THE PUPPET Borrow the bike. Win the race. Collect the cash. It should’ve been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken leg and a lawsuit, my mother’s latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don’t belong, and I’m not the only one who knows. To the boy
“[The book] I’ll be pressing into people’s hands forever is “Lolly Willowes,” the 1926 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner. It tells the story of a woman who rejects the life that society has fixed for her in favor of freedom and the most unexpected of alliances. It completely blindsided me: Starting
I'm speaking to you--you, with the chewing gum and the smudgy fingers. Don't try to pretend your fingers aren't smudgy. They are leaving marks even now. It's okay. Smudgy fingers are quite allowed in the museum. What museum, you ask? But surely you've heard already. You see, within these pages is
A new voice is added to the Vampire Chronicles! She was the vampire who never should have been, her very existence an abomination among the creatures of the night. A predator’s lust imprisoned in the body of a child, she moves through the shadows of a world forever beyond her reach. Orphan,
The talented and beautiful woman who has moved us with her singing now moves us with her words. Celine Dion -- My Story, My Dream is an unforgettable true story of courage, perseverance, dedication, and devotion -- told with the wide-eyed honesty of someone who has basked in the glowing adoration
Assassin's Creed: Templars, otherwise simply known as Templars, is an ongoing comic book series from Titan Comics. Written by Fred Van Lente and illustrated by Dennis Calero, the series debuted its first issue in March 2016. The series focuses on the Templar Order, with its modern day story set in
Being with an older lover is hot on just so many levels... Seiji-kun is a novice manga artist. He's also completely addicted to the body of the incredibly beautiful Sono-san, despite the fact that Sono-san is a guy. Is this love? Along with the title story, one that paints a tale of youth and
The letters of the great writer to his wife—gathered here for the first time—chronicle a decades-long love story and document anew the creative energies of an artist who was always at work. No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer is quite as beguiling as that of Vladimir Nabokov’s to Véra
„A Perfect Union of Contrary Things” is the authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard James Keenan. Co-author Sarah Jensen’s 30-year friendship with Keenan gives unique insight into his history and career trajectory. The book traces Keenan’s journey from his Midwest childhood to his
The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. Some are set before the Great War, the last takes place in 1914. Holmes is retired and refused to take on any more
