Showing results by author "Patrick Kelly" in All Categories

Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the headstones, their whispers rustling in the leaves of the old oak trees. But if you’re here in the graveyard, you can tell yourself it’s just the wind....

Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!

To Live or Die in Santorini It was supposed to be a fun Grecian holiday. Beaches. Babes. And booze. To offset the cost of the trip, Joe has an assignment from a local hotelier to fix a profitability issue. But after a short two weeks, Joe has problems with three women. The first woman loves him. The second woman hates him. And the third woman is dead. Of course, the murder is not really his business. The police are on the case, and Joe has his own project to work on. But every time Joe pulls a string from that tangled mess, he finds an even bigger issue, and eventually, the strings lead him...

I will be reviewing 300 Self Development Audible Books on a weekly basis that can change your life for the better this year and years to come. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/patrickkellypodcast/support

She is the clone of a famed space explorer, but Mariska Volochkova rejects her mother and her heritage and wants no part of interstellar adventure. Although she is genetically engineered to hibernate through the interminable decades of space travel, Mariska's home is a habitat on the moon, and there she intends to stay. But the sweep of interplanetary politics and an affair with a Martian catches Mariska up in a conspiracy to commit a bold theft that will alter the future of space colonization.

Communication Skills for Teens provides the guidance you need to become a better communicator and succeed in all areas of life. You'll also learn tons of essential life skills, including active listening, assertiveness, clarifying language, the art of an apology, compassion, interviewing skills, family communication, and more. Each chapter focuses on one key aspect of communication, offers a real teen's perspective, and includes practical exercises to help you apply what you've learned in the real world-away from your computer and smartphone screens.

From Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, here are the best stories of 2002, written by four of the most respected writers of our day: Robert Silverberg, James Patrick Kelly, Ian Watson, and Gregory Benford. Also try The Best of Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine and The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine 2002.

James Patrick Kelly, the author of Planet of Whispers and the co-author, with John Kessel, of Freedom Beach has been nominated for both the Nebula and Hugo awards for his short fiction. This is a fable about a dissatisfied architect who travels "up-time" and changes shape to design a temple for a goddess.

StoryPod 1.0 brings you 13 mind-bending stories from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author James Patrick Kelly! Kelly not only narrates each story, he adds exclusive commentary that takes you inside his creative process.

The circus is in town, and on the planet Boon, that’s big - potentially riotous - news. The delicate, decaying political balance maintained by the cloned human grands at the expense of the uplifted dog and cat populations is in danger of toppling under the influence of mysterious forces both outer and inner.

StoryPod 2.0 brings you 13 classic stories from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author James Patrick Kelly! Kelly not only narrates each story, he adds exclusive commentary that takes you inside his creative process. The theme of StoryPod 2.0 is stories about aliens and outer space. And it includes a real treat: the complete, Nebula Award-winning novella, "Burn". But the classic stories don't stop there.

Subscribe to StoryPod 4.0 and you'll get 13 stories in 13 weeks by Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author James Patrick Kelly! Jim not only narrates each story, he offers exclusive commentary that takes you inside his creative process. StoryPod 4.0 puts Jim Kelly's many talents on display, from a comic remake of the book of Genesis to a ghost story featuring Emily Bronte to a tale of aliens Christmas shopping at the mall - and everything in between. Kelly is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award and a 2007 Nebula Award winner. His stories appear frequently in Asimov's Science Fiction, and he writes the magazine's "On the Net" column. Publishers Weekly has called him "a meticulous craftsman in the demanding short-story form".

StoryPod 3.0 brings you 13 classic stories from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author James Patrick Kelly! Kelly not only narrates each story, he adds exclusive commentary that takes you inside his creative process. If you don't think you like science fiction, then StoryPod 3.0 is for you. If you DO like sci-fi, then it's REALLY for you! You'll hear the classic Hugo Award-winning novelette, "10 to the 16th to 1", "The Best Christmas Ever", a Hugo nominee; and more.

Rebelling against her fashion-drug designer father, freelance journalist and troubled clone Wynne Cage covers a data-heist that places her in the rank of a thief. To make matters more complicated, Wynne must also confront the forces of a world with unlimited bio-technological advantages.

La terza edizione dei migliori racconti della collana Future Fiction esplora alcuni temi fondamentali per la fantascienza contemporanea: dal concetto di trasferimento dell’identità, alle ultime scoperte nel campo dell’intelligenza artificiale e del ripristino della memoria danneggiata, passando per gli sviluppi tecnologici applicati all'architettura d’avanguardia.

Seeing a hopeful, human world through children's literature. Hosted by authors Kelly J. Baptist, Jack Cheng, Patrick Flores-Scott, and Heather Shumaker – your book smitten crew. We cover the whole range of kidlit, from picture books to middle grade and young adult fiction, as well as writing, reading, and publishing. This season: We’re writing picture books!

Prepare to explore the deepest, sexiest regions of fandom with the pop culture obsessives of SAME DAY SHIPPING! Kelly Nugent, Patrick Ehlers, Clara J. Morris, and Ryan Mogge get alarmingly personal whether debating intergalactic trysts or calling out problematic Disney Princess relationships. Movies, TV shows, comic books, video games – nothing’s off limits…not even real life! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In un futuro prossimo, a seguito di un evento catastrofico, una casa dotata di intelligenza artificiale perde l'inquilino di cui è innamorata? Saprà gestire la sua assenza o avrà bisogno di sostituirlo? La Casa di Bernardo è una storia toccante che parte dalla domotica per esplorare le nostre debolezze e necessità più intime.

La prima raccolta di racconti di Future Fiction: Cosa succede a una casa dotata d'intelligenza artificiale quando perde l'inquilino di cui è innamorata? Qual è la coppia perfetta in una versione tecnologicamente avanzata del gioco del corteggiamento? Quanti segreti si nascondono nella villa di Aethra dove si creano "soggetti d'arte" al cui interno è intrappolata una copia senziente della padrona di casa?

Air Time is the official podcast of the Olympic styles of USA Wrestling - Kansas with a focus on Freestyle and Greco wrestling