Tales From Pareidolia

Author : Stuart F Taylor
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0957164602
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from Pareidolia written by Stuart F Taylor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fables and oddities exploring the ideas of skepticism and science. God returns to earth, breasts start a revolution, heads explode and monsters erupt from volcanoes and people make terrible, terrible decisions.

Author : James Everington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913038335
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pareidolia written by James Everington and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pareidolia is the phenomenon where the mind perceives shapes, or hears voices, where none apparently exist. But what if what you were seeing was really there? What if the voice you heard really was speaking to you, calling you?

Author : J.P. Osterman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692479643
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pareidolia written by J.P. Osterman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pareidolia is our tendency to give names to strange unidentifiable shapes in our universe and discern order from the chaos.Author J.P. Osterman has created an anthology of her uncanny short stories dealing with space travel, otherworldly dimensions and communications across the known universe. J.P. is known for her accurate research supporting her stories and has a broad range of voice and power. When added to her signature use of emotions and profoundly eloquent verse; we see the reason for her ability to craft wide-ranging Sci-Fi stories equal to any contemporary writer today.J.P.'s anthology shows you just how superb Science Fiction can get. Her collection twists and turns between closely real and the refreshing worlds she creates, with a perfect balance of imagination and down to earth humanity. The stories will grab you and immediately yank you in whether it's around the corner or across the universe. Her fictional worlds remain our world. It's the resilience of her characters and their enveloping stories that leave you wanting more. Here's a brief sample of what's inside:"The Mons Genius." A 19-year-old June Merk, a 6th generation Martian, can't see her quantum computer processor Qubi. Qubi and June are evolving into who, or what?"Meteorite Girl" Chronicles Elizabeth Miller who changes into something unrecognizable! Can she reverse the effects?"Jesse's Christmas Star." A strange bright star shines just beyond the farm country hills of Hannah, Indiana, parents are grieving over their war hero son Jesse who's supposed to be dead. He's not."Winter Retrieval." Linda Grayson is caught in a tug-of-war with aliens. She has only one chance to communicate with them."The Rip" is a place you don't want to be. Awakening after 50 years in stasis in an unknown corner of the cosmos, a multiverse catastrophe is expanding in front of their eyes! Can stranded Kent Johnson and Lisa Simmons save all life in the universe?Join the journey, and experience cosmic - Pareidolia.

Author : J P Osterman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pareidolia written by J P Osterman and published by . This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pareidolia is our tendency to give names to strange unidentifiable shapes in our universe and discern order from the chaos.J.P. Osterman has created an anthology of her uncanny short stories dealing with space travel, otherworldly dimensions and communications across the universe. J.P. is known for her accurate research supporting her stories and has a broad range of voice and power. When added to her signature use of emotions and profoundly eloquent verse, we see the reason for her ability to craft wide-ranging sci-fi stories equal to any contemporary writer today.J.P.'s collection twists and turns between closely real and the refreshing worlds she creates, with a perfect balance of imagination and down to earth humanity. The stories will grab you and immediately yank you in whether it's around the corner or across the universe. Her fictional worlds remain our world. It's the resilience of her characters and their enveloping stories that leave you wanting more. Here's a brief sample of what's inside: "The Mons Genius." A 19-year-old June Merk, a 6th generation Martian, can't see her quantum computer processor Qubi. Qubi and June are evolving into who, or what?"Meteorite Girl" Chronicles Elizabeth Miller who changes into something unrecognizable! Can she reverse the effects?"Jesse's Christmas Star." A strange bright star shines just beyond the farm country hills of Hannah, Indiana, parents are grieving over their war hero son Jesse who's supposed to be dead. He's not."Winter Retrieval." Linda Grayson is caught in a tug-of-war with aliens. She has only one chance to communicate with them."The Rip" is a place you don't want to be. Awakening after 50 years in stasis in an unknown corner of the cosmos, a multiverse catastrophe is expanding in front of their eyes! Can stranded Kent Johnson and Lisa Simmons save all life in the universe?"Starlighters, Mission 1" -- A probe or planet? Trapped accidentally, or being observed? Vivian and Stan Jenkens must fight to survive all types of aliens and work for their freedom. Can they survive their very first mission in the Kuiper Belt?Join the journey, and experience cosmic - Pareidolia.

Author : William Peskett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520307312
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pareidolia written by William Peskett and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When there's a murder at Jirapong's Stone Carving the three young carvers are suspected of the crime. After all, each has a motive. But old Kosum isn't convinced. He has been a stone carver for years and understands pareidolia, the phenomenon by which we see faces in the clouds and imagine mythic beasts in the flames. Using his long experience, the old man sets a trap for the killer.This story appears in Sweet Song of the Siren and Other Stories.

