Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

With GIS technology increasingly available to a wider audience on devices from apps on smartphones to satnavs in cars, many people routinely use spatial data in a way which used to be the preserve of GIS specialists. However spatial data is stored and analyzed on a computer still tends to be described in academic texts and articles which require specialist knowledge or some training in computer science. Developed to introduce computer science literature to geography students, GIS F...

A burned-out high school English teacher confronts his purpose as a mentor after reading the work of a troubled student.

Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

One of young Barry's chores is to go outside and feed the horses, even if it's during a cold winter night. He is afraid of the dark recesses of the barn and what may lurk inside, and one night his fears become a reality.

Jerry Frekins, a renowned conductor, has composed his opus, a symphony called Ode de la Lune. During its grand opening, his orchestra plays to a packed house, but as Jerry is conducting, a terrifying condition he has kept under control surfaces and he struggles to contain it through to the end of the performance, otherwise he and the audience will face deadly consequences.

"See those little circles there? Those are portals to another dimension."After this wild declaration, 14-year-old Max's Weird Uncle Bob disappears. Then the teen receives strange messages over his electronic devices. He believes they are from his uncle, who has traveled beyond the boundaries of our known universe—a plane of existence that Max intends to visit."The Portals" begins this eclectic collection of short fiction with a mixture of genres including science fiction, h...

KL-124, or Kal to his teammates, is a forensics android assigned to a CSI unit of the police force. When a politician is murdered inside a locked room, Kal investigates but find a surprising lack of clues. As he searches the city's surveillance database, he makes an unsettling discovery that connects to a glitch he's noticed within his own operating system that could have devastating consequences for him.

Prepare to be intrigued, terrified, and delighted by the fifteen imaginative short stories contained in this collection, comprising works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, slice of life, and a bit of the absurd.Electronic Telepathy – a police forensics android investigates a mysterious murder, but uncovers aspects of himself he never knew existed...and which threatens his very existence.Ode de la Lune – an orchestral co...

The continued history of Beaufort County, South Carolina, during and following the Civil WarIn Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893, the second of three volumes on the history of Beaufort County, Stephen R. Wise and Lawrence S. Rowland offer details about the district from 1861 to 1893, which influenced the development of the South Carolina and the nation. During a span of thirty years the region was transformed by the crucible of war from ...

How to face life, how to prepare for life, are questions that must be answered by those who believe, as Lecky put it, that the “map of life” must be marked out, that in the words of Emerson there is such a thing as the “conduct of life” which man is free to determine. We are assured incessantly in these days that we must enter upon a great programme of preparedness for war,—back of which urging lies the assumption that a maximum of preparedness must be arranged in order to secure our land ...

An illustrated history of Civil War Charleston brought to life through firsthand accountsIn the predawn darkness of April 12, 1861, a mortar shell burst above Fort Sumter, igniting the Civil War and establishing Charleston's central role in America's defining struggle. The bombardment was just the beginning. Over the next four years, the city suffered through numerous travails, including enduring nearly 46,000 shells fired into the city and its defenses during the ...