William Andrews: 28 books

'Dark Corners' is an apt description of William Andrews' work. The eight short stories by William that are included in this anthology incorporate various genres and styles, but all contain an element of "the darkness of humanity" as a unifying theme. As a free gift to the reader, 'Dark Corners'...

The world and life can be inspiring, hopeful, and full of love, yet so often the world can seem to overflow with evil, pain, and tragedy. In those dark times it can be so difficult to see the good, and in those moments we can be left with doubt, isolation, and confusion. Even an abiding faith in God...

This free play is essentially a melodrama. 'An Absence of Light' is a human drama, showcasing the horrors of impending war - and the fear of its inevitable consequences - as seen through the lives of four characters.This eBook is given to readers by the author, William Andrews, free...

William Andrews’ first novel examines life in a small PEI community in the 1940s and 50s as changes, so common in the rest of the world, begin to take hold. Using a road as an allegory, he weaves a lyrical tale of simple country people, their struggles and their joys. The story is told through the...

ProfileI live in a foreston an island in GreeceI have nothing worth anythingin this tent that I live inI get fed by peoplewhom I call friendsthis is a lifeI never intendedit just happened to beon the same path as meas I try to understandall the unintended thingsthat has brought meto this pointat this timein this lifethat I live

Popular liberal writing on race has relied on appeals to the value of "diversity" and the fading memory of the Civil Rights movement to counter the aggressive conservative assault on liberal racial reform generally, and on black well-being, in particular. Yet appeals to fairness and justice,...

Conformist, mute and malleable? Andrews tackles head-on this absurd caricature of Japanese society in his fascinating history of its militant sub-cultures, radical societies and well-established traditions of dissent Following the March 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear crisis, the media remarked...

Julie Williamson is embroiled yet again in another mystery set at the Ryland Historical Society in western Maine. This time, a well-known benefactor is murdered on the morning of the ceremony to celebrate construction of an important new building. As she did in Stealing History, Julie, the historical...

This volume of new studies on old-time themes, chiefly concerning the social and domestic life of England, is sent forth with a hope that it may prove entertaining and instructive. It is a companion work to “Bygone England,” which the critical press and reading public received with a warm welcome...

From the cucking-stool to whipping posts, an exhaustive catalog of the implements and methods used to torment prisoners in the Middle Ages. Dive into the macabre history of England and Old Europe in this treasure chest of historical sentences. In the pages of Medieval Punishments are abuses...

The welcome reception from the public and the press accorded to my volume entitled “Curiosities of the Church,” has induced me to issue another work on similar lines. Like that book, this one shows how closely the Church in bygone times was linked with the national and social life of the people....

For many years I have collected curious epitaphs, and in this volume I offer the result of my gleanings. An attempt is herein made to furnish a book, not compiled from previously published works, but a collection of curious inscriptions copied from gravestones. Some of the chapters have appeared under...

FRIEND REQUEST is a disturbing, chilling and captivating novel about true horror - not vampires, werewolves or demons, but the genuine terror of an ordinary person warped by abuse and alienation to become a monster. Set in Australia with an English police Inspector chasing the killer, the breathtaking...

The Great War of 1914-18 was not the ‘War to End All Wars’ that so many hoped it would be. It was a cataclysmic event that changed the world forever and set the twentieth century on a pathway to both disaster and radical social change. The momentous conflict scarred the lives of those who survived...