Volume 2 of FayeWorlds' exclusive short stories! Originally released and serialized on the FayeWorlds site, these six short stories are now available in premium print format along with a host of bonus content you won't find anywhere else! FayeWorlds Exclusives Volume 2 includes Celebritah Art, Redlight Character Bios and a hilarious in-universe chat session with the Celebritah girls as well as the following stories: Celebritah: Sugar & Guts Then Faye Goes Nuts After finding out about Faye's risqué awards ceremony, her pals go down to the seediest part of the city to support their friend's career only to end up accidentally embarrassing her in front of everybody! Hell Ticket: The New Girl A typical day aboard the Santa Muerte Express goes awry when a somewhat obnoxious woman ends up getting soul bound to the train, seemingly forever. Will Bianca and Maurice ever learn to live with their newest companion? Hell Ticket: I Fear Luci Afraid of living the rest of her undead life aboard the Santa Muerte Express, Kimiko seeks assistance from the only person that can scare the Grim Reaper himself: his stripper ex-wife, Luci. Who's also the Devil. Redlight Chronicles: Familial Burdens While the McKenzie twins attempt to distract themselves from their latest failure by hunting down an apparent spy, their escaped captive, Caleb Brown, confronts his future and past while recovering from the injury he sustained at the hands of the ruthless assassin, Kallianira. Redlight Chronicles: Breaking Bread A man from the UK has just arrived at the dreaded city of San Mateos where he's been told there's nothing but horrors awaiting him. But not one to be easily dissuaded from his goals, Davies Clarke has arranged a curious meeting with a certain Coterie agent. Redlight Chronicles: Truth In Poison The Falconers risk life and limb out in the barrens of San Mateos in the hopes of luring away the vicious Red Market thugs who have unwittingly begun to endanger Luther Brown's secret project that could change the balance of power across the city forever... *Be sure to visit FayeWorlds.com for more information on Hayley Faye's upcoming books as well as art, free short stories and exclusive bonus content.
In the city of angels where everyone looks up to the stars, an unknown force threatens to draw people into its malevolent grasp and sink their souls into the dark below. But this time, the light is not our salvation.Hack The Inhumane is a Gothic horror novel that focuses on the human mind and the sin of want. Following the story of a young woman who receives the job opportunity of a lifetime, she quickly discovers that not all is as it seems in the circles of high class society that she once looked up to. Feeling burdened by her failures in life, she unexpectedly receives a helping hand that threatens to drag a tormented world of horror kicking and screaming into the light...
A killer steps through blood, a blade cuts through flesh. A spree of crime... through the eyes of the camera! Sherlock Fluff is the brilliant new production from the fun loving Celebritah girls who have joined forces to create the ultimate online movie that's sure to prove their incredible talents and finally secure their status as bonafide A-Listers! Or that's their hope at least... As a depraved murderer hunts for victims through London's crowded streets, the backstage goes wild with jokes, pranks and all manner of petty insults! Sherlock Fluff is a book about a movie within a story written by the actresses themselves in the hopes of finally reaching that ever distant goal of superstardom and endless wealth! Megan Wolfe is the eponymous detective, Amy Dunkelheit is her ever loyal assistant Watson; but pray tell, who is the terrifying Ripper? Will these girls solve the case or will the whole production fall apart due to infighting and wacky misadventures? A game of fun and madness, as they say... is afoot!
Maya is a no holds barred mercenary with a vicious, if still somewhat moral, approach to survival in the post-apocalyptic wastes. But after being captured and forced to play guard and body double for a mobster's repressed daughter, she soon decides to teach the ruthless criminals a lesson they'll never forget. Too bad the boss' daughter takes the lesson to heart, convincing her that there truly is nothing quite like blood and death in a world far past its prime. Pushed to the limit and forced indulge in her darkest impulses, Marina begins to live up to her father's criminal legacy while leading a new wave of terror that threatens to bring down what little was left of sin city's desiccated corpse. With mass killers running loose and crime lords out for blood, life in dystopian Las Vegas just got a little bit worse... *Be sure to visit FayeWorlds.com for more information on Hayley Faye's upcoming books as well as previews, free short stories and exclusive bonus content.