Author : J. Scott Coatsworth
Publisher : Other Worlds Ink
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tangents & Tachyons written by J. Scott Coatsworth and published by Other Worlds Ink. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tangents & Tachyons is Scott's second anthology - six sci fi and sci-fantasy shorts that run the gamut from time travel to hopepunk and retro spec fic: Eventide: Tanner Black awakes to find himself in his own study, staring out the window at the end of the Universe. But who brought him there, and why? Chinatown: Deryn lives in an old San Francisco department store with his girlfriend Gracie, and scrapes by with his talent as a dreamcaster for the Chinese overlords. But what if a dream could change the world? Across the Transom: What if someone or something took over your body on an urgent mission to save your world? Pareidolia: Simon's not like other college kids. His mind can rearrange random patterns to reveal the images lurking inside. But where did his strange gift come from? And what if there are others like him out there too? Lamplighter: Fen has a crush on his friend Lewin, who's in a competing guild. But when the world goes dark, only a little illumination can save it. And only Fen, Lewin and their friend Alissa can light the spark. A Liminal Sky short. Prolepsis: Sean is the closeted twenty-five-year-old editor of an 80's sci-fi 'zine called Prolepsis. When an unabashedly queer story arrives from a mysterious writer, it blows open Sean's closet door, and offers him the chance to change the world - and the future. Plus two flash fiction stories – The System and The Frog Prince, never before published. This is the first time all of these stories have all been collected in one place.

Author : Erica Wagner
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783522534
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Light written by Erica Wagner and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described by Philip Pullman as 'the most important British writer of fantasy since Tolkein', Alan Garner has been enrapturing readers with works like The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Owl Service, Red Shift and The Stone Book Quartet for more than half a century. Now, a group of the writers and artists he has inspired over the years have come together to celebrate his life and work in First Light. This anthology includes original contributions from David Almond, Margaret Atwood, John Burnside, Susan Cooper, Helen Dunmore, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Garner, Paul Kingsnorth, Katherine Langrish, Helen Macdonald, Robert Macfarlane, Gregory Maguire, Neel Mukherjee, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith, Elizabeth Wein, Michael Wood and many, many more. Whether a literary essay, a personal response to Garner's writing or a story about the man himself, each piece is a tribute to his remarkable impact. Edited by the acclaimed journalist and novelist Erica Wagner, First Light will touch the heart of anyone who grew up reading Alan Garner.

Author : Sergio Della Sala
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198568766
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain written by Sergio Della Sala and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does listening to Mozart make us more intelligent? Does the size of the brain matter? Can we communicate with the dead? This book presents a survey of common myths about the mind & brain. It exposes the truth behind these beliefs, how they are perpetuated, why people believe them, & why they might even exist in the first place.

Author : Rina Ríos
Publisher : Rina Rios
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tuesday Tales written by Rina Ríos and published by Rina Rios. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the magic in ordinary day with Tuesday Tales Rina has always cherished her deep connection to her ancestry, mostly forged through oral histories she was lucky enough to get from her elders. When her grandfather died in 2014, she felt the urge to continue sharing family stories, both historical and contemporary. The range of emotions she shared and evoked in just a few paragraphs left readers wanting more—luckily, they knew they could count on her every Tuesday for almost four years. This captivating compilation promises laughter amid hardships and introspection through comic twists. Rina’s effortless and inviting tone beckons you to delve into tale after tale discovering poignant accounts of hunger on a Colombian beach; the lone bridge of Panama; sharks and more sharks; performing for thousands; the intricacies of homeschooling; attending hundreds of childbirths; surviving harrowing plane malfunctions, treacherous ski lifts, so many alligators, the dangers of automobiles, and food poisoning again and again. There’s magic in the every day. Discover it here!

Author : Joshua T. Whaley
Publisher : Joshua T. Whaley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Horror Dungeon written by Joshua T. Whaley and published by Joshua T. Whaley. This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Horror Dungeon, my friends. I am your host, Joshua T. Whaley, author of Lost Cannibal Manifesto and Voodoo Island Nightmare. As someone who grew up watching Tales from the Darkside and Tales from the Crypt, I wanted to write my own horror anthology series. With that said, let me take you on a tour of my nightmarish visions, which includes everything from demon women to murderous sasquatches to hungry werewolves to the Devil himself. So, if you have a strong stomach and are not scared of things that go bump in the night… then join me as I tell you thirteen tales of twisted terror with an ending you will never forget. List of Tales: That Old Dragon /A Whisper in the Attic / Terror at the Timberline / Crimson Sabbath / Pareidolia / Never Torture A Corpse / Hunger Pains / This Fall’s Night / Not So Clear-cut / Eye of the Storm / Waking Nightmare / The Devil’s Skin / Welcome, Please Stay Awhile