Knee Deep in Little Devils

Author: Michael Arnzen
Publisher: Word Publishing-Pgh
ISBN: 9781732079908
Category : Halloween
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
In a restless suburb of Pittsburgh PA, there dwells an odd writing and critique group called Write or Die. Celebrating a mysterious annual rite, the authors disclose secret and sometimes tragic circumstances; evident only to those who have experienced the incidents . . . until now.The stories in this collection will take you for perilous jaunts on All Hallows Eve, send you sprinting down a beach at midnight, drown your soul in inky waters, soak you in the blood of wizards and dump you down the rabbit hole of insanity.Whether these are parables that predict or tales to instruct, prepare yourself to be,This is the first WorD (Write or Die) Halloween-themed anthology. The short stories contained herein were all written for, and read, during the first three annual Halloween reading events. These stories range from wonderfully frightening to frightfully preposterous. Sometimes shocking and unpredictable, this disquieting collection will keep you guessing at the sanity of the authors who write these tales.

Little Horses of the Devil

Author: Richard Earl Hansen
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1585009652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 393

Book Description
Espionage by the reckless Communists of the Peoples Republic of China is nothing new. Behind in nuclear research, they have been at that spy game for some time. Back in 1962, atomic weapon parity with the Soviets and the West continued to elude Mao Tse Tung's China. Most troubling to him was the lack of compact H-bombs to fit his bombers and missiles. Mao directed his Peoples Liberation Army intelligence staff to devise innovative ploys to steal those nuclear weapon secrets from the United States. That same year, Rita Mitchell, a struggling photojournalist, came to the islands of Portuguese Macau that bordered Mao's China coast for photo stories of fleeing Chinese peasants. Her husband, a US Air Force bomber pilot, reluctantly agreed to help. She planned a quick sashay into Mao's China to grab color photo-stories of emigre's daily braving gunfire to escape their miserable communist life. Too often, Rita knew, escapees' bullet-riddled bodies had been washing up on Macau's shores. Bad luck! Dr. Sung of the PLA Intelligence Directorate snagged both Rita and her pilot husband, Mitch. On demonstrated threat of violent death, the two were blackmailed to provide China a newly operational, mini-version H-bomb, carried by Mitch's aircrew on the US Air Force's giant B-52 bomber. Rita is held in Canton as a blood hostage. Mitch is sent back to his USAF crew duties to deliver the weapon--on threat of instant bullets if either betrays the PRC. To guarantee success, Beijing immediately began pumping its unlimited, worldwide intelligence resources and raw power to aid Dr. Sung. Rita and Mitch face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Each tries many ways to resist. They stumble, yet keep trying. The threat of death by rifle bullet for Mitch scares the hell out of him. Rita is kept in line by a slathering guard's lustiness and bizarre appetites wielded on her by sadistic Dr. Sung. Can they solve their dilemma, preserve dignity and avoid treason against their country?

Galveston and the 1900 Storm

Author: Patricia Bellis Bixel
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292753969
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 581

Book Description
Spur Award Nominee: How Galveston, Texas, reinvented itself after historic disaster: “A riveting narrative . . . Absorbing [and] well-illustrated.” —Library Journal The Galveston storm of 1900 reduced a cosmopolitan and economically vibrant city to a wreckage-strewn wasteland where survivors struggled without shelter, power, potable water, or even the means to summon help. At least 6,000 of the city's 38,000 residents died in the hurricane. Many observers predicted that Galveston would never recover and urged that the island be abandoned. Instead, the citizens of Galveston seized the opportunity, not just to rebuild, but to reinvent the city in a thoughtful, intentional way that reformed its government, gave women a larger role in its public life, and made it less vulnerable to future storms and flooding. This extensively illustrated history tells the full story of the 1900 Storm and its long-term effects. The authors draw on survivors’ accounts to vividly recreate the storm and its aftermath. They describe the work of local relief agencies, aided by Clara Barton and the American Red Cross, and show how their short-term efforts grew into lasting reforms. At the same time, the authors reveal that not all Galvestonians benefited from the city’s rebirth, as African Americans found themselves increasingly shut out from civic participation by Jim Crow segregation laws. As the centennial of the 1900 Storm prompts remembrance and reassessment, this complete account will be essential and fascinating reading for all who seek to understand Galveston’s destruction and rebirth. Runner-up, Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction—Contemporary, Western Writers Of America

Nu-Ma

Author: D. M. Culliford
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460265378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Ambition, love and greed are often the raw ingredients that can benefit, define or plague a given life experience. Within the midst of these divergent and often corrosive elements, Benton finds himself desperately at odds while striving to unravel the secret plans of Quadra’s Corporate Empire and its three powerful moguls. Plans that will herald the coming of world shattering changes that will threaten the population of eleven billion on Earth, as well as the moon and Martian colonies. In this tense sci-fi thriller, Benton and Elnora are caught in a cunning fight against all odds, for their own survival, the survival of humanity and all other species.

