Matokeo ya Utafutaji
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Ancient History: from Slapboxing with Jesus
A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" Selection Horse and Ahab share the kind of contempt and love for one another that only true friends can. Months after graduating high school, Horse is getting married to his longtime girlfriend, Melissa, and moving into her apartment in Manhattan, and Ahab has ... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 1999 -
Lucretia and the Kroons (Novella)
Lucretia's best friend and upstairs neighbor Sunny--a sweet pitbull of a kid, even as she struggles with a mysterious illness--has gone missing. The only way to get her back is for Lucretia to climb the rickety fire escape of their Queens tenement and crawl through the window of apartment 6D, portal... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2012 -
Slapboxing with Jesus
Twelve original and interconnected stories in the traditions of Junot Díaz and Sherman Alexie. Victor D. LaValle's astonishing, violent, and funny debut offers harrowing glimpses at the vulnerable lives of young people who struggle not only to come of age, but to survive the city streets. <p><p> I... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 1999 -
The Ballad of Black Tom
One of NPR's Best Books of 2016, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year, and a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards<p><p> People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will con... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2016 -
Big Machine: A Novel
Ricky Rice is a middling hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. A survivor of a suicide cult, he scrapes by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until one day a mysterious letter arrives, summoning him to enlist in a band of paranormal investigators comprised... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2009 -
The Changeling: A Novel
“If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellison, the result would be Victor LaValle.”—Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See“A dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness. The Changeling is a mesmerizing, monumental wor... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2017 -
The Devil in Silver: A Novel
New Hyde Hospital's psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one. Pepper is a rambunctious big man, minor-league troublemaker, working-class hero (in his own mind), and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. He's not me... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2012 -
The Best of Richard Matheson
The definitive collection of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValleAmong the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Leg... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2017 -
Tor.com Bundle 5 - February 2016
Tor.com Publishing's fifth ebook bundle contains all our novellas published in February 2016: A Song for No Man's Land by Andy Remic, The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle, and The Absconded Ambassador by Michael R. Underwood.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital R... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2016 -
Reimagining Lovecraft: (The Ballad of Black Tom, The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe, Hammers on Bone, Agents of Dreamland)
Four new Lovecraftian tales told by four amazing talents.Government agents, monstrous P.I.s, walkers of dreams and magical hustlers meet in the pages of this astonishing anthology of four novellas.The Ballad of Black Tom — the Nebula Award-nominated novella from Victor LaValle.The Dream-Quest of Vel... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2017 -
Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #3: A Selection of Novellas
Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #3 is a curated selection of novellas by editor Ellen DatlowThis collection includes:The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Twilight Pariah by Jeffrey FordMapping the Interior by Stephen Graham JonesGods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson“LaVa... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2018 -
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more. In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many people are ... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2019 -
Tor.com Publishing's 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle
by Carrie Vaughn • N. K. Jemisin • Victor Lavalle • Kij Johnson • Nina Allan • Kai Ashante Wilson • Fran Wilde • Alyssa Wong • Seanan McGuirePlease enjoy this convenient anthology of Tor.com Publishing's 2017 Hugo finalists, including four novellas, two novelettes, and three short stories.Best NovellaThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij JohnsonEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireA Taste of Hon... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2016 -
Wonder and Glory Forever: Awe-Inspiring Lovecraftian Fiction
by Clark Ashton Smith • Laird Barron • Fred Chappell • Erica L. Satifka • Molly Tanzer • Victor LaValle • H. P. Lovecraft • Livia Llewellyn • Michael Cisco • Masahiko Inoue • Nadia BulkinEven though he passed over 80 years ago, H. P. Lovecraft maintains a visceral influence over a host of contemporary writers. Inspired by the Master of the Macabre's more optimistic writings, this unique collection spotlights the weird works of nine current horror and fantasy authors, including the a... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2020 -
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
by Neil Gaiman • Dave Eggers • Scott Turow • Salman Rushdie • Michael Cunningham • Louise Erdrich • Geraldine Brooks • David Handler • Ann Patchett • Meg Wolitzer • Elizabeth Strout • Timothy Egan • Jonathan Lethem • Jacqueline Woodson • Rabih Alameddine • Lauren Groff • Victor Lavalle • Jennifer Egan • Aleksandar Hemon • Anthony Doerr • William Finnegan • Jesmyn Ward • Sergio De La Pava • George Saunders • Marlon James • Andrew Greer • Yaa Gyasi • Brit Bennett • Morgan Parker • Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Steven Okazaki • Li Yiyun • Hector Tobar • Moses Sumney • Viet Nguyen • C. J. Anders • Brenda Childs • Adrian LeBlancTo mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. <P><P>On January 19, 1920, a small ... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2020