![]() His writing has been reprinted in Best New Horror, The Best Horror of the Year, The Year’s Best Weird Fiction and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, and published in venues such as Cemetery Dance, Postscripts, and Nightmare. ![]() ![]() He also edited Shadows Edge (Gray Friar Press, 2013), and was the guest editor of The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. Simon Strantzas is the author of Nothing is Everything (Undertow Publications, 2018), Burnt Black Suns (Hippocampus Press, 2014), Nightingale Songs (Dark Regions Press, 2011), Cold to the Touch (Tartarus Press, 2009), and Beneath the Surface (Humdrumming, 2008), as well as the editor of Aickman’s Heirs (Undertow Publications, 2015), a finalist for both the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Awards, and the winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Chapbooks are hand-numbered and shipped in sturdy mailing sleeves. Featuring art by Yves Tourigny (Tallhat Press, Borkchito). *NEW* chapbook written by Simon Strantzas, author most recently of Nothing is Everything (Undertow Publications). What is it, and who are the people who want to acquire it from him? While cleaning out his deceased father's home, a man finds a puzzling statue in a random box. ![]() **NOMINATED FOR 2019 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS - NOVELETTE** ![]()
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![]() The Gunslinger is the first instalment of King's incredible The Dark Tower series. Sound good? It's time to find your next read, as I round-up five books like The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I've hand-picked five stellar post apocalyptic novels, each one reminiscent of The Road through its story, atmosphere or characterisation. No Country for Old Men is an intense and, at times, genuinely scary look at a drug-deal gone very wrong (and an awesome Cohen Brothers film).īlood Meridian is a horrific, violent and historically-inspired take on the classic Wild West tale.Ĭhild of God is a haunting story of isolation and depravity.Īll three are McCarthy at his best: beautifully poetic and indescribably graphic. However, if you're looking for other post apocalyptic books in the same lonely, bleak vein as The Road, it's time to look elsewhere. After The Road, there are three novels which particularly resonated with me: Let's get the obvious recommendations out of the way: if you loved The Road, you'll probably love McCarthy's other novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So today, I've dug through the annals of post apocalyptic fiction, and uncovered a handful of books like The Road. Combining beautiful, flowing pose with some of the deepest, darkest imagery found anywhere in fiction, The Road is a modern classic, and to many people, a book without equal.īut with that said, there are a handful of novels that capture the same bleak atmosphere, and the same poignant relationships. ![]() ![]() What’s the Story Aboutįirst, I do think calling this novel The Lincoln Highway is a bit misleading. If you’ve read the book and would like to talk all things spoilers-head over to my discussion about the ending here. I go back and forth about what I think overall so here’s my attempt to digest it for you. This story is not what I expected in the slightest, which made for both an enlightening reading experience but also a bit of a confusing one as well. I felt everything from intrigue to boredom at times to absolute shock. Still, I’ve seen so much praise but also plenty of negative reviews too so I was quite curious to read the story for myself.Īnd whew, I have so many thoughts. ![]() ![]() I was also unsure of the story-18-year-old men on a road trip throughout the U.S. I’ve actually owned The Lincoln Highway for months but the size is daunting (588 pages). ![]() ![]() ![]() The strength of Nicholas Hytner's engrossing and assured direction and of Bryony Lavery's concise and smart adaptation, is that they concentrate on that narrative, painting in the bigger picture, without getting too bogged down. ![]() The plot gives Pullman opportunity to range through a great panoply of philosophical debates, but it is at root just a terrific story about two teenagers who save Lyra's life with the help of the sleek canoe named in the title. She is a baby here, haunted by a prophecy of her greatness, that puts her life in danger from the oppressive Magisterium, dedicated to enforcing the strictest rules of religion and stamping out scientific enquiry. The book, La Belle Sauvage, is the first prequel to the more famous His Dark Materials trilogy, and like them deals with the story of Lyra, a child who can change the world. Heather Forster (Asta), Samuel Creasey (Malcolm Polstead) and Ella Dacres (Alice Parslow) – in canoeĪ boy steps forward on an empty stage and introduces himself – and with that simplest of gestures, this adaptation of Philip Pullman's Book of Dust begins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Student speaker was Class President Eli Perez Morales.