Showing results for "Issa" in Literature & Fiction

Eigentlich will Issa diese Reise gar nicht antreten. Schwanger sitzt sie im Flugzeug nach Douala, angetrieben von ihrer Mutter, die bei der bevorstehenden Geburt um das Leben ihrer Tochter fürchtet. In Kamerun, dem Land ihrer Kindheit, soll sie den heilsamen Weg der Rituale gehen, unter den Adleraugen ihrer Omas. Doch so einfach ist das alles gar nicht, wenn man in Frankfurt zu Schwarz und in Buea zu Deutsch ist. Der Besuch wird für Issa eine Auseinandersetzung mit der eigenen Familiengeschichte und der Gewissheit, dass sowohl Traumata als auch der unbedingte Liebens- und Lebenswille vererbbar sind.

One night, one guy. He wants to claim me, and I want to let him...What do you do when you attend a New Year's Eve party for a secret society thrown by the man who wants to claim you? You let him...And I did without a second thought. I didn't care who was watching. All I cared about was making him mine, too.

ALL IT NEEDS IS YOUR DESPAIR AND YOUR BLOOD Talia Shaw thought she could stop running when she came to Norfolk, a rural town set against stunning wilderness. She hoped to settle here, pick apart her reasons for fleeing California, and finally get some sleep. Two years later, she’s made little progress. Lucas Gray, a Norfolk native, has been Talia’s partner with the State Police since she arrived. A divorcé who smokes constantly, he has his own baggage and doesn’t pry after others’—unless it’s for his job. An impossible murder deep in the mountains leads them to the home of Shep ...

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Michael and Barton Blink are back, and this time, their bounty takes them to, of all places, a town without a drop of alcohol for sale. The devil twins are here for a bounty that should be easy pickings, if they could just find a way to get a drink, first.

In this dark but deeply satisfying story, Alex Issa explores the rights and obligations of men and women in world which has lost all rules. Can a woman refuse to give her body for the repopulation of the race? Is the extinction of mankind justification for rape? Tom, Mischa, and Ed may be the last three people on Earth, and for them these questions aren’t hypothetical but real, urgent, and immediate. From its opening sentence to its shocking conclusion, the story unfolds with the stark beauty that only Alex Issa can produce.

The Blank Twins, violent bounty hunters, hired usually for their particular ability to forget the “Alive” part of “Wanted: Dead or Alive”, lie in wait for a serial killer with 19 brutal rapes and murders to his name. Dark, violent, and strangely comic, the unforgettable and more than a little disturbing world of Alex Issa is sure to please. This thriller short story is one of many in the Devil Twins series.

Richard, an old man awaiting the end, and Anne, a young girl with burdens no girl should bear, sit on the swings and circle around the only topic of import. In this moving and bleak story of both untimely and timely ends, Alex Issa draws emotion effortlessly and powerfully with the very picture of bittersweet truth.

Alex Issa's thought provoking stories are difficult to classify. From post-apocalyptic fables tackling restraint in the absence of law to tales of hit man morality, his short fiction has challenged readers and delighted critics with its minimalist sensibilities and ever-present subtext. Here, two almost surreal short stories lead the listener through disturbing and somehow beautiful locations in the mind.

Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama's equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women's rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others to speak, to engage, even to dress as they wished.

Based on real events in 1970s-2000s Peru, This Country Is No Longer Yours tells the story of Peruvians living through a wildly turbulent time of revolution and counter-revolution, while struggling to survive somewhere in-between.