The Great Demon King

A rollicking, sexy memoir of a young poet making his way in 1960s New York City When he graduated from Columbia in 1958, John Giorno was handsome, charismatic, ambitious, and eager to soak up as much of Manhattan's art and culture as possible. Poetry didn't pay the bills, so he worked on Wall Street, spending his nights at the happenings, underground movie premiers, art shows, and poetry readings that brought the city to life. An intense romantic relationship with Andy Warhol—not yet the global superstar he would soon become—exposed Giorno to even more of the downtown scene, but after starring in Warhol's first movie, Sleep, they drifted apart. Giorno soon found himself involved with Robert Rauschenberg and later Jasper Johns, both relationships fueling his creativity. He quickly became a renowned poet in his own right, working at the intersection of literature and technology, freely crossing genres and mediums alongside the likes of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin. Twenty-five years in the making, and completed shortly before Giorno's death in 2019, Great Demon Kings is the memoir of a singular cultural pioneer: an openly gay man at a time when many artists remained closeted and shunned gay subject matter, and a devout Buddhist whose faith acted as a rudder during a life of tremendous animation, one full of fantastic highs and frightening lows. Studded with appearances by nearly every it-boy and girl of the downtown scene (including a moving portrait of a decades-long friendship with Burroughs), this book offers a joyous, life-affirming, and sensational look at New York City during its creative peak, narrated in the unforgettable voice of one of its most singular characters.

Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game cartredge to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?!

New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima presents the first installment in a thrilling new fantasy series, in which the lives of Han Alister and the brave Princess Raisa collide in a magical and dangerous adventure. One day Han Alister catches three young wizard setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea. Han takes an amulet away from Micah Bayar, son of the High Wizard, to ensure the boy won't use it against him. The amulet once belonged to the Demon King, who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. With a magical piece so powerful at stake, Han knows that the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back. Meanwhile, Princess Raisa ana'Marianna has her own battle to fight. She's just returned to court after three years of riding and hunting with her father's family. Raia aspires to be like Hanalea, the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. But it seems that her mother has other plans for her-plans that include a suitor who goes against everything the Queendom stands for. The Seven Realms will tremble when the lives of Han and Raisa collide in this stunning page-turner from best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima.

I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, who is trying to start a war between demons and humans. However, he recovers and confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari then gives birth to triplets! In order to cheer up the inhabitants of a human country ruled by Ciel, Akari and the others hide their true identities and visit a town in Soleil as a circus troupe. However, they are caught by Ciel and she orders all of them to be executed. In order to save her children, Akari asks Ciel to execute her alone. Akari is saved by Gran, who catches her last minute while she's falling to her death, but the whole thing was actually a trap set up by Ciel. The children, believing that their mother had been executed, are so filled with hatred that their “demon blood” is out of control…!

I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, who is trying to start a war between demons and humans. However, he recovers and confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari then gives birth to triplets! Unfortunately, Akari and her children are caught by Ciel. In order to save them, Akari asks Ciel to execute her alone. Akari is saved by Gran, who catches her at the last minute as she's falling to her death, but the whole thing was actually a trap set up by Ciel! The children, believing that their mother had been executed, are so filled with hatred that their “demon blood” is out of control and they destroy everything on their path. According to an old legend, the tenth child will be the child of hope, the one who can make the situation right again. Akari and Gran manage to give birth to their tenth child on a sacred island, but Ciel has caught up with them…!

I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend…Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children…?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Akari goes looking for Shinichiro, the human husband of her mother-in-law Dernière, and Gran is captured by Ciel and mortally wounded. But thanks to the skill of Six, the sixth child, and the entire demon clan taking care of Gran's wounds, the surgery is a success and Gran is saved. For the first time in a long time, peaceful days have returned. Gran confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari finally gets pregnant naturally and she's expecting triplets! With the arrival of Sept, Huit and Neuf, Akari is now the mother of nine children, and her days are very busy!

Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game disc to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?! After she quaffs a stork tincture, a cheat potion that causes anyone who drinks it to become pregnant in an instant, she gives birth to An, King Gran's firstborn daughter. Before long An's old enough to leave the house, so King Gran and Akari take her to see the outside world...where they encounter the Hero Albert, the sworn enemy of demonkind! Before Akari knows it, he's whisked her and her daughter to a nearby human town...where he hopes to win them over to his side!

Akari’s just 16…and the last thing she expected was to be a mother – let alone to demon children! But that’s exactly what happens when she’s summoned to the Zodia Empire, home to a race of demons who are at war with mankind. She’s tasked with birthing the children of King Gran, the Archfiend and head of the empire! A few rare drops later, she’s given birth to four of his children, met King Gran’s sworn enemy Albert the Hero, charmed Albert the Hero, and been abducted by the king of the elves and the dwarves’ strongest warrior. But just as soon as she’s in dwarven captivity, the humans attack…and threaten to burn the whole town to the ground!