Barry: 2877 books

Kid Grayson Mayfield is gifted by God with a talent that will either kill or save him from his tormented soul. He will kill a man before he is 18. He will play guitar with Jimi Hendrix, be hunted by Viet Cong guerrillas and be stalked by a corrupt lawman. His wars may never be over.

A subtle, impeccably rendered new novel from one of America's most distinctive writers.A woman and her young son are traveling together by car through the southern and midwestern United States in the mid-to-late 1950s. As the mother drives, she and the boy, Roy, talk about their lives, their disappointments,...

Three short crime stories, among them the Derringer Award-winning flash fiction tale "Vigilante," plus an essay about locked-room and other "impossible crime" fictions.

Revenge is a dish best served steaming. Eric Dennison doesn't suffer fools or offenses lightly. When Theron Claymore, the new man in the workplace, pushes matters too far, Eric resorts to drastic measures to stop him, with surprises for Claymore--and the reader.

In space, no one can hear you burp.Sci-fi for foodies? Perhaps. The novelette's protagonist supplies exotic foods to restaurants throughout the galaxy. When he discovers a creature thought to be mythical, a different kind of hunger besets him and it's no longer business as usual.Although...

A pictorial guide for travelling the South Island of New Zealand. This book is a collection of captioned images to whet the appetite and provide a sample of the beautiful scenery and places of interest around the South Island - from rainforests and snow-capped mountains to golden sandy beaches. In...

"Bram Stoker... M.R. James... Stephen King... Now there is Barry Graham." —Scottish Field "I'm there when it gets dark to kill you if I can..." The Bogey Man's sinister chant used to scare the wits out of Gary Scott when he was a five-year-old, growing up in the...

On Halloween night, 1998, five boys go trick or treating and eat magic candy that transforms them into real-life versions of their costumes…but so does a group of teenagers dressed as zombies. Tommy (12), dressed as Boba Fett, gets a real jetpack and laser gun. Aaron (13), wearing his Shaquille...

Mark, a pizza delivery driver in the year 2016, gets an email from his own account, claiming to be himself from 30 years in the future. * * * Dear Me, It's you...from the future. I know what you're thinking—"BULLSH*T"—but I swear it's really me. I'm you. I'm...

Hundreds of years in the future, the surface of earth has become overheated and inhabitable due to climate change. Humanity has moved on to four underwater colonies—giant metal spherical structures floating in the oceans. Fin is a young boy living on Atlantic Colony, and his school teacher...

Jordan Hanson was having a bad day. His girlfriend was acting distant, his cat had run off, his car was leaking oil, there was something screwy with the electrical system in his new house, and to top it all off he got caught in a storm. By the end of the day, though, Jordan would have given anything...

The influence of the Royal Navy on the development of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest was both extensive and effective. Yet all too frequently, its impact has been ignored by historians, who instead focus on the influence of explorers, fur traders, settlers, and railway builders. In this...

England and Australia met to fight out a historic test match before a huge rampant crowd, a frightening, insatiable monster with 80,000 mouths and unbridled passionate power that keeps in the dungeons below the grandstands a contingent of slaves who must attend its every need - the players, administrators,...

When teenage twins Vicky and Josh are orphaned after their parents die in a car crash, they have to move to the New Forest to live with their Aunt Minnie. Here they meet Julius who reveals that he is a time-traveller. He takes them back to Cherbourg on April 10th 1912 where they board the Titanic...