The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a draper's assistant who, having brought an ancient bicycle, sets off on a 2 week tour of the countryside. And his world will never be the same again.

In Chad Pelley's Trigger Finger Blues, a sniper experiences a crisis of conscience when he falls in love with his next target - but are any of his feelings real? In The Snake Crosses the Tracks at Midnight by Daniel Karasik, a teenager must deal with the fact that his older sister is now a grown woman, and his crush-next-door has become a mystery, with depths beyond his comprehension. An accompanist must put up with a headstrong, condescending, and unprofessional singer, ...

Bartholomew of the Scissors is the critically acclaimed horror series featuring a unique style of comic book art from wood burning! Spectral Phantasms have invaded our world. These ghostly creatures from another dimension occupy the human brain and endow their host with spectacular paranormal abilities. Private investigator Gordon Watt, long aware of the spectral phantasms, investigates a bizarre series of scissor murders. With the help of a powerful psychic named Jessica, Gordon soon disc...

In the fourth and final issue of Bartholomew of the Scissors, the White Blob, bent on assimilating the human race, rises from the sea to secure its stronghold on the town. In a desperate battle, Gordon Watt enlists the help of the National Guard to drive the monstrous organism back into the sea. Meanwhile, Jessica and Victor fall into the clutches of a witch-hunting mob seeking the annihilation of all Spectral Phantasms. Only Bartholomew of the Scissors and his menacing Scissor Swarm has t...

The horror continues this month as Gordon and Jessica penetrate deeper into the mystery of Bartholomew to learn about the origin of Bartholomew and the horrific Scissor Swarm. The uncanny psychic vision of the Fire Doppelganger reveals the horrific details of Bartholomew's abduction and murder. Unbeknownst to the investigators, Bartholomew is watching, and he doesn't appreciate the team probing into his past. Meanwhile, the White Blob gains strength and numbers.

This book proposes a renewal of 'Open Regionalism' in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) aimed at achieving the region's goals of high growth with stability. The LAC region experienced a growth spurt with equity during the first decade of the 21st Century. It is well understood that an unsustainable demand boom fueled by terms-of-trade improvements drove this growth acceleration episode, especially in South America. Unfortunately, terms of trade are no longer fueling growth, and the reg...

One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Universities focuses on the heartland of contemporary antisemitic thinking, which is scholarship; and its reflection in student discourse on campus.Contributions go back to Sartre and to debates of Marx’s time; another looks at the New Left forged in the civil rights movement, and shows how antisemitic responses to the 2023 violence were anticipated by some of the responses to the 1967 Arab League a...

After a near fatal attack, Veronica Kilter is taken under the wing of an underground cyber criminal who is known as "The Master". He trains her to carry out his elaborate heists which this leaves Veronica living a dangerous double life as an artist by day but a highly trained criminal by night. She accepts the life she leads until she falls in love with a man who makes her question it all.

Volume 8 of the graphic novel series Vincent Price Presents features classic gothic horror! One of classic Hollywood's most famous scary men, Vincent Price made a name for himself in classic mysteries and thrillers throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Now Vincent Price Presents comes to TidalWave Productions as their 1st ongoing monthly series. The series will feature some of Price's films as well as developing new frightening ones with his estate. Welcome back to the macabre world of Vincen...

Volume 7 of the graphic novel series Vincent Price Presents features classic gothic horror! One of classic Hollywood's most famous scary men, Vincent Price made a name for himself in classic mysteries and thrillers throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Now Vincent Price Presents comes to TidalWave Productions as their 1st ongoing monthly series. The series will feature some of Price's films as well as developing new frightening ones with his estate. Welcome back to the macabre world of Vincen...

This collection of studies honors Professor R. Steven Notley's research, collegiality, and friendship. In this volume, scholars--including Dr. Notley's academic peers, colleagues, and former students--engage issues gathered around the study of biblical texts within their geographical, archaeological, and linguistic contexts. Throughout his career, Professor Notley has distinguished himself as a world-renowned historical geographer and researcher of the cultural and linguistic context of th...

Bioregionalism is an innovative way of thinking about place and planet from an ecological perspective. Although bioregional ideas occur regularly in ecocritical writing, until now no systematic effort has been made to outline the principles of bioregional literary criticism and to use it as a way to read, write, understand, and teach literature.The twenty-four original essays here are written by an outstanding selection of international scholars. The range of bioregions covered is ...