Editorial Content for The Other Guy's Bride
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Ginesse Braxton is determined to make her way across the Sahara Desert to locate the lost city of Zerzura. Having grown up with a reputation for causing trouble amidst a family of renowned archaeologists and scholars, none of whom take her seriously, Ginesse knows that accomplishing her goal will make everyone see her in a different light and establish her credibility in archaeological circles everywhere. Read More
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Determined to prove her worth as a budding archaeologist, Ginesse Braxton vows to solve one of the world's greatest mysteries --- to find the location of the lost city of Zerzura. On her way to Egypt, Ginesse engages in a daring deception: She will switch places with Mildred Whimpelhall, who is traveling to meet her fiancé.
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Determined to prove her worth as a budding archaeologist, Ginesse Braxton vows to solve one of the world's greatest mysteries --- to find the location of the lost city of Zerzura. Unfortunately, no man dares take the risk of escorting the resolute young scholar across the open desert. But on her way to Egypt, Ginesse engages in a daring deception: She will switch places with Mildred Whimpelhall, who is traveling to meet her fiancé.
Cynical adventurer Jim Owen will do anything to escape the dark secrets of his troubled past. Betrayed by the woman he loved and scorned by proper society, he agrees to carry out a danger-fraught task: escort Mildred Whimpelhall across a lawless desert to her intended. But Jim is about to learn that "Mildred" isn't exactly what she seems...and the dangers they face together are eclipsed by an even greater peril: falling in love, against all reason, with another guy's bride.
Editorial Content for Twisted Dark
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The twist ending is a staple of genre fiction. It can be traced back to Ray Bradbury and the pulps, and was probably made most famous and entrenched as part of science fiction and horror by Rod Serling and “The Twilight Zone.” These anthology series depended on different creators to fill their pages with stories that kept the reader off their guard. TWISTED DARK, a series of graphic novels from TPub Comics in the UK, follows in this tradition, with dark tales that have endings that leap out at you and catch you unawares. Read More
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The first volume in Neil Gibson's acclaimed series of twisted tales. This 200 page book contains 12 individual and unique stories which are all related. TWISTED DARK has been embraced by the comic book world receiving critical acclaim and a cult following. If you haven’t read one yet, you don’t know what you’re missing.
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The first volume in Neil Gibson's acclaimed series of twisted tales. This 200 page book contains 12 individual and unique stories which are all related. TWISTED DARK has been embraced by the comic book world receiving critical acclaim and a cult following. If you haven’t read one yet, you don’t know what you’re missing.
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The first volume in Neil Gibson's acclaimed series of twisted tales. This 200 page book contains 12 individual and unique stories which are all related. The stories vary from 10 year old girls to Colombian drug lords and everything in between. It is left to the reader to find the connections between the stories --- some connections are immediately clear whilst other connection only become clear in later volumes. This series is designed for re-reading. The author describes the genre as psychological thriller, but the books contains horror, dark (at times demented) stories incorporating every human emotion, illegal activity, and brutal reality. Using various illustrators allows each story and character to develop their own form. TWISTED DARK has been embraced by the comic book world receiving critical acclaim and a cult following. If you haven’t read one yet, you don’t know what you’re missing.
January 10, 2012
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Annie Graham is a sophomore at Stanford University who may or may not declare herself an English major this year. She is from Phoenix, Arizona, and is interested in education reform, farming, and, most recently, graphic novels.
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