Bøger af Russell James

Who can save the children from the Woodsman? Thirty years ago, six high school friends banded together to confront the Woodsman, a murderous specter whose prey was children. None of the friends will ever forget the horror of those weeks...or blood chilling image of the Woodsman. Now the six have returned to town for a long overdue reunion. Except the Woodsman hasn't finished with them yet. As a new nightmare unfolds, ripping open old scars and inflicting fresh terror, what will each of them have to sacrifice this time to keep the children safe and the Woodsman at bay?

A black comedy set in the Swinging Sixties (1963-4) and revealed through the diaries of a doctor - 35 years old and still a virgin - whose curious obsessions drive him to start murdering his patients.Doctor Kristal is picky, pedantic and super-sure he's right - not that he would agree. In his consulting room he regards patients with contempt, and on his lonely walks through the graveyard he muses on life and death. His only friend, a doctor approaching retirement, tries to sell him his practice and to interest him in a young female doctor across town - but Kristal is obsessed with two attractive patients. Sexy young Jane Quinney, who he has helped before, now finds herself pregnant and wants his help again, while the alluring Eleanor, unhappily married to an older man (an overweening actor) wants Kristal to help slow her husband's voracious sexual appetite.Kristal thinks himself immune from any hint of sexual passion - but these are beautiful woman, desperate for his help. Isn't there anything he can do?

An up-to-the-minute tragicomedy narrated into an iPhone by Crosby Ravensworth, a 35-year-old executive too busy to scatter his father's ashes, or to sort out the dysfunctional family he has left behind, or even to decide which of the four women in his life he should connect to.His father has committed suicide and the funeral is the first time for five years that Crosby meets any of his uneasy family - his stepmother (who never accepted him), his stepbrother (a priest), his half-sister (a businesswoman always on the phone like Crosby) and his youngest half-brother (out of work). Crosby leaves with a sealed box of his father's papers, a last letter and the knowledge that, as executor, he is to scatter his father's ashes at a quiet location in the Lake District. When he has time.But what with his girlfriend thinking marriage, an ex-girlfriend thinking they should try again, a potential new love in America and his frantic business trips around Britain, as well as to Venice, Philadelphia and California, it seems everything conspires against him - or does it? Because, with any luck, even the darkest clouds have silver linings and this could be the beginning of a new life.

Russell James delivers a new collection of horror and suspense short stories in Dust and Bones. This collection has all these thrillers set in the past. Some of the tales include: In the frontier West, a prostitute meets a rich client, and sees her ticket to a life of leisure. What unfolds for her is something completely different.A World War I pilot flies into a strange cloud, and exits into World War II.Signing aboard a sailing ship plying the slave trade in the 1800s seems like a great adventure for one young man, but horrors beyond imagination await him and the entire crew.During the Civil War, Union Army deserters arrive to ransack a plantation mansion. The doctor they encounter within makes them wish they had never left camp.These and ten more shadowy stories from the past wait within the covers of Dust and Bones

A compendious illustrated guide to those industrious but often overlooked women writers of the Victorian era: the famous, the forgotten and the forlorn. More than 1,500 women authors, along with over 400 pseudonyms, 400 quotes and extracts, and a further 40 subject entries and essays.Not just the familiar names - though they're all there - but literally hundreds of minor and middle-ranking authors, along with the magazines they were serialized in, the trends, the publishers, and the disadvantages and problems women writers faced in what was assumed to be a man's world.You'll find entries on The Bigamy Novel, Children's Literature, Domestic Fiction, Feminism First Faltering Footsteps, Ghost Stories, Governess Stories, Literary Style, Living in a Man's World, Morality and Religion, The New Woman, Romance, Sensation Novels, Silly and Silver Fork Novels, Social Conditions and Reform, The Three-Decker novel, Tracts and Tract Societies, Travellers and Explorers, 'Womanly Fiction', 'Woman's Place' - and more. This is a popular encyclopaedia, not an academic text. It's a book to read and enjoy, to dip into and consult for reference, and it's very readable. Not only is it written in easy-to-read prose but (almost uniquely) it is packed with extracts from Victorian women's writing - paragraphs, short scenes, verses - to bring these authors back to life.

