Bücher veröffentlicht von E.M.McConnell

"It's going to be Woestynn, Pilgrim. I'm sorry."Rho had always known that he would be sent to Woestynn if they caught him. He was too much of a nuisance. They wanted him gone forever.But Rho wasn't going quite so easily. With his team, he had one task before time runs out.Get a plan together to survive the first days on the worst prison planet in the Ruben system. And Rho planned to do more than just survive. He planned to take the power, too.

"The bookshop offers people knowledge, and it feeds from what you learn. But everyone, whether they come to the Bookshop again and again, or just once, everyone must make a payment for the knowledge they have taken. Even you, Brandon. Even you."An entity was born into smoke and rage, a destructive force that was bound into a Bookshop, sentient, feral, and hungry. It offers knowledge and power, enough to fulfil your wildest dreams, but there is always a price. Payment will always be due.The Black Cat Bookshop is a Gothic Horror story that explores what it is to find knowledge, and if it is really worth the price, in the end.

In the harsh desert of the planet Woestynn, many prisoners took refuge in the Mine, finding shelter, water and relative safety there. As a community sprung up, they called it the Hive. The King is dying and Two waits for his moment to become King in his stead, ready to rule in the Mine. But there is another Two waiting who knows the stakes of losing is high. And he will stop at nothing to take what he wants, in order to survive. This is a dark dystopian science fiction story and so has themes that might upset readers. These include violence, use of hallucinogenic moss that grows in the mine, and cannibalism.

Woestynn Prison is the most desolate prison planet of the Ruben System, a desert wasteland meant for the worst of prisoners.Ford is a new recruit from the Academy, hoping to make a name for himself in this notorious place.When arriving he finds more than he expects, and grows more than he could have imagined.

72 Hours. Three Days.Rivers Hospital, the place that was once infamous as an asylum opens its doors to Dr Rebecca Carter, a psychologist and writer. She was given three days to gather her final research into the experimental and cruel methods used in the asylum in the 19th century. Patients whisper of people trapped in the walls, and a Shadow Man who haunts the hospital. Rebecca follows the story of a Dr Floyd, an eminent and popular doctor in the asylum, and Jenny, a patient.But the shadows are watching. She has only 72 hours left.

This is the seventh poetry collection from the poet, E.M. McConnell. Masquerade Me takes you on a journey through masks, roles and ideas. Who are we under the masks? What did we leave behind? Then we step back into myth and idea, with Magic Me, packed with poetry about Druidry, Paganism and the soul. Morph Me then looks at how we have been changed, how love impacts us, and how we as people create sparks, inspiration and longing, as we pass through our lives. Finally, Mellow Me, is poetry about the quiet moments in life, the moments that make us smile, sing, and sigh.

Darius has lived on the desert prison planet Woestynn for longer than he wants to remember. His days are dreary, dangerous and dark, collecting ore to supply the prison, to claim his rations of food and hydration tablets. But Darius does not work to pay towards a cell, as other prisoners do. Darius chooses to make a stand alone, out in the desert. Because you can't choose when you die, but you can choose how you die.

Unleash your darkest fears: Death By Sugar - A collection of Horror PoetryPrepare to be consumed by the chilling depths of Death By Sugar, an enthralling collection that immerses readers in horror.With each verse, these haunting poems explore the myriad facets of fear, whether supernatural, psychological, or gothic, unearthing the darkest corners of our imagination.Gaze into the mirror, and witness what truly stares back at you. Peel back the layers of reality as loved ones return from the beyond, their presence shrouded in malevolence. Step into the mind of a murderer, contemplating their sinister masterpiece with twisted delight.Beware the seemingly innocuous objects that harbour sentience, hiding a deep-seated anger and haunting malevolence. Death By Sugar unveils the myriad ways in which our existence teeters on the precipice of demise, while offering solace in the reassurance that hunger shall not be our ultimate end. At least, not in this volume.

There are seven Supplicants destined for the Capital, chosen as children by mysterious Voices, who are known only as the Sovereigns. When they come of age they begin the journey of passing their Trials and training to become a Scion in service to their benefactors. Lynn and Willow go to Sunrise, Fabio and Aidan go to Day, Isobel and Hollie go to Sunset, Yvaine goes to Night.Will the seven Supplicants pass the Trials and achieve their dreams? Or are they entering a nightmare?

Haiku is the most micro of all the micro-poetry, being merely three lines. These poems have been compiled from two years of completing NaHaiWriMo and various collaborations with other Haiku fanatics. There are six sections: Outside, Inside, The Day Flows, Seven Deadly Sins, GothiKu and The Love Edition.

PTSD is a 4 Letter Word. Actually it's an acronym but it's also quite the life sentence, a curse in its own right. PTSD is a 4 Letter Word is a poetry collection about mental health, about what it is like to live with depression, PTSD, intrusive thoughts, eating disorders and dissociation. There are three parts. My Head is a Battlefield, My Scars and My Fixes. My Fixes is at the last and is more hopeful, more outward looking.This is a dark poetry collection and as such has a few trigger warnings. The details of those are in the introduction. These are my scars on pages, my pain and rage in ink. Perhaps it will resonate with others too.

CInquains are a form of short poetry spanning only five lines. If you are a fan of Haiku and Tanka verse then this kind of micro poetry may appeal to you. These poems have been gathered over a period of time and cover all kinds of topics, including and not limited to, love, family, nature, food, and mythology.

An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet The term comes from the French acrostiche. It was very popular in medieval literature but seems to be making a revival of late in online poetry communities. This collection is based on a series of word prompts that form the titles and the first letter of each line.