by Johnny Ryan Portajohnny collects Johnny Ryan's "greatest hits" from his own self-published comic books as well as a host of anthologies like Zero Zero, Measles, Goody Good Comics and elsewhere.

Based on corpus data, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a morphological phenomenon in Modern English, Combining Forms (CFs).

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"The body of Philadelphia drug kingpin, Phil Ritzo, has been found at the the Deer Hollow Motel in upstate Pennsylvania in a wilderness area called Klinkton County. His brains have been blown out, his girlfriend is missing, and 20,000 heavily armed and trigger happy hunters are pouring into the area for the annual bloodletting called 'deer season.' Sorting through the chaos is recently elected sheriff Jesse Eichenlaub, who is still reeling from a serial killer case that put his only deputy, Clay Letterman, in the hospital, and his girlfriend, Marlee Fleece, on life support"--Page 4. of cover

Kane was an assassin. Strictly small time, but he was good at it. His cold exterior was perfect for the job and there was always a steady stream of hits to be done and people to be killed. But it all came at a price. Leaving his past behind, Kane sought to begin a new life that was quieter and more peaceful; one where he could enjoy his family and be free from looking over his shoulder, wondering when his own time would come. One last hit was all it took, and he was free. Now, 10 years on from that last job and events lead Kane back into the murky world he thought he'd left behind. But things are different now. People he onced counted on a have shifted allegiances. Every person he once trusted is now the enemy and Kane is alone in a dangerous world. With only his wits and a solitary ally by his side, he must stay one step ahead to stay alive. With the odds stacked against him in a high stakes game, does Kane still possess the skills to do the job he's always done?

In rural West Virginia's mountains, Precious Grace Reamy does not have time to worry about her aged, bed-ridden mother, who has been lying in bed while she has been dying for thirty years. Precious Grace must cook and clean for her visiting CEO brother, movie-starlet sister, carpenter brother, skate-boarding nephew, demented uncle, and kleptomaniac aunt, who gather at the Brantley Run home place to say goodbye to the dying matriarch. The dying matriarch, by the way, is upstairs playing video games. Stelazine pills prevent Precious Grace from hearing voices, so she bakes Stelazine into her famous M&M cookies to help calm herself as well as calm visitors. There is nothing better than sitting on the porch beneath an orange August moon, spinning yarns, reliving childhood memories, and drinking milk and eating Precious' cookies. Before the story is finished, visitors, as well as audience members and readers, will learn that Precious Grace's pill-baked cookies are a necessity.