Culled from the collections 'Short Stack,' 'Tryptic,' and 'Love/Sex/Soul,' 'Stories My Evil Twin Made Up' is Scott Morgan at his most funny, most bitter, most disturbing, and most compassionate. A must-read for lovers of short fiction that takes no prisoners.
Have you ever been locked in a cooler with piles of decomposing humans for so long that you had to shave all the hair off your body in order to get rid of the smell? Joseph Scott Morgan did. Have you ever lit a Marlboro from the ignited gas of a bloated dead man's belly? Joseph Scott Morgan has. Have you ever wept over a dead dog while not giving a shit about the dead owner laying next him? Morgan did. Were you named after a murder victim? Joseph Scott Morgan was. This isn't Hollywood fantasy—it's the true story of a boy born into the deprivations of a white trash trailer park who as an adult gets further involved in the desperate backdoor sagas of the "new South." No hot blondes here, just maggots, grief, and the truth about forensics and death investigation. Joseph Scott Morgan became a death investigator with the Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office in suburban New Orleans in 1987, the youngest medicolegal death investigator in the country. During the day, Morgan worked in the morgue, and at night investigated for the coroner. In 1992 Morgan became senior investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in Atlanta. Morgan is now a college professor at North Georgia College and State University, where he teaches a death investigation course based on the national standards which he helped develop. He and his family reside in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia.
Aceasta este uimitoarea poveste adevărată a omului de știință Peter Scott-Morgan: el a devenit prima persoană din lume care, îmbinând umanitatea cu robotica, s-a transformat în cyborg uman: Peter 2.0. Peter, strălucit om de știință, află că va pierde tot ce iubește. Soțul. Familia. Prietenii. Posibilitatea de a călători. Toate vor dispărea. Însă nu renunță. Jură că nu va lăsa să se întâmple asta și caută un nou început… Peter are boala neuronală motorie, o afecțiune despre care află că-i va distruge celulele nervoase și îi va pune capăt vieții. Însă, folosindu-și cunoștințele științifice, mânat de speranță și dragoste, își învinge teama și disperarea și pornește pe un nou drum, care-i permite nu numai să supraviețuiască, ci și să facă progrese uluitoare. Cercetările sale în domeniul roboticii demonstrează că un diagnostic terminal este negociabil, lucru care va rescrie cu siguranță viitorul. Și va schimba lumea. „Povestea lui Peter este una dintre cele mai convingătoare pe care le vei auzi vreodată. Îi îndemn pe toți să o citească." – Stephen Fry „Scott-Morgan este cu adevărat unic. În felul în care își povestește dragostea, mai degrabă decât în detaliile tehnice ale transformării lui în cyborg, stă reușita cărții sale." – The Times „Sunt uluitoare optimismul, curajul și capacitatea lui Peter de a găsi soluții radicale la probleme care au pus în încurcătură cele mai strălucite minți din Marea Britanie." – Daily Telegraph „Fascinant și extrem de emoționant." – Sun
Every ascent is met with a descent. After reaching the pinnacle, basking in achievements and joy, an unforeseen force can bring it all crashing down. Life’s unpredictable blows can dismantle our realities, leaving behind a trail of questions and broken dreams. As the facade of life dissipates, pillars once deemed steadfast vanish, and we’re left grappling with the remnants. The author revisits the starting point, navigating a world shaped by revelations, torn between passion and profound pain. In his signature surreal narrative style, he paints a vivid picture of his transformed reality: a tumultuous terrain of emotion. This collection delves deep into themes of grief, betrayal, and existential sorrow. When life thrusts you into an unfamiliar realm, do you question if it’s all just a grand illusion? From melancholic poems and heart-wrenching tales to soulful songs, this is a journey through the darkest corridors of a wounded heart. These are the words from the depths of despair, a testament to the fragile human spirit.
Ranks states in terms of income, agricultural and industrial production, mortality rates, college graduates, divorce, debt, population change, highway fatalities, and taxes.
