![]() ![]() After he found various Snedekers' stories to be contradictory, Garton says the Warrens told him "Everybody who comes to us is crazy. In the early 1990s, he was hired by Ed and Lorraine Warren to write a book about Carmen Snedeker, her ill son, and their family's house (allegedly a former funeral home) that was infested with anal-rapist demons. ![]() Beginning with seeing 13 Ghosts, the genre was an outlet that took his then-lifelong fear "and made it fun." In 2009, he explained that horror was not his intention when beginning writing, rather "that's just what came out". ![]() He further credited child abuse and church-induced eschatological fears with inspiring his interest in horror fiction. Lovecraft, Bela Lugosi, and Edgar Allan Poe. Growing up, Garton's media influences included Bob Wilkins' Creature Features, Dark Shadows, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Boris Karloff, Stephen King, H. In the 1980s, Garton worked for Pinnacle Books in New York City. Garton was first published before age 22. Raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he had left by adulthood, calling it a "pseudo- Christian cult." Garton married his wife, Dawn, around 1989. Garton grew up in Anderson, California, where he only attended religious schools. He was adopted by Pat and Ray Garton, the latter being a World War II veteran. is an American author of horror fiction for adults and young adults. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Set against a backdrop of The Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath follows the fortunes of the Joad family, tenant farmers in Oklahoma who migrate West to California in search of a better life. There are clear similarities between The Grapes of Wrath and his earlier, and perhaps most famous, novel, Of Mice and Men, both of which carry a social context and include themes of the American Dream, and a struggle against the odds. Published in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath won the annual National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize certainly it contributed towards John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize in 1962. ![]() However, Of Mice and Men is one of my favourite books, and a great friend of mine, Laura, has always highly recommended East of Eden so I certainly anticipated a good read particularly with its placing at number 29 in the BBC Big Read. My copy of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath had no blurb nor a summary of the plot thus when I began I had little idea of what to expect. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The fifth Gray Whale adventure provides complex characters, stunning scenery and many recipes. "A welcome return to Maine's Cranberry Island and its sleuthing innkeeper, Natalie Barnes."- Library Journal Will she be able to solve this murder masterpiece before it's too late? Finding clues at Fernand's home that support her suspicion of murder, Natalie's hunt for answers places her next on the killer's list. When Natalie finds Fernand dead, seemingly the victim of suicide, she can't believe someone who had so much joy and success in his life would kill himself. Im ready to book a room at the Gray Whale Inn-Susan Wittig Albert, bestselling author of. ![]() The local gallery's new owner hates Gwen's paintings, and her mentor Fernand is too distracted by a competing artist to help Gwen improve her style. But Natalie's good luck is turning out to be a stroke of misfortune for her niece, Gwen. For Natalie Barnes, the flurry of trendy artists setting up shop on Cranberry Island promises to be the perfect recipe for relaxing and enjoying the holiday season. ![]() ![]() ![]() Based on real events it is a drama of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire.ĭescription: Church Doors Book 4: Won’t Quit! is the fourth novel in Author Sylvia Brown-Roberts’s Church Doors series. From Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors is a masterful novel of public morality and private truth a century ago. And more scandalous still, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts – a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction. As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons, Lesley confides secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. The more Lesley’s friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is – a man who has no choice but to mask his true self. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. ![]() Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert’s, comes to stay. ![]() ![]() Description: It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Unfamiliar in that we talk about the differences and familiar in that we talk about the similarities.” “What I’m always trying to do in my teaching is make the ancient world both unfamiliar to students and familiar to them,” Spaeth said. Teaching her last year before retirement, Spaeth expanded her seminar course this fall to accept more students. Her classes are quite popular and draw a cross-section of students across all disciplines and systems of values and beliefs. ![]() Spaeth, professor of classical studies at William & Mary, teaches and researches in the areas of ancient religion and magic. She convinces them by presenting magic, witches and related tools of the trade. People living 2,000 years ago had beliefs and practices that were quite similar to - as well as quite different from - those inhabiting Earth today, Barbette Spaeth constantly reminds her students. ![]() ![]() Events in History at the Time of the Novel Polish-Russian strife Added to this love was a passionate feeling about current events that would greatly affect the development of character and action in the novel. The fact that young Verne took refuge at sea reflected his deep love for the watery depths, and his interest in the ocean later resurfaced in Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, a remarkably prophetic novel. ![]() In his early teens, he ran away and worked for a day on a sailing vessel before his father fetched him home. Meanwhile, his mother showed her fast-paced imagination, which Verne later compared to his own. His father groomed him to become a lawyer but regularly read the latest science news to his five children. He had begun writing in his teens, creating unremarkable plays, articles, and stories. Verne combines adventure and learning in a study of freedom, revenge, and scientific discovery beneath the waves.