Bøger af Chris Bell

This new short story collection by the author of 'The Bumper Book of Lies', 'Songshifting', 'Liquidambar', 'The Concentrated Essence of Any Number of Ravens' and 'Saccade' incorporates: * Preface by Chris Bell * 17 short stories, 4 of them first published in international anthologies * 13 previously unpublished stories * A story about to appear in 'The Five Senses of Horror' * An eclectic playlist of recommended music to accompany the stories. What reviewers said about Chris Bell's first story collection 'Bumper Book of Lies': "Nice production and an attractive, hefty little paperback of 251 pages" ELLEN DATLOW, 'The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror' (10th Edition) "Bell's stories fully succeed in their stated intention of being 'incantation[s] to summon an atmosphere'" PAUL DI FILIPPO, writer and critic, 'On Books', 'Asimov's Science Fiction' "'The Bumper Book of Lies' is gorgeous! Quite possibly the nicest small press publication we've seen in years" SALLY McBRIDE, co-editor, 'TransVersions' (Canada) "I was incredibly impressed... For those who enjoy original, creative writing, I highly recommend this book of stories" KELLI J. SMITH, editor, 'Infidels & Popstars' Face In Things: Haunted phones; unforgettable sandwiches; celebrity cults; warrior ghosts; consumer greed; unearthly landscapes; urban living; urbane dating; inspirational perfume; a captivating portrait; man overboard; buggy implants; a grieving heart; a paean to a closed-down restaurant; an unhinged man evoking a murdered woman's past; a tantalisingly familiar jazz pianist revealing secrets of the Bronx; and the futile search for a perfect weekend. We're all searching for recognition, for faces in things, trying to make sense of the past in order to face the unknown future. This new collection of stories from the author of 'The Bumper Book of Lies', 'Liquidambar', 'Songshifting' and 'Saccade' draws on multiple genres and influences to create an homage to nostalgia, memory, music and longing.

In Broken Crown, Chris Bell gives readers a fresh look at the ancient account of King Saul's tragic reign and the valuable lessons it holds for us today. No one looked the part of a valiant leader and courageous warrior more than Israel's first King. But Saul's impressive facade masked a dark inner reality that would ultimately lead to a tragic downfall. Although chosen and transformed by God to lead the nation, Saul refused over and over again to allow God to mold him into a man worthy to wear the crown. In his first book, Bell examines the often-neglected story of King Saul and reveals how the inner struggles that led to his broken crown and kingdom are the very issues that threaten to destroy our lives today. In Broken Crown, discover how to confront your own brokenness and embrace the life of wholeness and freedom found only in the One True King.

'Deadpan' is about as darkly comic as things can get in 30,000 words. South Auckland standup comedy personality Ian Lethe is dead... Or is he? Most people's death is untimely but Lethe is shocked to hear about his own demise on the radio. For an experienced comic, receiving news of your own death is no worse than being heckled. But what would the future be like with this new information to identify him? A chance meeting with charismatic community police constable Rose Topana at the scene of an armed robbery precipitates an unlikely friendship. Rose identifies a special ability in Lethe after seeing one of his standup gigs and he's soon undergoing police training as a crime scene negotiator. But his interpersonal style doesn't always lead to the success he and his trainers hope for. Lethe's escapades are punctuated by insights into his comedic technique; rants about technology, teenagers and traffic. Fortunately Rose cares enough for Lethe to see past the bleakness of his worldview to comfort him in a loss that appears to be both local and universal. "A good line spreads faster than Chlamydia, retweeted a thousand times in seconds, shared, edited, given a humourectomy. I like to think of myself as generous but I'm not insane. Why would I give away material when I can sell it to you suckers?"

In the third and final Songshifting novel, musos, journos and punters unite to protest the impresario's ban on recorded music. Former music journo Rarity Dean is arrested and taken to the barge, the impresario's headquarters, where she suspects she's about to be tortured by agents Raguly and Nebuly. Meanwhile, her muso friends are resorting to unusual firepower in their rescue attempt. Rarity must harness all her initiative to try and convince the Affable DJ Hologram that indoctrinating audiences with the crowd control drug Deludol is misguided. Her experience as a songshifter proves invaluable as she rallies a new musical movement with the express aim of defying the authorities."There's a component of songshifting that allows us to zoom in on details from our pasts, but there's also a dreamlike quality to it. Once you get good at it ... songshifting allows you to access a node in a grid-like structure that interconnects all of your dreams and suddenly you're in there, a dream inhabitant...""Songshifting: An audience with the impresario delivers everything a reader wants from the best of speculative fiction: a coherent world at once richly textured, vividly painted and centred on an idea that is both surprising and relatable - in this case the transporting power of music. Bell's vision at once entertains and entrances. He has achieved that rare thing: a dystopia you don't want to leave." OLIVER HARRIS, DEEP SHELTER, THE HOLLOW MAN, THE HOUSE OF FAME"Songshifting occupies a unique place in modern fiction: a simple, elegiac story, fierce and uncompromising, it is at once a love letter to a forgotten era, a richly evoked dystopia, and an examination of memory, longing, and music itself. Speculative fiction needs more writers like Chris Bell, ready and able to interrogate our world on their own terms, and probe the darker recesses of our minds. Songshifting demands to be read" ROBERT DINSDALE, GINGERBREAD"Songshifting is wise, elegiac and compelling. It speaks deeply to what music means to us - not just as an art form but as part of our emotional landscape. Wonderful stuff" DAVE HUTCHINSON, EUROPE IN AUTUMN, EUROPE AT MIDNIGHT, EUROPE IN WINTERWhat readers said about Songshifting "[Songshifting is] as good about rock music as Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad - and in my eyes that's high praise indeed. It's extremely well-written ... Chris Bell does a great job of showing how much Rarity Dean cares about the music under her outer shell of journo cynicism, and he also does the even more difficult job of writing about music, musicians and the touring life interestingly ... Bell really knows his stuff when it comes to music, and he is able to convey that very well ... [he] does a great job of communicating the growing fear, paranoia and dread that the impresario's actions cause" Tim Jones, Beattie's Book Blog "Bell writes excellently. It's particularly rewarding to see that done around the subject of music because it's such a hard thing to write about well. There's a real and plausible sense of the future musical landscape despite all the bands being fictional, and the characters are well drawn""Songshifting has the authenticity so many attempts at capturing rock music in a novel lack""The music scene that provides the backdrop to most of what happens is beautifully fleshed out. I love the slang Bell invented as well as the sense of history he invokes"

THE Job Search Book - Smash that interview and get the job you really want! Everything YOU need to know to help find the job you really want, all in one book. THE Job Search Book is a "one stop shop" for ALL job seekers looking for expert advice on everything they need to know to help find their ideal job from dealing with recruiters, producing the perfect resume and cover letters, applying for the right job, preparing for and conducting knock out interviews, gaining feed-back from interviews, negotiating and accepting offers and even resigning from their current position. Most importantly this book will give YOU the confidence and the power to put YOU back in control of the whole job search process! Chris Bell has over 25 years professional recruitment experience working for some of the industry's top recruitment brands running recruitment businesses in the UK, Australia and Canada. Chris has advised and helped 1000's of candidates in their search for new careers placing them in roles across, Europe, North America, Africa, South Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East and Australia. It's time to have an expert from their side on YOUR side!

In Broken Crown, Chris Bell gives readers a fresh look at the ancient account of King Saul's tragic reign and the valuable lessons it holds for us today.

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