The New Boys at Oakdale" by Morgan Scott is a young adult novel that takes readers into the world of Oakdale Academy, where new students face challenges, make friends, and grow through their experiences. The story centers around two new students, Jack and Mark, who arrive at Oakdale Academy with mixed feelings of excitement and anxiety. They are about to embark on a new chapter of their lives, leaving behind their familiar surroundings to attend the prestigious school. As they settle into Oakdale, Jack and Mark navigate the complexities of school life, including academic challenges, making friends, and dealing with bullies. Along the way, they encounter a diverse group of classmates, each with their own personalities and quirks. The novel explores themes of friendship, resilience, and personal growth as the characters face various obstacles and learn valuable life lessons. Jack and Mark's journey at Oakdale Academy is one of self-discovery, as they come to understand themselves better and find their places within the school community. "The New Boys at Oakdale" provides readers with an engaging and relatable coming-of-age story, highlighting the universal experiences of young people as they transition into new environments and face the ups and downs of adolescence. It underscores the importance of friendship and the ability to overcome challenges, making it a compelling read for young readers seeking stories of personal growth and adventure.
As the United States creates the Space Force as a service within the Department of the Air Force, RAND assessed which units to bring into the Space Force, analyzed career field sustainability, and drew lessons from other defense organizations. The report focuses on implications for effectiveness, efficiency, independence, and sense of identity for the new service.
Get the full list of rankings! Click here. Press Release and Media Contact Click here. Find out how your community fares in the fight against crime. The list of crime rate rankings is just the beginning! City Crime Rankings is a 388 page publication featuring 90 easy-to-use tables of city and metropolitan area crime data. Published annually for sixteen years, City Crime Rankings is a staple resource for researchers, city and law enforcement officials, and the news media that follow trends in crime. This new edition provides easy-to-understand crime comparisons for cities and metro areas throughout the United States. Numbers, rates and trends for total crime, violent crime, murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft are presented in both alphabetical and rank order for all metro areas and cities of 75,000 or more population. Also included are numbers and rates of police in cities. Americans want to know about crime in their communities. City Crime Rankings 2009-2010 provides this essential information in one comprehensive, user-friendly volume.
Vesi, a young Etruscan noblewoman, bears Horatrim, a child who carries inexplicable knowledge and grows to manhood in only six years. After a Roman attack leaves Vesi unresponsive, Horatrim travels to Rome. All the while, his demon father is seeking him to kill him.
In this unique take on the autobiographical genre, life isn't a chronological tale to be told from beginning to end but rather a bouquet of flowers randomly picked over the course of six decades and assembled over several months. Inspired by memoir-writing courses at the college where he served as dean, Morgan Scott Phenix decided that his story was worth telling. The result is an assortment of short reflections and candid stories that work together to paint a vivid portrait of a life from childhood to retirement, and beyond. Rather than a chronological story told from beginning to end, you'll see a selection of threads and patterns that have been woven into the fabric of Phenix's life over the years—the influence of his family, his relationships and marriages, his travels, jobs and commitments, and ultimately his unwavering faith in God. And just in case you find yourself inspired to pen your own life story while reading this thoughtful memoir, you'll find tips and hints inside for putting together and publishing your very own autobiographical work. Phenix firmly believes that every life is worth living and every story is worth telling, and that includes yours, too!
Writers love excuses.But if they spent as much energy on their work as they do their excuses, they would get much more work done.BS is great for crops, but not for writers. And in How To Be A Whiny Beeyotch, bestselling author, editor, teacher, and speaker Scott Morgan deconstructs 71 steaming piles of writer-crafted BS to help writers get over the biggest obstacle to their success: Themselves!
No matter what genre you write, your readers all want the same thing - they want to be part of the show. Here's the secret: If you want to engage readers, you need great characters, and writing great characters starts with writing great people. Character Development from the Inside Out tells you how to do just that!
This single reference volume features every cutting-edge CQ Researcher report published in 2012. CQ Researcher is the most trusted source for in-depth reporting on current, vital issues, and is the top choice of librarians and students seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on the issues shaping the world.
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