Įvents in History at the Time of the Novelīorn in the seaport town of Nantes, France, Jules Verne reached his thirties before settling into the life of a science fiction writer, the occupation of his choice. ![]() A novel set in the depths of the world’s oceans around 1869, first published in France as a magazine serial in 1869 and as a book in 1870. ![]() ![]() Face Down Upon an Herbal Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie Face Down Among the Winchester Geese. When Tamsin also attracts the lusty Henry, she must choose between loyalty and desire. Kathy Lynn Emerson Books in Order (63 Book Series). While marriage with a merchant is unthinkable, she cannot resist Rafe Pinckney’s embraces. Plotting to be Mary’s eyes and ears, Tamsin joins Anne’s service, but the handsome silk worker who is her co-conspirator may be her undoing. Mary’s father is besotted with the lovely Anne Boleyn, and the girl’s future has grown perilous. Basing her gripping tale on the life of the real Jane Popyncourt, gifted author Kate Emerson brings the Tudor monarchs, their family, and their courtiers to brilliant life in this vibrant new novel. Tamsin soon comes to love the neglected child, but in the Tudor court, not even a princess is secure. ![]() ![]() Anxious to secure his own success at the glittering court of Henry VIII, heiress Tamsin Lodge’s ambitious guardian obtains her a position as maid of honor to young Princess Mary Tudor. In the fifth novel in Kate Emerson’s highly acclaimed Secrets of the Tudor Court series, a young gentlewoman catches King Henry the Eighth’s roving eye. ![]() ![]() ![]() To commemorate this 15th Anniversary Edition, Sarah (Mally) Hancock has added an appendix with the story of how God brought her husband, Andrew, into her life after many years of waiting. Sarah includes biblical teaching, modern-day examples, and stories from her everyday life. A captivating fairy tale woven throughout the book illustrates these principles of purity. ![]() In these pages, Sarah challenges young ladies to find their security in Christ, use their single years for the Lord, avoid the thinking of the world, build strong relationships with parents, guard their hearts and minds, and delight in Jesus who is the only One who satisfies. ![]() Remember, purity is not found in a list of rules but in the pursuit of a person, the Lord Jesus Christ. This book encourages young women to build their thinking on God’s Word and put Jesus first in every area of their lives. How can girls live pure in this world with darkness all around them? Is it even possible? This book gives a resounding answer, “Yes!” Girls can live pure lives as they walk closely with Jesus. ![]() ![]() ![]() After Daddy’s Girl, I searched for more age play books but found only a few and many were very short – under twenty pages. I was thrilled to meet her at my first book conference that I attended last September. I found out later that Darla Phelps is the pseudonym of Maren Smith. How did you get interested in writing this particular genre (historical novels, mysteries, sci-fi, children’s books, etc.)?ĭarla Phelps’ Daddy’s Girl was the first age play book that I found and devoured. ![]() As an author, I want to write a great story since fans have been waiting and hoping for their novel. It’s tricky to write the story of a beloved character. He and his partner/boss are plumbers in the community. Richard’s Little book and has made cameos in several books. Richards is the physician that treats all the Littles to keep them healthy. Richard’s ’ series is set in a town with a growing age play community. Steven’s story is one that many of my fans have been asking to read. ![]() I currently have thirty-seven individual books on Amazon with two offered widely across platforms and several collections. How did you come up with that (story, angle, idea)? My specialty is erotic age play romances. What’s your name and what genre would you consider your books to be? ![]() ![]() ![]() She's not terribly likable, I guess, but so what? It's not a memoir, where that might matter, and again, I've read other work where I didn't care much for the persona behind it and still got on fine with the work itself. ![]() Hurley is often very angry, but rightly so, and I've read other angry people (and other angry women) who didn't turn me off. I've been trying to put my finger on what it is that bugs me about this book for days (ever since I first started feeling that way about it), and I can't quite get there. But, I dunno, somehow the whole thing just leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. ![]() Occasionally I was nodding and "yessing" so hard I thought I might give myself a fit. And some of these essays are excellent and on point. This collection of many of Hurley's blog posts (plus a few essays written specifically for this volume) deals with science fiction, fantasy, fandom, being a woman in 21st century America, and being a female SF fan in 21st century America. Oh, how I wanted to like this more than I did. ![]() |