Fiction Literature

Be a winner with your Christmas credit crunch story

Dec 1 2008 by Gerry Holt, South Wales Echo DOES the idea of a credit crunch Christmas get you down? If so, the Echo can help soften the impact of the financial blues surrounding the economy and offer the chance to win some...

'The photon force is with us': Harnessing light to drive nanomachines

Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun's light. Now a team led by researchers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has shown that the force of light...

Book Review: Unusual Suspects

Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Reviews By Sandy Amazeen Nov 30, 2008, 21:50 GMT Latest Headlines in Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy All-new from the top names in mystery and fantasy—...

The Passion of Reverend Nash – from the Monitor archives

The Monitor occasionally reprints pieces of current interest. This book review originally ran on July 10, 2003.] The Passion of Reverend Nash is one of those novels that's so wonderful you're afraid to recommend it because if...

"Ripley Under Ground" by Patricia Highsmith

RIPLEY UNDER GROUND By Patricia Highsmith Norton. 285 pp. Paperback, $13.95 The Texas-born novelist Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) had a decidedly unhappy childhood. Among other things, her parents separated before she was...

Book Reviews: Dawnkeepers

Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Reviews By Sandy Amazeen Nov 30, 2008, 20:24 GMT Latest Headlines in Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Dawnkeepers (Final Prophecy, Book 2) The countdown to the end of days has begun—and Only the Nightkeepers...

Why Taking the GED Test Seriously is Crucial

reading, language arts writing and mathematics. By practicing your skills in each of the following subjects you dramatically increase your chances of passing the GED test with flying colors. Language Arts (Reading) Language...

Review: Twilight

Stephanie Meyer's Hit Novel Finally Hits Theaters The first of a series of successful novels by author Stephanie Meyer, Twilight introduces young Bella Swan, and how she first meets and falls for Edward Cullen, a vampire...

Christmas Gifts for Writers

Five Perfect Presents for Freelance Writers Find out how to buy practical gifts for the freelance writer in your life this holiday season. Most writers are in the profession because they love it, not because it makes a lot of...

Bellevue romance writer Jane Porter's life imitates art in novel and on TV

"Flirting With Forty," a novel by Jane Porter of Bellevue, becomes a Lifetime TV movie Saturday night. Heather Locklear stars as the divorced heroine largely based on Porter and her unlikely romance with a younger surfer in...