Shanna Germain

Stephen Osborne

A Queer Collection of Dark Tales of the Macabre and the Horrific. Eleven tales from new and established authors of Queer Speculative Fiction. Edited by: James EM Rasmussen Stories by: Laramie Dean; Jamie Freeman; Shanna Germain; Garry McLaughlin; TA Moore; Stephen Osborne; Trent Roman; Mark Silcox; Nathan Sims; Quinn Smythwood; Raymond Yeo The Lure of Dangerous Woman by Shanna Germain: The things that call to us-music, cigarettes, art, women-are as strong and murky as the bayou. In New Orleans, they are the bayou. A Different Kind of Monster by TA Moore: It wasn't Peter's beauty that attracted Sol, rather his cruelty... He was a cold flame to Sol's moth. Just Past Winter by Nathan Sims: Prisoner of an enemy pack, Marcus has one chance at freedom. But what will the werewolf have to sacrifice to make it back home? Hemophobia by Trent Roman: Connor is an (un)living contradiction: a vampire who is afraid of blood. But he'll have to push through the fear-or his only friend will be dead before the night is out. The Diarist by Mark Silcox: It was Mitchell who found the old man's diary, but Leo who couldn't stop reading it. Sometimes the memories of the dead can bleed into the world of the living... After All by Laramie Dean: Danny is making enormous changes in his life after his last disastrous relationship...but all it takes is a chalk-white face at the window to spin everything out of control. Happy Anniversary by Stephen Osborne: An evening playing with a spirit board brings terror to Max and Perry when a vengeful spirit from Max's past is conjured. Tombstone by Raymond Yeo: Nick's sister is back in town and she's brought her own demon... Captive Magic by Garry McLaughlin: Bannister is just a harmless old man, isn't he? At least that is what Scott thinks until a chain of events cause him to suspect that Bannister is anything but harmless. Hollow by Jamie Freeman: Theo has a secret life he's killing for... For Her Eyes by Quinn Smythwood: Angeline's life just turned into a fairytale, but there's something wicked scratching its way through the walls... Queer, dark, macabre tales of horrifying and sensual gay and lesbian terror.

Blood Fruit

Private detective Duncan Andrews' best friend Gina is a witch, his dog is a zombie, and his dead boyfriend Robbie is a ghost. His connection to the supernatural helps him solve cases: Janice Sanderson, richest woman in Indianapolis, wants him to find her stripper daughter, Brenda; another client is having some trouble with a specter haunting her family home. And Duncan has decided to add dating into the mix, but the deceased Robbie doesn't make it easy. When Duncan meets Nick while tracking down a lead in Brenda's case, Robbie shows up to spoil his chances. But that is the least of Duncan's worries --because one of his clients' husbands is missing and there's a serial killer on the loose --one Duncan fears isn't human.

Pale as a Ghost

Take a haunted journey to discover the ghosts and legends of South Bend and northern Indiana. Meet the ghosts of football great George Gipp, that still haunts his old stomping grounds at Notre Dame University and the infamous Belle Gunness, who murdered over 40 people at her LaPorte farmhouse. Feel goose bumps rise as you learn of a ghostly girl, that hangs from the bell tower at St. Mary's College. Enjoy a meal at Tippecanoe Place Restaurant, where a ghost may pass right through you, and stay at the Inn at Aberdeen, where you may come face-to-face with the spirit of a playful little girl ghost! Haunted roads, unexplained lights on the horizon, a house that possesses those who dare reside there, and even phantom felines await you in South Bend and the surrounding area.

And Other Northern Indiana Haunts

South Bend Ghosts

Sequel to Pale as a Ghost A Duncan Andrews Thriller Private detective Duncan Andrews has the home-team advantage when it comes to solving paranormal crimes: His best friend, Gina, is a centuries-old witch. His dog is a zombie. And his boyfriend, Robbie, is a ghost.

Animal Instinct

"Ice and Fire" is a collection of nonfiction narratives from award-winning writer Stephen Osborne, who retains an abiding sense that the places and the people he encounters are still to be discovered. Negotiating the Trans-Canada Highway near Moncton during a whiteout, visiting Timothy Eaton's grave in Toronto, leaving offerings of tobacco at a Nez Perce battleground, drinking with his Japanese mentor in a revolving bar in Vancouver while debating Buddhism vs. class struggle?for Osborne, all of these are occasions to conjure our time and our place. Ice and fire are extremes of a Canadian North, from which several of these dispatches are written. But Osborne's special insight is that Kamloops, New Glasgow and even Toronto are as unknowable as Pangnirtung. We live in a country that can claim the world's only souvenir police force, and whose analogue is a department store; a country that believes itself to be part of a New World, even though people have lived here for ten thousand years. Smart, funny, moving, and full of wonder and surprise, the dispatches in "Ice and Fire" illuminate a very old world striving to make itself new.

Dispatches from the New World, 1988-1998

Ice and Fire

Public-Private partnerships are an increasing aspect of the delivery of public policies and services across the world. This book is the first to draw upon a range of disciplines to offer theoretical perspectives upon their analysis as well as a range of case-studies of their management from around the world. It also offers a number of frameworks for the evaluation of their management. This book will be of interest to students of public policy and public management, whether at the undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Theory and Practice in International Perspective

Public-Private Partnerships

Michael escapes an abusive relationship and meets Trey, who is the opposite of his ex. Together, they must discover what draws ghosts to the Raven's Rest, the haunted hotel where Michael lives.

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