Zen Fiction

A seductive tale of lust and revenge, The Climax charts the entangled lives of two women - Terelle and Kai - who have both suffered irrecoverable losses in their pursuit of Marquise, who is believed to be dead. Kai is in prison, and Terelle suffered from a mental breakdown after losing her fiance. After two years of catatonia, Terelle is awakened by a sweet and mysterious kiss, and the voice of her lost love. As Terelle recovers, she clings to the idea that Marquise (who is the father of her child) is still alive and out there, waiting to reunite with her.

Susan, a 24 year old widow and single mother, was facing a big financial problem. She had been on her own since her husband lost his life five years ago, only months after her father died. Susan had spent her whole life in the Canadian bush but the local saw mill had closed. The saw mill's closing caused the local school to close for lack of students. That meant Susan would lose custody of her daughter Lilly if they didn't move to somewhere Lilly could attend school.

A corporate jet, or even her own private jet, would have been within easy reach for her. However, Sally McPhearson always flew commercial; it was sort of her trademark. When she boarded the small commuter plane that day to travel to a business meeting in Toronto, she had no idea that her life was about to abruptly change. Sally was about to depart on a journey that would result in months full of pain, suffering, hunger, desperation, and fear. She certainly would have not been able to comprehend that the experiences she was about to endure would forever change her life for the better.

Questo è un romanzo anti-biografico. Appino, Ufo e Karim – voce, chitarra e batteria degli Zen Circus – prestano i nomi e la vita a una storia che potrebbe essere una delle loro canzoni. Realtà e finzione si rincorrono in questo rocambolesco romanzo che racconta la nascita di una famiglia disfunzionale, quella di un gruppo di ragazzi che attraverso la musica cercano di definire se stessi, e la generazione di vecchi senza esperienza dalla quale vogliono fuggire.

The Phantom of the Earth: Publisher's Pack contains books 1 and 2 of the series. The Song of the Jubilee, book 1: The world on the surface has crumbled. Deep below what were once the places known as Canada, the US, and Mexico, a new Great Commonwealth has emerged where expansion gave way to peace and prosperity. The Gambit with Perfection, book 2: Cornelius Selendia continues his journey to Blackeye Cavern, Supreme Scientist Damosel Rhea makes progress on Project Silkscape.

Zombie expert Scott Kenemore (The Zen of Zombie) unearths a collection of top-secret lost documents from WWII (originally intercepted by the U.S. Signal Corps in 1941 and presented to Franklin Roosevelt in a confidential memorandum), describing efforts of the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (or SD) to harness and weaponize Haitian Voodoo and zombie-creating technologies for military purposes.

Cuando Jessamyn Teoh comienza a oír una voz en su cabeza, lo achaca al estrés. Armarizada, arruinada y sin trabajo, vuelve a Malasia con sus padres, un país que no veía desde que era una niña. Pronto, descubre que la voz no es ni siquiera suya, sino del fantasma de su distante abuela. En vida, la Ah Ma era una médium espiritual, el avatar de una misteriosa deidad conocida como la Hermana de las Aguas Negras. Ahora, está decidida a ajustar cuentas con un magnate empresarial que ha ofendido a la deidad, y ha resuelto que Jess la ayude, independientemente de los deseos de su nieta.

【解説】 三島由紀夫が「熟れすぎた果実の腐臭に似た芳香を放つデカダンス文学の逸品」と激賞した川端康成の傑作。深紅のビロードのカーテンの部屋に横たわる全裸の美女を眺め、そっと愛撫する老人、江口――ここは海辺の宿の一室。彼がここへ来る理由はただ一つ、不思議な薬で眠らされ、目覚めることのないた女たちと一夜を過ごすためだった。通うたびに、江口は違う美女と眠りを共にした。そして、その度ごとに、過去に付き合った女たちのことを鮮明に思い出すのだった。ここは、老人の楽園…? 何を聞いても秘密だと言って答えない謎の館の女主人。ほつれ出す秘密のからくり。サスペンスの薫りを漂わせ、最後は思いかけない展開で終わりをむかえる。 【朗読 wis】 透明感と落ち着きのある声で親しまれている女性朗読家です。

