Böcker av Shannon Ryan

Shannon Ryan's Elephant is a piece of stream-of-consciousness poetry, which invites you to follow her on a journey from trauma to healing. Her spare yet powerful verse is adept at delivering a story steeped in nuance and emotion. The poem follows the speaker from childhood to adulthood, the format thinning and growing, mimicking the speaker's emotional maturing. These textual elements are centred upon the figure of the elephant synonymising protection, healing, and love.In Elephant, Ryan weaves a thoughtful and candid verse converging around the metaphor of the Elephant, and the healing it provides.

Not everyone who gets turned into a vampire becomes a sexy rock star.At twenty-seven, Vincent Lester still looks seventeen, acne and all. He lives in his parents' basement, playing PlayStation and barely surviving by licking the blood off raw hamburger trays. His parents nag him to find a day job, but he's afraid the sun will make him burst into flame.One night at the bar, Vinny picks up a drunk girl, literally, and gets his first taste of fresh, human blood. Then things get really weird.

Even the best families can have dark secrets.Some people would say that Nick Baker has it all: the trust fund, the family connections, and the country club membership. However, the Baker dynasty is in decline, and being a Baker comes with obligations as well as a family history of insanity.Already prone to panic attacks, when Nick sees a supernatural creature dancing outside his office window, he wonders if he's just hallucinating or suffering a complete mental collapse. However, the creature is all too real, and it has come to collect on a promise made by one of Nick's ancestors, the secret of the Baker's success. Nick must choose between thwarting the ambitions of his family or facing the wrath of an ancient god.

Have you ever wondered if your boss is evil? David Graves is having a bad life. A bill collector is threatening him with grievous bodily harm. His girlfriend thinks he's an incompetent loser. His human resources manager, a creature of nightmare, is sexually harassing him. And when he finally meets a girl he likes, she seems more interested in rebuilding engines and committing random acts of violence. Still, David thinks he is doing all right--until he discovers his bosses are Satanists and his employment contract dooms him to an eternity of telemarketing and damnation... Minion of Evil is frightfully accurate portrayal of identity theft, computer hacking, wrench wenches, monomaniacal supervisors, and what really goes on behind closed doors in customer service.