![]() ![]() “Alive?”Īli looks at him, a sad smile on her lips. “You’re letting us leave?” Ryan asks hopefully. Once they’re out, take them to their boat at the old pier. I’m not the only one who will be coming for them, I just got here first. “Sam,” she says, turning to face him, her entire demeanor changing. ![]() Then suddenly she nods curtly as though coming to an agreement with me, an agreement I know nothing about. She stares at me the longest, her face blank. We stand statue still, all very aware of the gun hanging heavy and dark at her side. “That’s Helios.”Īli looks to Trent who shrugs, unconcerned.Īli stares at each of us in turn. I nod quickly, though it’s more like shaking. “A warrior like you,” Ali finishes for me, the gun lowering again. The gun is back in my face in an instant. Whatever softness was building in her leaks away. Her eyes dart from me to Ryan, to Trent and back again. “The Hive has his daughter and he’ll never leave her.” ![]() “What is he waiting for?” she asks, her tone giving nothing away. Her fingers flex slightly on the handle of the gun. He showed us a map, told us he helped you plant a garden here and that he had an open invitation to join whenever he wanted but he won’t because he’s waiting.”Īli takes a deep breath. That they were liars and traitors and he was right. “He said we never should ask The Hive for anything. “Crenshaw is the one who told us about you originally,” I continue, hoping to hit home again with his name. God, Heaven and divine retribution – that’s all Colony talk.” ![]()
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Invigorating authentic Southern soul cooking with new inspiration, acclaimed chef Deborah VanTrece elevates classic comfort food into unique, surprising dishes worth celebrating.ĭeborah VanTrece's Kansas City roots, wide travel, and celebrated career in Atlanta have gifted her with a uniquely rich way with food-keeping soulful recipes fresh and fun while honoring cultures, ingredients, and tradition. ![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s an imaginary gun anyway,” I said, handing it back to him. reached out, pointing the tip of the gun up in the air, then moving my finger off the trigger. I sighed, taking the remote from the end table, then turning down the music. “Terrorists don’t usually find me in a shooting range. ![]() ![]() “We had a shooting range installed in the mansion for a purpose, J.C. “Care to fire off a mag or two? You could use the practice.” “Eh, Skinny,” he said, holding up the handgun. looks half like a scowl, but I’d long ago learned to stop being intimidated by him. He glanced toward me, then grinned, taking off his earmuffs. “J.C.!” I shouted as he stopped to reload. I wasn’t inclined to give them the opportunity. How would my mind interpret that? Undoubtedly, there were a dozen psychologists who’d want to write a paper on it. I didn’t know what would happen if one of my hallucinations shot me. He might accidentally shoot me if I surprised him. He emptied a clip into bin Laden’s face, punching an assortment of holes through the wall in the process. “I was trying to have a conversation!” I yelled. wore his own earmuffs, his handgun raised in two hands, sighting at a picture of Osama bin Laden on the wall. Grumbling to myself, I grabbed the earmuffs hanging outside his door-I’d learned to keep them there-and pushed my way in. The gunshots coming from J.C.’s room popped like firecrackers. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad. 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Club – a pop-culture website I greatly admire. ![]() I first heard about this book in a round-up of the best graphic novels and comic books of 2017, put out by The A.V. ‘Letters for Lucardo’, written and illustrated by Noora Heikkilä is the first graphic novel in a planned four-part series from Iron Circus Comics. ![]() ![]() ![]() “We can’t bring perfection to the world without the threat of force. The city of Ilmar may be not as strange and beautifully ugly as Miéville’s New Crobuzon, but it’s decidedly unpleasant in a oddly fascinating way. There’s magic - it’s fantasy after all - but really it’s more of a veneer for the social divisions and bureaucratic oppression musings, and the city and tone at times reminded me of China Miéville minus the overuse of thesaurus. It’s odd and weird and a bit warped, and full of strange and often unlikable characters inhabiting a strange and decidedly unpleasant city that is teetering on the verge of major unrest, waiting for a tiny spark - a McGuffin, really - to set off a chain of disasters. ![]() It took me a little while to wrap my head and heart around the happenings in this one. ![]() For some reason it often takes me much longer to love Adrian Tchaikovsky’s fantasy offerings even though I tend to have love-at-first-sight affairs with his science fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() And their rekindled relationship will either last forever or go down in flames. When Riley asks him to go public as her songwriting muse, he agrees on one condition: he’ll join her in her band on tour.