![]() Despite having kept his younger brother safe, the trip yields awful results for Jake, who has managed to avoid abuse since having left for college, never mind that he has transferred the guilt into self-cutting. ![]() After being invited on a camping trip by his father during a school break, Jake agrees to go, if only so Ben would not be alone with him. Jake has been sexually abused by his father since early adolescence, and he fears the same fate may be awaiting his five-year-old kid brother, Ben. That it is exceptionally well-written and sensitive to its protagonist’s plight goes a long way to making it an endurable, challenging, and, because of such employed skill, ultimately gratifying read. This is not to be taken lightly, for even for those never subjected to the levels of abuse that the book’s protagonist, Jake Smith, 20, has endured since childhood, it is a grueling experience that tests the nerves and unsettles the soul. ![]() He has coated me with approval again in a way that doesn’t wash off.Ī warning is made in advance of Gayle Towell’s novella, Blood Gravity: that it is a work rife with psychological triggers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In The Hike, Magary takes readers on a daring odyssey away from our day-to-day grind and transports them into an enthralling world propelled by heart, imagination, and survival.Ī man decides to go for a hike one evening but ends up on a bizarre, life-altering journey. Desperate to return to his family, Ben is determined to track down the “Producer,” the creator of the world in which he is being held hostage and the only one who can free him from the path.Īt once bitingly funny and emotionally absorbing, Magary’s novel is a remarkably unique addition to the contemporary fantasy genre, one that draws as easily from the world of classic folk tales as it does from video games. On a quest of epic, life-or-death proportions, Ben finds help comes in some of the most unexpected forms, including a profane crustacean and a variety of magical objects, tools, and potions. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects. ![]() Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. ![]() ![]() DO NOT SEND ME ANY MORE REQUESTS IN MY ASKBOX. UPDATE 4/9/19: PROMPT REQUESTS ARE CLOSED. Going with the Flo: period headcannon oneshot.Up and Down: Great Depression AU fanfic (Incomplete).Manor of Memories: childhood sweethearts AU fanfic (Complete). ![]() *If the link is not given, then the prompt has been requested but not written yet. Prompt 17: Modern-day AU: Loveless Lambrose UUHHHHHH sir rob where the fuck is Rikkards POV for silence breaking huh Im.Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML. Prompt 13: Modern-day AU: CEO and Lawyer Enter the world of Mr Rikkard Ambrose, where the only rule is: Knowledge is power is time is money.Prompt 10: 1920s AU: Bootlegger and Flapper Andrinay SmithCurrently, Rob Thier has posted a short story in which the first part is half Mr.Prompt 9: Modern-day AU: CEO and Secretary.Prompt 8: Carter and Lilly AU (continued from Prompt 2).Prompt 5: Lambrose Date at Fair (continued from Prompt 3).Prompt 4: Colourblind Soulmates AU (Rikkard Ambrose POV).Prompt 3: Detective AU: Part 1 || Part 2. ![]() Prompt 2: Accepting Captain Carter’s Proposal (Lilly Linton POV).Here’s a masterlist with direct links to all of the oneshots I’ve written that people have requested! These are also posted on Wattpad, AO3 and FanFiction too under my writing accounts. ![]() If you’re new here: What are the Writing Prompts? (underlined text is a link UPDATE: the post was edited on 1/19/19 to include important info so I absolutely recommend you read it) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s only for a few weeks, what’s the harm? Except for some tiny issues, like when you’re still kind of in love with your ex and the mutual spark is as strong as ever, it’s easy to fall into familiar habits. After all, nobody knows Elise Hayes used to have a girlfriend. And when Elise comes begging for a place to stay until the stalker situation is resolved, Avery has to agree it’s the perfect solution to keep Elise safe. ![]() But this time they don’t have to make a go around for a safe landing they just have to deal with an overzealous fan threatening Elise. Just like their first flight together, this one also has some bumps. Then Elise is seated next to her on a flight, and the emotional progress Avery thought she’d made is reset in an instant. Sure, she’s not doing as fine as her ex―award-winning actress and current television It Girl, Elise Hayes―but Avery enjoys her work as a Federal Air Marshal and also enjoys almost being over Elise walking out on their relationship fifteen months ago. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Orr remembers falling in love with his wife, he quotes Dante's account of first seeing Beatrice, allowing a poetic predecessor to have the experience for him. Their ailments are perhaps a comment on their literary woes: too busy experimenting with life, they are unable to live. Since stories encode the secret lives of the storytellers, does this one contain a clue to Trause's pining affection for Orr's wife?