Books written by John McNally
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A Gift From Crick
Three strangers turned into the saloon doorway as Fred Cooper rushed out and fired. Cooper's shot took the first man square in the ... Cooper stood in a cloud of gun smoke and cordite, a huge grin lit up his face like a Jack-o'-Lantern.
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Ghosts of Chicago: Stories
Here. Take a peek.” Before he could protest, she'd given the book to him and returned to her place on the carpet. The book was titled The Perfumed Garden, translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. The actor? he wondered. Surely not.
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Árnyak és rémek: Ray Bradbury emlékére
NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman; Amerikai istenek) • MARGARET ATWOOD (Guvat és Gazella; A szolgálólány meséje) • JAY BONANSINGA (Száguldás a halálba; Agyrém) • SAM WELLER • DAVID MORRELL (Rambo; Settenkedők) • THOMAS F. MONTELEONE ...
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When the Rewards Can Be So Great: Essays on Writing and the Writing Life
The essays in this exciting collection are at times deeply personal, providing insight into the development of the writers in their craft; and at times sharply practical and filled with long-tested approaches for writing with power and ...
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The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from an Unrepentant Novelist
See also book reviews Cunningham, Michael, 170 Cutbank, 81 Czyzniejewski, Michael, 222 Da Capo Press, 154 Daily Southtown, 174 D'Amato, Barbara, 121 Davis, Bette, 45 Davis-Gardner, Angela, 160–161 Dean Martin Show, 237 DeFrain, Darren, ...
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Revenge at Powder River
Sam Heggarty returns home to hunt for the gunmen who robbed and executed his father.
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Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: The Memoir of a Fat Kid
“I'm fine,” I said. I looked at my father, hoping he could see now how wrong this all was, but my father was still fuming about how long I had been gone. I turned back to Barry, who looked as though he'd missed his one opportunity to be ...
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Criminal Class Review
Collected short stories of hopeless and the downtrodden.
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Who Can Save Us Now?: Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories
With stunning illustrations by artist Chris Burnham, Who Can Save Us Now? offers a vibrant, funny, and truly unusual array of characters and their stories.
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When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School
Remember the scary older kids? The sadistic gym teacher? The smelly kid who sat next to you in science class? Your first fumbling kiss? That time you threw up in the cafeteria? Your first attempt at putting on a condom?
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After the Workshop: A Novel
This is the life of Jack Hercules Sheahan, a character well understood by author John McNally.
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Vivid and Continuous: Essays and Exercises for Writing Fiction
While acknowledging that many fine books cover such essentials of fiction writing as point of view, characterization, and setting, McNally sets out in this new book—intended as a supplement to beginning fiction-writing classes or as the ...
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The Boy Who Really Really Wanted to Have Sex
McNally cheerfully explores the awkwardness of adolescence in his memoir cataloging the uncoordinated yet unforgettable moments from his childhood.
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America's Report Card: A Novel
Having written a scathing essay about her disgust with the government's standardized testing process, Jainey skips her final weeks of high school, while part-time test scorer Charlie reads Jainey's essay and recognizes her as a person ...
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When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School
Remember the scary older kids? The sadistic gym teacher? The smelly kid who sat next to you in science class? Your first fumbling kiss? That time you threw up in the cafeteria? Your first attempt at putting on a condom?
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Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories
The ball squirts down the first - base line , where it is struck again by his bat — which has slipped out of his ... In the bottom of the ninth Apples retires the first batter on a pop - up to Frank that Narvel should have taken ...
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The Promise of Failure: One Writer's Perspective on Not Succeeding
The Promise of Failure is part memoir of the writing life, part advice book, and part craft book; sometimes funny, sometimes wrenching, but always honest.
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The Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: The Memoir of a Fat Kid
John McNally gives readers an honest and often mischievous look at his working-class childhood in midwestern America.
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The Fear of Everything: Stories
His world becomes our world, his way of seeing, ours. Resistance is futile." The same is true of these nine stories that are by turns fantastical, hilarious, and heartbreaking.
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Informix Unleashed
In keeping with the Unleashed series, this book is one of the most comprehensive sources for Informix information on the market. Informix Unleashed covers all apsects of the program, from...