This is the third collection of verse from Rex "Mick" Lentz, praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a sure handed, clear eyed poet."
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A Bunch of Stories in Which I Am Killed
Mick Malone
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Messy ink portraits of bizarre creatures and a brief narrative of an exceedingly long life, Mick Malone's A Bunch of Stories in Which I Am Killed is a collection of absurd stupidity, handsome beasts and a love letter to futility.
There is an Indian proverb: If you live by the banks of a river, make friends with the crocodile. Set in India, this is a novel about the corrosive relationship between a mother and daughter-in-law, and the contempt in which that society still holds women. Siddiqa's son has brought his new wife, Naira, to live with them, so Siddiqa is no longer the lowest of the household, for she now has a daughter-in-law to assume that role. But when Naira accuses one of her husband's friends of sexually assaulting her, all their lives begin to spiral out of control.
Within these pages, you'll find the same story you've come to know and love about that famous ill-fated prince of Denmark slightly updated as a satire of today's troubled times. You'll note that all of the artistry of The Bard's words have been stripped away, leaving only the unvarnished truth of the text behind, so even a moron could understand. You'll find this play rewards knowledge of the original text, as it is ultimately a love letter to Shakespeare's original piece.
When Mick Theebs was younger, stupider, and greedier, he made the unwise decision to work with a start-up founded by an old high school classmate. After some promising initial success, the decision proved to be an unmitigated disaster with the company being undermined by lies, drugs, and incompetence. This is a true story about how the blind ambition, unchecked ego, and naked avarice that is the fabric of start-up culture can lead to ruin.
The Darkest Eyes is an epic portal-crossing adventure with mythic resonance and strong psychological underpinnings.Will Roan is at the top of her game career-wise. She's a deep-sea submersible pilot who's brainy, daring and cool. Her personal life couldn't be more different. For as long as she can remember, she's seen little gray aliens lurking in the shadows, watching her, stalking her. Although she's a scientist who tends to be inquisitive about everything, she has steadfastly refused to examine the disturbing things she's experienced throughout her life, fearing all she'd find would be evidence of her own mental instability. Her effort to present a sane exterior to the world has meant that she could never get too close to anyone or settle down anywhere. Physically and emotionally, she's always been on the run. Lately, though, the grays have been threatening to tear down the wall Will has erected between her inner life and the real world. They've been relentless in their pursuit, infringing on the semblance of normalcy she's constructed.When a particularly frightening encounter costs Will her job, she makes her way home. She's just in time for her dying mother -- her dying, crazy mother -- to give her an object that could explain away Will's madness or draw her inextricably into its clutches. A beautifully carved crystal skull holds the answers to the mystery of Will's life, her mother says. She can use it to cross a portal to Atlantis -- her real home.Will's first instinct is to run, but her flight is interrupted when her beloved young niece disappears, the apparent victim of the aliens. Will decides to plunge into the unknown to find young Becky.Atlantis is beautiful and unspoiled, and its people appear to be living their best lives. However, political intrigue and dissent simmer beneath the surface. Hesoa is a dying world, chaotic and reeking, populated by a race of gray aliens on the verge of extinction. Will must navigate the perils of both worlds to save the child -- and, it turns out, much more.Will is beset with self-doubt. Is she sane? Is anything she's experiencing real? Can she trust anyone? Is it possible that the fate of three worlds could depend on her?
C LESTIA Suns & DaughtersBy Mick Carty What is the meaning of life... when the price of life is death?The Highland Laddie Jake Corrie has lived most of his life in Glasgow, having experienced one tragedy after another; his mother dying just after his birth, his father and brother lost in a tragic road accident.He returns to his Highland birthplace, planning to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, only to find her already married. The Princess Of TroyCassandra was a Princess of Troy. Accosted by a god, ridiculed and shunned by her own people, she suffered terrible atrocities at the hands of the Greeks. How can a myth from three thousand years ago be crucial to the survival of, not only Jake, but the entire universe?Jake is about to learn that events from the past are not what he thought they were... and his future is already out of his control. Emotions and temptations come to the surface, just as an unknown relative makes an earth-shattering move to fulfil her own ambitions.The fate of the world hangs in the balance... and Jake's extended family is prepared to sacrifice mankind in pursuit of their aims.Men Gods Life DeathReality, myth and legend clash as man's past sins become a weapon in a battle for the universe itself, with devastating consequences for the future of humanity. Nothing will ever be the same again.A day of reckoning is here... but will... can humanity survive?Afterlife Heaven Hell... Oblivion
Pasiphae was defeated, and the threat from Hades quashed, Yet Ki pos lurches relentlessly toward oblivion.The world is dying and mankind with it.Jacob and Cassandra have other problems, too - a belligerent ruling council, and two uncooperative C lestia Rings amongst others.Recent arrivals, meanwhile, struggle to adjust to their new lives in Elŷsium. Katie and Ella must learn quickly if they are to halt the decline and reverse the inevitable.A new threat makes itself known; a power of immense magnitude intent on complete and total control.Allies and allegiances must be found if the universe is to continue.War is coming The Earth is dying Time is running out Rebirth Redemption Revenge
Pasiphae was defeated, and the threat from Hades quashed, Yet Ki pos lurches relentlessly toward oblivion.The world is dying and mankind with it.Jacob and Cassandra have other problems, too - a belligerent ruling council, and two uncooperative C lestia Rings amongst others.Recent arrivals, meanwhile, struggle to adjust to their new lives in Elŷsium. Katie and Ella must learn quickly if they are to halt the decline and reverse the inevitable.A new threat makes itself known; a power of immense magnitude intent on complete and total control.Allies and allegiances must be found if the universe is to continue.War is coming The Earth is dying Time is running out Rebirth Redemption Revenge
The University of New South Wales has been phenomenallysuccessful at attracting students from all over the world to studyacross its faculties. From the early days of the Colombo Plan totoday’s ambitious international student programs, the universityhas looked at home and abroad to give students the opportunityto experience the wider world. This book tells the story ofUNSW’s global vision, profiling the pioneers, the innovators andthe young researchers who have forged its path into the future.
