standardized testing by refining their government, or what fashion trends shook the mining camps during the California gold rush? Coupled with engaging illustrations, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful takes the saying “you learn something new every day” to a new extreme!
Publisher: Wellfleet Press
ISBN: 0760380015
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful features explanations of some of the most intriguing and entertaining facts from prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. Discover a plethora of intriguing and entertaining facts from archaeology and history—brought to life with the author’s signature wit and levity. In The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, TikTok educator and Youtuber Milo Rossi presents an assortment of funny and detailed anecdotes of some of the more quotidian mysteries of life, such as: Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a mother in the Mesolithic period as the climate shifted, the seas rose, and wild game migrated? Or what types of dogs paced the wide and narrow forest patches of North America as their masters constructed some of the largest earthen works in the world? Or what meals were eaten under the trees of the old- growth forests of ancient Europe, how China accidentally invented standardized testing by refining their government, or what fashion trends shook the mining camps during the California gold rush? Coupled with engaging illustrations, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful takes the saying “you learn something new every day” to a new extreme!
Weird Astronomical Theories of the Solar System and Beyond
Author: David Seargent
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331925295X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
After addressing strange cosmological hypotheses in Weird Universe, David Seargent tackles the no-less bizarre theories closer to home. Alternate views on the Solar System's formation, comet composition, and the evolution of life on Earth are only some of the topics he addresses in this new work. Although these ideas exist on the fringe of mainstream astronomy, they can still shed light on the origins of life and the evolution of the planets. Continuing the author's series of books popularizing strange astronomy facts and knowledge, Weird Astronomical Theories presents an approachable exploration of the still mysterious questions about the origin of comets, the pattern of mass extinctions on Earth, and more. The alternative theories discussed here do not come from untrained amateurs. The scientists whose work is covered includes the mid-20th century Russian S. K. Vsekhsvyatskii, cosmologist Max Tegmark, British astronomers Victor Clube and William Napier, and American Tom Van Flandern, a specialist in celestial mechanics who held a variety of unusual beliefs about the possibility of intelligent life having come from elsewhere. Despite being outliers, their work reveals how much astronomical understanding is still evolving. Unconventional approaches have also pushed our scientific understanding for the better, as with R.W. Mandl's approaching Einstein with regard to gravitational lensing. Even without full substantiation (and some theories are hardly credible), their hypotheses allow for a new perspective on how the Solar System became what it is today.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331925295X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
After addressing strange cosmological hypotheses in Weird Universe, David Seargent tackles the no-less bizarre theories closer to home. Alternate views on the Solar System's formation, comet composition, and the evolution of life on Earth are only some of the topics he addresses in this new work. Although these ideas exist on the fringe of mainstream astronomy, they can still shed light on the origins of life and the evolution of the planets. Continuing the author's series of books popularizing strange astronomy facts and knowledge, Weird Astronomical Theories presents an approachable exploration of the still mysterious questions about the origin of comets, the pattern of mass extinctions on Earth, and more. The alternative theories discussed here do not come from untrained amateurs. The scientists whose work is covered includes the mid-20th century Russian S. K. Vsekhsvyatskii, cosmologist Max Tegmark, British astronomers Victor Clube and William Napier, and American Tom Van Flandern, a specialist in celestial mechanics who held a variety of unusual beliefs about the possibility of intelligent life having come from elsewhere. Despite being outliers, their work reveals how much astronomical understanding is still evolving. Unconventional approaches have also pushed our scientific understanding for the better, as with R.W. Mandl's approaching Einstein with regard to gravitational lensing. Even without full substantiation (and some theories are hardly credible), their hypotheses allow for a new perspective on how the Solar System became what it is today.
Funny Tails
Author: Liesbet Slegers
Publisher: Clavis
ISBN: 9781605370903
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents eight animals on split pages with eight different tails.
Publisher: Clavis
ISBN: 9781605370903
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents eight animals on split pages with eight different tails.