Axel Carstairs’s world-famous writer mother has always been somewhat of a mystery. Even to him. She doesn’t use her real name in public; she straightens her hair every morning; she avoids cinnamon biscuits and certain animals. Deep down, Axel suspects her enigmatic character is due to an unspoken event in her murky past, when she had a falling-out with her parents and allegedly never went back. But Valerie is too good at concealing her secrets, refusing to confide them in anyone... until one day, when a mysterious letter containing a paper magpie and a metal cat arrives on her doorstep. Finally, a sign. Valerie gives in and hands her son her diary, in which she’s written the manuscript of her latest novel. It’s about herself and the secrets she never meant to tell. As Axel reads the pages filled with his mother’s past and shocking truths, he wonders if the blind trust he always put in his mother has begun to fray—and if the truth alone is enough to reconcile family.
Black Cherry Blossom delves into a life left behind by Beth, a woman with a hidden past of pain and insecurity. With her broken heart stabbing at her from the inside and a soul lost to time, a familiar face forces her to recognise the person she once was, and the agony that left her tormented and moulded as a woman living one life and craving another. With her dreams gift-wrapped and presented to her out of the blue, will she choose to take the risk of more heartbreak or decide to remain safe but unfulfilled? Or will fate take her into its grasp and decide itself? This story will touch the heart of every woman who has ever desperately loved. It teaches of the true value of forgiveness, the pain of heartbreak, the grief of loss, and forces us to realise the deep running emotion in both our heart and soul. Intended for readers of 16+
Global institutions are afflicted by severe democratic deficits, while many of the major problems facing the world remain intractable. Against this backdrop, we develop a deliberative approach that puts effective, inclusive, and transformative communication at the heart of global governance. Multilateral negotiations, international organizations and regimes, governance networks, and scientific assessments can be rendered more deliberative and democratic. More thoroughgoing transformations could involve citizens' assemblies, nested forums, transnational mini-publics, crowdsourcing, and a global dissent channel. The deliberative role of global civil society is vital. We show how different institutional and civil society elements can be linked to good effect in a global deliberative system. The capacity of deliberative institutions to revise their own structures and processes means that deliberative global governance is not just a framework but also a reconstructive learning process. A deliberative approach can advance democratic legitimacy and yield progress on global problems such as climate change, violent conflict and poverty.
God . . . and stuff. Everything in the universe falls into one of these two categories. Which is more important to you? (It’s not a trick question.) In Unstuff: Making Room in Your Life for What Really Matters, popular authors Hayley and Michael DiMarco take a close look at what’s in your wallet, your heart, your house, and your mind to reveal the pleasures and perils of stuff—and the joy, peace, and freedom that comes from learning to live with less. In this real-life look at “how it’s done,” the DiMarcos take an uncomfortably close look at the cost of their love affair with stuff. They start by Unstuffing their house—getting rid of anything they don’t need by giving away, selling, or throwing out items that only add to their love for more. Then, kicking it up a notch, this family of three travels across the country with nothing more than they can fit in a motor home . . . and discovers that the really important stuff goes with them.
This book is the first major study of one of Spain's most celebrated younger novelists, Belén Gopegui, whose work stands apart from other writers of her generation for its uncompromising focus on the social function of literature. This book is the first major study of one of Spain's most celebrated younger novelists, Belén Gopegui, whose work stands apart from other writers of her generation for its uncompromising focus on the social function of literature. Gopegui's social commitments find expression in her concern for solidarity and collective projects. These become more radical over time in response to a disenchantment with the evolution of the left in Spain and to the global impact of the capitalist economic system, giving rise to increasingly interventionist narrative strategies. The core theme of solidarity is explored in relation to the collective experience of Spain's largely consensualdemocratic transition and to the apparent erosion of collective goals in post-transition society. Gopegui's discourse of solidarity is examined through engagement with theorists of advanced modernity, including Ulrich Beck's 'risksociety' model and various contemporary reflections on the concept of solidarity. Centred on Gopegui's first four novels, the study situates analysis of these within the perspective of her later works and illuminates her artisticand intellectual trajectory by drawing on an extensive array of her non-fiction writings and personal interviews, one of which is published here for the first time. Hayley Rabanal is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
Hoshiko and Ben are on the run but cannot hide forever... the deadliest show on earth has been resurrected and if Ben thought he'd seen into its dark corners as an outsider, the true extent of the horrors that lurk beneath the Big Top are about to be revealed as he becomes the circus' new star attraction...
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