Joyland Trio Deal (Why They Cried; Letters to Thomas Pynchon; How I Came to Haunt My Parents)

Recently launched with ECW Press, Joyland eBooks presents new collections from the best voices in short fiction. For the special price of TK you can start reading all three of our titles right now on any device. The Joyland Trio Deal includes: How I Came to Haunt My Parents by Natalee Caple “Moving...unsettling.” —The New York Times on The Heart Has Its Own Reason Natalee Caple is the author of several books including the forthcoming novel, In Calamity's Wake, from HarperCollins. In this beautifully written suite of short fiction, Caple explores fables from the dark side of adulthood and her animals and humans are imbued with modern complexity. Why They Cried by Jim Hanas "Hanas writes with a swift clip, deploys images so judiciously and vividly, and demonstrates real insight into the way we live now." —The Rumpus Whether it's a report from the real Cannes or a young... How I Came to Haunt My Parents is storytelling for parents on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In this beautifully written suite of short fiction Natalee Caple explores fables from the dark side of adulthood and imagines what moral Aesop may have offered to a mother who gave birth to a murderous dictator. Caple's animals and humans are imbued with modern complexity as they confront sex, death, and history, but her stories are as witty as they are profoundly lucid. How I Came to Haunt My Parents is proof of Caple's status as one of the great prose stylists currently writing. Praise for Natalee Caple “Moving...unsettling.” —The New York Times on The Heart Has Its Own Reason'A brilliant story-teller.'—D.M. Thomas, author of The White Hotel'Natalee Caple writes with sensual and captivating detail of people whose dreams drive them to unanticipated extremities.'—Catherine Bush, author of The Rules of Engagement “Beautifully written...” — Jonathan Lethem “One of the country’s best new writers.” — Eye Weekly Chris Eaton’s fictions read like intellectual fisticuffs: bruising but with more than a touch of moustache wax. Playing with notions of ownership and plagiarism, Letters to Thomas Pynchon is a collection of early stories and new works. Beginning with an unmailed letter to Thomas Pynchon, Eaton further riffs on literary history with occasional side trips into obscure — possibly fake — history, lost cinemas, and NASA’s track record. With a sense of gravity and humor, Letters to Thomas Pynchon proves that originality is sometimes an artist’s toughest sparring partner. This title is available in electronic formats only, and is part of ECW’s Joyland eBook imprint. "Beautifully written#x85;" #x97; Jonathan Lethem #x93;One of the country{u2019}s best new writers.? #x97;Eye Weekly Chris Eaton{u2019}s fictions read like intellectual fisticuffs: bruising but with more than a touch of moustache wax. Playing with notions of ownership and plagiarism, Letters to Thomas Pynchon is a collection of early stories and new works. Beginning with an unmailed letter to Thomas Pynchon, Eaton further riffs on literary history with occasional side trips into obscure #x97; possibly fake #x97; history, lost cinemas, and NASA{u2019}s track record. With a sense of gravity and humor, Letters to Thomas Pynchon proves that originality is sometimes an artist{u2019}s toughest sparring partner This guide charts the development of competitive Scrabble in North America and the control of the game exerted by Hasbro, Inc., the holder of the game's trademark. Through more than a hundred interviews, the evolution of Scrabble from the hustler-populated game rooms of New York City in the 1960s, before the organized game even existed, to the 2004 National Championship, where more than 800 players vied for $89,000 in prize money is detailed. Examining its origins, strategies, changes, and the business behind it all, this is a comprehensive look behind the game of Scrabble Whether it's a report from the real Cannes or a young couple discovering that reading Jacques Derrida aloud can lull their child to sleep, Jim Hanas finds the strange in the everyday and the everyday in the strange.Hanas writes a lean and powerful line that makes even absurd situations—a man who cries professionally, a beauty queen leaving her slob boyfriend for an astronaut—seem painfully familiar.Why They Cried answers its own question and the answer is funnier than you think.This title is available in electronic formats only, and is part of ECW's Joyland eBook imprint. Whether it{u2019}s a report from the real Cannes or a young couple discovering that reading Jacques Derrida aloud can lull their child to sleep, Jim Hanas finds the strange in the everyday and the everyday in the strange. Hanas writes a lean and powerful line that makes even absurd situations#x97;a man who cries professionally, a beauty queen leaving her slob boyfriend for an astronaut#x97;seem painfully familiar. Why They Cried answers its own question and the answer is funnier than you think Profiling one of the most popular and enduring female-fronted hard rock bands in rock 'n' roll, this book offers a backstage pass to the writing and recording of all of Heart?s hit albums and smash singles. Featuring exclusive interviews with band leaders Ann and Nancy Wilson, this rock history also includes insights from longtime guitarist Howard Leese, as well as interviews with the producers who helped craft Heart's hits, including Mike Flicker, Ron Nevison, Keith Olsen, and Ritchie Zito