The Goddamn Bus of Happiness

The Goddamn Bus of Happiness
Author: Stefan Laszczuk
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1862549796

This novel is at once hilarious and deeply moving. It sets a cracking pace and pins you to the page with its outrageous episodes, intriguing characters and provocative observations. Yet there is tenderness in the writing.

The Body

The Body
Author: Henry Ashley-Brown
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781862546547

A collection of short stories and poetry published by the Wakefield Press, mainly resulting from the postgraduate Creative Writing Program of the Discipline of English at the University of Adelaide.

The Comics Journal Library

The Comics Journal Library
Author: Gary Groth
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2016-11-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1606999451

No comics publisher has had a greater impact ― or generated more controversy ― than the immensely influential EC Comics. The second and concluding volume of conversations with the creators behind the EC war/horror/science fiction/suspense line brings The Comics Journal’s definitive interviews together with several never-before-published sessions, including a new interview with the legendary Jack Davis conducted by Gary Groth. It also includes: Publisher Bill Gaines on the origins of the company and his terrifying grilling before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, editor/writer/artist Al Feldstein on introducing serious science fiction to comics and his interactions with Ray Bradbury. Harvey Kurtzman on bringing realism to war comics with Frontline Combat and subversive satire to humor comics with Mad, the master of chirascuro, Alex Toth, on the aesthetic values that guided him through a career that included drawing for EC and animating Jonny Quest, colorist Marie Severin on the atmosphere of pranks and anarchy that dominated the EC bullpen. Plus, career-spanning interviews with George Evans and Jack Kamen, rare Q&A sessions with formal experimenter Bernard Krigstein and EC writer Colin Dawkins, and a conversation between Jack Davis and award-winning alternative cartoonist Jim Woodring.

Girl in Pieces

Girl in Pieces
Author: Kathleen Glasgow
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101934743

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book."—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge. A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It’s a story you won’t be able to look away from. And don’t miss Kathleen Glasgow's novels You’d Be Home Now and How to Make Friends with the Dark, both raw and powerful stories of life.

Superhero Universe

Superhero Universe
Author: Claude Lalumière
Publisher: EDGE-Lite
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1770530886

Superheroes! Supervillains! Superpowered antiheroes. Mad scientists. Adventurers into the unknown. Detectives of the dark night. Costumed crimefighters. Steampunk armoured avengers. Brave and bold supergroups. Crusading aliens in a strange land. Secret histories. Pulp action. Tesseracts Nineteen features all of these permutations of the superhero genre and many others besides!Edited by Claude Lalumière and Mark Shainblum, Superhero Universe (Tesseracts Nineteen) features twenty-four stories (and one poem) by some of Canada’s best fantasy and science fiction writers:John Bell, P. E. Bolivar, Kevin Cockle, Evelyn Deshane, Marcelle Dubé, Chadwick Ginther, Patrick T. Goddard, Kim Goldberg, Geoff Hart, Sacha Howells, Arun Jiwa, D. K. Latta, Michael Matheson, Bernard E. Mireault, Luke Murphy, Brent Nichols, David Perlmutter, Mary Pletsch & Dylan Blacquiere, Jennifer Rahn, Corey Redekop, Alex C. Renwick, Jason Sharp, Bevan Thomas, Leigh Wallace, and A. C.Wise.The Tesseracts anthology series is Canada's longest running anthology. It was first edited by the late Judith Merril in 1985, and has published more than 529 original Canadian speculative fiction (Science fiction, fantasy and horror) stories and poems by 315 Canadian authors, editors, translators and special guests.Some of Canada's best known writers have been published within the pages of these volumes - including Margaret Atwood, William Gibson, Robert J. Sawyer, and Spider Robinson (to name a few).

Through the Clock's Workings

Through the Clock's Workings
Author: Amy Barker
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1743326246

A world first! The first remixed and remixable anthology of literature. So how do you use a remixable anthology? Simple. Read. Re/create. Share.

Living Out Loud

Living Out Loud
Author: Larry Gross
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1440145350

From bus rides to bars, to encounters with friends and family and most importantly with strangers, Larry Gross lives his life out loud by drawing on the small slices of life, the little things most people don’t notice. “There is no artifice in Gross’s art. What distinguishes his writing is his knack for seeing and hearing things worth remembering. His pastiche draws on the commonality of urban life, with many of his stories set in downtown bars or on the buses that take him there. The main character is No One Special, a person who appears in various guises, capable of both unfettered generosity and burdensome peevishness.” Gregory Flannery, Managing Editor, Streetvibes

The Fool is Back

The Fool is Back
Author: Neil Hutchison
Publisher: Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.
Total Pages: 305
Release:
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 6169082577

The study of human stupidity is not a new science but it certainly makes fascinating reading. An interesting thing about the human race is that if there is a way to screw up, someone will eventually stumble upon it. Enter the fool. By the author of the Pattaya best seller Money Number One and the updated Money Still Number One, this the sequel to A Fool in Paradise, adding a further 32 stories to the colourful tapestry that is Pattaya, Thailand. In the opinion of many people including the author, Pattaya is the most wonderful place on the planet. As with A fool in Paradise, the stories are all true or based on true events. 'A Brief History of Pattaya' takes a lighthearted look at what the history books don't tell you whereas 'Miss Goodbar' offers advice to foreign men on how to choose, woo and cohabit with their Thai dream girl. 'Boys at Play' is the unofficial, unauthorized and unholy account of one holiday of lifetime. When you take six mischievous Aussie mates, add ten days of unsupervised freedom and put them together in South East Asia's number one party town, you get a true adventure of unbelievable proportions; full of fun, laughter, love, sex and tragedy. Why tragedy? Because none of them could ever speak about it, except amongst themselves. Apart from one photograph, this remains the only record of their tale. So pull up a chair, take your shoes off and relax. For your reading pleasure, The Fool is Back!

Settlers: When It Comes To Love Never Settle

Settlers: When It Comes To Love Never Settle
Author: Jessica T. Rogers
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0359261175

Brandon is a miserable rookie police officer who is torn between marrying the daughter of the town's wealthiest, most influential family and confessing his true love for his secret best friend, Porsha. Across town, retired soldier Dexter has settled a rent-a-girlfriend who is ready to cash out. When he receives devastating news from his doctors, Dexter proposes the sugar daddy contract of the century. Izzy has settled into a routine with her married lover until an unexpected family trip forces them to decide. Chris married Leon, the drug lord of St. Canaan at a young age to escape her life of poverty. Joy is an overweight young IT tech who desperately seeks attention from hook-up web sites. When her latest fling turns out to be another dramatic loss, Joy concocts a plan that will make all heads turn. All their lives become intertwined when the town suffers the most horrific crime in their history.