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John Farris

  • Steve Brackeen
January 1, 1936
The Ass's Tale
The Fury
Solar eclipse
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By
When Michael Calls
Baby Moll
  • 2018

    All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By

    • 338 pages
    • 12 hours of reading

    Set against the backdrop of a military wedding, the story follows Clipper Bradwin, the youngest son of a prestigious Virginia family led by General "Boss" Bradwin. As Clipper prepares for marriage and military service, he unwittingly steps into a legacy haunted by a dark curse rooted in ancient sorcery and bloodshed. The family's history is marred by supernatural horrors that culminate in a chilling tale of occultism and vengeance, transforming a solemn occasion into a nightmarish struggle against forces beyond their control.

    All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By
  • 2017

    The Fury

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    2.9(64)Add rating

    Gillian Bellaver is from one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world. Robin Sandza's father, Peter, is one of the United States government's deadliest assassins. Gillian and Robin are from two different worlds. Outside they have nothing in common. Yet they are spiritual twins, possessors of a horrifying psychic energy that threatens humanity. While dangerous and fanatical men vie for the secrets of their awesome power, Peter Sandza, using all the ruthless skills of his trade, makes a final desperate effort to save them. But Peter himself is possessed--by a fate as implacable and as deadly as the powers of the children he is committed to protect.

    The Fury
  • 2011

    Baby Moll

    • 224 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    Six years after leaving the Mafia in Florida, Peter Mallory is drawn back in to help his old boss, who is being hunted by a brutal killer. As he returns to a secluded island, he finds himself surrounded by beautiful women and deadly threats, where one wrong move could lead to disaster.

    Baby Moll
  • 2010

    The Ass's Tale

    • 208 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    Fiction. John Farris's THE ASS'S TALE is a Rabelaisian story of a dog's search for his identity. Told in the existential down-and-dirty vein of Ralph Ellison, Ishmael Reed and Chester Himes, this book (in manuscript form) circulated through New York City's Lower East Side for years. John is a longtime denizen of the neighborhood; he still lives above the Bullet Space Gallery at 292 East Third Street. "Hot dog! Dirty dog! If you ever wanted to know about invisible sex, check this out!"--Steve Cannon, author of Groove, Bang, and Jive Around and Director of Gathering of Tribes Gallery.

    The Ass's Tale
  • 1999

    Stuntwoman Shay Waco uses the skills of her trade to jump sixty feet and escape a drug dealer trying to kill her. After which she joins a local sheriff and goes after the dealer. By the author of Soon She Will Be Gone

    Solar eclipse
  • 1970

    When Michael Calls

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Terror strikes a small town when people receive phone calls from a boy named Michael Young who died sixteen years before

    When Michael Calls