M. E Purfield
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They are the largest minority in the world. They have no rights. They are told how to think, how to worship, and how to socialize. They are children. Some will grow up and repeat the pattern. Some will break from the vicious cycle and use their voices whether it be in the present or in the far, far future. How to Make Friends with Teenage Anarchists is a collection of young adult stories spanning many genres that will make you think twice about children...
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Two teenage girls on a dark journey. Two girls stand on the edge of discovering something bigger than themselves. The Tenebrous Two combines two origin novels from the Tenebrous Chronicles. Though Angel Spits and Party Girl Crashes the Rapture are set in contrasting locations, both novels explore challenging girls solving a possible murder while enriching a mythology created by a different series. The bundle also includes an introduction about the...
3) Angst
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Collected here for the first time, the first three young adult novels of M.E. Purfield. A Pentecostal girl not only questions her faith when she meets a Buddhist punk in her school but also what it means to be family in jesus freakz + buddha punx. A guitarist bored with her art runs off to New York to live with her father and join the circus brewing in a time of great cultural change in Breaking Fellini. Delicate Cutters documents a teen girl's struggle...
4) Ealu
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Albee is a slave on a Saibhir residency ship, desperate for freedom and autonomy despite the light-years standing between them and their dreams. Captured again and tortured for answers, the Saibhir believe that Albee had help trying to escape. Is there a resistance on the ship? Or is it a dream created by torture? Ealu, the thrilling science fiction short story from the Saoirse War Series, will take readers on a journey of survival, bravery, and resilience....
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She wanted to be alone to avoid the pain.Unfortunately, the world had other plans for her.Now she will redefine it. A Black Deeper Than Death started as a controversial stand-alone dark fantasy mystery and soon became book one of an eleven-book series with nine short stories weaved through it that redefined the genre. This edition presents the Miki Radicci Series in story order with book one (A Black Deeper Than Death) to book three (Blood Like Cherry...
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When Miriam wakes up after a wild night out, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body with a hole in its head next to her. As a recent ex-convict, the last thing she needs is to be framed for murder. But with the cops on her tail and the bodies piling up in the city, Miriam finds herself on the run for her freedom – and the medication she needs to stay alive. Hole in the Head Freak is a gripping sci-fi crime story that will keep you on...
7) Thainig An
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The stakes are high in Thainig An, an action-packed science fiction short story set amid The Saoirse War. Young Camoo and their baby-expecting parent are trapped in their house as the Saibhir soldiers sweep in to enslave the survivors of a bombing. With the soldiers banging on their door, Camoo must make the difficult decision to balance giving life and taking death to survive. Will the family make it through the night? Discover the answer in Thainig...
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Collected only here are the three parts of Cities That Eat Islands in the author-approved version. A sweeping story of crime, fantasy, and time travel that not only connects to the Miki Radicci Series and the Radicci Sisters series but brings to light the early years of the Tenebrous Chronicles. Exploring the unknown can be a daunting task, but when it comes to rescuing a friend, Carmella Noto and her twin brother Enzo will do whatever it takes. In...
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Deep in the wooded county of Ashland, Kentucky, Bella tries to grind her car back to life. Once again, she'll be late for work. When an amnesiac boy walks out of the dark woods, she finds that he's in worse shape than her despite bringing her car back to life.In return, Bella helps him out. Soon she will be the one who needs help. A thrilling dark fantasy short story from the Tenebrous Chronicles that will charge your heart and turn your knuckles...
10) Darby & Cain
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Welcome to Darby and Cain, a suspenseful supernatural short from the Tenebrous Chronicles. Three-year-old Darby and her mother Lorelei are house-sitting for their friend Miki, and Darby is the only one who senses something dark lurking in the shadows of the house. While the long dead owners watch from the past, an evil power stirs in the basement, threatening Darby and her family. If you enjoyed the Tenebrous Chronicles, you'll love Darby and Cain....
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When Cormier Oil and Gas sends geologist Warren to the planet FH-358, they assume it's lifeless. But instead, Warren discovers something unexpected: a teenage girl named Mina who knows where the oil comes from. The company desperately wants Mina's knowledge, but she doesn't know how to communicate with them. Out of time and frustrated, they decide to risk Mina's life for the location of the oil. In this thrilling sci-fi adventure, Warren will have...
12) The Subject
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Hidden in a Brooklyn warehouse, Dr. Van Vogt and his team prepare to run a secret experiment for a desperate organization. When the Subject, a pre-teen girl, arrives and the experiments begin, the results disappoint. Van Vogt knows the Subject can produce. He needs time. The organization has no time to give and the Subject has little time to live. A tense and disturbing sci-fi short story about the morals of science ripped from the Tenebrous Chronicles....