Chamberlain is everything teenager Charlie Anderson thought it would be when he moved there from the city in 1957—a quaint and cozy upstate New York town where time moves slowly. But that’s all about to change.
Charlie finds his elderly and wealthy newspaper customer, Mr. Grazione, on the brink of death. Just before he passes, he shares a secret with Charlie. Grazione was part of a group of atomic scientists who discovered a special rock that allowed them to move through time. Harvesting the rock’s chemical—what they called Chronotine—they built a small device that could open a portal to the future. But in doing so, they sent off a cosmic alarm in the form of Pandora’s box.
A mysterious couple called the Travelers have arrived in Chamberlain and are searching for the rock. And they will stop at nothing to get it, including killing all the scientists associated with the Chronotine project. Grazione’s dying wish is for Charlie to destroy the rock. If he succeeds, Grazione believes the Travelers will disappear from their timeline.
But there’s a catch …
Grazione hid the rock in 1984, and there’s only a limited amount of Chronotine for Charlie to use to keep the portal open. If the device runs out, he will be trapped in the future.
"An engaging SF/paranormal romp around the clock in two time periods." —Kirkus Reviews
“Charlie One is an exciting science fiction story . . . A bold storytelling style and well-worked pop culture elements combine to create a uniquely entertaining read.” —Readers’ Favorite
Some got the gift; some didn’t. And then there were those who saw it as a threat.
The gift was an unexpected side effect of Dr. Zworsky’s now banned vaccine, which was created for a generation of children who developed antibiotic resistance. They were known as the Metachromes: humans who could fly.
Darlene Verity never enjoyed the attention she got as a Meta. But she never thought those who labeled her as inhuman would force her into a protection camp in the California desert. That all changed when an asteroid crashed into the Southwest and set her and the Metas free. But their freedom came with a price. The asteroid’s particles created an unexpected fusion with their gift of flight: they can no longer be in the daylight and are aging faster.
Now Darlene’s only hope is a rogue scientific colony called Project Z who are secretly trying to recreate Zworsky’s vaccine. If they learn his mysterious formula, they will not only save the Metas but humankind itself. Zworsky has been dead for years and all documentation of his vaccine had been wiped from the medical archives. But Darlene has the only surviving document of Zworsky’s that could solve the vaccine’s mystery. With little time, she must reach Project Z before her revenge-driven leader, Kevin Stroder, unleashes his plan to annihilate those responsible for caging the Metas. His first target: Project Z.
“Connelly takes readers on a wild ride through the near future as humans struggle to survive disaster in this speculative thriller…. A fun, sometimes over-the-top blend of SF, horror, and fantasy that should satisfy fans of all three.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A lot of action, danger and good character development. The author does a great job with the suspense and keeps tensions high…. A very engrossing and original story.” –Uncaged Reviews
"Tom Connelly serves up a classic science fiction thriller ... With a superb pace, going from passive to breakneck and back again, and an impressive degree of coordination, the reader is kept glued to the narrative." –Readers' Favorite
Three teenage girls dare to explore an abandoned mansion, only to confront the ultimate challenge: their own adolescence.
It’s been thirty years since Dr. Van Barren mysteriously vanished, but fifteen-year-old Marcy Mason believes the answers lie hidden within his secret laboratory, lost somewhere in the depths of his long-abandoned estate in the Hudson Valley. Drawn by an insatiable curiosity and the weight of her mother’s cancer diagnosis, Marcy finds herself unable to escape the truths she must face.
On Halloween night, Marcy and her best friends, Skye Krause and Amanda Brooks, embark on an adventure that will test their courage and their bonds. As they search for the elusive laboratory, they confront not only the mysteries of the mansion but also the uncertainties of their own lives—friendship, fear, and the harsh realities of growing up.
Will they uncover the secrets of the past, or will the darkness within the mansion reveal even deeper truths about themselves?
“Connelly's adventure brims with realism and nostalgia, creating a heady mix for readers who came of age in an era before social media . . . A transporting, nostalgic adventure that will entertain teen and adult readers alike” — Kirkus Reviews
Some things, no matter how hard you try, can never be forgotten.
