Four tales of Caucasian men who find themselves in thrall to assertive women of colour for those with a passion for the female who enjoys the exercise of control over the male of the species.An emotionally and devastated man finds a somewhat abject salvation on an Oregon back road; an English heir and ne’er do well find his late-aunt’s Indian bequest to him resulting in a modern indenture to her former maids; an advert for a live-in handyman results in male chastity and servitude f...

When the old Chicago cut loose from her moorings in an Atlantic port it was a red letter day for me. She was a good sized craft, of the French Line, and was to carry a lot of other Ameri-cans, besides myself, from the United States to France. We were all in a spirit of expectancy, mingled perhaps with sadness, for we were going over to see and have a hand in the most stu-pendous event of history, the Great War. Although many dif-ferent motives actuated us, our destination was the same, and...

Potless, friendless and demoralised, and in possession of a dead cell-phone.Such is the condition of Marcus Parker as he makes the drive to stay with his sister in Tacoma after his wife and daughter have jettisoned him from their lives.And done so in the most cold and unfeeling of ways,But fate’s more malignant hand isn’t done with him yet and, as he drives the Oregon back roads, the only thing in his life he actually owns, other than his clothes and a few personal ...

A Latina fitness-fanatic with dominant tendencies decides she wants a man in her life with very specific tendencies.Even if the man in question has yet to be made aware of them.Tendencies that will allow her to use her physical power and steely will to ensure he becomes exactly the consensual and submissive life-partner her needs demand.An unsuspecting life-partner she finds has been under her nose the whole time on the university campus where both she and the curre...

Jim grew up in Quig manor in the lap of luxury. He is the only son of his Lord father and sole inheritor of his estate, but Jim feels he is too soft to take over for his father and grows sad as time passes. He asks his parents’ permission to kill himself for he feels he has shamed them with his own incompetence. They reject his plea and Jim accepts their decision. The next day, Jim finds out that his parents have committed him to a madhouse, so he makes his escape from Quig manor never to ...

What does it mean to be a good dog? Are tennis balls always real? Is a bark ever truly worse than a bite?All these questions and more are answered in Philosophers' Dogs, the groundbreaking treatise that has been dog years in the making. The book reveals a long-kept secret: that every human philosopher has stolen their best ideas from their canine companions, shamelessly disguising the dogs' original thoughts as their own.Featuring beautiful illustrations a...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

Mystique of the Darkness: 100+ Gothic Classics maps the Gothic imagination across more than a century of supernatural terror, psychological unease, romantic melancholy, and social transgression. Its capacious selection moves among novels, tales, poems, and proto-detective mysteries, tracing ruined castles, haunted houses, spectral doubles, forbidden knowledge, and the unstable boundaries between reason and nightmare. Landmark narratives of vampirism, scientific overreach, ancestral crime, ...

DEEP, DARK & UNSETTLING: 100+ Gothic Classics in One Edition is a masterful curation of the most evocative and haunting tales from the annals of Gothic literature. This anthology offers a rich tapestry of themes, exploring the dark recesses of human nature, supernatural events, and the eerie atmospheres that define the genre. Through diverse styles ranging from the poetic melancholy of Robert Browning to the chilling narratives of Edgar Allan Poe, each piece unveils a different facet of th...

DEEP, DARK & UNSETTLING: 100+ Gothic Classics in One Edition is an exceptional anthology that captures the haunting beauty and profound complexity of Gothic literature. This meticulously curated collection traverses a labyrinth of atmospheric tales and chilling narratives penned by celebrated literary figures. The diverse array of macabre plots and sublime styles offers a captivating journey through shadowy manors, psychological intrigue, and supernatural reckonings. Standout pieces within...

Volume-One in a collection of the short female-led fiction of Samuel Benson, brings us three tales of female-dominance that cannot be denied.“Breakdown” brings us the tale of a man whose life and its component parts has decided it no longer wants him. Which is good news for the retired African/American dominatrix whose door he fetches up at in the middle of the night after his car gives out on him… A retired dominatrix who is looking for something more real than a paying customer!