Daryl Gregory Libros

This beautifully illustrated book showcases 100 paintings from the vast collections of the National Trust - one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine art in the world

Harrison is a lonely teenager, afraid of water ever since a boating accident as a toddler. And he and his mother have just moved to the worst possible place: Dunnsmouth, a Lovecraftian town on the Atlantic coast. When his mother disappears, Harrison tries to solve the mystery, putting him in conflict with a strange church, a killer, and the Deep Ones. It will take all his resourcesand an unusual host of alliesto defeat the danger and find his mother.

A cutting-edge anthology, published on the 100th anniversary of the word Robot, exploring the impact it has had on the world.

"It's 2001, and the WyldBoyZ are the world's hottest boy band, and definitely the world's only genetically engineered human-animal hybrid vocal group. When their producer, Dr. M, is found murdered in his hotel room, the 'boyz' become the prime suspects. Was it Bobby the ocelot (the cute one), Matt the megabat (the funny one), Tim the pangolin (the shy one), Devin the bonobo (the romantic one), or Tusk the elephant (the smart one)? Las Vegas Detective Luce Delgado has only twenty-four hours to solve a case that goes all the way back to the secret science barge where the WyldBoyZ' journey first began--a place they used to call home."--Provided by publisher

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders. “Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. The mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family's personal god, an entity known as the Ghostdaddy. Years later, after a tragic incident that caused her to flee, Stella—now a professional bootlegger—returns for Motty's funeral, and to check on the mysterious ten-year-old girl named Sunny that Motty adopted. Sunny appears innocent enough, but she is more powerful than Stella could imagine—and she’s a direct link to Stella's buried past and her family's destructive faith. Haunting and wholly engrossing, summoning mesmerizing voices and giving shape to the dark, Revelator is a southern gothic tale for the ages.

Teddy Telemachus, a charming con man skilled in sleight of hand, finds himself in need of cash and cleverly infiltrates a classified government study on telekinesis. There, he meets Maureen McKinnon, a genuine psychic with immense power, and they quickly marry, forming the Amazing Telemachus Family. They have three gifted children: Irene, a human lie detector; Frankie, who can move objects with his mind; and Buddy, who can see the future. However, tragedy strikes, leaving the family fractured. Decades later, the Telemachuses are far from amazing. Irene struggles as a single mom, unable to maintain relationships due to her truth-detecting abilities. Frankie is deep in debt to mob associates, and Buddy has withdrawn from the world, obsessively digging a hole in the backyard. Compounding their troubles, the CIA seeks to uncover any remaining magic in the family. Hope emerges with Irene’s son Matty, who has just experienced his first out-of-body experience. Yet, he keeps this secret, unsure if his newfound talent could help save the family or drive them further apart. With imaginative storytelling, Daryl Gregory crafts a humorous and poignant tale about a family of gifted dreamers and the invisible forces that connect them.

It begins in Toronto, in the years after the smart drug revolution. Any high school student with a chemjet and internet connection can download recipes and print drugs, or invent them. A seventeen-year-old street girl finds God through a new brain-altering drug called Numinous, used as a sacrament by a new Church that preys on the underclass. But she is arrested and put into detention, and without the drug, commits suicide. Lyda Rose, another patient in that detention facility, has a dark secret: she was one of the original scientists who developed the drug. With the help of an ex-government agent and an imaginary, drug-induced doctor, Lyda sets out to find the other three survivors of the five who made the Numinous in a quest to set things right. A mind-bending and violent chase across Canada and the US, Daryl Gregory's Afterparty is a last chance to save civilization, or die trying.

The year is 1995. Meet the Telemachuses: an apparently ordinary family with strikingly obvious issues. Their individual personalities are eccentric, their intergenerational relationships are strained, their collective failures are well documented, and their finances are, well, let's not even go there. The city is Chicago. For Grandson Matty Telemachus, this is just the way things have always been. The only person who has ever tried to convince him otherwise is his hapless Uncle Frankie, who rushes to retrieve 'that video tape' every time he consumes too much red wine at Thanksgiving. The family is dysfunctional. This cassette is proof that the family - Grandad Teddy, Grandma Maureen, Aunt Irene, Uncle Frankie and Uncle Buddy - were once known as The Amazing Telemachus Family, and toured the country with a magic and mind-reading act. That was, until on fateful night in 1974... So is the magic. Spoonbenders is the legacy and legend of an extraordinary, normal, entirely unique family across three generations of big personalities and socially inept recluses - each cursed with the potential of being something special.

Česká mutace známého amerického sci-fi a fantasy magazínu, který vychází téměř šedesát let a je považován za nejlepší zdroj fantastické povídky na světě. Česká edice, ve spolupráci s americkou redakcí, přináší klasiku i příběhy současných autorů. Každé čtvrtletí se čtenáři mohou ponořit do barvitých světů spisovatelské fantazie. V povídce Antimožné Daryl Gregory zkoumá návrat do fantastické krajiny dětství. Fred Chappell představuje experta na umění stínů v Tanci stínů. V Políbit hvězdu se postižená dívka rozhoduje, zda se vzdát těla pro cestu ke hvězdám. David Marusek ukazuje snahu o chycení teroristy v povídce Usámo, zavolej domů. Nancy Springerová přináší příběh Chlapec, který splétal koním hřívy, o mladíkovi s neobvyklým nadáním. Hrdinka novelety Špatné číslo od Alexandera Jablokova chce změnit minulost promarněných šancí. Richard Bowes přibližuje všední život strážců v čase v Převozníkova žena. Mýty ožívají v Urdumheim od Michaela Swanwicka, kde se snaží osvobodit z područí démonů. K. D. Wentworthová představuje matoucí Kaleidoskop. Jeffrey Ford na závěr přibližuje, jaké to je Ve službách mistra fantasy. Magazín je splněným snem každého milovníka dobrých příběhů.

Je to náš svět – nebo není? Neliší se skoro ničím, nic v něm nechybí... Spíš něco přebývá: množství démonů, kteří mají ve zvyku posednout vybranou oběť, v jejím těle si odehrát oblíbenou scénku (v mnoha případech končící něčí smrtí), a tiše se vytratit. Do jiného hostitele. Případů posednutí je už tolik, že se jimi musí vážně zabývat církve i vědci. Pořádají se konference, fanoušci démonů mají své cony, ani jeden názor se nepodobá druhému...