Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Halloween Tree – Ray Bradbury

October 31, 2017
Classics
“A fast-moving, eerie…tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the ...

The Human Undead War I: Dark Intentions – Jonathan Edward Ondrashek

October 31, 2017
Horror
In 2041, vampires are discovered and humanity is thrust into a blood-soaked battle for supremacy. Seven years later, the Human-Undead War rages on. Brian Koltz, the lead scientist and negotiator for the Undead Relations Committee, believes he holds the solution to successful cohabitation. However, he is unable to recreate the platelet mushroom due to its mysterious origin and government disapproval of using a human body as its engine. When Brian is kidnapped and introduced to the Undead patriarch, Barnaby, the seemingly caring vampire makes offers ...

Paradise Ladies & Others – R. E. Conary

October 31, 2017
Short Stories
Thirteen Quiet Tales of Witches, NightMares, DayStuds & Thieves Witches conjure some environmental activism in “Paradise Ladies Sing This Song” A daughter admires her “Mama’s Collectibles” Will something bad happen or is it just” Bar Talk”? Pest control is a real problem when they’re “Ever Fruitful” Thieves seek a god’s power in the “Eyes of Gaal”

Modified – Harper North

October 31, 2017
Science Fiction
Fin has never stepped foot on the surface. Every Dweller underground knows that you serve the genetically designed population up top. Fin steals a device that modifies genetics, giving her the enhanced. The theft of this technology triggers a manhunt, forcing her to flee the only home she’s ever known.

The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman

October 30, 2017
Horror
**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSLLER** **REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK** From beloved author Alice Hoffman comes the spellbinding prequel to her bestseller, Practical Magic. Find your magic. For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man. Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale ...

The Lost Soul (Enchena #1) – K.S. Marsden

October 30, 2017
Fantasy
~Part one of the epic fantasy duology~ Enchena’s history is written by the victorious. Through war and betrayal, King Hrafn’s reign has spread across the land. The rebellion is stirring again… In a world where the evil nature of humans has infected the very forests and animals surrounding them, they are crying out for a new hope; a new hero. Natural enemies must come together, to overcome the curse. Two innocent people must be brought from another world. One will bring the rebellion the way ...

Bliss House – Ann Jacobs

October 30, 2017
Paranormal
The derelict ante bellum house in the North Carolina mountains called out to Jill Carey, almost as if living beings compelled her to buy it and restore it to its former glory. For good reason. It’s inhabited by the ghosts of century-old illicit lovers, trapped in the place where they died until a descendant returns to Bliss House, finds a lasting love he is free to marry. Kyle Randall, great great grandson of one of the ghosts, hates coming to the haunted house but agrees ...

Leonardo da Vinci – Walter Isaacson

October 29, 2017
Biography
“A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life….the book is a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it.”—The New Yorker “Majestic . . . Enthralling, masterful, and passionate.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A monumental tribute to a titanic figure.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) He was history’s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and ...

Sorry and Morticum – Charles Stoll

October 29, 2017
Science Fiction
Sorry and Morticum by Charles Stoll was written to show how life may have evolved in Daytona in the year 3022. It takes several potshots at life today as only creatures that far in the future could view us. The earth has survived the Robotic, Insect and Climate Wars, but just barely. Formerly hidden creatures of earth have risen to the surface. A conscious fog covers the earth. Instead of various races, there are now mutants, Mutmuts, Freemonkeys and twelve foot cockroaches to be contended ...

Dear Viking: Christian Historical Romance Novel – Lori Soard

October 29, 2017
Historical
Rok Erikson comes from a long line of Viking warriors. The tradition of his upbringing, his new Christian faith and the code of honor that says he must protect his family at all costs wage war within him. He and his brothers go on a mission to kill Jarl Van of Colby before the man can make another attempt on their father’s life. The code of honor insists that they either kill or be killed, however, there are dark forces at work of which Rok ...

Waiting for the Punch – Marc Maron

October 28, 2017
Comedy
“Public figures as you rarely if ever hear them: strikingly personal, surprisingly open, and profoundly emotional.” — Entertainment Weekly “I’m British, so I’m medically dead inside, but even I can’t help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honestly like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he’s talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same.” —John Oliver From thebeloved and wildly popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron comes a book of intimate, hilarious and life changing ...

Dust in My Pack – Nancy O’Hare

October 28, 2017
Non-Fiction
Are you an intrepid explorer or an armchair traveller? Search no further for inspiring destinations and unforgettable journeys from around the world. You will receive practical travel guidance and tales that bring places alive! Dust in My Pack is a new kind of travel book. The author, an independent traveler with a particular focus on remote, lesser-visited destinations, shares her most poignant experiences. Her stories have emerged over twenty years of living and working in five continents and travelling through more than sixty countries. Relive ...

Screens – Nathaniel Sanders

October 28, 2017
Science Fiction
The day I turned 18 I killed my family. It broke me, over the next three months that regret consumed my soul and changed the perspective of my entire reality. The only kept me living was the dwindling hope that I could do more than just survive this. And a text sent the day I killed my family. I knew one day they would contact me again. But with the return of that message and the entity that sent it would come a world of ...