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Author : Monica Valentinelli
Publisher : Apex Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling written by Monica Valentinelli and published by Apex Book Company. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jaym Gates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781370692279
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (922 download)
Download or read book Upside Down written by Jaym Gates and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This compendium of literary undercutting and rebuilding is both enjoyable to read and an incisive work of commentary on the genre."-- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates. Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award winners to debut writers, chose a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work.Read stories inspired by tropes such as the Chainmaille Bikini, Love at First Sight, Damsels in Distress, Yellow Peril, The Black Man Dies First, The Villain Had a Crappy Childhood, The Singularity Will Cause the Apocalypse, and many more...then discover what these tropes mean to each author to find out what inspired them.Join Maurice Broaddus, Adam Troy-Castro, Delilah S. Dawson, Shanna Germain, Sara M. Harvey, John Hornor Jacobs, Rahul Kanakia, Alethea Kontis, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Haralmbi Markov, Sunil Patel, Kat Richardson, Nisi Shawl, Ferrett Steinmetz, Anton Strout, Michael Underwood, Alyssa Wong and many other authors as they take well-worn tropes and cliches and flip them upside down.CONTENTSIntroduction -- Jerry GordonSECTION I: INVERTING THE TROPESOn Loving Bad Boys: A Villanelle -- Valya Dudycz LupescuSingle, Singularity -- John Hornor JacobsLazzrus -- Nisi ShawlSeeking Truth -- Elsa Sjunneson-HenryThwock -- Michelle MuenzlerCan You Tell Me How to Get to Paprika Place? -- Michael R. UnderwoodChosen -- Anton StroutThe White Dragon -- Alyssa WongHer Curse, How Gently It Comes Undone -- Haralambi MarkovBurning Bright -- Shanna GermainSanta CIS (Episode 1: No Saint) -- Alethea KontisRequiem for a Manic Pixie Dream -- Katy Harrad & Greg StolzeThe Refrigerator in the Girlfriend -- Adam-Troy CastroThe First Blood of Poppy Dupree -- Delilah S. DawsonRed Light -- Sara M. HarveyUntil There Is Only Hunger -- Michael MathesonSuper Duper Fly -- Maurice BroaddusDrafty as a Chain Mail Bikini -- Kat RichardsonSwan Song -- Michelle Lyons-McFarlandThose Who Leave -- Michael ChoiNouns of Nouns: A Mini Epic -- Alex ShvartsmanExcess Light -- Rahul KanakiaThe Origin of Terror -- Sunil PatelThe Tangled Web -- Ferrett SteinmetzHamsa, Hamsa, Hamsa, Tfu, Tfu, Tfu. -- Alisa SchreibmanReal Women Are Dangerous -- Rati MehrotraSECTION II: DISCUSSING THE TROPESI'm Pretty Sure I've Read This Before ... -- Patrick HesterFractured Souls -- Lucy A. SnyderInto the Labyrinth: The Heroine's Journey -- A.C. WiseEscaping the Hall of Mirrors -- Victor RaymondTropes as Erasers: A Transgender Perspective -- Keffy R.M. KehrliSECTION III: DEFINING THE TROPESAfterword -- Monica Valentinelli & Jaym GatesTrope Definitions/Index of TropesSECTION IV: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ADDITIONAL BIOS
Author : Alex Shvartsman
Publisher : UFO Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories written by Alex Shvartsman and published by UFO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 31 science fiction and fantasy short stories encompassing hard SF, fantasy humor, and everything in-between. * Refugees with a salvaged mech suit find that family ties are stronger than armor. * Two artificial intelligences in love turn the world into their playground. * Modern-day Dante is guided through hell by the ghost of Bob Marley. * Ancient gods and monsters stalk the halls of a 1920s night club. * A young woman must save her planet by committing an act of terror. * In the rekindled space race between the United States, Russia, and India, the winner might be the nation willing to sacrifice the most.
Author : Amor Towles
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735222363
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book The Lincoln Highway written by Amor Towles and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.” —Bill Gates “A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” —NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, I was wowed by Towles’s writing—especially because The Lincoln Highway is so different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero’s journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel.” – Bill Gates
Author : Lucy A. Snyder
Publisher : Raw Dog Screaming Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)
Download or read book Soft Apocalypses written by Lucy A. Snyder and published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Snyder’s stories are the sort that carry you away to unusual places, usually dark ones, and this collection is a perfect example. As the follow-up to the Bram Stoker Award winning collection Soft Apocalypses, it contains plenty of darkly imaginative tales. Many of these stories, including the title piece, are heavily influenced by the work of H.P. Lovecraft and The King in Yellow mythos. They whisper madly among each other creating weird echoes. Like the black stars of theoretical astronomy they are dense entities born from polarization so strong that instead of collapsing into nothingness, a black hole, they instead form dark constellations burning dimly with spectral light.
