Afternoon in the central nervous system

A winter's day, and something terrifyingly dangerous is waiting out there in the snow, while at the same time an even more dangerous curse is spoken. In a possible future a monster uprising is in full flow, but a couple have their own problems to deal with when they're stuck in a very strange queue... And while a scientist attempts to rid humanity of all evil, a female werewolf is on the prowl. Here we have a clutch of stories by award-winning and # 1 bestselling author Paul Kane (Hooded Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Before, Arcana), including another one of his popular horror fairy tales and a 'Mortis-Man' prequel, proving once again that there's more to this world than can be seen by the Naked Eye. With an introduction by Sunday Times bestselling author Cavan Scott (Doctor Who: The Shining Man) and cover by Christian Francis (Wishmaster: The Novelization) you might just find yourself taking another look at what you thought was possible. Watch out!

The Naked Eye

«Le Fort Vancouver, dont le nom indien est Katchutequa, ou « la plaine », est le plus grand poste de la Compagnie de la baie d'Hudson, et abrite habituellement deux facteurs chefs, huit ou dix employés, et deux cents voyageurs. Notre société était rehaussée par les officiers du navire de guerre de Sa Majesté, le Modeste, qui, depuis deux ans, mouillait dans les eaux du fleuve, à l'opposé de l'établissement. Les bâtiments du fort sont entourés par de forts piquets d'environ seize pieds de hauteur, avec des bastions armés de canons. Les hommes, avec leurs femmes indiennes, vivent dans des cabanes de rondins près de la rivière, et forment un petit village, une véritable Babel de langues, car ses habitants sont Anglais, Français, Iroquois, insulaires des îles Sandwich, Crees et Chinooks ».Paul Kane s'attacha à décrire la vie quotidienne des Amérindiens qui lui inspirèrent des scènes de genre, décrivit leurs moyens de subsistance, observa leurs modes d'habitat, ainsi que leurs activités artisanales ou d'échanges, examina leurs pratiques cérémonielles ou funéraires et enfin leurs activités plus profanes et ludiques.Son récit nous livre en outre un témoignage sur les communautés métisses de la frontière, issues des mariages mixtes entre Amérindiens et Blancs. Paul Kane décrit ainsi le mode de vie des Métis et Half-Breeds de la rivière Rouge, qu'il accompagna dans l'une des dernières grandes chasses aux bisons au sud de Fort Garry, et évoque la bigarrure ethnique et culturelle de la population de Fort Edmonton, du Kanaka Village à Fort Vancouver ou de la vallée de la Willamette en Oregon.Peintre de paysages, Paul Kane restitue enfin la splendeur du Grand Nord-Ouest, à l'époque où les colons blancs étaient peu nombreux.Le témoignage d'un peintre voyageur qui, après sa rencontre avec George Catlin, se mit à la recherche d'Amérindiens épargnés par l'influence de la civilisation occidentale et s'attacha à décrire, entre 1845 et 1848, la vie des Amérindiens du Grand Nord-Ouest du Canada et des États-Unis.En couverture: Sault Sainte Marie (campement Ojibwé), Paul Kane, Royal Ontario museum, Toronto.

Voyage parmi les Indiens du Grand Nord-Ouest canadien et américain, Un peintre voyageur sillonne les territoires de la Compagnie de la baie d'Hudson: 1845-1848.

Matthew Daley is an enigma. He's appeared after seven years - eager to pick up the threads of his life, and make contact once more with his loved ones, which is something that's not so easy to do when everyone knows that's he's dead.

The Lazarus Condition

IT'S A MIRACLE, PURE AND SIMPLE. THE MIRACLE OF TWIN BIRTH. But in the city of Norchester, being a twin also marks you out as a victim. Because someone is killing them and stealing their body parts. It's up to Inspector Roy Mason and his Sergeant, Deborah Harrison, to track down the culprit before they can strike again. Their only lead? A man whose own twin was brutally murdered by the killer. A man whose brother is now helping him from beyond the grave. From the imagination of award-winning and bestselling author Paul Kane (The sellout Hooded Man, Before, Her Last Secret), comes a powerful novel, a supernatural whodunnit unlike any other - in which the very laws of the serial killer procedural are turned on their head. A novel which holds a mirror up to our very souls and asks us just who we are. You might not be quite ready for the answer... This very special tenth anniversary edition contains a brand new introduction by the author, the original introduction by Peter Atkins (Hellraiser II-IV, Wishmaster), the prequel short story 'Gemini Rising' and the script for a pilot episode of The Gemini Factor TV series.

The Gemini Factor

How much do the stars tell you about who you are, and about your future?For a group of strangers, the stars will warn them about what this day has in store. The day when their world will turn upside down. No matter who they are - a serial killer, or a small boy - fate will play its part indiscriminately.

Signs Of Life

It started off like any other day, but for the tourists, staff and workmen at Willerton Castle it will end in terror. Because a storm is coming, a storm like nothing anyone has ever seen. A storm that will herald an attack by creatures this world has never encountered before. Will any of them survive? This new short novel of monstrous horror by the bestselling and award-winning author of Monsters (a British Fantasy Award finalist), the sellout Hooded Man and the award-winning Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Paul Kane, comes with an introduction from Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl, Halcyon) and cover art by Ben Baldwin.

Afternoon in the central nervous system

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