An expert on horror and sci-fi cinema his books of film criticism include Nightmare Movies and Millennium Movies , Kim Newman's novels draw promiscuously on the tropes of horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
In horror novels such as Bad Dreams and Jago, reality turns out to be endlessly subverted by the powerfully malign. His pseudonymous novels, as Jack Yeovil, play elegant games with genre cliche--perhaps the best of these is the sword-and-sorcery novel Drachenfels which takes the prescribed formulae of the games company to whose bible it was written and make them over entirely into a Kim Newman novel.
Life's Lottery, his most mainstream novel, consists of multiple choice fragments which enable readers to choose the hero's fate and take him into horror, crime and sf storylines or into mundane reality.
Search review text. Author books followers. Kim Newman is simply a master at this kind of thing Plus, two stories about John Major.
That's two more stories than the average history book has Robert Day. Author 3 books 19 followers. I got to give him this: the guy writes good. Technically, the author can string his words together in the right order and with a style that I would imagine he's happy with. Or the way he constructs his worlds. Or his stories. What I mean is that he's kind of tied himself to some kind of post-modernist thing where generally he writes stuff that examines a scene or scenario or a situation in detail, but without any discernible plot.
The one exception is a story Great Western that's based on a cowboy movie or two and consequently has a defined beginning, middle and end. I found this tale to be satisfying in a way that the others were not. I guess I just like my stories that way on. The rest of the items in this collection and this one too, to some extent have this annoying to me habit of weaving in real people in ways that, although they are clever, are not in line with what happened in the 'real world'.
I guess the author is aiming for some sort of 'alternate history' thing, but, as I said, I just found it annoying. Let's just let Fiction be Fiction, right, dude? I kind of feel obscurely sorry for this author. His head seems to be twisted in all kinds of ways. But then again, mine is too.
I guess we just don't like the same kinds of twists. I'm totally okay to agree to disagree, though. Read this book if you're not happy with the way things are and you want examples of how to re-write the world to suit yourself. Forget about it though if you what a straightforwardly plotted story that grips you and leaves you feeling satisfied. The end. Andrew Gibbs. Except when I'm with him.
With him, I can breathe again. Smile again. Love again. But he doesn't know what I've done He knows things about her that no one could know; he makes her feel things she never knew she could feel … and he's come back to warn her that a killer is watching her. And while her job as his vet assistant is fulfilling, her growing discontent becomes uneasiness when local girls start disappearing. Then, the boy who helped her through a horrible time in her childhood, and who was sent away because of that help, has come back to town.
Spooky Silas, as he was known then, helps open her eyes to the emotional manipulation of the man she married, encouraging the return of her feisty self. He knows something about the missing girls.
And he knows Katie is next. He has always loved Katie but stayed away to keep her safe from the shadowy abilities he possesses. Those abilities may help, or they might ultimately plunge her into more danger as he grows closer to the killer … whose face is terrifyingly familiar. From the first page of this book to the last … it's totally riveting and you cannot put your book down at all! Tina had me from the beginning til the very end. She made up her mind long ago that nobody would decide her fate.
To have the pleasure she craves, control is paramount, especially control of the men Mae attracts like moths to a flame. The door finally opens for him when Mae strikes a bargain: seduce her virginal young cousin, Cecily, who is engaged to Frank Washington. Frank values her innocence above all else.
But Val secretly seeks another prize. Elizabeth Townsend is fiercely loyal to her church and her civil rights attorney husband. Certain there is something redeemable in Mr. Author : N. Life is beautiful, but sometimes, ugly things happen. Consumed more by the ugliness forced upon them, Joy, Mercy, Moses, Grace, Faith, and Patience find themselves hoping for life's beautiful moments again.
During their times of struggle, they are judged by outsiders who do not know the story behind their pain. However, there is one who does not judge, but she finds it easier to cry with Joy, hate but forgive Mercy, root for Moses, hurt with Grace, understand Faith, and forgive Patience.
But most of all, she recognizes the beauty God creates when He turns their bad into their breakthrough. Each of these beautiful souls struggle with a variety of real-life circumstances told in a fictional account.
These eight short stories may seem a bit harsh, insensitive, and painful, but look beyond the ugliness they must endure to gain their personal closure. Author : B. One family torn apart by secrets and betrayals. Perfect for fans of Sue Fortin. Unforgivable is the shocking real-life story of suffering and survival from child abuse victim Collette Elliott.
Collette Elliott once had a similar story. She slipped through the net and only just survived. Her childhood was a place of filth and terror. Her prostitute mother abused and neglected Collette; leaving her with clients, starving her and beating her to a pulp.
But the worst thing was that the people who were supposed to protect Collette turned a blind eye. This is the story of a little girl who waited years for justice. It's the story of a woman determined to protect other children from suffering her fate. Collette Elliott is a year-old mother of four. She was born in Birmingham to Maureen Batchelor, a prostitute, and suffered years of physical and mental abuse.
Collette is now happily married, a devoted mother to her girls, and is campaigning on behalf of other child abuse victims. Forgiveness is an essential part of being a Christian. But what do we do when confronted with the unforgivable - an act that shakes our moral foundations to their roots, often committed by someone trusted and loved? Murder, sexual abuse, adultery - all leave lifelong wounds and all are unforgivable trespasses that through the grace of God can be forgiven.
David Stoop compassionately guides us along the course of heartfelt forgiveness, freeing us to apply the biblical teachings that have already changed thousands of lives. Author : Geoffrey C. In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated — and the most reviled — African American of his age. Jack Johnson battled his way out of obscurity and poverty in the Jim Crow South to win the title of heavyweight champion of the world.
At a time when whites ran everything in America, he took orders from no one and resolved to live as if color did not exist. While most blacks struggled simply to exist, he reveled in his riches and his fame, sleeping with whomever he pleased, to the consternation and anger of much of white America.
Because he did so the federal government set out to destroy him, and he was forced to endure prison and seven years of exile. This definitive biography portrays Jack Johnson as he really was--a battler against the bigotry of his era and the embodiment of American individualism. A DNA expert, Mia has made it her mission to put away vicious criminals.
And the only way to protect the people she loves most is to deliberately destroy her reputation and risk letting a killer walk free. The key to catching a sadistic madman lies within a long-buried cold case that has haunted Mia for years. Only she can uncover the truth, but first, Ric will have to get her to entrust him with her secrets. Now available in trade paperback, Forgiving the Unforgivable presents a six-stage program that guides people out of the paralyzing anger and resentment caused by unforgivable emotional injuries.
Destiny was an extraordinary girl, but she doesn't know it because sometimes most precious treasures are hidden beneath miles of opposition.
She can't fathom that she is a diamond in the rough. This book uses the Mumbai siege as a context for a revolutionary explanation of what true forgiveness really is. The Fault in Our Stars meets Go Ask Alice in this dramatic romance about a teenage girl who survives a terminal cancer diagnosis, only to get trapped in the deadly spiral of addiction.
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