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Tomorrow can be just as strange or fantastical as the far-off future, but no less exciting. Collecting a variety of stories, both those published previously and new originals, Gwen Tolios's awaited solo anthology is full of tales bursting with rich characters planning and facing the future, regardless of the situation or consequence. A girl determines that being the sole girl in the league isn't going to stop her from playing for her high school hockey team. A cyberspace addict signs a DNR, knowing his addiction will lead to his death. A superhero fakes his death, hoping to focus on building a relationship with his nemesis. A sister confesses her lack of willingness to come home. A genetic engineer creating award-winning show cats takes up his next project. Filled with contemporary, superhero, and science fiction short stories, this collection has something for anyone ready to charge forward.
From treasure-hunting contracts to the barters you make for spellwork at the night market, one has to be careful and purposeful in dealing with fae. It also behooves you to check the substitutions you use in a spell, especially if it's your first cast as a witch, and make sure every item you purchase secondhand doesn't come with a curse.Each of these fantasy short stories explores the give-and-take between the fantastical and the not, and while sometimes the outcome is positive that might not always be the case.Collecting a combination of previously published and new short stories by Gwen Tolios, this collection is a perfect escape.
Gwen knew three things for sure, all of which she learned at aged eight: (1) she was ugly, (2) the only person she could depend on to defend her was herself, and (3) the only way to defend herself from bullies was through merciless confrontation. Gwen lived her life according to those facts. Her resentments grew with each real and perceived unfairness and resulted in increasingly violent retribution, culminating with the loss of her only child. She was determined to get revenge. She lived for it. During this time, however, she does find some good in her life and in her soul, and for a time, the good and the evil comingle inside her until, one day, she encounters someone as desperate as she is. Which part of her will win out then? The good or the evil?
Gwen John
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
2026
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A Sunday Times Art Book of the Year: the first critical illustrated biography of this much-loved artist, locating her firmly in the art worlds of late 19th- and early 20th-century London and Paris. One of the most significant British artists of the twentieth century, Gwen John (1867-1939) made her life and work within the heady art worlds of London and Paris. This critical biography demolishes the myth of Gwen John as a recluse and situates her, brilliant, singular and assured, amid a rich cultural milieu that included James McNeill Whistler, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Maude Gonne. Art historian, curator and novelist Alicia Foster draws on previously unpublished archival sources to explore John’s many relationships with artists and writers, including her affair with Auguste Rodin, passionate friendships with Jeanne Robert Foster and Véra Oumançoff, and correspondence with, among others, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and her Slade compatriot and fellow painter Ursula Tyrwhitt. John’s library, ranging from writing by her friends Rilke and Arthur Symonds to French philosophy and religious thought, is considered, as is her part in the increasing presence and visibility of women artists in the early-twentieth-century art world. From the life rooms of the Slade to the Paris salons, this is the story of an artist both devoted to her craft and deeply involved in the life and creativity of her era. With over 120 illustrations, Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris offers a lively, meticulously researched portrait of Gwen John as a vital and utterly compelling figure in twentieth-century art history.
Gwen's Everyday Caribbean Recipes by Gweneth Hendricks
Gwen has just been released from the home where she has been under psychiatric care. She is trying to re-establish her life, her identity, and her relationship with her estranged young children.
American dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) won four Tony awards for her work on Broadway and also appeared in films and on television. Stricken with rickets as a child, Verdon overcame severe leg deformity through ballet training, making her film debut at 11 as a solo ballerina in the musical The King Steps Out (1936). Her theater credits include Can-Can (1953-1955), Damn Yankees (1955-1956), Redhead (1959-1960), New Girl in Town (1957-1958), Sweet Charity (1966-1967) and Chicago (1975-1977). When not dancing on stage or screen, she coached other actors, such as Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley MacLaine. This first full-length biography of Verdon covers her life and career, her individual performances and her collaborations with choreographers Jack Cole and Bob Fosse, her husband.