Wicked Weird

Author : Stephen Gencarella
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493032674
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Weird & Wily Yankees written by Stephen Gencarella and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incredible Stories of the Prophets, Vagabonds, Fortune-Tellers, Hermits, Lords, and Poets Who Shaped New England New England has been a lot of things—an economic hub, a cultural center, a sports mecca—but it is also home to many of the strangest individuals in America. Wicked Weird & Wily Yankees explores and celebrates the eccentric personalities who have left their mark in a way no other book has before. Some folks are known, others not so much, but the motley cast of characters that emerges from these pages represents a fascinating cross-section of New England’s most peculiar denizens. Look inside to find: Tales of the Leather Man and the Old Darned Man, who both spent years crisscrossing the highways and byways of the northeast, their origins and motivation to remain forever unknown. The magnificent homes of William Gillette and Madame Sherri, famed socialites who constructed enormous castles in the New England countryside. William Sheldon’s apocalyptic prophecies and wild claims including that the American Revolution had hastened the end of the world and that he could—through his mastery of the “od-force”—prevent cholera across the eastern United States. The mysterious fortune-teller Moll Pitcher whose predictions, some say, were sought by European royalty and whose fame made her the subject of poems, plays, and novels long after her death. Stretching back to the colonial era and covering the development and evolution of New England society through the beginning of the twenty-first century, this book captures the rebel spirit, prickly demeanors, and wily attitudes that have made the region the hotbed for oddity it is today. *All Royalties Donated to the Education and Youth Programs at the Connecticut River Museum*

Author : Q.A. Juyub
Publisher : TWENTYSIX
ISBN 13 : 3740787341
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Weird World beyond reality timelines written by Q.A. Juyub and published by TWENTYSIX. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear audience, welcome to a danse bizarre in four acts between fictional fantastic worlds. Fans of wacky horror stories will get their money's worth in the first, 'wicked' act. In addition, there are recipes from the realm of fantasy for all gourmets - we recommend 'unicorn stew' here. In the second act we delight our audience with bizarre crime stories and tales from our 'weird world'. The whole thing is garnished with really wacky advertisements for totally smart people or masochists. Cool articles are included for free. In the third act we look beyond reality and delight the inclined audience with all kinds of fantasy stories. In addition, there are all sorts of fantastic odds and ends, including the religious outpourings of our atheistic druid. In the last act, shadows from time and a surreal game with timelines await us.

Author : Rich Terfry
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385679734
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked and Weird written by Rich Terfry and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star radio-host Rich Terfry presents the amazing tales of his alter ego, musician Buck 65, in this rollicking account of growing up poor, talented, baseball-obsessed, music-mad and girl-smitten. With wit, style and a born writer's knack for telling detail, Rich Terfry gives us the wildly entertaining story of his unusual life through the eyes of his shy but brilliant and preternaturally observant alter-ego, Buck. Born in a small town in Nova Scotia to a mother who begins yelling at him the moment he is born and a father who keeps his own counsel, Buck imbibes fear and insecurity like other kids guzzle milk. Hobbled by his fears and demons, Buck almost disappears into the “evil in the woods” that lurks just beyond the town's border . . . until he is saved by three gifts: baseball, romantic love and music. His epic journey­­—full of diversions, coincidences, and larger-than-life characters—out of the darkness of his suicide-plagued childhood and into the bright wide world begins with a killer pitching arm (Buck almost makes it to the pros) and continues with his transformation into hip hop artist Buck 65. Along the way, Buck develops into a hopeless romantic and an obsessively creative, shape-shifting man who both fears life and dives into it with abandon. Wicked and Weird is a lively, sometimes shocking portrait of a life lived on the edge, by turns funny and heartbreaking.