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479473642
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)
Download or read book Black Cat Weekly #47 written by Peter Lovesey and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #47. Another fine issue is at hand—with mysteries from Peter Lovesey (thanks to acquiring editor Barb Goffman), Laird Long (thanks to acquiring editor Michael Bracken), and classics from Christopher B. Booth, Edgar Wallace, and Nicholas Carter. (Not to mention a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles!) On the science fiction front, we have Nisi Shawl’s excellent “Lazzrus” (thanks to acquiring editor Cynthia Ward) plus classics from George O. Smith, E.E. “Doc” Smith, and Algis Budrys. Here’s the complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Suicide Sleep,” by Laird Long [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Boxed In,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] Popping Round to the Post,” by Peter Lovesey [Barb Goffman Presents short story] “Penny Protection,” by Christopher B. Booth [short story] Chick, by Edgar Wallace [novel] The Sultan’s Pearls, by Nicholas Carter [novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Lazzrus,” by Nisi Shawl [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] “Firegod,” by Algis Budrys [short story] “Robot Nemesis,” by E.E. “Doc” Smith, Ph.D. [novelet] Pattern for Conquest, by George O. Smith [novel]
Author : Tom Piccirilli
Publisher : Alliteration Ink
ISBN 13 : 193984021X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Streets of Shadows written by Tom Piccirilli and published by Alliteration Ink. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the editors of Dark Faith, Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon, comes a collection of supernatural crime noir. You think you're safe. What a joke. You don't think about the places you pass every day. The side streets. The alleys. The underbridges. All you'd have to do is take a step to the side. Then you'd know. The streets are filled with shadows.
Author : Diana M. Pho
Publisher : Alliteration Ink
ISBN 13 : 1939840430
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Steampunk Universe written by Diana M. Pho and published by Alliteration Ink. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction has a special role in the way we relate to each other. Fiction can take us outside of our own experience and give us a small hint of what it's like to be someone else. Speculative fiction - including steampunk - has always been a metaphorical mirror to our own society, allowing us to see ourselves and our behaviors from the outside in ways that we otherwise couldn't. It's not magic. It's the interworking of dozens of finely machined gears. It's the craftswoman adjusting the tension on a spring so it doesn't break. It's the stoker making sure the furnace fires stay burning. It's the conductor collecting tickets, the passengers watching the landscape roll by, the excited child standing next to the engineer who gets to pull the cord and hear the train's steam whistle. It might not be magic, but it's still amazing. Especially with a project like Steampunk Universe, making an anthology of steampunk stories that feature diverse characters who are disabled or aneurotypical. Join editor Sarah Hans, our cover artist James Ng, and contributors Ken Liu, Jody Lynn Nye, Maurice Broaddus, Malon Edwards, Emily Cataneo, Pip Ballantine and nine others today.
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101652969
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator written by Roald Dahl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world’' first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787552500
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Lost Souls Short Stories written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Authors and collections. A collection of new tales with brilliant new writers and lost souls from the darkest corners of literature and legend: Morrigan’s ravens in Celtic myth mingle with Dante’s infernal spirits and the work of John Milton. And with the dark fiction of William Hope Hodgson and Arthur Machen this promises to be a haunting, chilling read. Classic authors include: E.F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, F. Marion Crawford, Dante, Charles Dickens, Amelia B. Edwards, Sheridan le Fanu, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, W.F. Harvey, William Hope Hodgson, E.T.A Hoffmann, James Hogg, Washington Irving, Henry James, M.R. James, Jerome K. Jerome, Perceval Landon, Friedrich Laun, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Charles Maturin, E. Nesbit, Margaret Oliphant, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Scott, Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, Edith Wharton, along with a retold tale from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Author : John Hornor Jacobs
Publisher : JournalStone
ISBN 13 : 1950305406
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales written by John Hornor Jacobs and published by JournalStone. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrifying collection of horror and crime noir from the author of Southern Gods and A Lush and Seething Hell. Featuring ten tales, two never before in print, Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales is an exciting glimpse into the dark territories of the human heart. These are coming-of-age stories. Stories of love and loss, grief and revenge. Survival and redemption. From old gods to malevolent artificial intelligences, vampires to zombies to ghosts, Jacobs exposes our fears and worst imaginings. CONTAINS THE SEQUEL TO SOUTHERN GODS "Jacobs demonstrates masterful control of his eclectic themes and frequently propels them into unexpected and pleasingly original territory... Offers plenty to keep genre fans hooked." --Publishers Weekly
Author : Jerry Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781937009687
