Dark as Last Night
Dark as Last Night

Author: Tony Birch

Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press

Published: 2021-08-03

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0702264903

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Dark as Last Night confirms, once again, that Tony Birch is a master of the short story. These exceptional stories capture the importance of human connection at pivotal moments in our lives, whether those occur because of the loss of a loved one or the uncertainties of childhood. In this collection we witness a young girl struggling to protect her mother from her father's violence, two teenagers clumsily getting to know one another by way of a shared love of music, and a man mourning the death of his younger brother, while beset by memories and regrets from their past. Throughout this powerful collection, Birch's concern for the humanity of those who are often marginalised or overlooked shines bright.

Stolen
Stolen

Author: Lucy Christopher

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2014-01-07

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0545361117

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A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating!Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.

More Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
More Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Gary Lovisi

Publisher: Ramble House

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1605435430

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Two years ago Gary Lovisi came out with his first collection of unknown stories about Sherlock Holmes in THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. Now, Gary adds three more tales to the canon with "The Notorious Crosby Murders," "A Study in Evil" and "The American Adventure." These reveal sides of the great detective you may not be familiar with, for instance, his obsession with blood spatter evidence almost a century before Dexter and CSI got in the act. And did you know that Holmes once visited the United States and solved a crime there? Join Gary Lovisi in his quest to regale us with ALL of the Sherlock Holmes stories -- even the ones Watson never knew about!

The Compleat Calhoon
The Compleat Calhoon

Author: Fender Tucker

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-12

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1605430617

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This 420-page chunk of paper contains the complete works of Fender Tucker, including both of his books: TALES FROM THE TOWER and WEED, WOMEN AND SONG. The first half is fiction and the second half reads like fiction, but it's all true, according to his memory of life as it was in Farmington NM in the 50s and 60s. The book also contains the lyrics to every song he wrote back in the days he misspent as a guitar-picking slugabed. Ed Gorman wrote that he enjoyed thumbing through the many short memoirs which add up to a sort of autobiography. Does someone like Fender Tucker deserve an autobiography? Read THE COMPLEAT CALHOON and see for yourself.