About the Book
OPEN YOUR EYES WITH "X-RAY" VISION! Put on a pair of "X-Ray" glasses and things will never look the same! These almost magical specs will make you the hit of the party! Astonishing three-dimensional X-Ray visions of what your friends--and girls--look like under their clothes! And all for just $1. After his son's gives him a pair as a gift Martin Blackstone tries them on just for the hell of it--and all they do is give him a headache... Until he sees things he can't possibly be seeing. Glimpses of things on the other side of a wall or beneath someone's clothing. He wants to believe it's just his overactive imagination but the "X-Ray" specs actually work. Then the fun novelty becomes a waking nightmare when the glasses burn into his face and he starts seeing horrifying apocalyptic visions no mortal man was ever meant to see. Images that alter his very personality--from a husband and father to a bloodthirsty homicidal maniac... Because sometimes you can see too much. GROW AMAZING LIVE SEA SERPENTS! It's fun! It's easy! They only cost $4.99. Just clip out the ad in your comic book. Then ask Mom to mail it in. A few weeks later, receive a packet of instant Sea Serpent dust. Then: Just add water... and watch them grow! Just ask David and Patrick. Their "instant pets" are instant duds. They don't hatch, they don't grow, they don't do anything. So they dump them into the sewer where their Dads pours toxic chemicals... It's been a couple days since David and Patrick thought about those Sea Serpents. But now, small animals are disappearing in the neighborhood. Strange slimy creatures are rising from the sewers. And once the screaming starts, David and Patrick realize that their childhood pets really did come to life. With a vengeance. They're enormous... and have a ravenous hunger for human flesh... YOUR MONEY BACK OR YOUR LIFE... Protect America's shores with your very own nuclear submarine! Constructed from durable fiberboard material, this submersible is large enough for two kids! Sail off into imaginative international intrigue for just $5.00! If this toy doesn't float your boat, return it for a full refund! With her son's heart set on piloting his own nuclear submarine, Rosemary Lanchester orders the craft advertised on the back of a comic book. What arrives is more sub-standard than submarine, but her son loves the cheap piece of cardboard. Until he and a friend nearly drown when they take the sub for a deep sea dive in the swimming pool. Enraged, Rosemary reports the toy's manufacturer to the Better Business Bureau. The company's customer service center retaliates with threatening phone calls. Then her son and husband mysteriously disappear. To save her family, Rosemary tracks down the company's headquarters with the help of her brother--a survivalist with enough toys of his own to wage an all-out war. And she still wants her $5.00.
About the Author :
Michael John Casey is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Scott Graham is the author of the acclaimed National Park Mystery series, featuring archaeologist Chuck Bender and Chuck's spouse, Janelle Ortega. In addition to the National Park Mystery series, Scott is the author of five nonfiction books, including Extreme Kids, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Scott is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys backpacking, river rafting, skiing, and mountaineering. He has made a living as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, radio disk jockey, and coal-shoveling fireman on the steam-powered Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. He lives with his spouse, who is an emergency physician, in Durango, Colorado. Scott McCormick is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Nanette Savard is an accomplished stage and film actress. She is an active voice-over performer who has narrated hundreds of audiobooks in every genre, garnering much critical acclaim.
Terence Aselford is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Colleen Delany has been a sparkling jewel in the crown of Washington's vastly talented acting community for thirty-seven days now and will confidently challenge to a fierce best out of three in "paper-rock-scissors" anyone wishing to topple her from that lofty perch. Primarily a stage actress, --having played roles at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Library, Studio Theatre, Olney Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Theater J, Washington Stage Guild, Theater of the First Amendment, and Source Theatre, among others--Ms. Delany does a you-name-it of various acting jobs, including audiobook narration.
Eva Wilhelm is a classically trained stage actor, with two decades of theater experience, primarily in Washington, D.C., and Chicago; she has worked with theaters like The Folger Theatre, Studio Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, and The Court Theatre. Eva has recorded over a hundred audiobooks for various producers, and teaches everything from "Acting for Business Professionals" to "Shakespeare Scene Study" and "Voice for the Microphone" for The Shakespeare Theatre, Howard University, and other educational institutions. Marni Penning co-founded Fahrenheit Theatre Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, which was renamed the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in 2006. While she also performs in contemporary plays and comedies, her stage career has included more than fifty productions of Shakespeare's plays.
Ken Jackson is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Alejandro Ruiz is a bilingual non-binary indigenous Mexican-American voice actor based in Los Angeles. Their voice can be heard on award-winning audiobooks, video games, Netflix and Cartoon Network animated series, podcasts for NPR and Wondery, commercials for Amazon, as the Spanish voice of the US Census, on National Geographic and Disney+, and as the voice of the U.S. Center for Disease Control's national HIV campaign in both English and Spanish.
