Bangs: 187 books

John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) has earned comparison with Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum for his humorous fantasies, including "A Houseboat on the Styx" and these wildly adventurous "Andiron Tales" -- featuring talking andirons, bellows and fire-pokers . . . and a voyage to the crescent Moon

The Idiot is anything but, yet his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers Pedagog's home for single gentlemen see him as such. His brand of creative thought is dismissed as foolishness yet it continues to get under their skin, because when you're beneath contempt you can say what you please. - This is the...

Ro barely survives the night as the monsters suck away most of her soul despite the best efforts of all who love her. Zeke tricks her into her male avatar where she should be safe, but she turns back into herself when Lang joins her at the funeral. Ro is attacked again and the multidirectional draining...

According to Wikipedia: "John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife."

My books are rather cerebral and require the reader to concentrate and be able to think about what they’re reading. There are no thrills a minute, no desperate chase scenes or space battles as yet, though there will be a little one in the future, and no immediate gratification.The heroine...

Biogengineered 8-y-o assassin Taj escapes from her secret base & loses the companions she taught to love. She is in a world of strangers, hunted by her former masters. Enveloped in love from birth, Taj is lonely, reaching out and searching for her lost mates. Only the unknown love fountain responds....

Arnod & Karrteh tell how they survived their race’s skewed Tests. Karrteh searches for Ro to find & save the missing girls, but Ro has also disappeared. Taj discovers a talent for art. Dino discovers himself & matures. Ro is recovered, near death, confused, amnesiac, powerless. Brinna,...

Magdalena has trapped the man who has been torturing and killing her over eight lives. She still loves him, but cannot trust him, knowing that he is a pawn controlled by Someone Else. Has she unwittingly doomed herself? Her Utopia, Galen is a haven for everyone else, but not for her. It leaves her...

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...

The Christian faith is filled with mystery, from the Trinity and the Incarnation to the smaller mysteries found in some of the strange and unexplained passages of the Bible: Behemoth and Leviathan, nephilim and seraphim, heroes and giants and more. There is no reason for fiction engaging with Christianity...

Raffles Holmes possesses all of the detection skills of his father, Sherlock—with none of the responsibility Raffles Holmes comes from impressive stock, with both larceny and detection in his blood in equal measure. He’s the son of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, and the grandson...

Amanda Harcourt had one scorching night of incredible sex with Conleth Maguire on a Galveston, Texas beach ten years ago. Then she’d left Con for a career in New York City. She’s back in Galveston now as the interior designer for the weird and wacky Castle of Dark Dreams, a theme park attraction....

Christmas classics short stories are a collection of renowned Christmas tales which are admired throughout the world. Start reading to unlock the Christmas magic.

Tales of spooks and spirits that have taught generations of readers what it means to be afraid of the dark—by authors from H. G. Wells to Willa Cather.   Before movies, television, and teams of high-tech “ghost hunters” running around darkened houses, there was only one sure-fire way to scare...