Navigating the complex terrain of memory, Douglas Payne's debut chapbook explores themes of apostasy, pain, intoxication, lust, and loss. With unflinching grace, it captures the beauty and brutality of these experiences, offering readers a poignant reflection on the human condition.
The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl—the basis for the major motion picture starring Michael Cera. Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response—all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess, and ultimate intellectual goad.
Nick Twisp is back! America's most literate teen diarist returns with more riotous adventures through the land mines of 21st century adolescence. This sequel to C.D. Payne's acclaimed first novel "Youth in Revolt" finds love-struck Nick Twisp still on the lam from the law and his parents. Our 14-year-old hero (and his multiplying alter egos) now must battle blizzards, back-stabbing aliens, vengeful parents, and school officials determined to schedule him into girls' gym. He conspires to play cupid, journeys south of the border on a secret mission, takes some gunplay lessons from his distraught mom, and still finds time to confide all to his diary while inadvertently wreaking havoc in cyberspace. A must-read for Nick Twisp fans.
So what exactly happened to those teen fugitives, Nick and Sheeni, after that fateful last day in Paris? A new generation of Twisps and Saunders explore these mysteries and more in this rollicking conclusion (Book 6) of the Nick Twisp saga. Like Nick, young Noel Wescott strives for love and escape, but soon finds his life veering wildly off course. The laughs multiply as Noel must hit the road to dodge the cops and confront ever more Twispian challenges. And don’t miss Young and Revolting, Book 5 in the hilarious Nick Twisp series, which also is available now.
The revolt (and laughs) continue in Book 5 as Nick and Sheeni duck the FBI and assorted angry parents by escaping to Paris. Try as he might to lie low, blend in, and even learn a little French, Nick soon finds himself the elusive target of a storm of European media attention. Oui, America’s most dangerous teenager may be too outrageous for the French. Prepare for more uproarious surprises as Nick experiences life and love with a continental flavor. And don’t miss “Revoltingly Young,” the concluding novel (Book 6) in the hilarious Nick Twisp saga, also available now.
This dark comic tale has it all: drinking, smoking, adultery, murder, suicide, cats, donuts, and lots of zany poetry. The man in charge is R. Daniel Nixon (first name Richard), a tall, bald poet who can't seem to get a break: not from life or from the women he pursues. Join Danny in his quest to prove that poetry (and poets) can be bold, sexy, and vastly entertaining.
Presents the nearly one hundred pages cut from the author's "Youth in Revolt," which revolves around the life of fourteen-year-old Nick Twisp, and also includes a collection of short humor pieces.
It's the summer of 1949. The Cold War is heating up, TV is catching on, workers are striking, and campers are roughing it. In Ohio recent high-school grad Wilder S. Flint hits the road in pursuit of a mystery salesman who promises miracles by the dozen. Join the fun as Wilder takes some hilarious detours and discovers that life rarely goes as planned. It's the latest comic adventure from the author of the acclaimed Nick Twisp Youth in Revolt series. (Don't miss the movie from Weinstein Films.) Also includes a bonus short story about the ultimate recycling project.
A house on the beach at Santa Monica was the residence for many years of two famous film Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. Fan magazines of the period showed them in apparent domestic doing the dishes, raiding the fridge, enjoying an evening by the fire, larking in their pool. No, these stars weren’t married. Such a union barely was conceived of at the time. They were two handsome bachelors “saving on rent” by living together. Or so the movie-going public was led to believe. Part fact, part fiction, and based on extensive research, this new play speculates on what might have gone on in that posh ocean-side house. Only the residents themselves knew what actually transpired there. Rumors at the time linked them romantically with many celebrities--of both sexes. It seems that everyone who knew them had their own opinions about who was doing what with whom. Yet the two men and their families always insisted that they were merely “good friends.” This funny and moving two-act play presents a fresh perspective on one of Hollywood’s most tantalizing mysteries. It requires one set and a minimum of five actors.
Das witzige Tagebuch eines 14jährigen, der mit allerlei makabren Anschlägen versucht, seine angebetete Sommerferienliebe aus einem strengen Internat herauszuholen und dabei von einer Klemme in die andere gerät.