Publisher: OBG Classics
nice, moody, horror story. Two best friends are bedevilled by a third friend, who haunts them from grade school to adulthood. He seems to intuit things he can't know, and always tells the truth. One friend escapes to India to get away, the other stays in England. When the escapee returns, he finds his friend shattered and half-mad. Why, is the story.
“Maybe,” says Margaret, “when you see this place you’ll understand. It’s like Club Med! There’s a heated pool and a rec centre and a cocktail bar and everything. They have 24-hour room service!” Andrew guffaws. “A cocktail bar? At a nursing home? What’s next? Happy Hour?” "It's not a ‘nursing home,' Andrew, dear. It's a ‘Retirement Destination.'" “A what?” “It’s all about marketing, you see? Kids don’t feel half as bad sending their decrepit parents off to a ‘holiday club’.” “Still. A cocktail bar?” “Judy, do you see now why I can’t live with you two? I’m 86 bloody years old—” “Language!” scolds Andrew. "As I was saying, I'm 86 BLOODY years old, and if I want to spend the days swearing and drinking Pimm's and playing bloody strip poker, then I will do it WITHOUT the disapproving glare from the very boy whose bare bottom I used to smack for stealing my menthol cigarettes." "That does sound quite lovely, Marge. If Andrew gets too strict with me, I shall come and spend a few days with you. We can drink cocktails together. Although I’m not sure about the strip poker …” Margaret pats Judy on the shoulder. “We all have our boundaries, dear.” “Some fewer than others,” Andrew murmurs.Show book
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.Show book
“Bridging tenderness and violence, and brimming with danger and magic, The Girl Who Cried Diamonds will leave you breathless.” — Anuja Varghese, author of Chrysalis “In these 14 hard-edged and unapologetic stories, debut author Garcia tackles topics ranging from human trafficking and drug abuse to eating disorders and middle-age angst, and in no-frills prose, carves out bizarre and palpable realities, breathing strange life into a horde of depressed, deprived, and abused characters.” — Publishers Weekly The boundaries between realist and fabulist, literary and speculative, are shattered in this remarkable debut collection for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, André Alexis, and Angélique Lalonde A girl born in a small, unnamed pueblo is blessed—or cursed—with the ability to produce valuable gems from her bodily fluids. A tired wife and mother escapes the confines of her oppressive life and body by shapeshifting into a cloud. A girl reckons with the death of her father and her changing familial dynamics while slowly, mysteriously losing her physical senses. Infused with keen insight and presented in startling prose, the stories in this dark, magnetic collection by newcomer Rebecca Hirsch Garcia invite the reader into an uncanny world out of step with reality while exploring the personal and interpersonal in a way that is undeniably, distinctly human.Show book
A savage earthquake shakes the world, waking a horror from the bowels of the earth. An ancient cult is discovered who worships an ancient demon whose name is Cthulhu.Show book
Barry Pain was noted for his humorous tales of “Eliza” and her husband but his tales of the weird and supernatural are equally noteworthy. This volume contains seven of them. They are:“The Undying Thing”“The Moon-slave”“The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit”“The Four-fingered Hand”“The Glass of Supreme Moments”“The Green Light”“The Tower”Show book
Featuring cast from the original television series, Blood and Fire is a special audio drama to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dark Shadows.Some are born with magic, some acquire magic, and others have magic thrust upon them...The year is 1767. Young widow Laura Murdoch Stockbridge is to marry Joshua Collins, heir to the Collins fortune. Meanwhile, Joshua’s sister Abigail is in love with disreputable sailor Abraham Harkaway.But the course of true love never did run smooth… especially when the witch Angélique Bouchard is around.For Angélique has been sent back in time. And she has one mission... To destroy the Collins family forever.©2016 Big Finish Productions (P)2016 Big Finish ProductionsShow book