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Breaking the World written by Jerry Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, David Koresh predicted the end of the world. What if he was right? Cyrus doesn't believe in David's predictions, and he's not interested in being part of a cult. But after the sudden death of his brother, his parents split up and his mom drags him to Waco, Texas against his will. At least he's not alone. His friends, Marshal and Rachel, have equally sad stories that end with them being dumped at the Branch Davidian Church. Together, they're the trinity of nonbelievers, atheist teens caught between a soon to be infamous cult leader, an erratic FBI, and an epidemic that may confirm the worst of the church's apocalyptic prophecies. With tanks surrounding the Branch Davidians and tear gas in the air, Cyrus and his friends know one thing for certain: They can't count on the adults to save them. In his debut novel, Jerry Gordon takes readers deep inside the longest standoff in law enforcement history for an apocalyptic thriller that challenges the news media's reporting of the event, the wisdom of militarizing domestic law enforcement, and the blurry line between religion and cult. "The things we do to each other are more awful than any haunted house, ghoul, or demon could ever be, and in BREAKING THE WORLD, Jerry Gordon delivers an unflinching look at real-life horror. This novel will gnaw its way through your skull, burrow into your brain, and mess with you in the best way possible. It's a pitch-black tale of moral ambiguity, with sympathetic characters facing a home-grown apocalypse of twisted faith, fire, and madness. It's one of the strongest horror debuts in recent memory, which not only entertains but provides penetrating insight into a dark chapter of American history. This is horror done right. " - Tim Waggoner, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of LIKE DEATH "An absorbing blend of history and narrative fiction which elevates the Waco tragedy into an unforgettable exploration of society, faith, and truth. BREAKING THE WORLD by Jerry Gordon is a compelling novel that thunders, and challenges, from page one. The characters are genuine, the struggles throughout are powerful, balanced, and thoughtful. The novel's conclusion and Gordon's ideas within do what great fiction often hopes to - defies and then transcends what we thought we knew." - Geoffrey Girard, Bram Stoker-nominated author of PROJECT CAIN and TRUTHERS
Author : Vincent Robert-Nicoud
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004381821
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The World Upside Down in 16th-Century French Literature and Visual Culture written by Vincent Robert-Nicoud and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The World Upside Down Vincent Robert-Nicoud offers an account of the topos of the world upside-down in sixteenth-century French literature and visual culture with reference to the social, political, and religious turmoil of the period.
Author : Maurice Broaddus
Publisher : Apex Publications
ISBN 13 : 0982159684
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Dark Faith written by Maurice Broaddus and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of horror tales by such authors as Brian Keene, Tom Piccirilli, Ekaterina Sedia, Jay Lake, and Mary Robinette Kowal.
Author : Ariel Gore
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1936932024
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)
Download or read book We Were Witches written by Ariel Gore and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational “magic-infused narrative . . . is a moving account of a young writer and mother striving to claim her own agency and find her voice” (Publishers Weekly). Buying into the dream that education is the road out of poverty, a teen mom takes a chance on bettering herself and talks her way into college. But once she’s there, phallocratic narratives permeate every subject. Wryly riffing on feminist literary tropes, We Were Witches documents the survival of a demonized single lesbian mother as she’s beset by custody disputes, homophobia, and America’s ever-present obsession with shaming unconventional women into passive citizenship. But even as the narrator struggles to graduate, a question uncomfortably lingers: If you’re dealing with precarious parenthood, queer identity, and debt, what is the true narrative shape of your experience?
Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501192035
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Nightmares & Dreamscapes written by Stephen King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 23 short stories--from classic horror to vampire thrillers, imitations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Raymond Chandler, a teleplay, and a non-fiction bonus, a heartfelt little piece on Little League baseball.
Author : Seanan McGuire
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 194070913X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Submerged written by Seanan McGuire and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has their eyes set on the black depths of space...but what about the deep abysses of the ocean? What dark monsters swim unseen beneath the waves? What ancient wonders lie hidden, waiting to be discovered? What sirens call, either here on Earth or in the icy waters of a far off planet...or even at the bottom of a wine glass? So much remains to be explored below the surface, where light fades and the pressure kills. Here are seventeen stories from today’s leading science fiction and fantasy authors that take us into those depths, whether we want to or not. Join Seanan McGuire, Michael Robertson, Esther Friesner, F. Brett Cox, Wendy Nikel, Marsheila Rockwell & Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Jody Lynn Nye, Bill Kte’pi, Jenna Rhodes, Susan Jett, James Van Pelt, J.D. Koch, Misty Massey, A. Merc Rustad, David Farland, Sara M. Harvey, and Nicky Drayden as they explore unfathomable trenches, underwater volcanoes, and abyssal plains. Take the plunge...into the Deep End!
