Welcome to the Reading Room, where you can read excerpts of some of the books published by eibonvale Press. Download the excerpts in PDF format.
What the Giants were Saying By David Rix Includes excerpts from What the Giants were Saying and Red Fire |
The November air was cold, but not cold enough to still the energy of the great white towers. They spun and spun as always – huge sails whirling around, always seeming just slightly faster than they should be. |
A Thread of Truth By Nina Allan |
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Experiments at 3 Billion A.M. By Alexander Zelenyj |
Nothing lasts. Endless summers fade away, too, with all their strange and wondrous ingredients. And only their ghosts linger. And even though we all knew the truth in those words, that summer still felt eternal, like the most magical and painful summers of your life tend to fool you. |
Ultrameta By Douglas Thompson |
"…Alive again, the hunger returns. This broken body, no matter how many times I try to lose it, always finds me washed up, spat out by the city after another day’s use. And here I am: spread out on my back on the mudflats under a wild blue autumn sky, brought ashore at the estuary, the delta of the wide river; where it weeps so blindly, endlessly, into the boundless ocean." |
Once and Future Cities By Allen Ashley |
On his way back from the New Honesty shop, he was confronted by a solo Shirt. Initially taken aback to encounter one unusually on its own, Kevin stood his ground and placed his light bag of groceries on a clean bit of pavement. Stalemate. Ten seconds. Twenty seconds. At last, “Go on, try your tricks,” Kevin provoked. |