Ībout 100 students were honored at Walter Woodward Elementary School’s promotion event. ![]() The promotion ceremony featured eighth grader Michael Torres leading in the flag salute along with the welcoming speech, Principal Anita Tillotson providing the introductions, teacher Joseph Rasmussen presenting the class officers, Diana Nevarez and Pamela Tavarez announcing the character and achievement awards, and Asalia Huitron recognizing those students with honor cords. And then there was the 4.0 Honor Roll, consisting of Fernanda De La Rocha Perez, Jonathan Estabillo, Jennifer Jiang, Kailee Moua, Taylor Rios, Erik Rodriguez, Victor Salazar, Dhynxzhien Tajan, and Valeria Villapando. ![]() ![]() ![]() " Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life. The moment Doro meets Anyanwu, he covets her and from the villages of 17th-century Nigeria to 19th-century United States, their courtship becomes a power struggle that echoes through generations, irrevocably changing what it means to be human. No one poses a true threat to Anyanwu - until she meets Doro. ![]() She uses her powers to cure her neighbors and birth entire tribes, surrounding herself with kindred who both fear and respect her. ![]() She can heal with a bite and transform her own body, mending injuries and reversing aging. He fears no one - until he meets Anyanwu.Īnyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. In an "epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant" story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race (Viola Davis).ĭoro knows no higher authority than himself. ![]() ![]() It stars Sorelle Amore who shocked the internet when she broke off her engagement, Makeba Lindsay whose marriage ended when they had different ideas of growth, and Eman who wants to put an end to men who “cocoon” through her. ![]() It was cute and sweet, and the couple was great I enjoyed this one greatly This is a quintessential Eve Langlais book. This episode is all about the harsh and beautiful realities of “relationship cocooning” (a phrase I think I may have invented). Langlais does a good job in this story of showing both sides of the dating the heros and the heroines and I enjoyed both Roxie and Carts relationship and the rather humorous way they dealt with their mothers. You’ve probably heard this statement before, “some people are in our life for just a reason and a season.” If the reason and season length are mutual - INCREDIBLE! But, what happens when it’s not? Let’s examine all sides of what happens when "can I spend my life with you" turns into "thank you, next!" New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Eve Langlais, is a Canadian romance author who is known for stories that combine quirky storylines, humor and passion. ![]() My Breakup was a Break Free ft/ Sorelle Amore: How would you feel if your lover said to you, “thank you for the opportunities to improve and grow in this relationship, but sadly, I think in order to continue to evolve, I have to break up with you…” ![]() ![]() Antoinette descends into a fever for six weeks. The family narrowly escapes, but Pierre is badly injured. ![]() One night, a mob sets fire to the house at Coulibri. ![]() Mason to move the family out of harm’s way, but he ignores them. Annette and Aunt Cora, fearing retribution, urge Mr. ![]() The show of ostentatious wealth causes resentment in the neighboring village of poor ex-slaves. After seeing Antoinette in Tia’s dirty dress, Annette resolves to lift the family out of poverty. Antoinette has a short-lived friendship with a little black girl, Tia, until the two fall out over a bet while they’re swimming, and Tia runs away with Antoinette’s money and clothes. Antoinette seeks refuge in the gardens and the company of her nurse Christophine, who is known for her practice of obeah, a voodoo-like folk magic. ![]() Annette becomes withdrawn and depressed, shunning Antoinette and talking to herself. Her family, consisting of her mother, Annette, and her mentally disabled younger brother, Pierre, are destitute and isolated after her father’s death and the passage of the Emancipation Act of 1833, which freed Jamaica’s slaves. Antoinette Cosway, a creole, or Caribbean person of European descent, recounts her memories of growing up at her family’s estate, Coulibri, in Jamaica in the 1830‘s. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before I began this book I was apprehensive about what kind of ending these beloved characters would meet, but I needn’t have feared, say one thing for Abercrombie, say he knows how to create a show-stopping finale! The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie is the last book in the Age of Madness trilogy, and for now at least, marks the end of our time within the world of the First Law. ‘Wisdom is not a premium, madness is the fashion, the balance sheets are all torn up and the friends that were assets have become liabilities.’ Vic kept walking, ‘Threats for tomorrow don’t cut very deep when today is so damn threatening.’ ![]() Please note this review will contain spoilers for A Little Hatred and The Trouble with Peace, but it is spoiler free for The Wisdom of Crowds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Secretary of State George Marshall tested the waters in his iconic June 1947 Harvard speech though the American media barely noticed, it thrilled Europe. President Harry Truman and his advisers knew that they needed help. Everyone understood the physical destruction, but many failed to realize how, in the words of the State Department’s Will Clayton, “economic dislocation, nationalization of industries, drastic land reform, severance of long-standing commercial ties, and disappearance of private commercial firms were paralyzing recovery two years after Germany’s surrender. Though scholars have covered the subject many times before, general readers will do well to choose this lively, astute account from Steil ( The Battle of Bretton Woods, John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, 2014), the director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. ![]() A fresh perspective on the Marshall Plan, bringing “new material from American, Russian, German, and Czech sources.”įrom 1948 to 1952, the United States gave Western European nations more than $13 billion to rebuild after World War II. ![]() |