Tales from the Vatican Vaults: 28 extraordinary stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Garry Kilworth, Mary Gentle, KJ Parker, Storm Constantine and many more

Tales from the Vatican Vaults: 28 extraordinary stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Garry Kilworth, Mary Gentle, KJ Parker, Storm Constantine and many more

by David V. Barrett
Tales from the Vatican Vaults: 28 extraordinary stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Garry Kilworth, Mary Gentle, KJ Parker, Storm Constantine and many more

Tales from the Vatican Vaults: 28 extraordinary stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Garry Kilworth, Mary Gentle, KJ Parker, Storm Constantine and many more

by David V. Barrett

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Overview

A captivating collection of original science fiction and fantasy stories based on the same alternate world premise: a collection of documents that have been suppressed by the Vatican and hidden away for years, in some cases centuries, are revealed when the vaults are thrown open by a reforming pope.

In this alternate reality, Pope John Paul (I) does not die a month after his accession in 1978; instead he lives on for over 30 years to become the most reforming pope of all time. In addition to relaxing the rules on birth control and priestly celibacy he also opens up the most secret parts of the Vatican Library to scholars . . .

In the Vatican's deepest vaults, documents are discovered which shed new light on world history, containing information which, if true, would cause many parts of accepted history to have to be rewritten. These include not just the undercover involvement of the Catholic Church in world affairs, but documented accounts of what really happened in historical conundrums, the real lives of saints and popes, miracles, magic, angels and even alien encounters.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472111708
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date: 08/06/2015
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

David V. Barrett is a British sociologist specialising in alternative religions and esoteric belief and history. He has contributed to, amongst others, the Independent, Fortean Times, New Scientist, New Statesman and the Catholic Herald. He edited Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association, for four years, chaired the Arthur C. Clarke Award for three years and has contributed to several encyclopaedias of SF and fantasy. Many of his twenty-plus books have been on religious and esoteric movements, beliefs and practices, including The New Believers, A Brief History of Secret Societies and A Brief Guide to Secret Religions. His most recent book, The Fragmentation of a Sect, is based on his 2009 PhD thesis from the London School of Economics. He also co-runs the London Fortean Society, for lovers of the weird and wonderful.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

The Tale of Pope Joan, David V. Barrett c. AD 850 2

No Peace for the Wicked, K. J. Parker 1032-1048 15

Chasing Charlemagne, John Grant c. 1040 42

Encounter on the Rhine, Marion Pitman c. 1150 70

Songs of Love, J.-M. Brugée c. 1189 80

The Dragon Chain, Cherith Baldry 1355 98

Bells of the Harelle, Rosanne Rabinowitz 1382-1419 121

The Sky Weeps, the Earth Quakes, Jaine Fenn 1541 150

The Gifts, Kleo Kay c. 1580 174

Windows into Men's Hearts, E. Saxey 1591 186

Documents in the Case of Brother G., Paul Kincaid 1600 206

The Hammer of Witches, Mary Gentle 1620 224

The Silver Monkey, Dave Hutchinson c. 1690s 250

The Watchers, Garry Kilworth 1771 266

The Missing Journal of Captain James Cook, Geraldine Warner 1779 274

Cooking up a Storm, Jean Marie Ward 1814/1841 294

Pio Nono and the Papal Allocution, Damian P. O'Connor 1848 342

The Confession, Alex Bell 1889 360

Saunière's Secret, Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe 1920s 380

The Will, KristaLyn Amber 1918-1960s 390

Gardening, Stephanie Potter 1930s 408

The She, Terry Grimwood 1943-44 420

Gargoyles, Douglas Thompson 1948 440

The Saint's Well, Storm Constantine 1959 448

The Mountain Wind, Patrice Chaplin 1965 468

Miserere, Sarah Ash 1970/1770 476

The Island of Lost Priests, Kristine Kathryn Rusch 1975 500

Apocryphon, Stephen Marley 1978 530

The Writers 553

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