Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 22

Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis)

Unlock the more straightforward side of Oscar and the Lady in Pink with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, a novel about a young boy called Oscar who is suffering from a serious disease and has days left to live. Through his relationship with a former wrestler called Granny Rose, Oscar slowly comes to terms with his situation and, with the help of letters he writes to God, makes his peace with it. A part of the Cycle of the Invisible, Oscar and the Lady in Pink has been adapted for both the theatre and the cinema. Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt began his career as a scriptwriter but soo...

House of Bone and Rain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

House of Bone and Rain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-10-08
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  • Publisher: Titan Books

From the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil Takes You Home, a group of five teenage boys in Puerto Rico seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered. Set during a vicious hurricane, a Latinx Stand By Me with a haunted, dark heart. For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe's grandmother's refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We're gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree. Feral with grief, Bimbo has become unrecognizable, taking no prisoners in his search for names. As the boys strategize, a storm gathers far from the Puerto Rican coast. Hurricanes are known to carry evil spirits in their currents and bring them ashore, spirits which impose their own order. From the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award®-winning author, this is a harrowing coming-of-age story; a doomed tale of devotion, the afterlife of violence, and what rolls in on the tide.

Small Town Scares
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 172

Small Town Scares

Monsters, Mystery, and Murder Plague The Small Town Folks In This Collection of Four Frightening and Strange Tales. The Bad Trip After picking up her drug addicted sister from the police station, Monica must brave the winter storm in order to make it back home to her husband and kids. But when mysterious orbs rain down from the sky, infesting the snowy backroads with alien cockroaches five feet long, the sisters must work together if they want to survive the bad trip. The Weekenders After a night of drinking, Tom and his childhood pals break into the lake house of one of the wealthy families that intrude upon Crystal Point in the summer. The strange object they steal ends up being more dange...

Midnight from Beyond the Stars
  • Language: en

Midnight from Beyond the Stars

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-09-28
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  • Publisher: Unknown

There's life out there? and it's coming for you!It starts as a mild rattling of the windows disturbing your pleasant dreams. Then the trees outside your bedroom rustle from a mysterious celestial wind. When the neighborhood dogs erupt in a cacophony of terrified barking, you're jerked from your peaceful slumber. Through bleary eyes you look at the display on the nightstand. Midnight. A roar cracks the obsidian night sky as a ball of blinding light streaks out of the heavens, crashing with an earthshaking explosion on the other side of the hill. Racing to the open window, you smell the electric scent of charred ozone in the night air. The pulsing glow in the distance mesmerizes your senses. There's something pulling you from its rhythmic humming. Something too enticing to resist. Something's out there, and it has a story to tell. Lots of stories. You slip on your shoes and make your way for the door?

The Pussy Detective
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

The Pussy Detective

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-02-08
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  • Publisher: Clash Books

A surreal Blacksploitation joint for the 21st Century. An Occult, Erotic Mystery bout Reverend Daddy Hoodoo helping his Wommin find their Lost-R-Missing Pussies with the help of the extraordinary Madam X. Featuring heartless gangsters, Vodoo sex Magick, and a young Wommin in distress by the name of Abysinnia who is in desperate need of the services of Daddy Hoodoo. This tale leads from Between the Sheets to the Streets to the Boardroom Suites--and Beyond.

If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Karma and Fear
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Karma and Fear

Sometimes, Karma's a Bitch! Don't deny it. Your mind has dwelled for hours on the things you would do if your name was Karma. Malevolence towards those that wronged you festers and there is no relief--until now. Plunge headfirst into these sinister tales where karma finally takes control and vengeance is a dish that is best served hot. The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness! Contains stories by Peter Rocha, Steven Pajak, RJ Roles, Red Lagoe, Jane Alvey Harris, Charlotte Munro, R.E. Sargent, Eleanor Merry, Kayla Krantz and Chris Wilkerson.

To Be Devoured
  • Language: en

To Be Devoured

"How can a tale be brutal and tender, grotesque and beautiful all at the same time? I don't know, but Sara Tantlinger achieves it in To Be Devoured. Hypnotic, erotic, and gory, this is a novella that will sear itself into your imagination. Highly recommended!" -Jonathan Janz, Author of Marla and The Siren and the Specter "Sara Tantlinger's To Be Devoured capitalizes on our macabre preoccupation with the uglier side of nature, with love that topples into obsession, and with madness that is strangely beautiful in its barbarity. Her writing is equivalent to those unremitting avian beings her protagonist is so enamored of: It will hook its talons through your flesh, sink its neck into the ribbon...

Northern Limestone
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

Northern Limestone

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-01-15
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Festering Ones
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 133

The Festering Ones

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  • Published: 2019-10-03
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A monster lurking in the mountain. A mysterious cult seeking a doorway. An otherworldly evil waiting to be unleashed. Faith York was a young girl when she saw her father dragged into the ground by a spider-armed woman, never to be seen again. Twenty years later, the events of that day continue to haunt her, and her need for answers has only grown stronger with time. After her estranged mother's death forces her to return home, old wounds are reopened and Faith finally decides to face her demons. What started as a search for closure soon pits her against a shadowy cult known as The Gathered and the eldritch beings they worship. With reality becoming more blurred by the day and the thousand eyes of an alien deity fixed on her, Faith must decide if the dark secrets of White Crow Mountain are really worth losing herself over.

Living in Cemeteries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 252

Living in Cemeteries

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-04-19
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  • Publisher: JournalStone

“The effortless world building, buoyed by Dave’s confident narration, immediately immerses readers in the intense unease, carrying them to its emotional conclusion. A character-centered and thought provoking tale that is as much about embracing life as it is about death, this title will appeal to fans of Elizabeth McCracken and Neil Gaiman” —Booklist Dave Gallagher mows the lawns and digs the graves at cemeteries in his hometown on Cape Cod. He also keeps the peace between the ghosts inhabiting those cemeteries. In the world of Living in Cemeteries, wrongdoing is atoned for by a person’s descendants. Spirits decapitate relatives of serial killers and lay pox blankets over men respo...