īoth men are more or less moribund, Orr convalescing after a near-fatal collapse, Trause laid low by deep vein thrombosis. ![]() His older, more venerable colleague, John Trause, then hands over one of his unpublished stories and invites Orr to adapt it. Tripped up by writer's block, Orr improvises a screenplay based on HG Wells's The Time Machine, except that he chooses to send the time traveller delving into the past rather than hurtling towards the future. ![]() Flitcraft is a businessman Orr's version of the man is a publisher, and when he disappears he takes with him the manuscript of a novel he is reading. Auster's narrator, Sidney Orr, sets himself to rewrite the life of Hammett's character, Flitcraft, who, in The Maltese Falcon, narrowly escapes death in an accident and, suddenly aware of his freedom, decides to abandon his routine, his stale identity and his cloying family. Their novels are offshoots of previous novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1999, Chernow shifted his emphasis away from business moguls to start a biography in a new topic, American politics. Rockefeller which remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 16 weeks. In 1998, he wrote a biography about John D. Morgan and went on to win the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In 1990, he published The House of Morgan, which covered the life of financier J.P. The stage production went on to win numerous accolades, including 11 Tony Awards.īefore working on Alexander Hamilton, Chernow had previously written multiple books in the topics of business and finance. ![]() In 2015, the book was adapted into the musical Hamilton by playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda. The book, which was met with mostly positive acclaim, went on to win the inaugural George Washington Book Prize for early American history and was a nominee for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Alexander Hamilton is a 2004 biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by historian and biographer Ron Chernow. ![]() ![]() ![]() But will fate take her from me before I realize the road has been leading to her all along? Before I sink any deeper into this dangerous attraction, I need to solve this murder and get back on the road. In other words, the painful hunger and protectiveness she is waking up in me is a threat to my peace of mind. She’s also brave and beautiful and reminds me of the home I left behind three years ago. Sure, she’s stubborn, distracting and can’t stay out of harm’s way. ![]() Although…it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have her around. I’m just here to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.Ī brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary schoolteacher: the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on my life, we’re stuck together, come hell or high tide. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. ![]() It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod-just me and my beloved brother-but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. An all-new, spicy murder mystery from Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer… ![]() ![]() ![]() Her humorous outlook both on herself and the elvish world kept me laughing through the pages. I felt she is pretty rare fictional example of a very real type of girl. What really makes this book work is our heroine. But I enjoyed the culture presented here, even if the elves did have some irritating issues over beauty. I love Tolkien's elves, and I generally find other elves in fantasy fall short to that measure. ![]() I'm really picky about how elves are handled in books. But every once in a while I find a gem in this niche and FIERCE HEART is such a gem!įirst off, ELVEEEEEESSSSS. ![]() Gosh! When is the last time I stayed up late to read a book? I can't even remember.įantasy Romance is not my typical go-to genre as I generally find it full of uncomfortable hormones making poor decisions or sweet and clean but really boring. ![]() ![]() ![]() He joined the Frankie Fairfax Orchestra not long after, and then relocated to New York City, where he performed with Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes in the late 1930s. ![]() When he was 18 years old, Gillespie moved with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He would go on to become one of the most recognizable faces of jazz music, with his "swollen" cheeks and signature trumpet's bell, as well as one of the most influential figures of jazz and bebop. Early Lifeįamed jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie was born John Birks Gillespie on October 21, 1917, in Cheraw, South Carolina. Gillespie's best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts," "A Night in Tunisia" and "Johnny Come Lately." Today, he is considered one of the most influential figures of jazz and bebop. He later created his own band and developed his own signature style, known as "bebop," and worked with musical greats like Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. Dizzy Gillespie, known for his "swollen" cheeks and signature (uniquely angled) trumpet's bell, got his start in the mid-1930s by working in prominent swing bands, including those of Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation has over 30 million total views to date. Celeste serves as an advisory board member for and The Listen First Project. ![]() She is co-host of the new weekly series Retro Report on PBS and season three of the Scene on Radio podcast – MEN. Get the book, Do Nothing from Amazon here:īio: Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and best-selling author of We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter. Discover why working long hours does not necessarily equal more income, how to distinguish what is worth our time and what isn’t, and how to deal with FOMO (fear of missing out). Celeste Headlee, award-winning journalist and best-selling author joins us today to discuss her latest book, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. ![]() ![]() Note: the audio on this episode is sub-par, however, we felt the information was too valuable not to release.Ĭan you get more done by doing less? The science says – yes. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:26 - 29.7MB) ![]() |