It seems like the perfect trip when paleontologist Grant Coleman joins a geology professor and an anthropologist to explore an unmapped canyon far out in the Utah desert. The sponsor's team leader promises Grant he can take home all the fossils he finds. On the first day at camp, an explosion strands the entire team hundreds of feet down on the canyon floor. It is soon clear that the mining company sponsor has more nefarious plans than the benign research they promised. The going is about to get tough for the three professors. Then the situation gets worse. These humans aren't the only ones in this canyon. Supposedly extinct dinosaur species still roam the canyon's floor, and they aren't about to let humans become the new apex predator. Can Grant's dinosaur expertise and the other professors' insights combine to save them from these monsters? If not, they are doomed, because there's no rescue coming to Desolation Canyon.

It is 1718 and Doctor Baxter Whitcomb decides to leave his medical practice in London for the challenge and adventure of practicing in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. But while crossing the ocean, his ship is boarded by pirates. And not just any pirates, these are commanded by the notorious Blackbeard, sailing under his trademark skeleton flag. Blackbeard kidnaps Baxter and presses him into service aboard his flagship. Baxter soon discovers the secret to Blackbeard's success. A powerful witch is aboard, casting spells of dark magic that make the pirate invincible. The doctor's voyage becomes a living hell. Storms, battles, the mercurial whims of Blackbeard, and the witch's spells constantly threaten his life. He second guesses every action he takes, every word he speaks. Then the witch falls ill, and Blackbeard commands the doctor save her. But can he treat an illness brought on by her practicing the dark arts? If he can't, Blackbeard has promised the witch won't be the only one to die while sailing under the skeleton flag.

South-east London gangland meets the alternative lifestyle of a travelling fair. Jet Heywood is a fairground boxer past his prime and his brother Scott is a security van driver who has long wanted out of his dead-end life. When Scott's van disappears with a two million pound payload Jet doesn't know whether his brother was a victim or a thief. But Scott's old gang knows - and they reckon Jet knows where he is. They decide to pressurise him and, if that fails, to take his daughter. But Jet's no pushover.He is chased by an evil crew - Gottfleisch, a gargantuan and sinister fence; Ray Lyons, a vicious thug out for revenge; and little Ticky, a paedophile with his own malevolent aims. When Jet decides to take his eight year old daughter with him on the road the travelling fair provides no hiding place. Hounded by press, police and intrusive social workers - and by his brother's determined gang - Jet has to fight both in and outside the ring. This is a dark yet moving thriller from 'one of Britain's most stylish and uncompromising writers', moving from the hard streets of south east London to the last fairground boxing booth in Britain. 'His best in ages. Relish the darkness.' - Time Out'James has created an entirely loathsome and creepy pair of criminals (bringing to mind Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in their roles in the Maltese Falcon) who balance the plucky and admirable father-and-daughter team of Jet and Stella.' - Publishers Weekly'Deftly combines chilling suspense and insightful characterization, leaving us both breathless and satisfied after a heart-stopping finale.' - Peter Handel in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Six thrilling stories of life at the galaxy's edge including an Eddie Kane adventure. - Alien telepaths join with humans in a desperate battle against an encroaching empire. - A teen schemes to join her mother at an orbiting artists' colony. - The security officer on a remote space station must solve a murder before the killer strikes again, but he has no suspects. - Castaway kids on an unknown planet fight for survival against a fatal disease. - Eddie Kane and his wife Allison get more than they bargain for when they agree to a salvage mission aboard an abandoned warship. Power up your ion drive and prepare to explore the Outer Rim.

Russell James delivers a collection of thirteen horrific short stories.A mysterious pinball machine arrives at the mansion of an aging porn king. He finds that this gift has itself a gift to give. Accepting both may be his last mistake.In rural Alabama, Crystal Caverns, an old roadside attraction, gives new meaning to being billed as a family experience.A retired Special Forces soldier hunts for missing boys in Central America and uncovers an awful truth about a famous local farm.Timmy Wayne, a magnet for good fortune, is living large on a stream of Las Vegas winnings, but it looks like his luck has finally run out.One couple tests the limits of what they'll do to care for their pet dog.A serial killer stalking truck stops across the country picks the wrong victim.These and seven other tales document Russell's descent Deeper into Darkness

The human race is dying. In the near future, genetic mutation causes everyone born after a certain date to mature into psychopaths. Massacres plague the nation. For the safety of all, anyone born after Red Line Day is interned, and giving birth is illegal. Kyle and Addie are part of Generation Omega, the last people born before Red Line Day and the final senior class that will ever graduate. Their destiny will be to bury their elders and turn out the lights for all mankind. When Addie gets pregnant, the law is clear. She cannot carry a psychopath to term. She and Kyle decide to run. A mythical town called Ashrama is said to exist where people live naturally, free of the disorder that created the Psychopocalypse. They set out to find it. Guided by the shadowy members of the Invisible Skyway, and assisted by their principal and a dying pharmacist from town, they begin a cross-country journey. But much stands in their way. Escaped young psychs and bands of criminals ravage the no man's land between cities. Government agents hunt anyone planning on breaking the rules of reproduction. And those they must trust often become betrayers when it serves their self-interest. GENERATION OMEGA combines the epic post-apocalyptic scope of THE STAND with the pace of a Lee Child thriller. The storyline taps into the common fears of an unready upcoming generation and the effects of toxins we are releasing into the world.