American Slang

Author: Joseph Melillo
Publisher: Mottobene Inc
ISBN: 1594040176
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
This compilation of American slang contains more than 5,000 common slang terms with easy-to-understand definitions and sample sentences. The book's unique classification of slang terms under key words makes it easy to search for and discover any term. By organising terms this way, slang terms that share a common key word can be classified together for easy reference. For example, under the key word 'Chip,' the following terms are alphabetically listed: bargaining chip, blue chip, cash in one's chips, chip in, chip off the old block, chip on one's shoulder, in the chips, let the chips fall where they may, and when the chips are down. Slang terms with more than one key word are also cross-referenced, and sample sentences lend meaning to the slang terms by showing their applications in writing and in conversation.

The Messiah Chronicles Part 1 From First Light to Darkness

Author: Douglas Robert Bodem
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
Follow Wisdom as he narrates the creation of the universe with two angels at his side. The miraculous touch of God’s word flows out, making everything we see come into existence. It is now that the Creator starts the cosmic clock of time. Witness the creation of the most beautiful and enticing of all angels called MERIBEL (Satan) as it transforms into a false jealous god, attempting to create a “perfect” universe of its own. See angels fall and join in that false teaching, following their powerfully built and beautiful master. Your guide Wisdom reveals evil entering the world of humans, wreaking havoc along mankind’s history with stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Jesus, Joan of Arc, and the US Civil War—eventually up to the present day. The fallen angels called Mites then prepare for what they think will be an eternity of keeping humans from knowing the truth about their Creator. After being indoctrinated and assigned to an area of planet Earth known as the Bible Belt, two little Mites attempt to destroy the faith of humans they contact. News reaches the duo of a galaxy-wide symposium by their dark leadership. They become concerned not having reached their assigned misguidance quota preventing humans converting to the truth by accepting the God of the universe. Our two Mites are fearful of the consequences of this meeting. Their trip to this conference proves most eventful when MERIBEL himself shows up.

Samlee's Daughter

Author: Vivek Iyer
Publisher: Polyglot Publications London
ISBN: 0955062802
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 425

Book Description

Last Seen in Bangkok

Author: Dominic Lavin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847539645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
A cross between Trainspotting and The Beach, Last Seen in Bangkok is a must read for anyone who's even thought of going anywhere besides Majorca on holiday. Vinny Croston's, had enough of the work, weather and women in England. When he meets Jeed in Pattaya he thinks he's found true love in tropical paradise. Along with his best mate Keith Rossi a debt ridden Cocaine dealer he conspires to realise his dream and embarks on a treacherous journey through fraud, drugs, violence, triads, prostitution, trafficking and money laundering. From the gloom of Manchester to the heat of Bangkok the tale twists and turns through Pattaya's sleaze and the idyll of Samui and Pha Ngan. Discover what really happens in Thailand buy and read Last Seen in Bangkok.

The Devil in America

Author: Kai Ashante Wilson
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466863560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53

Book Description
Scant years after the Civil War, a mysterious family confronts the legacy that has pursued them across centuries, out of slavery, and finally to the idyllic peace of the town of Rosetree. The shattering consequences of this confrontation echo backwards and forwards in time, even to the present day. "There’s so much here to appreciate and admire, fine storytelling with a clearly-realized setting and characters."--Locus At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Apes of Devil’s Island

Author: John Cunningham
Publisher: Steeger Properties, LLC
ISBN: 8829562823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157

Book Description
When Jimmy Wendell takes a yachting trip with some friends, he never expected to become involved in an attempted murder of the crew and the ship's destruction on a reef. Making it to a small, shark-encircled island, Wendell will soon learn of the ape inhabitants of that mysterious land.... Argosy often revisited the themes from their most popular stories, and this is no different: author John Cunningham pens a tale of high adventure that has been forgotten for too long.