Stephen Kirk

And Midnight Came to Call (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

If readers enjoyed the subjects explored by the TV series The X-Files, they'll love the stories told in Stephen G. Kirk's "And Midnight Came to Call". This thought provoking collection of 9 short stories span the globe and time itself. Realistic science or urban myth is superimposed upon a diverse backdrop of actual locations, social and historical themes making for highly entertaining reading.

Stories include:

The Tenant
A lonely senior with a strong penchant for his feathered friends seeks a novel birdhouse design and a challenge to his woodworking skills, but gets far more than he bargained for when something quite unexpected takes up residence in his creation.

The Madison
A nameless terror has been disturbed below the foundations of an old "turn of the century" theater. When the management begins presenting a summer series of classic horror films, strange and frightening events begin occurring in the small town.

Dog Days of Summer
In the distant future, a friendly Golden Retriever bears witness to an alien invasion during a particularly hot, dry summer.

A Dark Voyage
Captain Thomas Jakes and the crew of the slave ship Amity endure a stormy passage while returning to home-port from the Americas, finding themselves imprisoned for weeks within a dead calm; together with an unmentionable horror that walks her decks.

Reap the Whirlwind
A patriotic North Korean weather analyst with an unusual ability to forecast the weather finds her gift extends much further than even she had ever dreamed.

An Angry Dragon
A Chinese Magician who endured Japan's "Rape of Nanking" pays a visit to a small restaurant in China town providing the management with a new and rather unique recipe for success... and revenge.

Kindred
A group of researchers contact a highly unusual and very ancient insect society that appears to be on the verge of extinction and offers them an unexpected though troubling solution to their troubles.

The Rattle of Bones
Unwilling to surrender his dark cherished memories and unable to dodge those seeking revenge for their murders, a sadistic captain of the Khmer Rouge meets an old departed friend while awaiting his comeuppance many years later.

Vagrant
A novel twist on an old theme, an aging and sickly New York City homeless senior visits Palm Springs and gets a new lease on life; and death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stephen Kirk
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463232361
• Artikelnr.: 70542230

Autorenporträt

In another life, Steve was a police officer before beginning his writing career. A Detective Sergeant and seasoned criminal investigator working in robbery, vice, and general investigations, he took point on several complex and lengthy wiretap investigations within the Calgary Police Drug Unit. A recognized expert in the field of Traffic Collision Investigation and Reconstruction Steve received his training at Northwestern University, Illinois, and under the tutelage of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Following his police career, he has operated a private detective agency, an international import/export business and an online retail outlet.
Since 1992, Steve has been actively developing technical stock charting algorithms using Metastock Stock Charting Software and is currently updating a 2014 book he wrote on the subject.
Stephen lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his lovely wife Wanda. His favorite hobby is his family, sons and grandchildren. Other past times include amateur astronomy, playing guitar, singer/song writing, military history and following political news and trends.