![]() ![]() The baker's dozen stories gathered here (including a new, previously unpublished story!) turn readers into travelers to the past, the future, and explorers of the weirder points of the present. They are often described as beautiful but Pinsker also knows that the heart wants what the heart wants and that is not always right, or easy. In this collection, Pinsker weaves music, memory, technology, history, mystery, love, loss, and even multiple selves on generation ships and cruise ships, on highways and high seas, in murder houses and treehouses. ![]() They feature runaways, fiddle-playing astronauts, and retired time travelers they are weird, wired, hopeful, haunting, and deeply human. Pinsker has shot like a star across the firmament with Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea. Pinsker has shot like a star across the firmament with Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea. "This beautiful, complex debut collection assembles some of Nebula winner Pinsker's best stories into a twisting journey that is by turns wild, melancholic, and unsettling." ― Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]()
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The former country doctor was elected President of Haiti in 1957 on a black nationalist platform but turned tyrannical the following year after thwarting a military coup. ![]() ![]() The term reign of terror has rarely been more apt than when it was applied to the regime of Haiti’s François “Papa Doc” Duvalier (1907-71). ![]() ![]() Language: English Words: 4,453 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 4 Kudos: 19 Bookmarks: 2 Hits: 1115 He knew that all he had to do was clip her feathers, and watch her struggle underneath his gaze, trying her best to flutter away with nothing but blood on her useless wings. ![]() But he remembered that look, throughout all the arguments and the insults sent his way as she shrieked his name in pure hatred… he knew there was a scared little bird behind those cold eyes. 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Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]() ![]() The Wolverine / Cyclops relationship summed up in one panel I) The Chris Claremont Wolverine Era ![]() The list progresses in chronological order, with the exception of an all-new Old Man Logan reading order which I’ve added to the end of the guide, so it can also function as a Wolverine reading order.Įnjoy the comics, and always remember: Wolverine’s the best there is at what he does, and what he does isn’t very nice. 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