Tempting Disaster . Warnings of danger and peril only heighten our desire for those things we have been told are bad, wrong and have been warned against doing. It allows for every lifestyle and viewpoint, no matter how
Title | : | Tempting Disaster |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.56 (959 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1933293004 |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2005-03-01 |
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Editorial : About the Author John Edward Lawson is a writer and editor living in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. He is the author of fifteen books of fiction and poetry, and seven chapbooks. Over 500 of his poems, stories, and articles have been published in magazines, anthologies, literary journals, and newspapers worldwide. John was a winner of the 2001 Fiction International Emerging Writers Competition; in addition to being a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award (2006, Superior Achievement in Poetry) and the Wonderland Award for Bizarro Fiction (2007, collected fiction), other award nominations include two for the Dwarf Stars Award, the Pushcart Prize, and two for the Rhysling Award.
This anthology from the fringe examines our culture's obsession with taboos and the added temptation that forbidden pleasures bring. Warnings of danger and peril only heighten our desire for those things we have been told are bad, wrong and have been warned against doing. Postmodernists and surrealists come together in these pages with renegade horror and sci-fiction authors to re-envision what is "acceptable." By turns humorous and horrific then shocking and alluring, the authors dissect those very impulses we deny in our everyday lives. While navigating the minefield of gender relations and plotting explorations into the landscape of the other, this volume is all-inclusive in scope. It allows for every lifestyle and viewpoint, no matter how unlikely or bizarre. This literary experiment on human desire opens up many possibilities including the chance that the ultimate disaster might very well prove to be the most compelling temptation.
Just what I want, to print out material to stick in my book. In a nutshell: Matilda, Duchess of Hadshire is finally free of her abusive husband when he is murdered by his own mistress. I wanted easy ways to do an up do on my own hair. Everything from rescuing kittens in trees to gobbling up water from a broken hydrant. Mitchell's sentimental relationships ("Love", of course) and so on. The passion found in the wolf pack is sensual and although it took a while to find me, it was still there.. Being supportive of those friends she finds herself attending a porn convention with her best friend Nicole. Besides treatment of culture and music, broad and narrow, the book includes much about performance, especially on the piano. I breezed through this book in under a day. She also provides a great bibliography section which can further be used for references and research. Now, after studying this book, I do not kill spiders on purpose. Mrs. I started crying when I read this book. I don't think
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