Murphy’s Lore

Murphy’s Lore

Murphy's Lore

Patrick Thomas

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Editorial:
Padwolf Publishing Inc.
Año de edición:
2005
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781890096311
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The legendary gang from Bulfinche’s Pub in New York City returns in new stories inwhich: A bridge jumper is saved by a god in winged sneakers while the goddess ofsuicides & a guardian of graves hunt a beast that feeds on death; the cosmic chickenlays an egg as toilet goddesses & a god help Murphy out with a problem; a priestmanages to stop a murder without breaking the seal of the confessional; talkingbabies reveal that some gods feast on certain souls in the afterlife & we find thesuccubus Ryth & angel Mathew are expecting; a foolish criminal tries to start aprotection racket in the neighborhood of Bulfinche’s Pub; a woman gets a last chancein a game of bingo where Death & The Fates are playing; a date rapist learns thatHell hath no fury like a baby shower; Hercules & other warriors learn it takes morethan strength to be a hero; the satyr Fred saves a girl enslaved to a news anchor;The Mother of the Streets gets a job; & the only one who can save Paddy Moran &the world from the rising of an elder evil is... bartender John Murphy?PATRONS OF BULFINCHE’S PUB SPEAK OUT ON BARTENDER OF THE GODS:'IF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD READ THIS BOOK, IT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE. It would mean that my son would have more royalties to spend on his mother,' -Murphy’s Mom.'I FOUND IT FASCINATING. THEN AGAIN, ALL I USUALLY HAVE TO READ IS TOMBSTONES,' Moni, Lasa guardian of graves.'MUCH MORE PLEASANT THAN THE PROSPECT OF LABOR,' Ryth, pregnant succubus.'I COULDN’T WISH FOR BETTER,' Tommy, jinn, hot dog vender. 'I COULD,' Edgar Tonic, hot dog vender.PRAISE FOR THE MURPHY’S LORE SERIES:'THE CAST OF CHARACTERS AT BULFINCHE’S PUB IS ALWAYS CHANGING, BRINGING NEW LAUGHS, PERILS, & ADVENTURE. DON’T MISS THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THIS WONDERFUL SERIES.' -Edward McFadden, FANTASTIC STORIES'JOIN HEX, PADDY & THE GANG IN THEIR RACE TO UNDO THE FUTURE IN PATRICK THOMAS’S FOOLS’ DAY, PART OF HIS COMIC MURPHY’S LORE SERIES.' PUBLISHER’S ’S WEEKLY'HUMOR, OUTRAGEOUS ADVENTURES, & SOME CLEVER PLOT TWISTS.' -Don D’Ammassa, SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE

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