![]() ![]() Neither did the car dealership mailers or the Amazon packages or our Big Butts™ magazine subscription. In the mornings, I waited for the young MoFo with the red headphones to hurtle past on his bike faster than a toupee in a hurricane, for him to use his black-and-white projectile to decapitate another hydrangea flower head. Honestly, the toilet wand has more dignity. Filling his water bowl proved tricky for me, so I escorted him to the porcelain throne which was fruitful and utterly revolting. I put clothes in the laundry machine and dealt with Dennis’s not-so-subtle hints at dinnertime when he pummeled his food bowls as if they had castrated him. Since Big Jim was so busy jabbing his finger at the basement wall and doing a stellar impression of a rabid raccoon, I took on even more of the household chores than I normally do. ![]() In the days after Big Jim’s eyeball rolled out of his head, it became clear that I was going to have to pick up some of the slack. Hollow Kingdom is about a pet crow fighting to save humanity from an apocalypse. She calls the tropical utopia of Seattle, Washington, home. Kira Jane Buxton’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. ![]() The following is an excerpt from Kira Jane Buxton's genre-bending debut novel, Hollow Kingdom. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The effect is tragic rather than horrific. Against a concerned doctor's advice she marries her husband dies on the first night of their honeymoon and Harriet opts for Suicide. Of mixed-race origin, her unwed parents in Jamaica being a kind of Mad Scientist medical experimenter and the daughter of a slave, Harriet is accused of being cursed with both "black blood" (see Race in SF) and "vampire blood". Its female protagonist Harriet Brandt is an unwitting psychic Vampire whose touch drains the life-force from others the first two accidental victims are children. The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs - Florence Marryat 1896. Marryat is of greatest genre interest for a novel published in the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula ( 1897 rev with cuts 1901), the Gothic-tinged The Blood of the Vampire ( 1897). This is why we present the books compilations in this website. ![]() ![]() The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs ( 1896) features Identity Transfer, with the spirit of a woman murdered by her jealous husband vengefully possessing the body of his second wife and murdering the husband in return. She was a prolific author of sensational novels from 1865 onwards, also publishing both long and short supernatural fiction. (1833-1899) UK author, playwright, editor (of London Society magazine 1872-1876) and actress, daughter of the naval officer and pioneering sea-story author Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) now perhaps best remembered for her espousal of Spiritualism as recorded in such late nonfiction works as There Is No Death ( 1891) and The Spirit World ( 1894). ![]() ![]() ![]() It was only after her death in 1886 that the scope of her work as a poet came to light-over 1,700 poems were discovered in a dresser drawer by her sister, Lavinia.Įmily Dickinson's poems reflect her loneliness, as well as her love of nature, the influence of the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth century England, and her strong Puritan religious beliefs. Only ten of her poems were published in her lifetime, submitted without her permission by friends. ![]() She scarcely left home, nor did she have many visitors. ![]() Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion, devoted to writing. Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson's finest poems.īorn in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt. ![]() ![]() ![]() These drop-in sessions are relaxed and give audiences the opportunity to be playful, creative and explore the themes of the show further. Join us for Stay and Play in the drama studio from 12pm – 2pm (after the first show and before the second). Jon Klassen’s beloved books, I Want My Hat Back, This is Not My Hat and We Found A Hat, have found a new life of their own live on stage.ĭownload the I Want My Hat Back Creative Pack This is part one of a three-part series with Jon. And there is only one hat.įollowing their hit Youtube series, and a sold out run at Little Angel Theatre, lockdown sensations Ian Nicholson and Sam Wilde are back, showcasing their trademark cardboard design across the UK on the first ever tour of I Want My Hat Back Trilogy! Author/illustrator Jon Klassen talks about his Geisel award winning picture book I WANT MY HAT BACK. ![]() What if he never sees it again? WAIT! He has seen his hat.Ī fish has stolen a hat. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The black clouds are painterly, reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism – rooted in Europe but born, like Asterios, in post-war America. ![]() Mazzucchelli’s seemingly effortless visual prowess is on display from the start. The storm will destroy his apartment, and trigger a new phase in his life. No, in fact he doesn’t seem to be particularly enjoying it. The ‘camera’ zooms in to show us Polyp in his stylish yet neglected apartment enjoying some late night subscription TV. It starts with black clouds, and a thunder storm. He’s now a lecturer, and approaching fifty – all rather like Mazzucchelli at the time – and we were yet to see the full realisation of his obvious talent. The title character is a ‘paper architect’ praised for designs never built. What exactly was this new book going to be…? He was largely absent from comics for fifteen years, until, the publication of Asterios Polyp was announced. His self-published Rubber Blanket, saw him move towards more personal material, and he followed this by working with Art Spiegelman, and Raw alumnus Paul Karasik on the brilliant adaptation of Paul Auster’s meta-novel City of Glass. ![]() David Mazzucchelli had early successes, first in mainstream comics, working with Frank Miller on Daredevil: Born Again, and the acclaimed Batman: Year One. