Highly original reliably intelligentsatisfying entertainment.- Publishers WeeklyACEDIA: a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with ones position or condition in the world...Its 2018, and after serving three years in prison for digging up William Shakespeares grave, Travis Morrison is returning home to Alexandria, Virginia, confident that he can make a respectable living from the infamy of his crime. But the world has changed in three...

The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years, it’s also been a hoot. In fact, when Harold Ross founded the legendary magazine in 1925, he called it “a comic weekly,” and while it has grown into much more**,** it has also remained true to its original mission. Now an uproarious sampling of its funny writings can be found in a hilarious new collection, one as satirical and witty, m...

Lauren and Vic were high school sweethearts until her desire to succeed in business and his desire to escape his hellish home life drove them apart. Now, seventeen years later during a chance business meeting the two have crossed paths. Surely it is no mere coincidence after all this time? They rekindle their old spark and the heat is kicked up when they're together! But all is not what is seems.

"Shatner (and some other pretty great writers!) share some of the greatest horse tales ever told." ―Carson Kressley, Emmy-winning TV personality, New York Times –bestselling author, and World Champion HorsemanFrom his first time riding as a child, William Shatner has felt a deep love for horses. Whether seated in the saddle, communicating with them, or simply appreciating their beauty, his bond with these majestic animals...

There is no creature more majestic, and more fascinating than a horse. Horses have been used around the world for thousands of years. Even when technology has replaced the horse for the most part, we still judge an engine's power in horsepower.This collection of memorable quotes is meant to inspire and amuse the horse lover in all of us. Start the day off with a smile by reading a horse quote every day of the year or just read the book in one sitting.This book also makes a ...

The credits have rolled, but the lights are still off. Something is lurking on the other side of the screen. There are dark secrets, starving monsters, and haunted survivors who refuse to be left on the cutting room floor. But that's okay, right? After all, everybody loves the movies....Here are twenty-three terrifying tales, dark reflections of the silver screen from both sides of the camera. James Dean gets a second chance at life—and death. The Wicked Witch is out of Oz...

"Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." George Santayana. Writing historical fiction involves more than taking a story and substituting carriages for cars. The historical novelist must do her best to understand the mindset of the people she writes about, even while she explores the timeless and universal desires common to human beings of every time and place. This book describes historical fiction, tells the writer how to research, how to construct an authentic histor...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.This month, we have original fiction from Dale Bailey ("Sleep Paralysis") and Martin Cahill ("It Was Never the Fire"), along with reprints by Nancy Etchemendy ("Nimitseahpah") and Lucy A. Snyder ("Magdala Amygdala"). We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H W...

Witness, I Am is divided into three gripping sections of new poetry from one of Canada’s most recognized poets. The first part of the book, Dangerous Sound,” contains contemporary themed poems about identity and belonging, undone and rendered into modern sound poetry. Muskrat Woman,” the middle part of the book, is a breathtaking epic poem that considers the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women through the reimagining and retelling of a sacred Cree creation story. The ...

We all want to live forever, but we shouldn't. We're not supposed to. Ironically, if we could literally live every single day that time and space have left, our lives would be almost meaningless. It's the end of lives that cause them to matter.But your life, short as it is -- and perhaps because it's short -- can have more meaning and more effect on other people than you can possibly imagine… if you chose to let it.The end of your life is not the end. Not unless you let it ...

Now with an introduction from celebrated poet James Tate, Riding the Earthboy 40 is the only volume of poetry written by acclaimed Native American novelist James Welch. The title of the book refers to the forty acres of Montana land Welch's father once leased from a Blackfeet family called Earthboy. This land and its surroundings shaped the writer's worldview as a youth, its rawness resonates in the vitality of his elegant poetry, and his verse shows a great awareness of a moment ...

A prisoner escapes from a jail in northern Ontario, precipitating a massive, month-long manhunt, interrupting the lives of local residents through the invasion of roadblocks, aerial surveillance, Tactics and Rescue Unit maneuvers and unrelenting media coverage. While at large, the fugitive collects almost two-dozen captives, whose description of him defies the stereotypic image of wanton criminal portrayed by the media. Instead, they report a peculiarly erudite and sympathetic man who at t...