by Suzanne Carey (1985)
BOURBON STREET BLUES She was a jazz singer, come to New Orleans to learn the facts about the mother she so resembled-and had never known. Fate led Annie Duprez to Bourbon Street and into the arms of Jake St. Arnold, drummer, architect and part owner of the club where her mother once sang. It was black magic from the first, a fiery encounter that terrified her with its intensity; its abandon. Yet the past hung over them, an unanswered question with the power to force them apart. Did Annie have the strength to face the truth, even if it meant losing the man she loved?
adapted by Shiro Amano
In the quiet little hamlet of Twilight Town, there lives a boy named Roxas. He and his friends Hayner, Pence and Olette are trying to enjoy their final days of summer vacation, when strange things begin to happen. First the group is accused of stealing photos, and then they are attacked by bizarre, white creatures. But the oddest occurrences are the recurring dreams Roxas has of a boy named Sora, and a girl named Namine.
Celia Friedman
"The young peasant woman Kamala has proven strong and determined enough to claim the most powerful Magister sorcery for herself-but now the Magisters hunt her for killing one of their own. Her only hope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates, where spells are warped by a curse called the Wrath that even the Magisters fear. Originally intended to protect the lands of men from creatures known only as souleaters, the Wrath appears to be weakening-and the threat of this ancient enemy is once more falling across the land."--Author's web site.
Gary Bigelow
Illustrated with Bigelow's bold linocut art, Sisters of Interment is a series of interconnected stories about the odd characters who live just on the edge of reality. You will meet "Kid Kelly," based on a real life alcoholic boxer. "Desert Mushrooms" is a story based on the author's viewing of archival films of nuclear tests, while accounts of cattle mutilations in the newspaper during the 1960-70s is the basis for "Jackson Pollock's Cow." "The Color Orange" is about two brothers, now deceased, who lived on welfare, collected junk to make folk art, and drank a lot. "The Writing Lesson" is based on Draw Me matchbook covers found on the counters of truck stop restaurants.
Isabel Glass
Lady Angarred Hashan was raised in exile far from Pergodi, the capital city. Angarred never knew what had caused her father's exile, she only knew that at the age of four, she was brought to Hashan House, an isolated and crumbling manor, and raised by servants. Her mother, she was told, had died. As she journeys from the crowded streets of Pergodi to the Enchanted forest, from the deadly land of the Others to the arches of the Giant's Bridge, she begins to unravel the secrets of the kingdom and her own destiny.