Take a look inside The Book Vault and discover award-winning crime and speculative fiction from Liz Filleul:<br /> <br />The Book Vault includes Liz's prize-winning entries in the annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards; along with The Punishment Book, a novelette based on one of those stories.<br /> <br />Not What You Think We Are<br />An exploited former gymnast builds a team of tiny champions after discovering a dark ...
In <i>White Light</i>, a single mother seeks refuge in a religious cult, a young girl hijacks road machinery while her family dresses for church, another family down on their luck finds a gold ingot and the stability of a marriage is threatened by the arrival of a well-travelled ex-lover. <br />O'Flynn takes us into his local neighbourhood where people, both the ordinary and the bizarre, wrestle with the challenges and puz ...
What does it take to make a man?<br /> <br />The short stories of Pierz Newton John move through the full range of masculine experience, with an openness, not afraid to show men at their most lonely, sexual, loving, sometimes vulnerable, sometimes abusive. Tender moments between father and son, first sexual experiences and what men feel and think about women.<br /> <br />* Cover endorsement from acclaimed Australian autho ...
ESCAPE has unexpected tales of contemporary life, comedy, tragedy, mystery, romance, sci fi, dystopian fantasy, a homage to David Foster Wallace and lots more. All served with a good dose of quirky and a fine turn of phrase. If you like your genres with a bit of edge, you'll love this diverse collection of stories from Spineless Wonders. Features award-winning writers such as Ryan O'Neill, Jen Mills, Andy Kissane, Louise Swinn, Julie C ...
This entertaining collection includes a romp of a novella called <i>The Rattler</i>, as well as short stories and micro fictions all set in and around contemporary Melbourne. Sometimes serious, sometimes seriously playful – always written in breathtakingly beautiful prose – these stories uncover the heartbreaking tragedies, slow-burning emotions and serendipity of ordinary lives.<br /> <br />* Cover endorsement from accla ...
In Permission to Lie, Julie Chavalier casts a curious eye into many different worlds. Her characters ride the citybound bus route, spend the night in a nudist colony and wait tables. Quirky and beautifully-written, these stories provide insights that ring with integrity and compassion.<br /> <br />'A new voice in Australian fiction, wry, gritty, knowing and true.' – Fiona McGregor ...
«Наступает зима. Как-то вечером пошел снег, и все стало среди ночи белым: набережная, лодки у берега, крыши домов, деревья. Только вода в заливе остается жутко черной и неспокойно плещется в этой белой тихой раме…» ...
В монографии впервые исследуется история взаимоотношений между профсоюзами и т. н. «мировой закулисой» – неформальными организациями «мировой элиты», существование которых не является тайной, но которые преследуют в своей деятельности скрытые от широкой общественности цели и намерения. Это масонство, Совет по международным отношениям, Бильдербергский клуб, Трёхсторонняя комиссия (Трилатераль). Автор делает попытку выяснить цели участия профсоюзн ...
Numerous centennial productions of Wilder’s work throughout the country, including the first production of four previously unproduced one-acts scheduled at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Volume One of Collected Short Plays was published May, 1997. (1-55936-131-X) sales to date, 1600 copies. Highly original work, very fresh to theatre community. Short plays out of print since 1950’s ...
