The Ravenous Undertaker

The Ravenous Undertaker
Author: William Wilson
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-12-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662410840

The story begins as a couple from Europe sails to America to begin a new life. It is a brief look into the trials and tribulations as they strived to reestablish themselves in their new world. Kris VanStecklensburg was highly disappointment in finding work in New York. He was forced after a year in relocating with wife, Helga, to Detroit, Michigan, where their dreams and aspirations ultimately came to fruition. It was not until (Hans) their son’s arrival that their dream was complete. Hans, as he grew up, always felt different. He did not act like most boys his age. Upon reaching high school, his whole character changed. The feelings he struggled with growing up finally emerged. His life changed drastically as he began to follow his emotions and not his heart. After meeting Isaac, he felt his life whole. But soon after, their relationship hit a snag and started to decline. It was not long that Isaac changed and treated him as just another sex toy. One day, Isaac up and left without explanation. A sad day for Hans but, at the same time, gave him reason to live. His ambition going forward was find Isaac and end his evil ways with what he referred to as sweet revenge. Hans eventually enrolled in a local college and earned his postsecondary certificate and bachelor’s degree in the mortuary science. After graduating began working in a local funeral home on the south side, which housed a modern crematory. Here, he felt he could carry out his dream of good versus evil, his own interpretation of sweet revenge on his nemesis, Isaac. The lab was the perfect setup for disposing of his archenemy without a trace. But how was he going to trick or entice Isaac once he located him back to the south side and his domain in the lab? After years of planning the elimination of Isaac, he and a new partner by the name of Winslow had a plan. But at the last moment, all the planning and preparation things could not have been more macabre or chilling as the story takes on a life of its own—not at all what Hans envisioned, quite the opposite.

The Undertaker's Daughter

The Undertaker's Daughter
Author: Katherine Mayfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1476757283

"Kate Mayfield's first foray into nonfiction is a ... Southern memoir that reads like a novel, about growing up in Jubilee, Kentucky, as the daughter of a charismatic but troubled small-town undertaker--imagine Mad Men's Sally Draper growing up in the world of The Help"--

The Undertaker's Daughter

The Undertaker's Daughter
Author: Kate Mayfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476757305

“The Undertaker’s Daughter is a wonderfully quirky, gem of a book beautifully written by Kate Mayfield.…Her compelling, complicated family and cast of characters stay with you long after you close the book” (Monica Holloway, author of Cowboy & Wills and Driving With Dead People). How does one live in a house of the dead? Kate Mayfield explores what it meant to be the daughter of a small-town undertaker in this fascinating memoir evocative of Six Feet Under and The Help, with a hint of Mary Roach’s Stiff. After Kate Mayfield was born, she was taken directly to a funeral home. Her father was an undertaker, and for thirteen years the family resided in a place nearly synonymous with death, where the living and the dead entered their house like a vapor. In a memoir that reads like a Harper Lee novel, Mayfield draws the reader into a world of haunting Southern mystique. In the turbulent 1960s, Kate’s father set up shop in sleepy Jubilee, Kentucky, a segregated, god-fearing community where no one kept secrets—except the ones they were buried with. By opening a funeral home, Frank Mayfield also opened the door to family feuds, fetishes, murder, suicide, and all manner of accidents. Kate saw it all—she also witnessed the quiet ruin of her father, who hid alcoholism and infidelity behind a cool and charismatic façade. As Kate grows from trusting child to rebellious teen, the enforced sobriety of the funeral home begins to chafe, and she longs for the day she can escape the confines of Jubilee and her place as the undertaker’s daughter. “Mayfield fashions a poignant send-off to Jubilee in this thoughtfully rendered work” (Publishers Weekly).

The Ravenos Undertaker

The Ravenos Undertaker
Author: William E Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781964167121

