The Lava In My Bones

Download or read book The Lava in My Bones written by Barry Webster and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frustrated geologist studying global warming becomes obsessed with eating rocks after embarking on his first same-sex relationship in Europe. Back home, his young sister is a high-school girl who suddenly starts to ooze honey through her pores, an affliction that attracts hordes of bees as well as her male classmates but ultimately turns her into a social pariah. Meanwhile, their obsessive Pentecostal mother repeatedly calls on the Holy Spirit to rid her family of demons. The siblings are reunited on a ship bound for Europe where they hope to start a new life, but are unaware that their disguised mother is also on board and plotting to win back their souls, with the help of the Virgin Mary. Told in a lush baroque prose, this intense, extravagant magic-realist novel combines elements of fairy tales, horror movies, and romances to create a comic, hallucinatory celebration of excess and sensuality. Barry Webster's first book, The Sound of All Flesh, won the ReLit Award for story collections.

Download or read book City of Bones written by Martha Wells and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Martha Wells captured the hearts of MILLIONS with her Murderbot series, there was Khat, Sagai, and Elen, and a city risen out of death and decay... The city of Charisat, a tiered monolith of the Ancients’ design, sits on the edge of the vast desert known as the Waste. Khat, a member of a humanoid race created by the Ancients to survive in the Waste, and Sagai, his human partner, are relic dealers working in the bottom tiers of society, trying to stay one step ahead of the Trade Inspectors. When Khat is hired by the all-powerful Warders to find relics believed to be part of one of the Ancients' arcane engines, he, and his party, begin unravelling the mysteries of an age-old technology. This they expected. They soon find themselves as the last line of defense between the suffering masses of Charisat and a fanatical cult, bent on unleashing an evil upon the city with an undying thirst for bone. That, they did not expect. This updated and revised edition is the author’s preferred text. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Shattered Worlds written by K. R. Bernard and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of ten short stories with my own original plots, characters and twists in each short story. The Exiles Orb is about an indifferent and bullied boy named, KB. Who soon gets abducted by an evil barbaric alien race from his middle school to be interrogated about a powerful Orb that the boy once had, but KB doesnt know what or where the Orb is. The leader of the alien race Master Odin keeps KB as one of his prisoners, but he escapes from the prison to meet up with a girl named Kristy who introduces him to a man that can help him find the Orb. Does KB find the Exiles Orb in time or does Master Odin conquer the universe? If you like a horror I have one uniquely scary story for you entitled Curse High. Is a tale about a high school African American boy named Greg who is first being haunted by a demonic spirit that is taking its vengeances out on Gregs friends, family and his high school crush Nina. But first he needs to find out who the demonic spirit is and why this ultra-violent spirit is taking its revenge out on him. Greg soon finds out he must save Nina from the demon. Does Greg save her or does he fail miserably?

Download or read book The Birth of Wonderment written by Cindy Monten and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ I’ve always said that life is like a patchwork quilt- some pieces bright & beautiful, others not so much. This book is is a true story of a piece of my life that was a worn and tattered part of the quilt that is my life, a journey of self discovery and healing. It is a story of feeling completely disconnected from my soul and how I was able to call my soul home and discover exactly who my highest and best self is. I AM Wonderment. This book is for anyone who has ever felt disconnected, may it inspire you to find yourself, nurture yourself, heal and love yourself." ~ Cindy Monten

Download or read book The Vampire Flame (urban fantasy) written by T.L. Cerepaka and published by Annulus Publishing. This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Save the Flame. When my best friend Jane is kidnapped by a crazy sorcerer, I have to team up with my vampire friend Lucius to save her. Not too difficult. But what starts out as a simple rescue mission becomes much deeper when it turns out that this same crazy sorcerer is trying to find the fire which is the source of all magical power in the world. And not only is he trying to find it, he's also trying to extinguish it. Failing to save Jane won't just result in her death. It will also result in the destruction of magic itself. KEYWORDS: urban fantasy vampire, urban fantasy witch, wizard, urban fantasy mysteries, urban fantasy christian, urban fantasy sword, urban fantasy action, urban fantasy vampires, urban fantasy mage, urban fantasy sorcerer, christian urban fantasy, christian fantasy

Download or read book A Girl and her Hellhounds Complete Box Set 1-3 written by Nicole Zoltack and published by Nicole Zoltack. This book was released on with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this urban fantasy series by USA Today bestselling author Nicole Zoltack about the youngest daughter of Lucifer. Lydia isn't your typical demon. Her father is no other than Lucifer himself, and her siblings are basically the seven deadly sins and the horsemen of the apocalypse personified. But Lydia wants to be so much more than just the daughter of Lucifer. She's the daughter of fire, of smoke, of ashes, and she will determine her own fate. Or die trying. Included in the boxed set is a never-before-published short story, DAUGHTER OF TEMPEST! KEYWORDS: mayhem of magic, demons, monsters, seven deadly sins four horsemen of the apocalypse, apocalypse, end of the world, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, supernatural suspense, fairytale fantasy, fantasy romance, romantic fantasy, slow burn romance, supernatural powers, magic, come into powers, dark fantasy romance, clean fantasy, academy, young adult paranormal romance, young adult academy, paranormal romance, dark paranormal romance, war, Free Royal, Raven Kennedy, Kelly St. Clare, Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti, C.N Crawford, Elise Kova, Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison, D.K. Holmberg, Cordelia Castel, Kay L Moody, Alisha Klaphe

Download or read book The Rhealm of Dragons written by Cathryn Watson and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rhealm of Dragons Book two in the trilogy In this book they find and capture other tribal warriors. Free dragons and riders whilst, they retrieve family and animals stolen from nearby ocean waters as they fight for their compounds. They wind up in a triple cross of lies and deceit and in the process. Going back in time for more information on who and what a large nuclear ship is and its capabilities is doing in the domain. In the process they find several spies stealing from them and murdering members of the family.