Strange Stories From Another World

Author : Norman Saunders
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781329960121

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Strange Stories from another World Four Issue Super Comic by Norman Saunders Pdf

Vampires, Monsters and other Eerie Creatures await to send Chills up your Spine with four Classical Tales of Horror. The Content in this Compilation has been Image Enhanced and Digitally Remastered for your Viewing and Reading Pleasure from the Master of Horror, Fawcett Publications.Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word "Shazam!". Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank and Golden Arrow. Fawcett also published a series of popular horror comics.

Author : Reza Farazmand
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780735220119

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Comics for a Strange World by Reza Farazmand Pdf

Don’t Miss Poorly Drawn Lines on Cake, airing on FX and streaming on FX on Hulu! Absurd comics for our absurd times, from the artist behind the wildly popular webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines—the perfect gift for comic book fans! In his follow up to the New York Times bestselling Poorly Drawn Lines, beloved webcomic artist Reza Farazmand returns with a collection of comics that hilariously skewers our modern age. Comics for a Strange World takes readers through time, space, and alternate realities, reuniting fans with favorite characters and presenting them with even more bizarre scenarios. A child is arrested for plagiarism. A squirrel adapts to human society by purchasing a cell phone—and a gun. And an old man shares memories of the Internet with his granddaughter (“A vast network of millions of idiots. Together, the idiots created endless shitty ideas. It was a true renaissance of shit.”). In the world of Poorly Drawn Lines, nothing is too weird or too outlandish for parody.

Author : Norman Saunders
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530462088

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Strange Stories from Another World by Norman Saunders Pdf

Vampires, Monsters and other Eerie Creatures await to send Chills up your Spine with four Classical Tales of Horror. The Content in this Compilation has been Image Enhanced and Digitally Remastered for your Viewing and Reading Pleasure from the Master of Horror, Fawcett Publications.Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word "Shazam!." Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank and Golden Arrow. Aside from the better known superhero books, Fawcett also published a short-lived line of horror comics during the early 1950s, a string of titles which included This Magazine Is Haunted, Beware! Terror Tales, Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Unknown World. Other genres included teenage humor (Otis and Babs), funny animal (Hoppy the Marvel Bunny), romance (Sweethearts), war (Soldier Comics) and Western (Lash LaRue, Six Gun Heroes). Fawcett also produced comics based on contemporary movie stars (Tom Mix, Monte Hale) and matinee serials (Nyoka the Jungle Girl). The entire line was dropped in 1953, when Fawcett closed down their comics publishing wing (though many titles were picked up by Charlton Comics

Author : Ottessa Moshfegh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399562891

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Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh Pdf

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time "I can’t recall the last time I laughed this hard at a book. Simultaneously, I’m shocked and scandalized. She’s brilliant, this young woman."—David Sedaris Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel. And for good reason. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities. Homesick for Another World is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. But part of the unique quality of her voice, the echt Moshfeghian experience, is the way the grotesque and the outrageous are infused with tenderness and compassion. Moshfegh is our Flannery O'Connor, and Homesick for Another World is her Everything That Rises Must Converge or A Good Man is Hard to Find. The flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful. But beauty comes from strange sources. And the dark energy surging through these stories is powerfully invigorating. We're in the hands of an author with a big mind, a big heart, blazing chops, and a political acuity that is needle-sharp. The needle hits the vein before we even feel the prick.

Author : Fawcett Comics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976053412

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The Complete Unknown World and Strange Stories from Another World by Fawcett Comics Pdf

In comics it is not unusual for some of the best work to have the shortest life; comics are fueled by sales and the cream of the crop doesn't always appeal to the mass audience. This was the fate of STRANGE STORIES OF ANOTHER WORLD (for the first issue titled UNKNOWN WORLD) - the stories are complex and mature, the illustrations artistic and engaging, and the colors exciting and original - but alas, the series had a brief 5-issue run. Another factor which may have contributed to its demise is title - at first glance a reader might think of this as a science-fiction comic, when it contains significantly more vampire than Martian! That was all the bad news...the good news is that you can read them all again, collected together in one fantastic volume from Gwandanaland Comics! The originals can cost from a few hundred up to $3000 --- but Gwandanaland Comics brings you these great books for a fraction of that - enjoy! GWANDANALAND COMICS: We specialize in character collections - many for the first time in print; we also publish individual issues from the past as well as complete comic title series'. We take your requests and create special collections never gathered together before! At Gwandanaland Comics we take the extra time to give you the best quality possible! NEW TITLES DAILY - WRITE FOR UPDATES [email protected]

Author : Susanna Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608195350

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Pdf

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.

Author : Hotondoshindeiru
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781975323455

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Uncle from Another World, Vol. 1 by Hotondoshindeiru Pdf

W E L C O M E T O T H E N E X T W O R L D ​Seventeen years ago, Takafumi’s uncle fell into a coma, but now he’s back like a man risen from his grave. Soon, Takafumi discovers two bizarre things: His uncle treasures video games above all else, and, while comatose, he was actually transported to another world as some heroic guardian! Now, not only does Takafumi have to room with an uncle who is literally magical, he also has to catch the guy up on two decades of history—smartphones, high-speed internet, modern anime tropes…and the traumatic outcome of the ’90s console war!

