Starr Creek is the debut novella by Portland writer and musician Nathan Carson. Set in 1986 rural Oregon, Starr Creek features Heavy Metal teens, Christian biker gangs, and hopped up kids on 3-wheeled ATVs. They all collide when strange occurrences unveil an alien world inhabiting the Oregon woods.

This book brings together the interdisciplinary reflections of Christian scholars and poets, to explore how ecological virtues can foster the flourishing of our home planet in the face of unprecedented environmental change and devastation. Its central questions are: What virtues are needed for us to be better caretakers of our home planet? What vices must we extinguish if we are to flourish on the earth? What is the connection between such virtues and vices and the flourishing of all creat...

Once, the guardians of the Cavern of Flame admitted sleeping seekers to the Dreamlands, an endless realm of sublime horrors and unspeakable beauty. Some questers returned with wisdom and otherworldly inspiration to brighten the dreary waking world, while others remained forever where beggars could become emperors, mortals could cavort with gods, and ardent dreamers could cheat even death.Once said to be more real than our own mundane reality, the Dreamlands now lie seemingly beyond ...

In the 2008 US Presidential election, Sarah Palin became a household name. In this graphic illustrated biography TidalWave presents a critical examination of the life and times of Palin. From her upbringing in Alaska to being an activist best selling author this graphic novel features her struggles as well as her achievements.

The winter can be long, cold, and hard. Even the holidays can be terrible.Then, there comes a time of year when some places are no longer used.No longer needed.No longer wanted.It's the coldest part of the year, in nearly every sense.It is when a lot of the world is...Closed for the Season.Sometimes people go into those places anyway.Dare you follow them?Stories by:Lee F. Patrick, Rob Nisbet, Ross Baxter, D.H. ...

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're bringing you original fiction from Caspian Gray ("Promises of Spring") and Caroline Ratajski ("And With Her Went the Spring"), along with reprints by Stephen Graham Jones ("Brushdogs") and Cynthia Ward ("The Midwife"). In the latest installment of "The H Word," we hav...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we present our special anniversary issue, Women Destroy Science Fiction!, an all-science fiction extravaganza entirely written—and edited!—by women.Gu...

“Brilliantly conceived and plotted … Read this book. You’ll thank me later.” -- David BaldacciThe first in the international bestselling series!Who is Orphan X?The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he’s not merely a legend.“Excellent…A sm...

The best stories of the year: here is a collection of the year's best fantasy stories, by some of the genre's greatest authors, and selected by Rich Horton, a contributing reviewer to many of the field's most respected magazines. In this volume you'll find stories Peter Beagle, Paul Di Filippo, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe and many more!Complete contents:PIP AND THE FAIRIES, by Theodora GossCOMBER, by Gene WolfeTHREE URBAN FOLK TALES, by ...

Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist”(Rolling Stone ) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character, mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be human. Now he delivers the page-turner of the season, an unforgettable journey to the heart of darkness and to the pinnacle of grace, at once...

12 Thrilling Summer Reads.From galaxy-spanning alien cultures to the discovery of Bigfoot, these page-turning novels feature gripping stories where humans and non-humans work together, fight each other, and even fall in love.List price if bought individually is over $70.A dozen amazing fantasy and science fiction novels.This bundle is jam-packed with stories ...* For every reader's taste.* Filled with ...

One morning the world ended. It wasn't with a boom or even a whimper. Ice covered everything. What happened and why is Sharalyn the only one who is still moving? The first story in a new collection, Ice.