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But his actions merely ensured that he would fail. But after one of his apprentices became romantically interested in her, he became determined to keep her in a state of perpetual adolescence. Gibson had his way, Molly would have never experienced any coming-of-age. And two, Molly fell in love with one Roger Hamley, the scientifically-minded younger son of a local squire. One, her father married a woman she disliked, a former governess named Hyacinth “Claire” Kirkpatrick. She and her widowed father lived an idyllic life until two things occurred. ![]() The four-part miniseries struck me as Molly’s coming-of-age story. And despite the passage of time, it has a sterling reputation as one of the best adaptations of a literary source in recent years.Īdapted by Andrew Davies and directed by Nicholas Renton, "WIVES AND DAUGHTERS" told the story of Molly Gibson, the young daughter of a local village doctor during the last decade of the Georgian era. Eleven years have passed since the BBC first aired "WIVES AND DAUGHTERS", the 1999 adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1865 novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() And though the fight he has been drawn into seems near unwinnable, the song that drives him now desires the blood of his enemy above all else. But during the clash, Vaelin regained some of the dark magic that once gave him unrivaled skill in battle. Prophecy and rumor led him across the sea to find a woman he once loved, and drew him into a war waged by the Darkblade, a man who believes himself a god-and one who has gathered a fanatical army that threatens all of the known world.Īfter a costly defeat by the Darkblade, Vaelin's forces are shattered, while the self-proclaimed immortal and his army continue their terrible march. Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, Apple ![]() ![]() And last month, he received the ultimate imprimatur when Sapiens was selected by Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, for his online book club. Earlier this month, he delivered a TED talk. When I meet him, he’s just been the star turn at Penguin Random House’s global sales conference. Or that he’d join the globetrotting TED-ocracy: the academic superstars who travel the world delivering keynotes on zeitgeisty topics, in Harari’s case, the not inconsiderable subject of the history of the whole of mankind. He’s a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and there is almost nothing in his background to suggest that he would write a book that has become one of the most talked about non-fiction bestsellers of the year – Sapiens. B y rights, Yuval Noah Harari should be an anonymous academic buried in an obscure university department somewhere toiling away on his somewhat dusty discipline – medieval military history. ![]() ![]() However, a problem regarding the book reemerged during a recent controversy that Wolf encountered while publicizing her new book, Outrages, a documentation of Victorian-era same-sex relationships and their persecution. ![]() Wolf writes, “The real issue has nothing to do with whether women wear makeup or don’t, gain weight or lose it, have surgery or shun it, dress up or down, make our clothing and faces and bodies into works of art or ignore adornment altogether. The real problem is our lack of choice.” It was a groundbreaking idea for its time. ![]() Women from all walks of life cannot seize power and happiness completely, because their insecurity at personal appearance - while bombarded by brands, fashion editorials, and pornography - is so profound that it mentally pulls them back. In The Beauty Myth, Wolf argues that the standard of beauty and feminine traits assigned to women are devaluing. Although revolutionary in its prose and critical analysis, Wolf’s book fails at one vital juncture: accuracy. ![]() Many women have confessed that Wolf’s book was the antidote that woke them from the thrall of advertising, glamour and the intense need to conform to physical perfection. Naomi Wolf’s The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women has long been heralded as one of the greatest feminist books written. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she's having a bad hair day - for the whole month of January. ![]() Cursed with a disastrous new hair color and an increasing sense that it's really time to get a new job, Stephanie spirals and tumbles through Three to Get Deadly with all the wisecracks and pace her fans have come to expect. So what does this mean? Has he found a new love? Or is he manipulating Steph, using her in his police investigation, counting on her unmanageable curiosity and competitive Jersey attitude? Once again, the entire One for the Money crew is in action, including Ranger and Grandma Mazur, searching for Mo, tripping down a trail littered with dead drug dealers, leading Stephanie to suspect Mo has traded his ice-cream scoop for a vigilante gun. Morelli, the New Jersey vice cop with the slow-burning smile that undermines a girl's strongest resolve is being polite. ![]() Lula's big and blonde and black and itching to get the chance to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. And to make matters worse, she's got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk - now a wannabe bounty hunter - at her side, sticking like glue. She's been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed, gone no-show for his court appearance. ![]() |