Attacked by musket-wielding Furies and an ironclad submarine, Verity and Jasper (disguised as an old tin cup) flee their pirate ship in 1862. Time is running out to get to Elizabethan London and rescue Eddie. But first, she must master powerful Songline magic while disguised as an Arab maiden (quite a stretch, according to Jasper). As if that is not enough, 10,000 drooling zombie women stand between her and safety"--Back cover.
A tongue-in-cheek parody of HUCK FINN, with a saucy girl heroine and her shape-shifting, wisecracking, talking sword, all set in an alternate Civil War waged with secret magic.
When he is attacked by ferocious beast-men and a ray gun-wielding aviator while aiding a tentacled prostitute, Shakespearean actor and government agent Montague Paragon knows something weird and threatening is afoot. Does it binvolve the mysterious Dr. Moreau and his fiendish genetic experiments? Why are winged gargoyles abducting people in broad daylight? Who killed a corrupt Member of Parliament with black smoke? What are the deadly little tripods that are stalking Paragon with heat rays? What secret is the saintly Dr. Jekyll keeping? And how is all of this connected to the small cylinders falling from space?Wounded in body and mind by the Zulu War and a dreadful childhood experience, Paragon must overcome his many demons on the way to saving the world?again. With his partners, Aesthete author Oscar Wilde and famed male impersonator Vesta Tilley, along with his oh-so-proper brass valet Mervyn, he ventures into a world of genetically-modified assassins, rogue automatons, ornithopter dogfights, four-armed white apes, and human traitors aiding an unimaginably foreign enemy in the subjugation of mankind.At the top of Paragon's worries: is the impossibly-seductive Lady Ambergris Kalmaar as helpful as she seems, or is she leading him by the trousers into a deadly trap?
Coolness and Courage is a one-act play which shows how a boy in trouble named Raheem learns to make the right decisions. Sentenced to community service in a nursing home, he meets a resident who tells him the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, the tough African-American fighting men who overcame prejudice, Native American warriors, and terrible living conditions to pacify the Old West. After learning how those heroes overcame adversity with honor, Raheem has the chance to do something similar when his former partners in crime make him an offer. Designed to be set up and performed in one classroom period, with time left for discussion, Coolness and Courage has been successfully performed for schools, youth groups, and churches by young men who faced the same inner-city challenges Raheem has to confront in the play.
Gentle Rain" is the haunting story of two Civil War soldiers—one a wounded Confederate sergeant, the other a young Yankee privateùforced to share a barn after surviving the bloodiest single day of combat in American history…the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). After indulging their hatred and trying to kill one another, they settle down to a tentative truce which ends up exposing their mutually-wounded souls. A surprise revelation leads to compassion, redemption, and even love. This play will make the reader stop and think about how we treat each other, in peace as well as in war, and offers hope that the pain we inflict can always be mended.
From Holocaust knife fights to clowns hurling pies, Blood and Beauty offers a dozen opportunities for actresses to display their stage combat expertise. Filling a need in the theatrical canon, these short plays not only provide women with stage fights to perform, but also present severe acting challenges.
Fleeing her 1862 home, Verity and Jasper (disguised as an old tin cup) are attacked by Napoleon's lancers, ogres, and four-armed demons, plus the usual zombies and poop monsters. In only a few days luck will run out for Eddie, hidden in a foul dungeon in Elizabethan London, so Verity must attempt highly hazardous Songline teleportation (in the improbable guise of a perfectly proper maiden). Jasper thinks it's really funny... until he has to become her underwear. Helped by ever-stranger allies, including a cannonball-riding fire sprite, flatulent fairy, duelling lady pianist, and an elderly balloonist wielding Captain Nemo's firearms, Verity has to confront treachery amongst her closest friends. Then she learns that her deadly enemies may be more innocent than she'd been told. Worst of all, her long-lost father sends her a horrifying message: to save the world, she must let Eddie die!"--Page [4] of cover.
