Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl [Paperback]

Selina Rosen (Editor)

Book Description

It's bed time, and like the excellent parent you are, you prepare to read a bed-time story to your children. What to read? Shall it be syrup or saccarine tonight? Or maybe we should skip right to the chunks.

At last there is hope! In the ancient tradition of the Brothers Grimm, Yard Dog Press is proud to bring this collection to you. That's right! Finally a collection of stories that will scare any 20th or 21st century cild into behaving--just as those of the Grimm Brothers have scared straight so many previous generations.

No more sugar coating. No PC garbage. Just plain, simple--If you misbehave in this way, the consequences will be dire!

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About the Author

Including stories by new-comers like Susan Satterfield, old hands like Gary Jonas, and well-known authors like Glenn R. Sixbury and David Niall Wilson.

For most of these authors, children's stories aren't their usual fare, but we know you'll love these tales -- and so, incidentally, will all the children in your life -- regardless of their ages.

Cover art and interior line-art by Matthew Scott.

Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Yard Dog Press; 1ST edition (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893687120
• ISBN-13: 978-1893687127
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,575,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Selina Rosen lives in rural Arkansas with her partner, her parrot, Ricky, assorted fish and fowl ' both inside and out, several milk goats, an undetermined number of barn cats and her dog, Spud. Besides writing, editing, and taking care of the farm, she's a gardener, carpenter, rock mason, electrician (NOT a plumber), Torah scholar and sword fighter. In her spare time she creates water gardens, builds furniture, and adds to her on-going creation of the 'Great Wall of Kibler.'

Selina's short fiction has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Sword and Sorceress 16, Such A Pretty Face, Distant Journeys, three of the MZB Fantasy Mags, Tooth and Claw, Turn the Other Chick, and the new Anthology At the End of the Universe, just to name a few. Her critically acclaimed story entitled "Ritual Evolution" appeared in the first of the new Thieves World anthologies, Turning Points, and her second TW story, 'Gathering Strength,' appeared in the new TW anthology, Enemies of Fortune. The Bubba Chronicles is a collection of her short fiction which features ' strangely enough ' bubbas.

Her novels include Queen of Denial, Recycled, Chains of Freedom, Chains of Destruction, The Host trilogy, Fire & Ice, Hammer Town, Reruns, and novellas entitled The Boatman and Material Things.

Her new novel, Strange Robby, is due out in July of 2006 from Meisha Merlin Publishing. This will be her first hard cover release. Bad Lands, a gonzo-mystery novel co-written with Laura J. Underwood, is due out from Five Star Mysteries in 2007.

In her capacity as owner and editor in chief of Yard Dog Press, Ms. Rosen has edited several anthologies, including the award-winning Bubbas of the Apocalypse, and The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest and' Ned, and two collections of 'modern' fairy tales ' the Stoker-nominated Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl and More Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl.

She also owns and operates CASTLE FARMS, an ADGA goat farm with registered Nubian milk goats.

You can contact Selina through her personal website www.selinarosen.com, or just Email her at [e-mail].

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff in this collection, October 14, 2001

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Andrew Zimmerman Jones "Science Writer" (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl (Paperback)

An enjoyable collection of fables and fairy tales for the modern child. The stories range from the fantastic to realistic. Each one is chosen with a specific moral or lesson, which is clearly described. I was incredibly impressed with how some of the morals were handled in the stories. None seemed overly preachy, but were extremely entertaining.

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary Stories, Fairy Stories and Look Behind You Stories, December 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl (Paperback)

Good reading! Full of interesting characters and goose-bump endings. Particularly loved the word-eating Spelkin by D.S.Renzulli and the Beverly Hale and Paul Carlson stories.