Author : Kamikaze Potato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798474752884

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An Outcast in Another World by Kamikaze Potato Pdf

Rob was an ordinary college sophomore when a pitch-back portal opened up on campus and tried to kidnap his best friend. An act of heroism resulted in him being taken instead, and he was rewarded for his efforts by being transported to another world with nothing but a sword and the clothes on his back. On the first day, he almost died. On the second day, he almost died. On the third, he began to notice a worrying trend. And almost died Whether he encounters wolves, cliffs, dungeons, monsters, or diseases, every day is a struggle to survive. The one advantage he has is his newfound ability to gain Levels and Stats, making himself stronger in order to survive the hostile lands that he was unceremoniously dumped into. He'll have to gain knowledge of the innerworkings of the world and its magic - progressing both his strength and his knowledge - in order to stay alive long enough to get revenge on whoever kidnapped him away from everything he knew and loved. Overcoming the wilds is just the first step in his journey; the locals aren't fond of humans, and discovering the dark past behind this new world's history of war and strife changes everything. As far as isekai adventures go, Rob drew the short straw in many ways, but it'll take more than danger at every corner to keep him down. He'll carve out a place in this world with his bare hands if necessary. He'll survive, and then he'll thrive. Whether anyone wants him to or not. -- An Outcast On Another World puts a great focus on story and characterization, making it perfect for fans of traditional fantasy stories, while still including plenty of skills, stats, classes, and progression for LitRPG-lovers to enjoy. The LitRPG elements are incorporated into the main story to construct a cohesive world that's easy to immerse yourself in. Rob's progression is weak to strong, and victories aren't handed to him on a silver platter. No matter how powerful he gets, mid-combat ingenuity is essential to achieving victory. An Outcast In Another World has dark elements to its narrative, but I've included appropriate humor as a balance, and many readers have told me that some parts made them burst out laughing while other parts tugged at their heartstrings. I truly believe that I've constructed a memorable fantasy RPG story that all types can love, and that you'll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 193289912X

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Heritage Signature Auction #811 by Ivy Press Pdf

Author : Ana Maria Machado
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554984633

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From Another World by Ana Maria Machado Pdf

Mariano and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms. One night they hear crying. Gradually, the ghost of Rosario, a young slave from the late 1800s appears to them and tells the story of why she is so sad. Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning author Ana Maria Machado's storytelling skills and social conscience come together in this powerful and moving book that reveals the evil of slavery in a real, immediate and unforgettable way.

Author : Kari Therrian,Fawcett Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1511863196

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Strange Stories from Another World #4 by Kari Therrian,Fawcett Publications Pdf

Strange Stories From Another World #4In the 1950's aliens were attacking, ghosts were haunting and monsters lurked everywhere - thankfully the comics were there to chronicle the whole series of events! Nothing could match the imagination, the surprise, and the chilling-of-your-spine like the great horror comics of yesteryear. Now you can enjoy again (or - for the first time) the colorful and scary stories that haven't seen print in many decades! Check out the full line of public domain comics reprints from UP History and Hobby! The comic reprints from Golden Age Reprints and UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.

Author : Samuel Fleming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735940747

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Tales from Another World by Samuel Fleming Pdf

Immerse yourself in a variety of short fantasy stories! Follow an evil, undead sorcerer as he drags his final victim by the throat to his dungeon and boasts about his master plan to destroy the world. Watch with strange mermaids as a trading ship navigates a treacherous passage and men are swept overboard. Witness the last moments of a woman accused of witchcraft while her cursed lover watches from the balcony. Flea from attack with a druid to the river of her goddess. Listen to her dying plea to save her village. Follow a poor monk as his mission turns from simple exorcism to undying terror. Stumble upon a forest god and watch as a child is judged by her half-druid, half-barbarian lineage. See haunting memories preserved within the City of Embers through the eyes of a child and her traveling family. Volume 1 contains the following stories: The Final Ritual of Sircius Everdeath Under the Waters of Digsonee Strait On the Crimes of Hexing and Bewitchment A Final Plea upon Still Waters The Crypt of St. Lillian The Blessing of the Autumn Herald City of Embers Live the lives of sorcerers, druids, barbarians, strange creatures, gods, ghosts, and commoners caught in between in the exciting series Tales from Another World.

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1599670933

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HCA Heritage Comics Auction Catalog by Ivy Press Pdf

Author : J. M. Ledgard
Publisher : Coffee House Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781566893190

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Submergence by J. M. Ledgard Pdf

Award-winning foreign correspondent’s cerebral spy novel-cum-love story exposes humanity’s tenuous hold on a vast and relentless world.

Author : Kari Therrian,Fawcett Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1511863099

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Strange Stories from Another World #2 by Kari Therrian,Fawcett Publications Pdf

Strange Stories From Another World #2In the 1950's aliens were attacking, ghosts were haunting and monsters lurked everywhere - thankfully the comics were there to chronicle the whole series of events! Nothing could match the imagination, the surprise, and the chilling-of-your-spine like the great horror comics of yesteryear. Now you can enjoy again (or - for the first time) the colorful and scary stories that haven't seen print in many decades! Check out the full line of public domain comics reprints from UP History and Hobby! The comic reprints from Golden Age Reprints and UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.