Something Wicked Magazine was a monthly Horror and Science Fiction short story magazine publishing some of the great new voices in the horror and science fiction genres.This is en ebook version of Issue 01, which has been out of print since 2007.Featuring fiction from Fayyaad Hendricks, Award-winning author Sarah Lotz, Jurgens De Lange, Jonathan Perry, Evan Morris, Ryan Saunders and Domenic Pisanti.A 6000-word Doctor Who special by Mark Sykes and an e...

“A compelling call for further research into the potential of ibogaine therapy.”—Kirkus Reviews• Explores how ibogaine works, including how it boosts cellular function,increases neuroplasticity, and interrupts habitual behavior patterns and trauma• Discusses the ritual roots of iboga in the Bwiti spiritual tradition of Gabon• Shares case studies showing ibogaine’s healing effects for addiction recovery, traumatic brain injury (TBI), ...

Evidence-based policing (EBP) has become a key perspective for practitioners and researchers concerned with the future of policing. This volume provides both a review of where evidence-based policing stands today and a consideration of emerging trends and ideas likely to be important in the future. It includes comparative and international contributions, as well as researcher and practitioner perspectives. While emphasizing traditional evidence-based methods and approaches, the book also i...

Demonstrates how students and educators can resist narrow, utilitarian views of higher education's purpose.While the search for meaning and purpose appears to be a constant throughout human history, there are characteristics about our current time period that make this search different from any other previous time, particularly for college students. In this book, Perry L. Glanzer, Jonathan P. Hill, and Byron R. Johnson explore college students' search for meaning a...

Picking up exactly where Playing Gods 1: Isolation left off, Playing Gods 2: Adaptation brings the zehuderan warriors Xriah and Vylis to the world of Gravios. A far cry from the last plane where the two battled, Gravios is an ocean world of cybernetically augmented humans and post-apocalyptic sea vessels. All land on Gravios has been completely submerged into the depths, the sea level elevated by the planet-swallowing marine creature known as the Grava. In this arena of hostile waters and ...

A fast-paced LA crime thriller from Edgar Award–winning author Thomas Perry; now a major motion picture starring Russell Crowe and Aaron Paul.Aging strip club owner Manco Kapak is ready to move on from his life on the edge of LA's criminal underworld. When he gets robbed at gunpoint, his house gets burgled, and two of his cars are destroyed, he is enraged. Kapak sends his men to scour the streets for the culprit. The search turns up Joe Carver, innocent of the susp...

The Last Days Are Here. How Will You Protect, Prepare, and Empower Your Family?Are you raising children in an increasingly dangerous, deceptive, and apocalyptic world? Do you wonder how to protect the next generation from spiritual darkness, cultural collapse, and the schemes of the enemy? Have you felt the weight of raising your household while watching society unravel before your eyes?But God hasn’t left you without a plan! Scripture offers clear answers ...

In the aftermath of the cold-blooded assassinations that killed her parents and shattered the Vatta intersteller shipping empire, Kylara Vatta sets out to avenge the killings and salvage the family business. Ky soon discovers a conspiracy of terrifying scope, breathtaking audacity, and utter ruthlessness. The only hope against such powerful evil is for all the space merchants to band together. Unfortunately, because she commands a ship that once belonged to a notorious pirate, Ky is met wi...

Part Fistful of Dollars, part The Martian, The Exile is set 150 years in the future as Mars, a barely habitable world, struggles with widespread corruption and brutality. In a desperate bid to find a way home to Earth, Bryce—a disgraced federal agent exiled from Earth—finds herself forced to join the local police force, while navigating dangers from every angle as she discovers there is little difference between criminals and law enforcement in this frontier worl...

A collection of humorous and painfully frank poems recounting various interactions with villainous bitches - from the pompous & frosty, to the shady & skanky. Includes "Mutton Dressed As Mutton", the betrayal of "Caught Red Handed", the devious "Little Miss Innocent" and exposing the unsavoury deeds of a "Shady Lady".

Darkness surrounds us.We can find darkness anywhere: in a strange green stone etched with mysterious symbols; at a small town's annual picnic; in a ghostly house that is easy to enter but not so easy to leave; behind the dumpster in the alley where a harpy lives; in The Nowhere, a place where car keys, toys, people disappear to; among Polar explorers; and, most definitely, within ourselves. Darkness flies from mysterious crates; surrounds children whose nightlights have vanished; a...

For nearly twenty-five years The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has been the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction. Comprising the most outstanding new short fiction by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers, this multiple award-winning series also offers an overview of the year in horror, a comprehensive necrology of recent obituaries, and an indispensable directory of contact details for dedic...