Īs they perform across the country, Max and Riley start to realize that while they hit some wrong notes in the past, their future could hold incredible things. He’s content with managing the retirement home his family owns, but it’s not the life he dreamed of filled with music. Max hasn’t spoken to Riley since their relationship ended. When Riley’s ex-husband claims the hit song is about him, she does something she hasn’t in ten years and calls Max Harcourt, her college boyfriend and the real inspiration for the song of the summer. The Roughest Draft:. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Riley Wynn went from a promising singer-songwriter to a superstar overnight, thanks to her breakup song concept album and its unforgettable lead single. Buy The Roughest Draft by Wibberley, Emily, Siegemund-Broka, Austin from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. ![]() A rising-star musician has a second chance at love with an old flame she remembers all too well in this swoony romance from the acclaimed authors of The Roughest Draft. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the realm of TV movies, the windows for delivery can be quite narrow, and there is a whole cadre of other professionals (actors, directors, production supervisors, casting, etc.) who are often times dependent on the writer’s ability to deliver a teleplay in a timely fashion so they can then do their jobs.Īs much fun as this can be - and being allowed to be creative for a living is a dream! - it’s also crucial to remember that this is a job and the writer is part of a team working together to create the best product possible. When given a deadline, I do everything in my power to deliver on that deadline, especially as the time to start production nears. Clearly you are the most romantic, holiday-obsessed person in the world - or you have a great understanding of Hallmark’s brand of entertainment. PremiumBeat: Tracy, in 2018, you’ve written six produced films for Hallmark, and it’s only November. ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautifully packaged, The Flavour Thesaurus is not only a highly useful, and covetable, reference book that will immeasurably improve your cooking - it's the sort of book that might keep you up at night reading. It covers classic pairings such as pork & apple, lamb & apricot, and cucumber & dill contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli, lobster & vanilla, and goat's cheese & beetroot and interesting but unlikely-sounding couples including black pudding & chocolate, lemon & beef, blueberry & mushroom, and watermelon & oyster. There are 980 entries in all, with 200 recipes and suggestions embedded in the text. ![]() The front section contains an entry for every flavour match listed in the back section and is organised into 16 flavour themes such a Bramble & Hedge, Green & Grassy, and Earthy. The back section lists, alphabetically, 99 popular ingredients, and suggests classic and less well known flavour matches for each. The Flavor Thesaurus: A Compendium of Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook Hardcover by Niki Segnit (Author) 694 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 17.85 44 Used from 9.66 30 New from 14.00 1 Collectible from 47.56 A perfect reference for the aspiring foodie. The book follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus. ![]() ![]() Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus is the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair. ![]() ![]() ![]() The love interest, Flavia, is a Brazilian-Irish bisexual teenager who is just incredible, and is written so well. It’s a beautifully written book, and has such fantastic representation. ![]() I will never stop talking about The Henna Wars because it is just so amazing. Some Girls Do has two main characters, one of whom is a closeted bisexual girl named Ruby who spends her time fixing up her old car, who’s life is unexpectedly turned upside down when out and proud Morgan moves into her grade, after being forced to transfer from her catholic school for being gay. Hani’s parents are so supportive which is just amazing (and painfully rare) to read about in books, and it is overall just an incredible novel, with amazing rep. Hani, one of two main characters in Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating is an adorable Bengali-Muslim bisexual girl, and I love her so, so much. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating, by Adiba Jaigirdar To celebrate that, I’ve made a post of eleven books with amazing bi rep!! I have fantasy, contemporary, and more, and I’m so excited to share these eleven books that all mean the world to me. Hello, and happy Tuesday! As you may or may not have known, we are coming close to the end of bi visibility week, with bisexual visibility day on Thursday the 23rd. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s cold and miserable and she’s only 5’4, the snow piles next to her are almost as tall as she is. Ava’s eyes twitch as a clump of snow falls in her path from an awning overhead. This young woman is Ava Harington, a college student looking to get a degree in Filmmaking. It’s snowing out and there’s already four feet of snow on the ground. Her eyes are hazel and her cheeks are dotted with freckles. Her hair is a dark auburn color, braided tight down her back. Part 1 of Legacy Of The Uzumaki Stats: Published: Updated: Words: 3,560 Chapters: 2/? 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