![]() ![]() They are great, so you should check them out when you get the chance, but we’re focusing on the short stories here.ġ0. Therefore stories like ‘ The Body,’ ‘ The Langoliers,’ ‘ Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption,‘ and ‘ 1922,’ won’t be included. Note: this is a list of short stories, NOT novellas. You may scoff at some of the decisions on the list, and that’s okay because the thing about Stephen King’s work is that there is something for every horror aficionado. For this list, I’ve selected the stories that linger in the back of your mind, occasionally scratching with a sharpened talon, demanding to be let out of the dark shadows of the cranium. I mean, there’s just so many to choose from. I doubt that there’s a genre he hasn’t tackled in some form or another during his illustrious career.Īnd so we come to this list – The 10 Best Scary Short Stories by Stephen King. King is a master of the short story form, not only scaring audiences with horror but also weaving astounding sci-fi, fantasy and heartfelt dramas in his rich tapestry of woven words and vivid imagery. By the time Night Shift, was published he was 30 years old and already the author of three classic horror novels: Carrie, Salem’s Lot and The Shining. ![]() ![]() ![]() A horror story, as King wrote in the preface to his first collection Night Shift, “must tell a tale that holds the reader or the listener spellbound for a little while, lost in a world that never was, never could be”. ![]()
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At first it is unassuming, as a woman in a habit can be. ![]() Claire Luchette‘s novel Agatha of Little Neonpacks a suckerpunch beyond its bold pink cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The following books feature their children, Adam, Matthew, and Olivia in For the Brave, For This Moment, and For Her Honor. The Gentrys of Paradise begins with the novella Into the Evermore where readers meet Virginia horse breeders, Eleanor and Beauregard Gentry. ![]() The final book in the series will release in 2024. The series order is The Bachelor's Bride, The Bareknuckle Groom, The Professor's Lady, and The Captain's Woman. The Thompsons of Locust Street, Philadelphia, chronicles five siblings from Scotland with some danger and mystery surrounding their move to America. Holly Bush's historical romances are set in the US during the turbulent and transformative years of the late 1800’s. Sometimes it shouts from the highest hill, and sometimes it whispers so softly one must listen closely to hear. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Longmire was twenty-eight, which didn't exactly make him the "Boy Billionaire" that the press made him out to be. Everyone was here to see Longmire, the newest billionaire to come out of Silicon Valley's wealth generators. People continued to filter in for another thirty minutes. It was a half size too small, but she had on her black velvet suit jacket, so it looked fine. It was a distressed blue T-shirt with a vintage-looking Wonder Woman logo emblazoned over her breasts. Trish had planned everything down to her shirt-a great find at Goodwill. Timing an ambush of one of the wealthiest men on the planet required precision. She was as ready as she was ever going to be. ![]() She wished she could afford a cell phone-then she could at least play with that until the talk started instead of being the only person in the room who wasn't connected. She'd gotten here early enough that no one had seen her smuggle in the check. Trish had been sitting in her spot-end of the third row, to the left of the podium on the stage-for over an hour. No billionaire would risk looking heartless by saying no to a charity in front of a big crowd. A good crowd would leverage some social pressure on her target. Maybe four hundred people had crowded into the lower level and, in addition to the journalists from the college paper, some reporters from the San Francisco television stations were in attendance. The auditorium was filling up, which was exactly what Trish wanted. ![]() ![]() ![]() I remember nights where I’d hug the side of Tower One, pressing against it and lift my head as far back as I could and stare up until the glass met the sky and I’d get so dizzy I’d stumble back. ![]() Hours sped by and we’d drag our sorry asses back to the train and to our tiny apartment. I remember many nights sitting on this ratty red paint peeled bench staring across the river at Jersey, specifically the Colgate sign, and just talking about everything. No matter what path we’d take, it was our destination. only through the Village or SoHo and eventually our meandering would lead us to the Towers. We were broke most of the time, not much into clubbing, so about 4 out of 7 nights we would walk. Can I use the excuse of being in shock during the actual event? That it seemed like a movie?