J Michael: 2158 books

Sidekicks. We know them, and we ignore them. They sit courtside, they wait in the shadows, they ride on the coattails. They have nothing to offer. Or do they? Heroes and heroines perform world shaking deeds, but sidekicks? Sidekicks are the unseen glue holding those powerhouses together....

Shadows and Reflections is the Roger Zelazny tribute anthology you’ve been waiting for. Here are stories that are not just inspired by Roger Zelazny, but stories set in universes created by Roger Zelazny. Finding Shadows and Reflections is like discovering a new Zelazny collection full of old friends...

Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology to be published annually by ChiZine Publications, collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work produced by Canadian writers. Canadian...

So real, you'll want to sleep with it yourself! With the LIGHTS ON! Hot - Raunchy - Real - and definitely adult! [BrE][3200 words]

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.   The...

WPaD presents: Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe… - A scientist struggles to find a cure for Alzheimer's before the disease takes his mind… - Dolphins and whales work with their human trainers to terraform a new planet… - Artificial intelligence backfires on humanity...

Who can come up with a dozen or more different ways to end the world? We can! This collection of apocalyptic short stories explores the myriad ways in which life as we know it could end. From the traditional nuclear apocalypse to cosmic events, zombies, mysterious alien substances, evil corporations...

As a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, gave voice to the ordinary man and woman, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. He witnessed and recorded with clarity much of the political and social upheaval of the 20th century: the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam. Yet his...

Twas the fright before Christmas And all through the town Not a soul stirred No one dared make a sound... Welcome to Deathlehem, where... ...Krampus, not Santa, brings the holiday cheer... ...the lights on the tree, so festive and bright, skitter and crawl and possess a lethal bite... ...malicious...

Fifteen short stories involving pets.  But don't think for a moment that you'll "See Spot Run", or that Lassie will save her master who's fallen in the well. Those are common pet tales, and these are Uncommon Pet Tales.  Within this collection, you'll find a little bit of romance, a little...

A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age: Stewart jumps at the chance to travel into space, but it turns out his mission is more dangerous than he thought Stewart Hale is about to turn thirteen, and all he wants is to become a rocket pilot, just like his mom. But ever since she...

Some secrets should never be kept… Andy Boyd thinks he is the luckiest man alive. Widowed with a young child, after his wife dies in childbirth, he is certain that he will never again experience true love. Then he meets Anna. Feisty, fun and beautiful, she's his perfect match … and she loves his...

A helping hand? Or the grip of a murderer? A Glasgow student is found dead in a city-centre alley, kickstarting a trail of brutality that drives DI Ray McBain to the very edge, staring into the abyss… The victim’s family and friends are all under suspicion, and McBain has to untangle a sordid...

"Funny and brutal, heartfelt and compelling" Craig Robertson. Even though he’s a successful criminal, Kenny O’Neill - Glasgow's answer to Tony Soprano - is angry. Not only has his high-class escort girlfriend just been attacked, but his father is reaching out to him from the past - despite...