Stowaways, happy family fun, and intergalactic crime rings Desperate for a gig, James and Lyn Moore, the talented but befuddled twin brothers that make up the Intergalactic Band of Brilliance, audition for a slot on the "Happiest Place in Space" cruise ship. Good news They get a gig. Bad news Not the one they expected.Lyn pulls his usual shenanigans, though, and before you know it the boys are in the middle of cruise line hijinks, double-identity double-dealing, and madcap machinations of a mysterious dark-cloaked man. The game's afoot, and the boys are on the case.Can the Cruise Brothers avoid being tossed into the brig, solve a possible crime, and find a way to keep the wheels on their so-called career?Then, of course, there's the cat. Did we mention the cat?----THE HAPPIEST PLACE IN SPACE is a way-out Cruise Brothers novel filled with music, mayhem, and mystery from bestselling science fiction author Ron Collins and his brother, veteran guitarist Jeff Collins.
Take a madcap cruise through interstellar space James and Lyn Moore-the talented but befuddled musicians that make up the Intergalactic Band of Brilliance-play their most important show yet, a headline gig on an interstellar cruise line. Frisky, their newly adopted cat, just wants to have feline fun. When the cruise line hosts the "Intergalactic Veterinarian of the Year" tour, a rock star veterinarian demands Frisky volunteer for his groundbreaking reveal of Smart Dust.Soon the cat and his boys become entangled in a galaxy-spanning net of intrigue, secret agents, and organized crime.Can the Cruise Brothers avoid the brig long enough to make a name for themselves?Can Frisky save the universe?Who will operate the food dispenser if he can't?----THE INTERGALACTIC VETERINARIAN OF THE YEAR is a way-out Cruise Brothers novel filled with music, mayhem, and mystery from bestselling science fiction author Ron Collins and his brother, veteran guitarist Jeff Collins.
To play or not to play, that is the question... Having helped her Small Folk teammates win the Fairy League Series and gain control of the powerful Web Gem, star player Emily DeWitt is back at Pattersonville West High School for a redo of her senior year, hoping to repeat the magic as her Unicorns quest for the State Championship. This time she'll be joined by Adrien Thorn, the century-old Designated Hitter she saved from the Unseelie Queen's dark clutches last season. Since one-time rival Callie McMasters has contracted to play the summer season with the Wild Hunt, the path is clear to win it all. But unbeknownst to anyone else, Adrien isn't fully free of the Unseelie Queen. Her parting curse haunts him: If he so much as tries out for the Unicorns, she will reclaim him. So, while Emily can't wait for the summer season to start, Adrien just wants to be left alone. All is not glitter and wishes in the Fairy Realm, either. In the shadows, a plot is spun. If it succeeds, both the Fairy Realm and mortal world could be turned upside down, Emily's Small Folk friends will lose their hard-won freedom, and Callie McMasters might be staying in the Fairy Realm for a lot longer than she ever intended
Magical mystics, musical mayhem, and murderous mischief through space and time James and Lyn Moore-the twin brothers that make up the Intergalactic Band of Brilliance-have hits on their playlist, but now, it's Frisky-their cantankerous cat-who's got the pulse of the people, and the headliner's bill as the three play the "Magical Mystery Cruise," a specially chartered magician's intergalactic trip to five across the known universe. The gig's so popular that even big vidsie star and renowned Intelligent Kitchenware Activist Dexter Galaxy is aboard. As far as the boys are concerned, though, the big attraction is that the Feral Sisters have signed to support Altair the All-Knowing (a big-name magician's act).Things go haywire when Frisky interferes with Altair's latest spell, and the Sisters are tossed into the brig under suspicion of murder.Can the boys solve the case and save the sister's reputations. or will they be too busy trying to play everyone's gigs?----THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR is a way-out Cruise Brothers novel filled with music, mayhem, and mystery from bestselling science fiction author Ron Collins and his brother, veteran guitarist Jeff Collins.
Music, Mayhem, and Mystery Talented, but impetuous, Lyn Moore is an artist at heart. He's a musician who finds himself kicked out of the group he founded with his twin brother, James, and working a grungy service job on the moon. Enter the Feral Sisters, an enchanting pair of shapeshifting sisters with an act for the stars. Turns out they need a guitar player. Or at least that's what Lyn thinks.How far will he go to get the gig?And will it be far enough to break up the brothers forever?----THE INTERGALACTIC BAND OF BRILLIANCE is the way-out Cruise Brothers origin short story filled with music, mayhem, and mystery from bestselling science fiction author Ron Collins and his brother, veteran guitarist Jeff Collins.
When the Samhain wind blows, the veil between the worlds grows thin...The Pattersonville West High School Unicorns have finally won the State Championship. But a surprise visit from their Fairy Realm neighbors during their celebrations brings a unique invitation for the mortal champions to play in the upcoming Fall Season.Star players Emily DeWitt and Adrien Thorn have learned hard lessons about dealing with fairy lords, but they can't convince their excitable Unicorn teammates to decline. Even Benji Amberman, the spiderkin-descended caretaker of the fabulous Web Gem, wants to play, noting that Samhain's approach makes traversing the fairy ring under Unicorn Field even easier.Luckily, Adrien thinks he can ward Unicorn Field to keep the town safe. Callie McMasters, while still tied to the Wild Hunt, is on board to help. But getting Emily to join is going to be easier said than done because Emily intends to sit the entire season out.Meanwhile, Megan Moore, intrepid freelance reporter, sees a chance at the scoop of a lifetime.But Benji finds they may have bitten off more than they can chew.If they can't strengthen their control of the Web Gem, the Fall Season might destroy Benji and leave Pattersonville exposed to the most power-hungry denizens of the Fairy Realm.
