“A mix of magic realism and Southern gothic, this stunning collaboration between King and McDowell…moves at a hypnotic pace, like an Alabama water moccasin slipping through black water.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)Calliope “Calley” Dakin is no normal little girl. She hears things that maybe a little girl shouldn’t hear—and knows things a little girl should never know.Just seven when her beloved father is tortured, murdered, and dismembered b...

Una novela gótica sureña spin off del universo Blackwater, escrito por Michael McDowell.Una novela gótica sureña donde el asesinato brutal de un padre de familia en el Alabama de los años 50 desencadena un relato de secretos familiares, herencias sobrenaturales y casas encantadas, escrita por Michael McDowell, el maestro indiscutible del gótico sureño autor de la saga Blackwater.Calliope "Calley" Dakin tiene siete ...

Author Michael McDowell, known for his chilling Blackwater series, left behind the unfinished manuscript of Candles Burning upon his death in 1999. His close friend, Tabitha King, has taken up where he left off, weaving a Southern gothic fabric of murder, guilt, innocence, corruption, and survival, in the voices of the living and the dead.Seven-year-old Calley Dakin is daddy’s little girl, but her well-born mother persists in her contempt for the Dakin name. When her daddy is tortu...

The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell...and a few to glory.A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume.The long reach of Stephen King's imagin...

When an all white school gets its first black teacher, who is half-breed. Although she's hated by most of the teachers and the school higher society. Many students feel her presence as an angel, which is their belief because for some reason they're all extremely attractive to her. She makes everyone feel comfortable with her presence, even when bad things or trouble comes about. It seems to go away because she's near. Yet, there's one dreadful woman that wants to expose her of being nothin...

An all-star ensemble cast of poets and performers bring to life Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary final collection—a landmark of American literature!For decades, Nikki Giovanni’s poetry has been at the forefront of American culture. The New Book is a towering work of protest against the divisions of our time, leavened with moments of joy and reflection about her indelible legacy, her family history, and the small pleasures of her richly lived life.Wit...

What really went on back in 1193? Was Richard Lionheart really the hero we think? Was John really that bad? And who was Robin Hood, no really, who was he? Find out the answers to all these questions and more, in this hilariously funny counter-history.