Derek: 1655 books

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our January 2019 issue (#148) contains: Original fiction by Jamie Wahls ("Eater of Worlds"),...

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of unique novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real...

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of exceptional novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both...

Derek Walcott's Omeros is a poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events -- the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement -- and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.

A VERY different vampire story "I recommend reading this amusing story especially if you laugh at the zany vampire craze." "A great mix of classic vampire lour and modern pop culture this is a great short story." "This was a book that was a lot of fun...

Shadows beneath the Street Lamp is a series of short stories peering into the dark areas of life. “Lullaby for a Lost Soul” is the first installment of many to come. In this story you will take a walk alongside a troubled young man through the streets of Norfolk, Virginia and get a glimpse of the crazy thoughts that float through his mind.

Writing Fiction offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented. This volume makes use of new versions of key chapters from the recent Routledge/Open University textbook Creative...

In the shrewd, comical spirit of Peter Mayle and Bill Bryson, Derek Lambert discovers the charms and idiosyncrasies of Spain as he experiences the rewards and frustrations of beginning a new life there. As Lambert and his wife set about restoring their moldering casita on Spain’s Mediterranean...

L'auteur prend le prétexte d'une photographie pour nous entraîner dans un récit poétique. C’est le récit d’une photographie et de l’invraisemblance qu’elle expose, le récit d’un cheminement du présent de l’image au présent du regard. Une fête d’enfants, des ballons gonflés...

For band mates Kris and Dane, everything changes when they finally kiss. Their feelings are out now and they have to deal with them. But Dane just can’t deal with his. Just before they’re set to compete in a Battle of the Bands, Dane runs scared. Kris knows he has to win Dane back now or lose him forever.

When Russ is approached at school by Ryan, his constant admirer, he remembers his Three Rules for Talking to Boys. Those rules command a boy to be dynamic and confident when asking another boy out. When Russ falls for the masked local teen wrestler, The Cannonball Kid, he puts those rules to good use, only he finds himself wanting to revise his own Rules.

Former professional wrestler Roland McAlister is paralyzed after years of abuse in the wrestling business, both in the ring and out. While living with his third wife, he receives a phone call from the son he fathered while on the road twenty-five years previously. The son, Cory, has entered the wrestling...

Most of the poems in this sequence of fifty where written in close succession during one summer in Trinidad. Their principle themes are the relationship of poetry to painting, the stasis of midsummer in the tropics, and the pull of the sea, family and friendship. Walcott records the experience of...

In Moon-Child, the poet and playwright Derek Walcott returns to the island of St. Lucia for a lush and vivid tale of spirituality and the supernatural. In this lyrical new work, the crafty Planter (who may or may not be the Devil in disguise) schemes to take over the island for development. Between...