Theft. Our reaction to it can vary based on what was stolen. We might crave stolen moments but fear stolen possessions. We might delight in a stolen kiss but feel the loss of stolen time. The thirteen stories in this volume explore theft in many different forms and range from humorous and lighthearted to serious and dark, with a wide span of genres and moods. But each and every story by these talented writers ends with hope. So, steal some time from your busy day and settle in with Fiction River: Stolen.
If we do in fact ""remember the Alamo,"" it is largely thanks to one person who witnessed the final assault and survived: the commanding officer's slave, a young man known simply as Joe. What Joe saw as the Alamo fell, recounted days later to the Texas Cabinet, has come down to us in records and newspaper reports. But who Joe was, where he came from, and what happened to him have all remained mysterious until now. In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, authors Ron J. Jackson, Jr., and Lee Spencer White have fully restored this pivotal yet elusive figure to his place in the American story. The twenty-year-old Joe stood with his master, Lieutenant Colonel Travis, against the Mexican army in the early hours of March 6, 1836. After Travis fell, Joe watched the battle's last moments from a hiding place. He was later taken first to Bexar and questioned by Santa Anna about the Texan army, and then to the revolutionary capitol, where he gave his testimony with evident candor. With these few facts in hand, Jackson and White searched through plantation ledgers, journals, memoirs, slave narratives, ship logs, newspapers, letters, and court documents. Their decades-long effort has revealed the outline of Joe's biography, alongside some startling facts: most notably, that Joe was the younger brother of the famous escaped slave and abolitionist narrator William Wells Brown, as well as the grandson of legendary trailblazer Daniel Boone. This book traces Joe's story from his birth in Kentucky through his life in slavery - which, in a grotesque irony, resumed after he took part in the Texans' battle for independence - to his eventual escape and disappearance into the shadows of history.Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend recovers a true American character from obscurity and expands our view of events central to the emergence of Texas.
If we do in fact “remember the Alamo,” it is largely thanks to one person who witnessed the final assault and survived: the commanding officer’s slave, a young man known simply as Joe. What Joe saw as the Alamo fell, recounted days later to the Texas Cabinet, has come down to us in records and newspaper reports. But who Joe was, where he came from, and what happened to him have all remained mysterious until now. In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, authors Ron J. Jackson, Jr., and Lee Spencer White have fully restored this pivotal yet elusive figure to his place in the American story. The twenty-year-old Joe stood with his master, Lieutenant Colonel Travis, against the Mexican army in the early hours of March 6, 1836. After Travis fell, Joe watched the battle’s last moments from a hiding place. He was later taken first to Bexar and questioned by Santa Anna about the Texan army, and then to the revolutionary capitol, where he gave his testimony with evident candor. With these few facts in hand, Jackson and White searched through plantation ledgers, journals, memoirs, slave narratives, ship logs, newspapers, letters, and court documents. Their decades-long effort has revealed the outline of Joe’s biography, alongside some startling facts: most notably, that Joe was the younger brother of the famous escaped slave and abolitionist narrator William Wells Brown, as well as the grandson of legendary trailblazer Daniel Boone. This book traces Joe’s story from his birth in Kentucky through his life in slavery—which, in a grotesque irony, resumed after he took part in the Texans’ battle for independence—to his eventual escape and disappearance into the shadows of history.Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend recovers a true American character from obscurity and expands our view of events central to the emergence of Texas.
Tyler Chin-Tanner; Joe Corallo; Eric Palicki; Ron Marz; Che Grayson; Jody Houser; Scott Peterson; Nancy Collins; William Messner-Loebs; Jarred Lujan; Lilah Sturges; Liana Kangas
The Shoppe Keeper crosses the pond in search of even more mysterious artifacts and musical instruments with a haunted past. So put on your favorite album, pull up a chair, and immerse yourself in these 24-chilling tales that will have you questioning everything you think you know about music.
I in writing this book that I do not consider for a Christian, but a sinner. Once, I also walked with the devil down a crooked road full of lies and betrayal for many years. It was a road of drunks, whores, whoremongers, money, greed, selfishness, and the likes-until I heard a knock, saw a bright light, and I hid behind the door, giving my eyes a chance to adjust.Jesus wanted to come in, but I said no. I was wicked, and my house was filthy with all these porno magazines, and such devious things etc.He replied, "I know all things." The book of sixty topics with a few stories will say, "God is Elohim, Mighty God."
The most complete survey available on the work of London-based Ron Arad (b.1951), one of the most successful and creative contemporary designers of his generation, is presented in the form of an extended conversation with the art critic Matthew Collings. Arad talks about his work, explains his projects and tells us the story of his amazing career.The interview is extensively illustrated by more than 400 images detailing all the different aspects of Arad's work and world. The illustrations include not only his own projects but also reference images to help delineate his creative and versatile personality. Each project is showcased through new photographs by Tom Vack (one of the most famous photographers in the design field), drawings, sketches and models - all accompanied by the words of Arad's closest associates about the scope of his work and life.