įlash back: The second half of 1994, my then boyfriend and I living in the East Village, 23 years old and clueless. Then I became upset that this piece of fiction could invoke such melancholia. I cried more over this book than I did on the actual September 11th. I cried on the couch, I cried on the bus, I cried at stoplights, I cried at work. There are books that affect me and then there are books that kill me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This major exhibition features over 60 works, as well as reference material, from three of Gurneys books: Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time (1992) Dinotopia: The World Beneath (1995) and Gurneys fourth volume in the series, Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (2007). Gurneys stories and art fuse fantasy with realism and scientific accuracy. Inspired by archaeology, lost civilizations, and the art of illustration, Gurneys Dinotopia is an extraordinary place where humans and dinosaurs live in harmony in a society that has its own language and alphabet. See below for details.ĭinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney Note: Due to weather, 2-6 events and activities have been moved to 2-7. ![]() ![]() ![]() A first-generation Filipino-American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family's complicated relationship to care work, placing mothering in a global context-the invisible economic engine that has been historically demanded of women of color. ![]() ![]() In Essential Labor, Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers-and the lack of a social safety net to support them-writer Angela Garbes found herself pondering a vital question: How, under our current circumstances that leave us lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life? The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. ![]() From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change. ![]() ![]() ![]() But this innocent hobby takes on a sinister urgency when Zukowski learns of mutilated livestock-whose exsanguination is inexplicable by any known human or animal means.Īlong an expanse of land stretching across the southern borders of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas, Zukowski documents hundreds of bizarre incidences of mutilations, and discovers that they stretch through the heart of America. He even takes the family with him on weekend trips to look for evidence of aliens. Like Agent Mulder of The X-Files, microchip engineer and sheriff’s deputy Chuck Zukowski is obsessed with tracking down UFO reports in Colorado. Here is the “fascinating” ( Publishers Weekly) true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events in remote areas of the western United States and is drawn deeper and deeper into a mysterious conspiracy. ![]() A real-life mix of The X-Files and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mezrich “writes vividly and grippingly…A terrific story… will make a heck of a movie” ( The Washington Post). ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are having trouble finding the link to add a new thread, try this. ![]() ![]() Please avoid all-caps, especially in thread topics, as it is considered SHOUTING. They are able to edit and improve the Goodreads catalog, and have made it one of the better catalogs online.Īctivities include combining editions, fixing book and author typos, adding book covers and discussing policies. After a harrowing transatlantic crossing and a frightening stay in Five Points, New York Citys worst slum, British immigrant Alice Davison believes that. ![]() Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who have applied for and received librarian status on Goodreads. Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to comment or request changes to book records.įor general comments on Goodreads and for requests for changes to site functionality, try Goodreads Help or use the Contact Us link instead.įor tips on being a librarian, check out the Daughter of the Earth - YA Historical Adventure by Stacy Bourns - Free until 9/26 amazon 2 1 r/FreeEBOOKS Join 21 days ago I've written a short story set in my mythic-fantasy world of Idaris, in the style of Tolkien's The Silmarillion, about two young friends whose loyalty and jealousy tear apart an entire clan of their people. Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kari Gregg's "An Unauthorized Field Guide for the Hunt" is a sci-fi cat shifter/alien clusterfuck of primal mating and a Hunger Games-esque competition told from human competitor, Shane West's POV. Whatever you think you know is wrong." ~ Shane West In the arena, everything is confusing and surreal. What does it take to tempt a sexy cat? How does being marked as prey by a feline lover feel? Experience the wanton pleasures of the heat with Shane and his mysterious mate-and discover which of last season's scandalous rumors are true.Run, pounce, fuck.Mate?Welcome to the Hunt." … ( more) ![]() ![]() Unconfirmed reports of assassins and rogue predators circulated before offworld communications screeched to a halt.In this unprecedented glimpse inside the arena, Shane peels back the veil of secrecy. ![]() Rumors emerged about cats who'd gone feral as well as shocking breaches in security. When he lured a cat into an arousing chase the first night, mating with Lore to become the season's first victor seemed guaranteed.Then news from Arena 4 slowed to a trickle. Shane's mastery of survival craft in the untamed forest made him an early favorite among gamblers, fans, and arena officials. "Genre: Science Fiction & Space Opera, LGBTOn Mariket, the strongest competitors win.by losing.Narone native and former heir of Class II shipbuilder Denbo-West Industries, Shane West surrendered his perilous birthright to compete in the Hunt and tried his luck with the lusty cats of Mariket. ![]() |