Which is more terrifying, the imposition of order that might involve stifling limitations and repugnant values, or spiraling into chaos as order splinters or disappears? The 26 authors in Horrific Scribes Presents: Rulemakers and Rulebreakers have 26 answers, each with the potential to shatter you. Prepare for works by Sam Arlington, Raymond Brunell, Harley Carnell, Emmie Christie, Nicholas De Marino, Sarina Dorie, Eric Fomley, Douglas Ford, Matt Hollingsworth, Douglas Kolacki, Ch...

Dear Grumpy Horrible Boss,You suck as a lawyer. I don't even know how you passed the bar. Or how you sleep at night taking clients like Jack Whittington.Just in case you didn't know, you can't fire me just because I have a part-time job working bachelor parties. What I do on the weekend is none of your business and not a part of my employment contract. If I want to go back to wearing coconut bikinis and popping out of cakes, I can.As soon as I get m...

A fascinating addition to rhetoric scholarship, Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things expands the scope of rhetorical situations beyond the familiar humanist triad of speaker-audience-purpose to an inclusive study of inanimate objects.The fifteen essays in Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things persuasively overturn the stubborn assumption that objects are passive tools in the hands of objective human agents. Rhetoric has proved that forms of communication such as digital ...

Invaders threaten us from above, below, within, and beyond. Not scared enough yet? This anthology will help! From the Horrific Scribes web archive of original short fiction (and some poetry) come 24 selections that involve horrific invasions. Only 23 are short stories--one is a group of poems--and that's not the only way the book cover deceives you. None of the stories involves UFOs attacking Earth. Horrific Scribes seeks "the provocative, scary, and strange," and these w...

In the evocative anthology 'Sea-Roads to the Far Frontiers - 8 Classic Sail & Steam Maritime Novels,' the sea looms large as both a setting and a metaphor, capturing the imagination and testing the mettle of those who dare to voyage across its vast expanses. From the rich strata of 19th and early 20th-century maritime literature arise narratives that traverse the boundaries of adventure, survival, and the relentless pursuit of discovery. This collection adeptly balances diverse storytellin...

Can you imagine having a one-night stand with the one guy you absolutely cannot stand?Trust me when I say you do not want to make the same mistake I did.His name is Colton. Colton Hart. He's my brother's best friend. My nemesis. The man who fired me after working for him for one hour.Now he's my latest mistake.It's all the fault of my best friend Isabel and her spiked eggnog. And the masks. And that one slow dance at my brother's work party ...

Dear Remington Parker,You may think you're the handsome prince of the law firm and I'm your dutiful wench, but I'm not here to be your plaything.Yes, you're handsome-ish.Yes, you're a partner at the firm.Yes, I'm your ugly duckling assistant.But no, I'm not desperate, and I don't want you.I have no interest in being the nanny to your newly found kid when you want to go on dates. And I have even less interest in your offer to ...

I just announced my engagement to a hot billionaire.Yes, you read that right. A billionaire. And it was announced in the New York Frigging Times.My family is ecstatic and already celebrating. Only they don't know the truth.My engagement is faker than my Chanel handbag. My fake fiancé, Jackson Pruitt, is paying me to pretend to be in love with him so he can inherit his family's company. How cliché!My parents are planning fr...

In this 2013 winner of the prestigious R.R. Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers, as well as the 2013 PROSE Awards for Mathematics and Best in Physical Sciences & Mathematics, also from the AAP, readers will find many of the most significant contributions from the four-volume set of the Collected Works of A. M. Turing. These contributions, together with commentaries from current experts in a wide spectrum of fields and backgrounds, provide insight on the significance a...

This reference - the proceedings of a research conference held in Loen, Norway - contains information on the analytic theory of continued fractions and their application to moment problems and orthogonal sequences of functions. Uniting the research efforts of many international experts, this volume: treats strong moment problems, orthogonal polynomials and Laurent polynomials; analyses sequences of linear fractional transformations; presents convergence results, including truncation error ...

Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Multidisciplinary Management provides a comprehensive account of the current state of knowledge on nasopharyngeal cancer and its multidisciplinary management. The first ten chapters document contain essential background information on subjects such as epidemiology, pathogenesis, molecular biology, pathology, and the use of imaging in diagnosis and staging. Subsequently, the various treatment options and combinations in a range of settings are examined in depth. Deta...

This international and thought-provoking volume addresses both theoretical and conceptual issues of resilience in modern organizations, looking at areas of concern and providing suggestions for future preventative measures.In recent years, organizations across the world have been subjected to major upheavals as several crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Crisis, and the Migratory Crisis, have contributed to the changing landscape of work. Individuals, organi...