Russell James returns with a second collection of thirteen horrific short stories.-A mysterious pinball machine arrives at the mansion of an aging porn king. He finds that this gift has itself a gift to give. Accepting both may be his last mistake.-In rural Alabama, Crystal Caverns, an old roadside attraction, gives new meaning to being billed as a family experience.-A Central Pacific Railroad executive sets out to San Francisco through newly finished Tunnel Number Six, where an entombing, catastrophic avalanche is just the start of his nightmare. -Timmy Wayne, a magnet for good fortune, is living large on a stream of Las Vegas winnings, but it looks like his luck has finally run out.-One couple tests the limits of what they'll do to care for their pet dog.-Someone is desecrating the graves of World War II veterans as they die, veterans who discovered something unholy outside the gates of Dachau.These and seven other tales document Russell's descent Deeper into Darkness.

In the waning days of the Civil War, orphaned teenager Jebediah Abernathy becomes indentured to the notorious Beechwood plantation in southeastern Mississippi. There, the sadistic overseer Ramses rules, unchecked by owners who've been driven mad by the loss of their son in the war. Soon, slave boys mysteriously disappear. The ghost of Jebediah's father and an escaped slave sorceress lead Jebediah to the abductions' horrific truth, a knowledge that threatens to cost him his life.

A dark comedy about hypocrisy.For Ruth's 100th birthday the family gathers in a remote hotel. They deplore her scandalous past - but might they have worse secrets of their own?Ruth worked at the Windmill in her youth and behind her back is criticised by the family as an ex-stripper notorious for her complicated love-life. They say that in the war she drove her first husband to kill himself, and that she married her second husband only to provide a father for her young son.Her four children now range in age from 60 to 75 and their working lives are virtually over. The eldest, Freddie, born to Ruth's first husband, has in the last ten years put on a lot of weight. His son and daughter are there, but he no longer talks to his son. His sister Lucy stands aloof, nursing her drinks, while Charles, five years younger and the richest in the room, has come with his new wife, a Lithuanian half his age - much the same age as his two sons. Noticeably missing is Ruth's even more successful youngest son, Jack, now Lord Jack, considered an outsider by the others and assumed not to be their father's son.As the rain teems down outside and the hotel staff keep serving drinks it seems the guest of honour may never arrive. She doesn't appear until some two thirds of the way through the book, during which time her children and their own children reveal family secrets. Well plied with drink they do not hold back from the reader and are more garrulous than they ought to be. By the time Ruth does arrive we have learnt that their true histories are not as they would have us believe. Not only that, they are not always as they believe themselves to be. So can we believe what they say about Ruth?The matriarch of the family is not as we were led to expect - and when the guests finally begin their meal, the party does not go to plan. The unexpected happens. This is a novel written entirely in dialogue. The format resembles that of a play script, in which characters make their cases (or excuses) in a series of short but revealing dramatic monologues. From time to time they interrupt each other or break off into cross-dialogue. It's an unusual format, but perfect for this extraordinary book.

Author Russell James went to the local animal shelter to pick out a cat.A cat picked him out instead.Timothy, an orange tabby, came home to join his new sister Mallory. He brought a sense of superiority, a feeling of entitlement, a vendetta against a certain stuffed mouse, and a predilection to sit in boxes. Things would never be the same.Russell James has compiled a collection of their wildly popular, hilarious, online conversations that highlight his cat's unique personality.Profits from the sale of this book go to benefit the shelter that made Timothy's adoption possible.

