Demon and Other Tales
Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN :
Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN :
Author : Charles Edwin Price
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780932807823
The monster fish sighted in Watauga and Boone Lakes, the so-called Wampas Cat, and a witchy horse that found a little lost girl wandering on Embreeville Mountain—these are but a few of the stories retold in this book of East Tennessee tales. Other stories include the Cherokee legends of creation and fire, a witch who drove people mad, a personal account of a miraculous cure, lost civilizations in the middle of Cherokee National Forest, and a host of death and burial superstitions.
Author : Haruo Shirane
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 0231152450
Haruo Shirane and Burton Watson, renowned translators and scholars, introduce English-speaking readers to the vivid tradition of early and medieval Japanese folktales. These dramatic and often amusing stories offer a major view of the foundations of Japanese culture.
Author : Ze'ev Chafets
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 29,65 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804171416
A New York Times Notable Book On Devil’s Night, the night before Halloween, some citizens of Detroit try to burn down their neighborhoods for an international audience of fire buffs. This gripping and often heartbreaking tour of the “Murder Capital of America” often seems lit by those same fires. But as a native Detroiter, Ze’ev Chafets also shows us the city beneath the crime statistics—its ecstatic storefront churches; its fearful and embittered white suburbs; its cops and criminals; and the new breed of black officials who are determined to keep Detroit running in the midst of appalling dangers and indifference.
Author : Tanya Huff
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625673566
Tanya Huff delivers seven fantastical tales featuring the young Herald Jors, set in Mercedes Lackey’s legendary realm of Valdemar. In Valdemar, only the true of heart are Chosen to wear the Whites and become Heralds—guardians who journey throughout the nation upholding justice, making judgments, and combating evil in its many forms. This collection of stories follows the adventures of Herald Jors: a young man just a few years out of his Greys and already making his mark, all while learning the complexities of the honored role bestowed upon him. From confronting bandits in the far borderlands to experiencing magical love and heartbreaking loss, Jors must find the balance between the law and that which is truly good and right. For the first time, Tanya Huff’s seven stories set in the world created by Mercedes Lackey are gathered together in a single volume. These short works are sure to enchant anyone who wishes to experience the land of Valdemar through the eyes, mind and heart of one of its bravest heroes. Contains the following stories: The Demon’s Den Brock All the Ages of Man Live On Nothing Better to Do The Time We Have Family Matters
Author : Sayantani DasGupta
Publisher : Interlink Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
A collection of Bengali folk tales. Among the stories of princes, devata (deities) and bloodthirsty rashash (demons), stories of women's lives and images emerge. Women and their goddeses bring to life not only the nurturing Bengali motherland itself, but demons as well.
Author : Vic Parker
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 29,67 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1482430746
“Rapunzel” and “Cinderella” have both been imagined as movies with happy endings and positive morals. However, both stories began as haunting fairy tales long ago. In “Rushen Coatie,” a similar story to “Cinderella,” the wicked stepsisters don’t just end up without the prince, their toes are cut off! And Rapunzel’s witch? She sends Rapunzel to live in the desert! Though old, these tales will enthrall readers familiar with happier fairy tales and stimulate their imaginations with full-color images and illustrations. Other dark fairy tales from around the world, including "The Dragon of the North" and "The Demon with the Matted Hair," introduce readers to new tales of terror and woe.
Author : Steven Erikson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466803894
Steven Erikson has carved a name for himself among the pantheon of great fantasy writers. But his masterful storytelling and prose style go beyond the awe-inspiring Malazan world. In The Devil Delivered and Other Tales, Erikson tells three different, but captivating stories: "The Devil Delivered" tells a story set within the near future, where the land owned by the great Lakota Nation blisters beneath an ozone hole the size of the Great Plains. As the natural world falls victim to its wrath, and scientists scramble to understand it, a lone anthropologist wanders the deadlands, recording observations that threaten to bring the entire world to its knees. "Revolvo" takes place in an alternate Earth where evolution took an interesting turn and the arts scene is ruled by technocrats who thrive in a secret, nepotistic society of granting agencies, bursaries, and peer-review boards, all designed to permit self-proclaimed artists to survive without an audience. "Fishin' with Grandma Matchie" is told in the voice a nine-year-old boy, writing the story of his summer vacation. What starts as a typical recount of a trip to see Grandma quickly becomes a stunning fantastical journey into imagination and perception in the wild world that Grandma Matchie inhabits. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Sean Michael Wilson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0834828081
A graphic novel version of this classic collection of martial arts parables, written by Issai Chozanshi, an 18-century samurai, brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way. The stories, which feature demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that offer insight into the fundamental principles of the martial arts. Infused with Chozanshi’s deep understanding of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto, the tales elucidate the nature of conflict, the importance of following one’s own nature, yin and yang, the cultivation and transformation of ch’i (life energy), and the attainment of mushin (no-mind). Ultimately, the reader learns in a visually exciting way that the path of the sword is a path of self-knowledge and leads to an understanding of life itself.
Author : Joan C. Kessler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 1995-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0226432084
An anthology of thrillers and chillers from 19th Century France. In Theophile Gautier's The Dead in Love, a man develops an obsessive passion for a woman who has returned from the grave, while Honore de Balzac's The Red Inn is on a crime which is committed by one person in thought and another in deed.