Author : Matthew M Bartlett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998185439
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Weird written by Matthew M Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a side of the world those deemed "normal" don't see, save for glimpses in flashing moments of fear and confusion. These places exist just around the corner of our vision, beyond the ocean fog of memory and nightmare, where monstrous children cry for love and secrets are hidden in remote caves; where nature reclaims its own and a sweet taste in your mouth portends evil beyond imagining. Within these pages are twenty-one secrets hidden behind a veil only the most ancient of beings have dared to pass through, brought to you by some of the most talented and imaginative authors to come out of New England.In short, these stories are Wicked Weird.Featuring oddities and terrors from Matthew M. Bartlett, J. Edwin Buja, William D. Carl, Victoria Dalpe, Barry Lee Dejasu, Peter N. Dudar, Emma J. Gibbon, John Goodrich, Paul R. McNamee, F. R. Michaels, Kali Moulton, Errick A. Nunnally, Jason Parent, Steve Van Samson, Rob Smales, LL Soares, Wicker Stone, Morgan Sylvia, Jeffrey Thomas, K. H. Vaughan and Trisha J. Wooldridge

Author : John Ross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern written by John Ross and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott T. Goudsward
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fountain of the Dead written by Scott T. Goudsward and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What started as a night at the theater and a meteor shower ended with the dead walking the planet. Living in a fortified cul-de-sac in the shadow of Boston a group of refugees have etched out their survival. At times they're not sure who to fear more, the zombies wandering the streets or the power mad "controller" of Boston, Richard Crenshaw. Until the day a crazed environmentalist shows up at the gates with promises of "the cure" disrupting their lives. With a handful of volunteers, Catherine sets off with her team to follow the half-mad scientist to Florida to where he believes the cure for the zombie plague exists. When they arrive in the swamp they are greeted by unexpected horrors both human and inhuman. The insanity of the scientist, Pierce leads them on a chase through the swamps of Florida searching the cure that ends badly for everyone. "... a wild and terrifying road trip through the apocalypse! This is top notch zombie action, told with an intelligence and energy that had me begging for more. Goudsward writes what I love!" -Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of DEAD CITY and THE DEAD WON'T DIE "... a solid road-trip zombie novel, with a cool cast, plenty of undead mayhem, and a wild finale in the Florida swamps I didn't see coming. Fans of the subgenre will devour this one in no time." -The Horror Fiction Review "...the ultimate post-apocalyptic road trip, complete with a megalomaniacal villain, an East Coast long race to a possible cure and zombie alligators. What more could a walker fan want or need? Read this book. Read it NOW." -Jan Kozlowski, author of DIE, YOU BASTARD! DIE!

Author : Mark Waid
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 : 1779501331
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flash by Mark Waid Book Six written by Mark Waid and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these tales, the mayor of Keystone asks the Flash to relocate himself away from Keystone CityÑbut trouble still manages to find the Fastest Man Alive in his new home of Santa Marta. First, the Flash saves a presidential candidate from the Top, a member of the Rogues. Then, Mr. Frost strikesÑand his illusions threaten to destroy both the Flash and his new home. And when word spreads that the Flash has moved to a new city, several of his greatest foes show up to cause trouble, including the earthquake-causing Major Disaster! Collects THE FLASH #119-129, THE FLASH/GREEN LANTERN: FASTER FRIENDS #1-2, THE FLASH PLUS NIGHTWING #1 and a story from DC UNIVERSE HOLIDAY BASH #1.

Author : Joyce Emmerson Muddock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2Z/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories, Weird and Wonderful written by Joyce Emmerson Muddock and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Kiskaddon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rhymes of the Ranges written by Bruce Kiskaddon and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michelle Y. Souliere
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143967258X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bigfoot in Maine written by Michelle Y. Souliere and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A well-researched history of curious Sasquatch encounters . . . Souliere makes an enthusiastic and engaging argument for the existence of Bigfoot.” —Kirkus Reviews The dark woods of Maine have been the setting for many eerie and unexplained events, none more captivating than sightings of a giant hominid known as Bigfoot. But what makes this corner of New England such a perfect place for this cryptid to live? Learn about the ecology and geography that support the legend and meet the people forever changed by close encounters with it. From previously unpublished eyewitness accounts to modern-day media portrayals, author and illustrator Michelle Souliere presents this detailed history of the phenomenon and folklore that has lurked in shadows for generations. “Detailed, intriguing . . . As one reads the testimonials in Bigfoot in Maine, which date from the 1960s to the present, even a non-believer will start to question their assumptions.” —Mainer “The case Bigfoot in Maine makes is compelling, extensively researched, and delicately handled.” —Livermore Falls Advertiser “Includes first-person accounts from those who say they have seen the cryptid in Maine.” —The Portland Press Herald