The most hilarious heart transplant memoir you'll read this year! In late March 2019, high school English teacher and competitive runner Terry Kroenung rode a quick 10 miles on his bike. 10 days later he had an emergency heart transplant. Really. Imagine his surprise. This memoir recounts his experiences with near-fatal pacemaker implantations, defibrillation scorch marks, 7-hour cardiac ablations, surgical staples, and the up-and-down recovery process. Along the way are 6 pregnant nurses, Canadian axe throwers, alien face-huggers, playful chest zippers, demonic urinary catheters, and the most horrifying photo of a dead heart that even the doctors had ever seen. To keep himself -- and his shell-shocked wife, family, and friends -- from dwelling on the life-or-death enormity of it all, he kept a diary of everything that happened, no matter how trivial or absurd. His snarky, pun-strewn, geeky commentary on events, as well as more dubiously-termed 'wit' that he added after the fact (essentially playing Mystery Science Theatre with himself), make up the book that you're somehow still reading about. A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to benefit Donor Alliance and their life-saving work increasing the supply of transplant organs.
Dashing swordplay! Heart-stopping romance! Intricate political intrigue! And all written by a 10 year-old girl? This new play, based on Alexandre Dumas' classic 1844 novel, tells the "real" story of how the tale came to be written, complete with crazy deleted scenes that wound up on the "cutting room floor", so to speak. Although all of the famous moments that readers have enjoyed for over 150 years are here-the rousing duel with the Cardinal's Guards, Milady's evil schemes with Cardinal Richelieu to control the throne of France, the joyous picnic on the battlefield at La Rochelle-this new version also gives readers and actors scenes never shown before. As Dumas and his precocious niece Charlotte write the novel, episodes are tried and discarded. These include a Rockettes-style dance number featuring high-kicking Musketeers and the usually-timid Constance clashing-sword-in-hand-with four of the Cardinal's Guards. Suitable for production at all levels, from schools to professional theatres, this new take on The Three Musketeers is sure to please readers and audiences alike.
A tongue-in-cheek parody of HUCK FINN, with a saucy girl heroine and her shape-shifting, wisecracking, talking sword, all set in an alternate Civil War waged with secret magic.
Coolness and Courage is a one-act play which shows how a boy in trouble named Raheem learns to make the right decisions. Sentenced to community service in a nursing home, he meets a resident who tells him the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, the tough African-American fighting men who overcame prejudice, Native American warriors, and terrible living conditions to pacify the Old West. After learning how those heroes overcame adversity with honor, Raheem has the chance to do something similar when his former partners in crime make him an offer. Designed to be set up and performed in one classroom period, with time left for discussion, Coolness and Courage has been successfully performed for schools, youth groups, and churches by young men who faced the same inner-city challenges Raheem has to confront in the play.
From Holocaust knife fights to clowns hurling pies, Blood and Beauty offers a dozen opportunities for actresses to display their stage combat expertise. Filling a need in the theatrical canon, these short plays not only provide women with stage fights to perform, but also present severe acting challenges.
Gentle Rain" is the haunting story of two Civil War soldiers—one a wounded Confederate sergeant, the other a young Yankee privateùforced to share a barn after surviving the bloodiest single day of combat in American history…the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). After indulging their hatred and trying to kill one another, they settle down to a tentative truce which ends up exposing their mutually-wounded souls. A surprise revelation leads to compassion, redemption, and even love. This play will make the reader stop and think about how we treat each other, in peace as well as in war, and offers hope that the pain we inflict can always be mended.
Dashing swordplay! Heart-stopping romance! Intricate political intrigue! And all written by a 10 year-old girl? This new play, based on Alexandre Dumas' classic 1844 novel, tells the "real" story of how the tale came to be written, complete with crazy deleted scenes that wound up on the "cutting room floor", so to speak. Although all of the famous moments that readers have enjoyed for over 150 years are here-the rousing duel with the Cardinal's Guards, Milady's evil schemes with Cardinal Richelieu to control the throne of France, the joyous picnic on the battlefield at La Rochelle-this new version also gives readers and actors scenes never shown before. As Dumas and his precocious niece Charlotte write the novel, episodes are tried and discarded. These include a Rockettes-style dance number featuring high-kicking Musketeers and the usually-timid Constance clashing-sword-in-hand-with four of the Cardinal's Guards. Suitable for production at all levels, from schools to professional theatres, this new take on The Three Musketeers is sure to please readers and audiences alike.
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