The Writing Family of Stephen King

The Writing Family of Stephen King
Author: Patrick McAleer
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0786485183

This work examines Stephen King's position in popular literary circles and then considers the contributions of his family to the landscape of contemporary fiction. Though they have to a degree been eclipsed by Stephen King's popularity, his wife, Tabitha King, and sons, Owen King and Joe Hill, have found varying levels of success in their own right. The three have traveled their own writing paths, from supernatural fiction to contemporary literary fiction. This is the first extended exploration of the works of three authors who have too long been overshadowed by their proximity to "the King of Horror."

Djinn and Tonic

Djinn and Tonic
Author: John Bannon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2017-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781975882907

"Djinn And Tonic" supplements the "Lucky." lecture booklet in my continued world-wide lecture campaign.Here you will find five, previously-published favorite tricks that round out and compliment the new material in "Lucky." Between the two booklets, every trick in the lecture is covered.

Djinn Rummy

Djinn Rummy
Author: Tom Holt
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316233080

When Kayaguchiya Integrated Circuits III, a genie, is released from the aspirin bottle he's been stuck in for 14 years, there's bound to be trouble. Jane had wanted to end her life in peace, but now she's got a genie, things look up -- until the apocalypse rears its ugly head.

Djinn and Tonic

Djinn and Tonic
Author: Jasinda Wilder
Publisher: Jasinda Wilder
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1941098282

Detective Carson Hale knows Leila is hiding something from him. He's in the hospital after a strange and inexplicable attack destroys his favorite bar, the Old Shillelagh. While the attack leaves Carson with stitches, bruised ribs, and a concussion, Leila is mysteriously uninjured, and she either can't or won't offer a satisfactory explanation. While her lies and evasions are setting off his detective instincts, her body sets off other alarms. Leila Najafi has a lot of secrets and a complicated past. She ran away to Detroit to get away from her family, but she's been been discovered by the one man that could destroy her. Sexy detective Carson Hale blows into her life at the worst possible time. Now Leila is forced to make a decision that could both cause heartbreak and war.

Bum Notes

Bum Notes
Author: Michael G Zealey
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1447839889

Bum Notes is a collection of eighteen original short stories to stimulate the imagination and gag reflex. High Concepts and low morals. Stories all based around a central theme of poorly made decisions. Written with a nod to Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Terry Southern and Kurt Vonnegut.

Katherine Hall Page Presents Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional

Katherine Hall Page Presents Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional
Author: Verena Rose
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2016-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 147942160X

The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on cozy mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition. Here are 22 original stories (and one modern classic reprint) set at conventions, conferences, and gatherings of all kinds! Included are: Conventional Wisdom, by Marcia Talley Djinn And Tonic, by Neil Plakcy The Vanishing Wife, by Victoria Thompson The Right to Bare Arms, by John Gregory Betancourt Message in a Bottle, by Su Kopil Anonymous, by Kate Flora What Goes Around, by B.K. Stevens The Hair of the Dog, by Charles Todd The Best-Laid Plans, by Barb Goffman A Dark and Stormy Light, by Gigi Pandian The Clue in the Blue Booth, by Hank Phillippi Ryan Wicked Writers, by Frances McNamara Coverture, by KB Inglee Dark Secrets, by Kathryn Leigh Scott Tarnished Hope, by KM Rockwood Not Forgotten, by L.C. Tyler Boston Bouillabaisse, by Nancy Brewka-Clark Killing Kippers, by Eleanor Cawood Jones Elemental Chaos, by M Evonne Dobsonv Outside the Box, by Ruth Moose The Perfect Pitch, by Marie Hannan-Mandel Two Birds with One Stone, by Rhys Bowen A Gathering of Great Detectives, by Shawn Reilly Simmon

A Genie Ruins Everything

A Genie Ruins Everything
Author: Martina Fetzer
Publisher: Befuddling Books
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0998212067

Phenomenal Cosmic Power...Itty Bitty Moral Compass With paranormal activity at an all-time high, Arturo Brooks and Edward Smith decide to stop working for others and form their own paranormal detective agency. They're not the only ones. The market is saturated, and they struggle to find even a single client. That changes following a chance encounter with a genie that doesn't grant wishes so much as do whatever the hell it wants. The detectives' reality is completely upended—for better and worse. Better for them. Worse for the world. Brooks and Smith have to set things right, but their attempts at doing so are complicated by a genie-thieving venture capitalist, self-sabotage, and a newer, stupider detective in town. Some wishes really can’t come true. About the Series From the mind of award-winning author* Martina Fetzer, the Brooks & Smith series brings fast-paced science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on humor. It follows two detectives and their makeshift family on a series of increasingly absurd adventures. These books are often silly, sometimes dark, and never child friendly. *1996, 1997, 1998 Oakview Elementary Perfect Attendance Award

The Iron Dragon's Mother

The Iron Dragon's Mother
Author: Michael Swanwick
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2019-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250198267

A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST AND KIRKUS BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 2019 Award-winning author Michael Swanwick returns to the gritty, post-industrial faerie world of his New York Times Notable Book The Iron Dragon’s Daughter with the standalone adventure fantasy The Iron Dragon’s Mother. Caitlin of House Sans Merci is the young half-human pilot of a sentient mechanical dragon. Returning from her first soul-stealing raid, she discovers an unwanted hitchhiker. When Caitlin is framed for the murder of her brother, to save herself she must disappear into Industrialized Faerie, looking for the one person who can clear her. Unfortunately, the stakes are higher than she knows. Her deeds will change her world forever. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Iznogoud - Volume 7 - Iznogoud the Infamous

Iznogoud - Volume 7 - Iznogoud the Infamous
Author: René Goscinny
Publisher: Cinebook
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2013-03-25T00:00:00+01:00
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1849186596

In Baghdad the Magnificent reigns Haroun al Plassid, who is the Caliph. There also dwells Iznogoud, who wants to be the Caliph. The irascible Grand Vizier hatches plot after plot to remove his ruler and take his place—melting Djinn, invisibility spell, cursed diamond, voodoo doll... But no amount of cunning or obstinacy can make up for sheer, hilariously bad luck.

Every Third Thought

Every Third Thought
Author: John Barth
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1619020122

John Barth stays true to form in Every Third Thought, written from the perspective of a character Barth introduced in his short story collection The Development. George I. Newett and his wife Amanda Todd lived in the gated community of Heron Bay Estates until its destruction by a fluke tornado. This event, Newett notes, occurred on the 77th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, a detail that would appear insignificant if it were not for several subsequent events. The stress of the tornado's devastation prompts the Newett–Todds to depart on a European vacation, during which George suffers a fall on none other than his 77th birthday, the first day of autumn (or more cryptically, fall). Following this coincidence, George experiences the first of what is to become five serial visions, each appearing to him on the first day of the ensuing seasons, and each corresponding to a pivotal event in that season of his life. As the novel unfolds, so do these uncanny coincidences, and it is clear that, as ever, Barth possesses an unmatched talent in balancing his characteristic style and wit with vivid, page–turning storytelling.