The story begins as a couple from Europe sails to America to begin a new life. It is a brief look into the trials and tribulations as they strived to re-establish themselves in their new world. Kris VanStecklensburg was highly disappointment in finding work in New York. He was forced after a year in relocating with his wife, Helga, to Detroit, Michigan, where their dreams and aspirations ultimately came to fruition. It was not until (Hans) their son's arrival that their dream was complete. Hans, as he grew up, always felt different. He did not act like most boys his age. Upon reaching high school, his whole character changed. The feelings he struggled with growing up finally emerged. His life changed drastically as he began to follow his emotions and not his heart. After meeting Isaac, he felt his life whole. But soon after, their relationship hit a snag and started to decline. It was not long that Isaac changed and treated him as just another sex toy. One day, Isaac up and left without explanation. A sad day for Hans but, at the same time, gave him reason to live. His ambition going forward was find Isaac and end his evil ways with what he referred to as sweet revenge. Hans eventually enrolled in a local college and earned his postsecondary certificate and bachelor's degree in the mortuary science. After graduating began working in a local funeral home on the south side, which housed a modern crematory. Here, he felt he could carry out his dream of good versus evil, his own interpretation of sweet revenge on his nemesis, Isaac. The lab was the perfect setup for disposing of his archenemy without a trace. But how was he going to trick or entice Isaac once he located him back to the south side and his domain in the lab? After years of planning the elimination of Isaac, he and a new partner by the name of Winslow had a plan. But at the last moment, all the planning and preparation things could not have been more macabre or chilling as the story takes on a life of its own-not at all what Hans envisioned, quite the opposite.

Undertaker's Moon

Undertaker's Moon
Author: Ronald Kelly
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2019-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A graveyard feast beneath the summer moon … The rural town of Old Hickory. Tennessee was a quiet, picturesque community … until the O'Sheas came to town. Becoming the new proprietors of the town's only funeral parlor, with the help of their charming patriarch, Square McManus, the Irish family was wholeheartedly accepted by the local townfolk. The thing began to happen. Strange things … horrible, unspeakable things … in the dead of night. The sighting of wolfish beasts congregating around an open grave in the town cemetery. Frightening changes in several of Old Hickory's less desirable residents. And the brutal murder and devouring of a varsity football player in the wooded wilderness outside of town. Soon, what was once concealed in shadow and secrecy was now starkly revealed, in all its ravenous fury, by the silvery light of the full moon. As the residents of Old Hickory, as well as the local police, begin to fall victim to an unknown evil, four individuals—the town nerd, a high school jock, a widowed gunsith, and a mysterious transient from a distant shore—find themselves facing what could possibly be a hellish lycanthrope from ancient Ireland … the legendary Arget Bethir … the Silver Beast.

The Stig Drives Again

The Stig Drives Again
Author: Jon Claydon
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1848126441

'The action rattles along at a rate of knots with twists and turns at every corner ... At sight of the book, I had a queue of boys in my class wanting to borrow it' READING ZONE on THE STIG PLAYS A DANGEROUS GAME An enigmatic racing driver. A bunch of kids. One hell of a ride ... The Stig's one known nemesis, the evil villain PT Cruiser, is dying, his plan for global domination in pieces. And The Stig is missing, presumed dead. But rumour has it that he is in a dusty hick town in the USA, racing again and winning every time, no matter how beaten up the car. So begins another adventure for the gang: Sam Wheeler, Ford Harrison, Buster Mustang and Cabriola Cruiser. The friends head out to the USA in search of The Stig, to try to unlock the mystery of the helmeted hero. Sam and Ford embark on a road trip across the country in a massive Winnebago. Buster scopes out the desert towns with his trusty sidekick TG Dog. And Cabriola finds herself in a mountaintop eyrie, with a new wicked family member to contend with ... The gang soon find that PT Cruiser is still hellbent on eliminating The Stig, no matter what. And his evil reach extends beyond his sick bed with a new piece of evil tech for the gang to thwart ...

Desires and Scaffolds

Desires and Scaffolds
Author: Abbia Udofia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1491880848

Abbia Udofia is a lawyer and resides in Abuja, Nigeria. He holds degrees and certificates in law, criminology and criminal justice, forensic psychology and criminal investigation from the University of Calabar, University of Leicester and the University of Liverpool. He also contributes articles, essays and poems to newspapers and magazines.

The Buzzards Are Circling

The Buzzards Are Circling
Author: Stan Toler
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0736979913

“I have never read any of Stan’s books without being able to say, ‘I read Toler today for my daily faith lift.’” —Dr. Alton Loveless, former president/CEO of Randall House Publications Sometimes life takes a swing at you when you’re already down. Maybe you lose a loved one unexpectedly. Or your career takes a turn you neither expected nor wanted. Or you find yourself stuck in the slumps, feeling blue without knowing why. For those days that seem as though it’s you against the world, bestselling author Stan Toler presents you with a playbook for staying in the game. During difficult moments, this book will help you press on to victory as you learn to… conquer the challenges life throws your way overcome spiritual setbacks that may be hindering your growth strengthen your confidence that God will carry you through your tough times Let Stan share some biblical wisdom and Christlike encouragement with you as he offers gentle reminders that even when the buzzards are circling, God isn’t finished with you yet!