Publisher: And Other Stories
Fetch is an astonishingly musical tour-de-force from one of Britain's most exciting new poets, in which reverence and irreverence, religion and faithlessness, the living and the dead, nearly rhyme.
A satirical SF caper of evolution, gangsters, Darwin’s brain, and the Golden Age of Hollywood from the Nebula and World Fantasy Award–winning author. When Sonya Orlova, a successful 1930s horror-film actress, crosses paths with a gorilla whose brain has been swapped for the frozen cerebrum of the late Charles Darwin, the two are inspired to write and produce evolution-themed monster movies—with Sonya in her greatest role, Korgora the Ape Woman! As this offbeat and controversial Hollywood series finds a devoted cult audience, Sonia’s relationship with her strange simian collaborator acquires an intensity neither could have imagined. Then disaster strikes, as zealous opponents to Darwin’s ideas contrive to put the Ape Woman out of business. By turns satiric and romantic, madcap, and thoughtful, Behold the Ape is at once an outré love story, a tribute to classic monster movies, and a science-fictional celebration of that beleaguered institution we call public education.Show book
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This book is the official record of a complaint, and you are the party being complained about. Your cat has retained counsel, engaged a court reporter, and filed a formal grievance accusing you of a long list of human performance failures, including the late breakfast, the closed door, the cheap litter, the unacceptable food, and the unforgivable habit of staring at a small glowing rectangle instead of the 1 creature who has already chosen you. You may have believed you were living with a cat, but you were actually living in a jurisdiction, and the jurisdiction has rules, and the rules were written by the cat, and the penalties are applied at 4 a.m. This laugh-out-loud book is organized the way any respectable legal case is organized, with an introduction, a series of charges, and a final verdict, and you are advised not to skip ahead to the verdict. Each chapter is a separate charge supported by evidence, testimony, and a ruling that is legally binding inside your own home. You will meet the Cat, the complainant, who prefers to be addressed formally, along with the cat's lawyer, the vet, the houseplant, and the person who feeds the cat when you travel. You will read the case of the late breakfast, the closed door conspiracy, the litter box audit, the unacceptable food offense, the nap interruption ordinance, the lap and keyboard conflict, the touch consent act, the terror of the machines, the visitor problem, the abandonment during travel, the vet conspiracy, the territorial audit, the gift economy, and the night shift. Every cat is the same cat when it comes to grievances, which is why the evidence in this dossier will feel alarmingly familiar to anyone who has ever owned one. The cat is an apex predator who sleeps 16 hours a day and still considers itself qualified to judge every decision you make. If you have been woken at dawn because dawn is when predators hunt, you are guilty as charged, and this hilarious book will make you grateful for the sentence.Show book
His wife is leaving him. He's just won the lottery. Does she really need to know? A hilarious debut novel of love, luck, and hard-to-keep secrets . . . This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling. A thirty-something English teacher and amateur linguist, Jack just about makes ends meet—as does his Aussie fitness-instructor, soon-to-be ex-wife. She's finally run out of patience with Jack. What she doesn't know is that Jack has hit the jackpot: well over two million pounds in lottery winnings. Swearing his brother to secrecy, Jack figures this unexpected fortune will go a long way toward cushioning the blow of his divorce. But keeping his win a secret from his wife proves to be a harder task than Jack first imagines, especially as she knows his favourite numbers, so is convinced that he has won and is deliberately trying to cut her out. Jack's problems deepen when his shiny new BMW is hit by another car—driven by the shaken and disheveled but gorgeous Milly . . .Show book
Seven children home for the summer left only with their nurse and they are inclined to prank those who cross their path. Their parents and governess are away. A neighbor, Mrs. Moffat tells Mary about becoming a Christian. Mary is intrigued and she begins to read her Bible and explore what this means. As her brothers and sisters watch her life, she really wants to know if she can still have fun. Several anxious events befall she and her siblings and she learns how to pray and find God's peace. Overall, a short light hearted and humorous family story for children.Show book
Welcome to Tarpon Cove. Madison Westin has inherited her aunt's beachfront motel in the Florida Keys. The only trouble is she’s also inherited a slew of colorful tenants—drunks, ex-cons, and fugitives. First, she has to wrestle control from a conniving lawyer and shady motel manager. With the help of her new best friend, whose motto is never leave home without your Glock, she dives into a world of blackmail, murder, and drugs.Show book
When there's a devil on one shoulder, isn't there supposed to be an angel on the other? Nick managed not to die, saved the day, and settled in for a comfortable career at Devil Co. That means it’s the perfect time for God to have other plans for him– and guess who shows up to try and poach Nick for Their organization? Why have one complicated job working for a personified deity, when you can have two? Caught between worlds, and moonlighting for the “good guys,” Nick learns his deal with Lucifer might not be what it seems. Uncovering a scheme to take advantage of the Devil himself rocks Nick to his core, and makes him question everything. The line between good and evil gets blurrier by the day, and Nick doesn’t know which shoulder angel to trust. His partner Amy, a witch growing into powers of her own, warns him of the danger he faces, but can’t stop Nick from running headlong into it. Can Nick save himself, or will Amy need to make an ally of a former foe to save him from a fate worse than decaf?Show book
