"But sometimes, you get lucky and every door you open leads you to another until, finally, you stumble upon the truth." It's the year Y2K, and Mickey O'Rourke, a seventy-eight-year-old L.A. private investigator, is taking on one last case before retirement. The mystery in question is the disappearance of former porn star Jeffrey Strokes.
"In the end, all battles are social battles, Theodora. We just need to win that crowd today."
The Hippodrome is the center of activity in Constantinople. From chariot races to political debates to parties, it is a determiner of life or death. After Theodora’s father dies in a massive city-wide riot, she gets a chance to save her family from misfortune and take her own shot at success within the Hippodrome’s center.
Even though her mother is a star, Sheetal has always known an ordinary life on earth. After her mother Charamuti returned to the heavens leaving Sheetal behind with her father, Sheetal has tried not to draw attention to herself. But black hair dye can’t cover up her silver locks, and avoiding the spotlight hasn’t diminished her ability and talent to sing and hear the starsong, the celestial music in her core.
From Shakespeare to Seal, the rose has been a symbol of beauty for centuries. Although roses have existed for 35 million years, the first human record of the flower dates back 5,000 years, referenced in Mesopotamian cuneiform texts.
Winter is a tricky time for nomads, as the natural inclination is to go somewhere warm to avoid cold weather. Plus, who wants to pack and carry bulky clothes and gear? Except of course those nomads that enjoy winter sports and can’t wait to hit the slopes. Located at the foot of the Pirin Mountains, Bansko is a popular, thriving international ski town for digital nomads.
According to Deadline, the webcomic platform Webtoon has partnered with The Jim Henson Company to develop Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus into a YA animated series. The popular webcomic series is a fresh and modern interpretation of Greek mythology, centered on the relationship of Hades and Persephone.
Reddit User einsiboy, creator of the TopRedditBooks site, recently posted a list of the Top 100 Fantasy Books discussed on Reddit in the past year. The information is compiled from 2018 – 2019, based on comments in the subreddit r/books, and uses number o
In today’s day and age, where social media has turned platforms of sharing and community into platforms of fame and popularity, keeping up appearances can take a hell of a toll on a person. Just ask Lottie Person of Snotgirl, the comic series drawn by Leslie Hung and written by Bryan Lee O’Malley.
When people mention the manga Tomie, a few iconic images come to mind: the girl with a face growing out of her head, the mashed faces and limbs attached to a wormy body, a girl eating the flesh of a dead, frozen hiker. Tomie’s monstrous transformations, while scary in their own right, are the result of violence towards her – a reaction to her supernatural beauty.
What determines a city as ‘literary?’. It’s not enough to have a large library, unique bookstores, or be the birthplace of a famous writer. Nor is it enough to be one of the top literate cities in the United States Most literary cities have a strong writing program at one of their numerous colleges and universities, as well as bookstores and institutions hosting event after event.
After a long day at work as a TV associate producer, Jenna Nolan likes to settle in and unwind at home with some food, maybe Netflix, and sometimes Tinder. The mobile dating app allows Jenna to scroll through a few user photos to see if there’s anyone who catches her eye before she retires and starts her day again.
“Let me entertain you, let me make you smile/ Let me do a few tricks, some old and then some new tricks, I’m very versatile,” are the opening lyrics to the popular Broadway song “Gypsy Strip,” from the musical, “Gypsy.”. The musical, which is based off the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, has a backdrop of the 1920s to 1940s vaudeville and burlesque scenes.
New York City’s nightlife scene has quite the history, especially when it comes to literature. Certain bars, restaurants, hole-in-wall dives and lounges are home to the ghosts and the living that have influenced modern-day literature and writing. The following list includes both historical and current watering holes where anyone can grab a drink, a book, and absorb the spirits of famous authors.
Mannequins sporting colored wigs and wearing torn shirts, tartan pants, hardware-embellished dresses and trash bags line the walls; accompanying them are sound bites and video clips of Blondie, the Ramones, Sid Vicious and Patti Smith. This is the set-up for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest Costume Institution exhibit, “PUNK: From Chaos to Couture.”.
