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The Mooncalf and Other Tales

James Kendley

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Description:A 350-page collection of fiction, poetry and essays from 2009 to 2012, plus previously unpublished pieces including a new novelette from the world of THE DROWNING GOD, my paranormal thriller series from HarperCollins.• “The Delinquent”: Juvenile curfew sweeps bring in such strange children that even the social services caseworkers will be lucky to get out of this police station alive. Lucky lucky lucky …• “The Professor Gets Lucky”: There’s nothing like a young woman’s scorn to stir an old academic to action, and this nasty emeritus takes nothing for granted in his quest to become BMOC.• “This Kind Nepenthe”: New for this collection, vignettes from Comaville.• “In the Red”: A 1930s-style Weird Fiction novelette in nine parts winding its way through the collection and through the hidden world of dark worship, taking a prudish preacher on a descent into madness that leads from the Chattahoochee River valley to Damacus to Carcosa itself.• “Next to Dogliness”: You’d think lycanthropy would be a werewolf’s biggest problem. You’d think.• “Intro to Danse Macabre XXXII: Kismet”: The intro that got me the first wunderbar from the boss at Danse Macabre.• “Trade Surplus”: A cheap source of durable goods is a real boon in this global market — unless there are unexpected costs.• “And Yet Another Modest Proposal”: Ol’ Uncle Zagnut pitches a practical and delicious solution to this pesky zombie apocalypse. Get that feedbag on right, hoss!• “Tracy-Baby Tells a Ghost Story”: Jersey girl meets phantom suicide in old Kyoto, and every word of it is true.• “Box Girl”: A beautiful ghost trapped in a glass box, and only the man suspected of causing her suicide can set her free.• “The Man Who Murdered Poetry”: Reading great-great grandpa’s twisted rhymes can ruin much more than your appreciation of fine verse.• “Dry Wash”: A trip to the desert to clean up family secrets reveals problems that won’t show up in a simple title search.• “Intro to Danse Macabre XLV”: A pep-talk for flagging writers, but who needed it most, hmm?• “Intro to Danse Macabre XLVIII: Bel ennui”: A rousing defense of boredom.• “Azalea Trail”: Verse about an aging hipster’s fancy versus the reality of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The liver-spotted finger clicks.• “Intro to Danse Macabre L” or “In a Gulf Coast Graveyard”: Perhaps the clearest explication of why I do what I do.• “Blind Spot”: Previously unpublished. In the far future, an ancient warrior is estranged from her companion, a mighty sentient spacecraft, but she realizes that something more sinister than simple distrust has come between them.• “The Algerian Witch’s Abandoned Brood”: Verse from The Wine Ghost.• “Intro to Danse Macabre LIII: Strontium”: Politics, poetry, and fallout research don’t always mix, but they can’t always be separated.• “L’Annonciation”: Herr Doktor Kauboi on attending the birth of a semi-sibling.• “Burger Meridian”: Cormac McCarthy goes to lunch.• “The Mooncalf”: Just when a Victorian country gentleman thinks he has bred monstrosity out of his cattle, he finds the Outer Darkness much closer to home.• “Broad Summer Last”: Poetry resurrected but unfinished. If you know how it ends, don’t tell me.• “Intro to Danse Macabre 100”: A return visit for the big issue, an honor and a pleasure.• “The Enthusiast”: Novelette, new for this collection. A return to the world of THE DROWNING GOD. In the months following the events of THE DEVOURING GOD, The Lotus Café is an oasis of calm in Japan for a young foreigner, until he slowly realizes that this quaint little diner is the base of operations for a unique side business. Better get that order to-go …We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mooncalf and Other Tales. To get started finding The Mooncalf and Other Tales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 350

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Kendley Fiction

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1717717322

Description: A 350-page collection of fiction, poetry and essays from 2009 to 2012, plus previously unpublished pieces including a new novelette from the world of THE DROWNING GOD, my paranormal thriller series from HarperCollins.• “The Delinquent”: Juvenile curfew sweeps bring in such strange children that even the social services caseworkers will be lucky to get out of this police station alive. Lucky lucky lucky …• “The Professor Gets Lucky”: There’s nothing like a young woman’s scorn to stir an old academic to action, and this nasty emeritus takes nothing for granted in his quest to become BMOC.• “This Kind Nepenthe”: New for this collection, vignettes from Comaville.• “In the Red”: A 1930s-style Weird Fiction novelette in nine parts winding its way through the collection and through the hidden world of dark worship, taking a prudish preacher on a descent into madness that leads from the Chattahoochee River valley to Damacus to Carcosa itself.• “Next to Dogliness”: You’d think lycanthropy would be a werewolf’s biggest problem. You’d think.• “Intro to Danse Macabre XXXII: Kismet”: The intro that got me the first wunderbar from the boss at Danse Macabre.• “Trade Surplus”: A cheap source of durable goods is a real boon in this global market — unless there are unexpected costs.• “And Yet Another Modest Proposal”: Ol’ Uncle Zagnut pitches a practical and delicious solution to this pesky zombie apocalypse. Get that feedbag on right, hoss!• “Tracy-Baby Tells a Ghost Story”: Jersey girl meets phantom suicide in old Kyoto, and every word of it is true.• “Box Girl”: A beautiful ghost trapped in a glass box, and only the man suspected of causing her suicide can set her free.• “The Man Who Murdered Poetry”: Reading great-great grandpa’s twisted rhymes can ruin much more than your appreciation of fine verse.• “Dry Wash”: A trip to the desert to clean up family secrets reveals problems that won’t show up in a simple title search.• “Intro to Danse Macabre XLV”: A pep-talk for flagging writers, but who needed it most, hmm?• “Intro to Danse Macabre XLVIII: Bel ennui”: A rousing defense of boredom.• “Azalea Trail”: Verse about an aging hipster’s fancy versus the reality of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The liver-spotted finger clicks.• “Intro to Danse Macabre L” or “In a Gulf Coast Graveyard”: Perhaps the clearest explication of why I do what I do.• “Blind Spot”: Previously unpublished. In the far future, an ancient warrior is estranged from her companion, a mighty sentient spacecraft, but she realizes that something more sinister than simple distrust has come between them.• “The Algerian Witch’s Abandoned Brood”: Verse from The Wine Ghost.• “Intro to Danse Macabre LIII: Strontium”: Politics, poetry, and fallout research don’t always mix, but they can’t always be separated.• “L’Annonciation”: Herr Doktor Kauboi on attending the birth of a semi-sibling.• “Burger Meridian”: Cormac McCarthy goes to lunch.• “The Mooncalf”: Just when a Victorian country gentleman thinks he has bred monstrosity out of his cattle, he finds the Outer Darkness much closer to home.• “Broad Summer Last”: Poetry resurrected but unfinished. If you know how it ends, don’t tell me.• “Intro to Danse Macabre 100”: A return visit for the big issue, an honor and a pleasure.• “The Enthusiast”: Novelette, new for this collection. A return to the world of THE DROWNING GOD. In the months following the events of THE DEVOURING GOD, The Lotus Café is an oasis of calm in Japan for a young foreigner, until he slowly realizes that this quaint little diner is the base of operations for a unique side business. Better get that order to-go …We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mooncalf and Other Tales. To get started finding The Mooncalf and Other Tales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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