【解説】 「硝子戸の中」は、早稲田の漱石山房の硝子戸の書斎に坐して、思い浮かぶあれこれを綴った滋味溢れる漱石最晩年の小品集。『硝子戸の中』は、胃潰瘍の悪化で死去する前年の、48歳最晩年の作品である。早稲田の漱石山房の硝子戸の書斎に坐して、思い浮かぶあれこれを綴った滋味溢れる小品集。雑誌用の写真撮影のこと、愛犬ヘクトーのこと、絵の賛辞を求める厚かましい人のこと、「ある程の菊投げ入れよ棺の中」の句を手向けた女性のことなどをユーモラスに書き、最後には、兄や母についてしみじみと回想している(全39篇)。 【朗読】wis ※ 透明感と落ち着きのある声で親しまれている女性朗読家です。

From the author of The Cadaver Island trilogy comes nine tales to chill, thrill, and challenge listeners to go places they may never return from. Featuring short stories submitted by Kevin Rodgers since Pro Se entered the publishing field, Chaos and Doom is your guide to some of the most amazing characters and imaginative worlds in genre fiction.

As an early summer heat wave beats down on Alpine, Emma and her staff are treading very lightly. For unfathomable reasons, the paper's House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, is in a major snit, refusing to speak to her colleagues. So when a peculiar young woman walks in claiming her parents have been murdered and that she's in mortal danger, too, it fits right in with the rest of the craziness. Then, to the utter bafflement of her colleagues, Vida vanishes without a word to anyone.

周五郎の初期を代表する連作集でもあり第十七回直木賞に推されながらも受賞辞退で有名な「日本婦道記」全三十一編を収録

Seductive soldier and shameless alcoholic, Will Strief was made to be broken and transcendental. After spending his entire adult life in the military jumping out of planes and living a hero's life, Strief is left in the gutter of civilian life in Marseille, France, after a devastating injury in the French Foreign Legion. Now, at 23, he is reveling in his suddenly liberating rock-star life: hilarious drug experiences, vicious drinking, and a delirious sex life that would put any lesser man in the ground.

Jeremy Linden's a PhD student researching an HIV vaccine. He's always short of money, and when biotech startup PharmaTek reduces funding for his fellowship, he's tempted to take a job at a men's dining club as a serving boy. The uniforms are skimpy, and he's expected to remove an item of clothing after each course. He can handle that, but he soon discovers there's more on the menu here than fine cuisine. How far will he go to pay his tuition, and will money get in the way when he realizes he's interested in more from one of his gentlemen?

Sandra and Molly were two typical office workers enjoying their lives, which consisted primarily of going to work, shopping and looking for cute guys. Then their world came to a disastrous end brought about by a fast-acting, airborne virus that decimated the world's population. Now the girls live in the abandoned office building in which they once worked surrounded by a new and dangerous landscape.

Death deals no mercy to one man who rises in a SoHo alleyway to find his lover dead and his own body ghastly transformed. Straining to overcome his murderous instincts through Zen meditation and blood deprivation, he is reclaimed by The Ministry, an underground society waging war against the undead. Time and time again his will to resist is tested by the killers who demand his allegiance and the Zen masters who will burn him down at his first missed step. He strives to walk a tightrope between the living and the dead...to master himself, his hunger, and the way of the wooden stake.

In Ancient China, a young woman will make a stand against evil, and her courage will herald the dawn of a new order: The League of Demon Hunters. But before the League, there was the Brethren. Zen drew her sword, the Sword of Divinity Xuan Yuan, and she held the sacred blade aloft for all to see. The late afternoon light caught Xuan Yuan's burnished copper, and the sword gleamed like the sun.

Ivy Sheppard never wanted the ability to turn into a mermaid—though her wicked ice powers are nothing to sneeze at. Now her step-sister is her enemy, the fairy she once trusted may not be the ally she hoped for, and her new boyfriend wants her to transfer schools to avoid the vampires taking over Union High. Between dodging parents’ concerns, pretending she can stand to even look at the step-sister who sided with the bloodsuckers, and still aiming to end it all without violence, Ivy is in over her head.

When coffee shop owner Zoey Everwood takes her obsession with ex-boyfriend Braden too far, everyone - except Zoey - is convinced a bit of fun in the sun at the Moment of Zen Wellness Resort will help her get over him once and for all. But Zoey's relaxing vacation turns out to be anything but peaceful when she meets Shane Lawson, a resort guest who bears a striking resemblance to Braden.

When eighth-grader San Lee moves to a new town and a new school for the umpteenth time, he doesn't try to make new friends or be a loner or play cool. Instead he sits back and devises a plan to be totally different. When he accidentally answers too many questions in World History on Zen (only because he just had Ancient Religions two schools ago) all heads turn and San has his answer: he's a Zen Master.