Laurie Norber, the protagonist of "The Flash of Midnight," is a survivor of rape and child abuse who has managed to retain both her sense of humor and a positive outlook towards the future. Taking its inspiration from Voltaire's "Candide," "The Flash of Midnight" recounts the bisexual escapades of a young woman who steadfastly believes that real love is just around the corner, never imagining that in June of 1969 she will become the spark that ignites a sexual revolution at a small Greenwich Village bar called the Stonewall Inn.

A stage adaptation of short stories by award-winning fantasist Harlan Ellison (including "Shatterday" and "Paladin of the Lost Hour") written by playwright Robert Armin. Welcome to Harlan Ellison's MORTAL DREADS: six extraordinary tales that tear through the fabric of space and time and reveal the gaping hole which opens onto Some Other Place... If you find these dark dreams troubling, maybe it's because they're your dreams A weary traveler on the Pacific Coast Highway seeks shelter from a torrential rain and discovers a bizarre little bookshop where even the most casual browser can find exactly what he or she is looking for. A young man's late night hot dog run is interrupted by a stranger's tragically comic discourse on love and loss. While attending a literary cocktail party, a writer grudgingly strikes up a conversation with a charming old man who may have an unexpected impact on his life. A public relations hack is forced to confront his own shabby existence in a life-altering telephone conversation with himself. A bookstore saleswoman is confronted by an angry and pugnacious writer who demands justice for the woebegone victims of the New York Literary Establishment. A Vietnam vet rescues an old man from a mugging and discovers the secret of a most unusual pocket watch.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.