In May 1940, as Hitler's armies tear through France, two battalions of Guards are rushed to Boulogne in a desperate attempt to hold back the German advance.Lieutenant Jimmy Gale never expected to join them. Yet within hours he is leading a hastily assembled force of young sailors into a city already descending into chaos. Poorly trained for land warfare and armed with little more than rifles, they must face tanks, machine guns, mortar fire and relentless attacks from the air. Their...

From Evil Dead to The Ring , there's just something trapped in dead media that keeps drawing us back: a combination of horror and nostalgia that's irresistible. In The Black Tapes , Libby Cudmore and Nick Mamatas bring you haunting tales of lost media, real and imagined, from the best writers working today.It's a promise and a threat—...

Throughout history, the ideas of magic, sorcery, and witchcraft have never been as fixed or universal as many assume. Instead, they are fluid concepts—shaped, reshaped, and continually reinterpreted by the societies that use them. This book explores how these terms have evolved across time and culture, arguing that our understanding of magical practices is inseparable from the social environments in which we live. Folklore, religion, politics, and collective memory all play a role in deter...

Poems That Shouldn’t Exist is a book for readers who suspect that reality has been taking itself far too seriously. This is a collection of poetic misbehaviour—verses that slipped past the editors of existence, dodged the censors of common sense, and now gather here in gleeful defiance. Inside these pages you’ll find sock sonnets, spoon elegies, existential laundry chants, and other lyrical anomalies that refuse to obey genre, logic, or good taste. These poems were never invited, never exp...

When Germany invades Holland in May 1940, 13-year-old Samuel De Souza is given a forged passport, put on a ship in the care of two elderly strangers and smuggled out from under the nose of the Nazis. Arriving in England, the young Jewish boy has the prospect of seeing out the war in relative safety, surrounded by newfound friends and with the love of Jannie, one of the older men who has become Sam's mentor and guide. When Sam meets and falls in love with Annie, it would seem his life is fi...

"Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach, the 19 stories in this new best-of annual anthology feature episodes of graphic gore and violence--including torture, dismemberment, self-mutilation, and home abortion--that are designed to push buttons as well as boundaries...strictly for hardcore horror fans." --Publishers WeeklyExcerpt from the Introduction:Editors Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax put the call out to horror writers and editors of...

Uncover the intertwined quests of Otto Rahn's Nazi search for the Holy Grail and the true hero, Peredur, in this captivating exploration of history and legend.Peredur, The Undiscovered Truth of the Nazi Grail Quest is written in two parts.The first part of the book charts the life and adventures of Otto Rahn, the man tasked by the Nazis, in the 1930s, with finding and getting his hands on the Holy Grail for them. The Nazis were hell bent on finding...

David Donald James, former U.S. Marine Force Recon and Airborne Ranger qualified, shares a powerful story about preparing today's youth for the challenge of becoming Special Operations and Special Warfare operators.This book honors his Navy SEAL and Force Recon brothers who are no longer with us - men who deeply shaped his life and passed on timeless tools of mentorship, leadership traits, and guiding principles. Through their influence, he now carries forward those lessons to inspi...

In the beginning, fairy tales were all we had.Tales to explain the unexplained, to impart morality, and culture. But more often than not, to warn.From the editors of the From the Rock anthologies comes a new selection of stories, carefully curated from some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite authors. Between these pages, old tales are revisited, familiar foes lurk, and fairy tales for the modern age are born.Including the work of Bron...

In "The Centurion's Story," David James Burrell masterfully weaves a narrative that delves into the life and psyche of a Roman centurion stationed in Judea during a tumultuous period of history. The book employs a rich, evocative prose style that effortlessly transports readers to the ancient world, melding historical facts with imaginative storytelling. Burrell draws upon a wealth of historical context, including the socio-political dynamics of Roman occupation and early Christianity, all...

"Feel The Rain" explores the enigmatic and long disputed nature of consciousness as well as best practices for expansion of consciousness. There is nothing more essential for living an authentic live, yet nothing more difficult to understand, much less achieve. The subjects and challenges involved are complex, subtle, and constantly evolving. Pritchard has a gift for explaining seemingly ineffable concepts and processes. He deftly weaves together the teachings of the great mystics from bot...

“A CULT CLASSIC WAITING ON ITS CULT.”—William Boyle, author of City of MarginsRecently fired from his job, Dave sets out on a manic, misguided quest for answers up the food chain of law enforcement corruption and down the increasingly bizarre Florida coastline. Battling cops, biker gangs, backwoods Bigfoot hunters, and getting tangled in tourist traps (both figurative and literal), he eventually stumbles onto a conspiracy involving body cameras, love locks, ...