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Come take a walk through Roy's mind. A collection of short stories
and poems - some funny, some sad, some true, and some not so true.
But you decide. Read some ghost stories and funny ghost stories or
quickly change your mood, flick through a page or two and read
about Leprechauns or even the shadow people or try to free the lost
souls from Blackthorn Cottage if you dare. There's a bit of
something for every one when you venture in to Roy's thoughts
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Unreal Sex
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So Mayer, Adam Zmith
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Welcome to your new favourite genre: the fucking fantastic. In
these ten stories, everything is sex: walls, wax, the past, your
future, your neighbours, hankies, candles, circuit boards, petri
dishes, scrap metal - and language itself. Conjuring experiences
for which there are no words, our amazing queer authors generate
new tongues from the heat of their communing with a wild variety of
lifeforms. From Diriye Osman's spiritualised Peckham to Jem Nash's
time-travelling trans multiverse, these stories transport you to
new ways of being and feeling. In a word, it's
CruiserShimmeringLipophilicNeckingerCircuitGirlboss. Whether you
get horny from aliens, ghosts, robots, utopia, possession, ritual,
or the completely surreal, there's a story here for you. But why
stop at one when you can taste pleasure in each and every one?
Twenty tales of adventure, fraud, horror, intrigue, justice, magic,
murder, mystery and the supernatural, all with a twist in the tale.
Poetry is by its nature very personal and often reveals more about
the poet than any other medium can. Unlike prose, it is not so
closely bound to the rules of language and grammar and can take
wings and fly where the muse takes it. My poetry is largely of an
autobiographical nature which includes events, people, places in
fact anything that has impinged upon my life. My short stories on
the other hand can be read as straightforward fiction although
mostly they have a basis in fact. As for any wise sayings - some
are mine - others come from my father and other wise people. Jokes,
however, are few and depend largely on your sense of humour.
Jiang Cheng has learned the truth about his golden core: It was never
restored, but rather replaced by one ripped from the pain-wracked body
of Wei Wuxian. Things will never be the same between them, as Jiang
Cheng lays his feelings bare. Meanwhile, the master of Golden Carp
Tower's schemes begin to crumble, and one dark truth after another
spills forth from his lips. Yet might he not be the true mastermind?
Might there be some other hidden player, who manipulated everything
from the shadows.
Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian join forces, playing their qin and flute
together to battle against evils newly unveiled. On the other side of
peril awaits the dream of happiness and the open expression of all the
feelings they've so long held quietly in their hearts. Don't miss the
end of their internationally beloved saga!
This little collection of poems, stories, outbursts and musings is
put forward as an homage to Jerome K. Jerome. His book, Idle
Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is like mine, a
series of humorous articles on various subjects.
Helene de Kock skryf meesleurende romans en sy beeld haar karakters met deernis en humor uit. Hierdie keur bevat twee van haar gewildste wynlandverhale: ’n Kind vir Vier Oude Vrinde en Volmaakte versnit?.
The private lives of strangers can be fascinating, as these tales
reveal. In them, the strangers are all passengers on the No 13 bus
leaving Oxford Station at 1.15pm on a summer's day, arriving some
40 minutes later at the John Radcliffe Hospital. During their
journey more passengers get on and others get off and they rarely
interact. But behind each inscrutable facade are the joys and fears
of complex private worlds and private thoughts. This is a book to
dip into. It will, of course, help pass the time on a bus journey
or even in hospital but it is intended to give pleasure to anyone
who enjoys reading about other people and lives which may be
exciting, sad or just plain different. All proceeds from the book's
sale are being donated to the Hidden Heroes Fund of the Oxford
Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds which supports staff
recognition, development and training across all the Trust's
hospitals.
'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the
discovery of a bearded corpse would give a fillip to my jaded
mind.' Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery
novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently
dropped off the face of the Earth. Reported missing by his
secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author
herself, it appears that crime and murder is afoot when Lestrange's
housekeeper is also found to have disappeared. Bond and Warner of
Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and
a potentially fictional victim, as E C R Lorac spins a twisting
tale full of wry humour and red herrings, poking some fun at her
contemporary reviewers who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to
belong to a man (since a woman could apparently not have written
mysteries the way that she did). Incredibly rare today, this
mystery returns to print for the first time since 1935.
This book is an anthology of the recent work of the Poynton
Creative Writers' Guild. It contains poetry, short stories,
memoirs, and factual articles with titles such as 'Moon Musings',
'Anger' and 'The Smallest Room'.
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret
power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than
his high school crush and a spirit granny?!
Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum
regarding what they’ll believe in and what they won’t. Their quest to
prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes and
paranormal battles they’ll have to participate in to believe!
As Momo and the others fight desperately against the alien invaders, a
recovering Okarun finally comes to and is able to join them.
Unfortunately for him, it’s Tuesday, and that means one thing—the Evil
Eye wants to fight! Thankfully, the invaders quickly capture the Evil
Eye’s attention when they get in the way of his match, and with his
help, the team begins to crush the enemy. But suddenly, Vamola’s suit
is snatched by an octopus-shaped invader, landing the team in dire
straits!
These twenty four short stories are ideal for advent reading or
whenever you can fit them into the busy month of December. These
festive snapshots into other people's lives aim to enliven and
entertain. A handful of the stories are set in the recent past,
because Christmas is a great time for nostalgia. There are stories
about anticipation, hope and that tingling feeling you get when
waiting for something pleasant to happen. There is a cast of
characters of all ages and not all of them are human. There are
themes of time and counting, dark and light, change and renewal.
The book is two dozen slices of Christmas, waiting to bring cheer
at the dark time of the year.
Introducing The Final Chapter of a three book series. Glitter Girl
and Water Girl had just become mission leaders. On a nice beautiful
day in Hero World both the girls were just strolling down the
streets when all of the sudden they are thrown into a secret
island. While on the island they discover that their mission is to
uncover the island secrets. Want to read more of H. Madison s
books? Don t miss X-Finney Strikes Again and The Most Dangerous
Mission ."
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