What secrets lurk in her battered trunk of theatrical souvenirs?We're on the eve of the Second World War but you're snug in a room with Maggie King as she prepares a celebrity memoir. From her theatrical trunk she'll show you sketches from her shows, along with programmes, handbills, letters and photos, both from her own career and that of her parents - Albert and Annie King ('the Royal Family' of Music Hall and Variety). She'll share with you the ups and downs of her rackety life, the hits and flops, the romance and tragedy, the men who mattered and the one who caused the scandal that blighted her career.Brought on stage as a babe-in-arms, she went on to become a child performer, pierrot, actress, soubrette and singer. Though she made her first gramophone records in the early years of pre-electric acoustic 78 rpm records (before microphones!) she found more fame in the Twenties and Thirties as a crooner with Britain's top dance bands. Then came the scandal.As she shares her vivid memories she tells what really happened, as opposed to what you'd find in a show-biz biography. These, then, are the stories she can't tell.Read - and enjoy the pictures too!

Acclaimed author Russell James delivers nine fantastic time travel short stories: -A psychologist tries to cure an agoraphobic patient of his belief that passing through doorways accelerates time. Can he do it before a construction project brings the house down on both of them? -Charlie, a lab technician, gets caught in a failed warp bubble experiment, which completely alters his perception of time. -Jet lag takes on a whole new meaning when Josh Mullins' solar panel experiment lands him at the feet of Chronos, the Roman god of Time. -A couple discovers that their blind date years ago was orchestrated by a man claiming to be from the future. Was he really? These and five more thrilling tales await you, including three adventures from the Bridenbaugh Time Institute, where historians travel back in time to solve the world's greatest mysteries.

Two realities. One hope. What if you lived in two worlds, and could die in either? Pete Holm can. He is a dreamwalker, able to travel to the realm of dreams, including the devastated world of Twin Moon City, where an evil voodoo spirit holds living souls in terror with his army of the walking dead. In the waking world, drug lord Jean St. Croix knows only the power of the dreamwalker can stop him, so St. Croix vows Pete must die. Pete is the only hope to rescue the lost souls in Twin Moon City...unless St. Croix kills him first. Can anyone survive when two realities collide?

After five years she's back: the girl Nick Chance fell for at school. She went on to university, while he stayed in Bristol and tried to make a career in rock groups. Now he plays sax in a jazz/rock group, Blue Delta, due to play for the first time this year at Glastonbury. But then comes tragedy. When he helps Babette on a 'jaunt' to expose malpractice in a meat-processing plant she is killed in a horrific accident. Or was it an accident?Nick is suddenly a 'person of interest' to the police, to intruders in his flat, to New Age apostles of extended life, to animal rights activists, even to workers at the plant. These activists are not soft-hearted. Their tactics include arson, bombs and death. Nick's quest to find what really happened leads him into the dark and complex world of food politics. He finds a reeking broth of conspiracy, deceit and fraud, all of which comes to a boil the night Blue Delta first mounts the Glastonbury stage. It should be the night that makes Blue Delta, but will it be the night that breaks every dream he had?

In this magic shop the magic is real. And the trick is on you.Citrus Glade is a dying town that needs new businesses, but the one that just opened is doing much more harm than good. Stranger Lyle Miller's magic shop seems to only stock what its select customers desire. When four outcast boys buy common party tricks, only Lyle knows what those tricks can really do. As subtle changes occur around town, a few residents realize that something is amiss...and getting worse. But it may already be too late. Lyle's black magic has empowered more townspeople to help him execute his Grand Adventure, a plan that will reduce the town, and half the state, to rubble.

Updated and revised for 2023 including new tax law changes. Designed for fundraisers or financial advisors seeking to expand their knowledge about charitable gift planning, this introductory book addresses all of the major topics in planned giving law and taxation. Over 1,000 illustrations and images guide the reader through complex concepts in a visual and intuitive way. Distilled from years of teaching Charitable Gift Planning at the graduate level, professor James makes this topic accessible and enjoyable for the busy professional.

Tenure Hacks: The 12 Secrets of Making TenureA brutally Machiavellian guidebook on how to make tenure for the current or aspiring assistant professor, this irreverent treasure trove of tips and tricks pulls back the curtain on the tenure game and how to win it. Chapters1.It's a (money) game: Follow the money, know the game2.Winning doesn't always matter: It's the CV, stupid3.Why you won't be told the truth: Conflicting interests4.Focus, focus, focus: DON'T follow your passion 5.It's all about timing: The clock is 3 years, not 66.The right publishing mindset: It's fishing, not baseball7.The right publishing practices: Watch the clock8.Suck at teaching: Escape the time sink 9.Win the student evaluation game: Gaming the system10.The real purpose of conferences: Not what you think11.The potential poison of early grants: Not all that glitters is good (for you)12.Politics & service: Join the silent minorityBonus section: The job hunt - Getting to the tenure track in the first place