We use language all day, every day - probably without thinking much about it. But if you stop and consider it, language is not only extremely important, it's fascinating, too Use of language is one of the key things distinguishing humans from other animals, and nearly 7,000 languages are spoken around the world. Without it, we'd be hard pressed to communicate, express ourselves, or understand others. The Book of Languages begins with an introduction to why language is important, how it originated and how it changes. From there, the book profiles 21 of the world's languages. Each spread showcases a language's history, where it's spoken, what it looks like and how to speak a few phrases and count to ten. Rounded out with sections on non-verbal and animal language, this book will stimulate readers' curiosity about the world and spark appreciation for language learning.
In this story of eco-resistance based on actual events in the heart of Canada's Nickel Range, Jake McCool, the injured hardrock miner, returns to work for the International Nickel Company (INCO) but now at its nearby Copper Cliff smelter complex. In no time, Jake finds himself embroiled in a vicious fight over health and safety and, more specifically, over the extreme levels of sulphur dioxide that poison the air in the smelter but also in the entire surrounding area. The fight takes on new dimensions as freelance reporter Foley Gilpin sparks interest at Canada's national daily Globe & Mail and as local parliamentarian Harry Wardell smells the collusion between INCO and the highest levels of Ministry of Natural Resources at Queen's Park in Toronto.
Alien Invasion The Chronicles: Keep your eye on the sky
Mick MacNeil
Nosepeople Productions
2020
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Perhaps it wasn't fair to call the arrival of the first interstellar aliens an invasion. They came as refugees looking for a permanent home in exchange for providing earth with all the wonderful scientific advances they had made over countless centuries. Why earth? According to them, the humans of earth were closer in DNA to their species than any other they had encountered. This seemed strange to the people of earth because their alien visitors were amorphous, transparent beings capable of surviving among the clouds or deep in the ocean. The real aliens invasion came many years later. By then, the transparent first arrivers, Lucie's as they were called, had used genetic manipulation to take on the physical attributes of humanity. They had intermarried and most families boasted human and Lucie in their background. With the advances in science and the unity of the peoples the ruthless alien invaders were in for a big surprise.
Humanity was ending.Should they recreate it?Six humans, the only ones on a reconstructed earth must seek each other out. In their solitary and collective travels, they encounter the mythological creatures threatening to steal their birthright, the world they live on.It's a legacy earth constructed by humans evolving and about to leave their humanity behind.The time chosen for the beginning was around the time when mankind first went into space. They didn't quite get it right. Painting with broad strokes, they would leave an earth where mythic forces competed with humans for this world. Who will win and what will happen to the losers?Meet the first six, their friends and enemies and find out.
Talk about ghosts?No one here is listeningLiving spirits needing help. That's something different.In that case Brandon was glad to be of assistance. Not that glad, because he really would rather not see living spirits.Still finding their unburied corpses and getting them properly in the ground was worthy enough.If only it ended there.Finding a dead man's murderer or worse finding out the dead man could still be a murderer was a little too much. a mystical optometrist, Doc Dabra, whose shop mysteriously moves from place tells Brandon to team with Detective Sergeant Wenstead. Together with the additional gifts Doc Dabra awakens in them, they must track down and free the world of once human, evil spirits. And, if they should ever turn up, demons.As Brandon says, "not the job I was looking for."Maybe so, but exactly what you might be looking for. Give it a read.
Formed around the future husband and wife team of Win Butler and Regine Chassagne in 1993, this powerful seven-piece band seemed to define onstage dynamism before they discovered an audience. Once beyond the obligatory low-budget debut EP, they fused their complex instrumentation - piano, viola, French horn, accordion, harp and hurdy gurdy etc - to produce Funeral, one of the greatest debut albums in decades. This 1994 release, bolstered by hearty support from the likes of David Bowie, David Byrne and U2, catapulted Arcade Fire to worldwide success. Triumphant sets at the Coachella, Reading and Latitude festivals only served to continue the momentum. This book looks beyond the triumphs that gather in their story, to discover a band who are determine to retain the pure yet complex personal dynamic that always set them apart.
In December 1976, a coach drove off down a London street. On board were the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Heartbreakers and their respective management, while The Damned, who were also on the bill, were travelling separately. The 'Anarchy in the UK Tour' should have been just another rock 'n' roll tour, and surely would have been, had it not been for the Sex Pistols' anarchic antics on the Today show two days earlier. What should have been an inconsequential three-minute interview to hopefully plug the new single, and the accompanying promotional tour, descended into farce when the show's host Bill Grundy goaded the Sex Pistols' guitarist Steve Jones into saying something outrageous? Author Mick O Shea has interviewed members of the band's involved, managers, roadies and audience members to tell the story of why this was such an important tour. Explains why many local councils banned the tour resulting in only seven out of a scheduled twenty gigs taking place. One London councilor stated: "Most of these groups would be vastly improved by sudden death" The book is also an examination of punk rock's impact on the nation in the Seventies. Illustrated throughout with rare photographs and memorabilia.