Plant Fiction

The moon hung like a crimson eye in the velvet sky, casting long, skeletal shadows over the dilapidated church that stood sentinel in the ancient graveyard. Within its crumbling walls, a figure stirred, her raven hair cascading down her back like a silken shroud, her dark eyes glittering with a seductive fire. She was a creature of the night, born of darkness, consumed by a thirst that no mortal could ever quench.

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ஆ. மாதவனின் சிறுகதைகள் எதார்த்தவாதப் பிரிவைச் சார்ந்தவை. அன்றாட வாழ்வில் நமது பார்வைக்குத் தட்டுப்படும் மனிதர்களும் நிகழ்ச்சிகளுமே அவரது புனைவுலகிலும் இடம்பெறுகின்றன. அவை நமக்குச் சாதாரண மனித நடவடிக்கைகளாக மட்டுமே பார்வையில் பட்டுக் கலைந்து போகின்றன. நமது பார்வைக்கு அகப்படாத அந்த உலகின் இயக்கத்தை மையமாகக் கொண்டது மாதவனின் கலைப்பார்வை.

As a child, Annie Baskin envied her older sister. Sarah was beautiful, smart, popular, and contemptuous of her messy, graceless kid sister. Annie grew up in Sarah’s shadow, knowing she was second-tier, second-rate, an also-ran. The other Baskin girl.

Jesse Sienna doesn't believe that love can last. His parents' marriage was caring but passionless, and his own romantic history tells him that love can burn bright, but that it cannot burn for long. So when his elderly father, Mickey, moves in with him and seems unable to understand Jesse's no-strings-attached relationship with Marina, his current girlfriend, Jesse barely pays attention. It's just another example of how different they are - and more evidence that he and his father will never connect on any meaningful level.

Harper is always on the go, efficiently working her way through life without a second of wasted time. It’s made her very successful, but it’s also made her careless. And soon enough, Harper discovers that she’s completely lost track of the present. Harper’s friend suggests getting a plant to take care of, hoping this could be a meditative experience for Harper. At first, it was, but soon enough, this sexy houseplant is introducing herself as Kobla, and bringing Harper along on an erotic, lesbian adventure.

One minute, Danny Bennet is just another normal teenager. The next, she learns she comes from a family born with the power to enter people’s dreams and affect their waking lives. As if this isn’t enough to freak her out, somebody wants to steal her power and would do anything, even kill, to get it. Love. Lies. Magic. Deceit. Fighting for her life. Danny was hoping for a memorable senior year, but now she just wants to survive long enough to graduate.

Emma is back, and is now faced with a new and terrifying encounter. Her abductor has her exactly where he wants her, promising to take her back home safely, if she bears the children of the four different species of J'hec, intelligent and somewhat humanoid creatures, in the rain forest. Without the knowledge of the land, and knowing her chances of survival are slim without him, she willingly agrees.

Recent retiree Ruth Singer is reflecting on her life and wondering what direction it might have taken if she'd made different choices. What if she'd had her tubes tied before her difficult youngest child was born? What if she'd run off with Danny Fortuna when she'd had the chance? Not only does Ruth ponder these questions, she lives those what-if lives in her imagination. As the chaos of her real life swirls around her, she contemplates the roads she never took, the choices she never made, and comes to understand how she became the woman she is - and why.

In "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant," listeners are taken on a thrilling journey into the world of botany and mutation. Follow Professor Jonkin as he turns a carnivorous plant that feeds on insects into a pet plant, like a large dog, that consumes three Porterhouse steaks per day. Is Jonkin's plant a pet or a monster?

From the mind of Steven Plant, Tales from the Darkside: Tales of Horror, is the captivating first book of a set of three spine-chilling horror books that explore twisted and dark world of short spine-chilling horror tales that will take you on a thrilling journey through the dark and mysterious realms of horror. Enjoy these captivating tales that will leave you longing for more.

Plant Your Feet Firmly is an intimate glimpse of Asian America. Through the pages of seven short stories, the listener is treated to a delicate taste of ordinary people living extraordinary lives - from a cool grandpa to a grieving mother to a disillusioned husband.

Television host and organic gardener Louise Eldridge welcomes old friend Jay McCormick to Washington, D.C. When McCormick is found face down in a fish pond, Louise uncovers a plot that includes Washington's power brokers.

Nature is beautiful...until it tries to eat you. Jaxon is just your average janitor, but when he's caught in the crossfire between advanced science and terrorism, he ends up running for his life and watching the world around him get swallowed whole. Mother Nature takes revenge, and Jaxon has nowhere to go!

This book introduces Planet Venesha and its inhabitants, most importantly, Mordokai and his friends. Join them as they wander a colorful, thriving landscape inhabited by all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures.

The scents of the rosemary and thyme lining the garden path instantly welcome you to what follows: a wildflower meadow, an ornamental kitchen garden, a shady courtyard, terrace and borders, gravel garden, and woodland walk, taking you on a tour through Adam’s garden. As you go, Adam explains his design and planting choices, drawing on personal feeling and memories as well as years of experience.

Night Tales Poetry from Beyond. From the minds of Steven Plant and Gail Noble. A great book if you like poetry.

Dreaming with Holly takes you on a journey into the world of the plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant Spirits (and what that means), this short audiobook provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant world in general and Holly in particular. Dreaming with Holly also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Holly.

Discover the magic of sunflowers as they spring to life from tiny seeds! This book takes young listeners on an enchanting journey, showing how sunflower seeds transform into tall, golden blooms. With simple, engaging instructions on planting, watering, and caring for sunflowers, children can watch their own flowers grow and learn important lessons about patience, nurturing, and the wonders of nature.

Tours of the rain forest have never been so naughty. When 23-year-old Emma gets separated from her group, she soon discovers that the danger of the heat or even the wildlife could be the least of her problems. Running across a place where the plants not only come to life, but are in need of a female to keep their species from going extinct, what's a girl to do?