Showing results for "snowball" in Literature & Fiction

Reporter Nathan Doyle had his reasons to want Phil Arlen dead, but when he sees the man's body pulled from the La Brea tar pit, he knows he'll be the prime suspect. He also knows that his life won't stand up to intense police scrutiny, so he sets out to crack the case himself. Lieutenant Matthew Spain's official inquiries soon lead him to believe that Nathan knows more than he's saying. But that's not the only reason Matt takes notice of the handsome journalist.

The holidays are a time for magic, cheer, and making memories. Brandon and Erin begin a new family tradition by introducing The Elf on a Shelf to their young children. When Erin brings home their newly purchased elf, little do they know the horror that awaits. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, incidents occur around the house, some innocent, some sinister. As the days become less jolly, Brandon suspects an evil spirit haunting their home. Questioning his own sanity, he recognizes a pair of crazy gray plastic eyes always watching.

Tablerock, Texas is not a town accustomed to blizzards. But as a once-in-a-lifetime freeze buries the town under piles of snow and ice, life grinds to a frosty halt. For Ellie and Evie Rockwell it means being snowed in at the Silver Circle Cat Rescue with their circle of friends—all of whom are feeling the chill in more ways than one. In an attempt to defrost the increasing tension among the group, they share stories of their past—including the unsolved murder of a local woman that has left a frosty shadow over Tablerock for years.

On a skiing winter honeymoon, Alex and Missy Marcus become involved in a nightmare featuring a ghost from their past. Dire psychic predictions, strange behavior including sleep walking, and bizarre events are more than enough to blow a simple vacation into a snowball effect even bigger than the present-time events could foretell. Alex and Missy become victims themselves when they try to help their newly found friend sort out the pieces of her confused past. All become engulfed in an avalanche of fear as circumstances turn deadly in The Snowball Effect.

As the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy rolls south to the oil-rich Netherlands East Indies, a handful of Allied airmen and sailors stand in their way. Two brothers, Jack and Charlie Davis, pilots in the US Army Air Forces, are among that handful who face overwhelming odds to buy time for America to gear up to fight the war in the Pacific.

Struggling with the sudden, nagging notion that his mother once assassinated a prominent neo-Nazi leader, Ben - a performance artist, about to turn 40 - doesn’t know where to turn. His parents are both dead and his brother, having previously been institutionalized, is a lousy source of information. In a non-chronological montage of memories, this inventive tale blends suburban realism with out-of-body surrealism as Ben travels back and forth through life events, attempting to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

Looking through the Sears Christmas Wish Book was like peeking into Santa’s Workshop. You got to see all the latest toys, clothing, music, electronics, and merchandise that Santa was making for the year. The Sears Wish Book was how you made your Christmas list for Santa and gave your parents hints on what you wanted for Christmas.

Barrett: Jake's birthday is in a few days, and I'm nervous that what I've planned for his big day can’t possibly measure up to what he’d done for me. The weekend of my 40th blew my mind, and the after-party ended up changing our lives forever. Now it's my turn to rock his world, and I'm starting to have my doubts. Worst part? We're stuck in Boston riding out the storm of the century, and I can't finalize the details to his party.