In the heart of summer, as James Bailey prepares to leave his small-town life behind for college, he’s haunted by memories of his first love, Stacey. Their brief one-night affair lingers in his mind, but Stacey has moved on, now dating the charismatic lead singer of a hardcore band. When she unexpectedly invites James and his friends to their show at the iconic CBGB, he can’t resist the chance to go—despite his gut feeling that she has ulterior motives.
What starts as a day filled with laughter, nostalgia, and unexpected adventures in the bustling streets of New York City quickly spirals into a whirlwind of emotions for James. As the temperature rises, so do the stakes, forcing James to confront the reality of his feelings and the unshakeable bond they once shared. Will he find closure, or will this final encounter ignite a spark he thought had long been extinguished?
Join James on a journey of love, friendship, and the bittersweet nature of memories—because some things, no matter how hard you try, can never be forgotten.
Suburban Tales is a collection of short stories on the supernatural, fantasy and horror.
Book One explores three dark and haunting tales involving the quiet neighborhood of Eden Gardens.
In “The Rock Star,” a drum technician’s nightly bike ride turns dark and ghostly.
In “The Piano,” a divorced man wakes up one morning to find a street barrel piano on his front lawn. It can do more than play music.
In “The Decorator,” a nosy woman’s obsession to win a Christmas decorating contest reveals a dark secret within her neighborhood.
Suburban Tales 2 turns to the world of teenagers in KILL PARK and ROLLER GIRL. The setting this time is New York’s Hudson Valley, and some strange things are happening.
Stacking and chopping wood is a yearly routine for the Ferguson brothers. It’s hard work and never exciting. But that’s about to change when they find a green object frozen inside one of the logs. Eager to learn its origins, the boys head out on an adventure into the woods of the Hudson Valley. What they discover will change their lives forever.
It’s a fall day, and Maggie Anderson is helping her best friend shoot a rollerblading video. But Maggie might have gotten more than she bargained for when she agreed to put on her deceased mother’s Rollerblades. On her way home, a mysterious car begins to follow her. As she tries to escape, Maggie tumbles. And then things get weird, ghostly weird.
Turbulence on a flight from London to New York isn't anything unusual. But the strange thumping noises from the cargo that began after the turbulence are definitely not normal. And when seven passengers and a flight attendant realize they're the only people on board who aren't in a coma-like sleep, the questions range from asking what exactly is in the cargo bay, to who's going to land the plane—and wondering whether they're still over the Atlantic at all.
"Flight Unknown started with a bang and continued that way to the final paragraph. I could not put this book down!...This book is for lovers of action /horror with a touch of the supernatural and creatures that may not be of our time or space." —Readers' Favorite
Cinema of Confinement draws on a number of key psychoanalytic concepts from the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, Joan Copjec, Michel Chion, and Todd McGowan to identify and describe a genre of cinema characterized by spatial confinement. Examining classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, as well as current films such as Room, Green Room, and 10 Cloverfield Lane, Connelly shows that the source of enjoyment of confined spaces lies in the viewer's relationship to excess.
“Using cinema to explain the relationship between space and lack, Connelly provides an important theoretical model for more broadly interpreting the spatial limits of desire in our new media environments.”
--Matthew Flisfeder, University of Winnipeg
Capturing Digital Media examines the relationship between the perfection of the digital form and the imperfection of the human subject in recent film and television. Using a number of key psychoanalytic terms and new media concepts, Capturing Digital Media shows that the necessity of imperfection is where we locate the human subject of desire within the binary logic of the digital. It argues that the perfection of digital must be wounded by forms of imperfection in order to make media texts such as film and television desirable. But even as films and television texts incorporate forms of imperfection, digital perfection remains a powerful attraction in our engagement with moving images, such as high definition screens, spectacular digital effects, and state-of-the-art sound.
"Represents a major leap ahead in our understanding of how the digital age changes our very mode of perception."
- Todd McGowan, University of Vermont, USA
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