The first poetry and short story collection from Michael Phillips. Originally published in a small limitation by Mother Road Publications in the 1990s, "alternative man" was unavailable for more than a decade, but is now available in digital editions for the first time.

One or two things needed to be salvaged from the defunct smog.net blog, so I pulled all the old posts up, went through them and thought, "Hmm, some of this doesn't suck - why not salvage a bunch of this stuff?" So this well thought-out volume came to be. It's best not to think too much, and this nasty little bottle rocket is proof of that. If I'd a thought about it, I never woulda done it, as Bob Dylan said.Carry the entire Internet - the good bits anyway - in your pocket! Just lik...

If you're looking for a poetry and short story collection where trains hit cars, garbage men find heads in trash cans, women throw groceries at men, gurus sheer their flocks, and little girls want to grow up to become dinner plates, this is the book for you.If you aren't looking for those things, you really should be.Phillips blends the all-too-real with the fantastic to deliver one of the weirdest, strongest collections you'll read this, or any year.

"Peaceful Productivity: Balancing Work, Life, and Well-being" offers a lifeline to those feeling the weight of overwhelm. Drawing from her extensive experience in trauma stewardship and mental health advocacy, Laurie Hannah provides readers with the tools they need to navigate the complexities of modern life.This insightful guide delves into the root causes of stress and burnout, presenting practical strategies to manage and mitigate their effects. With a compassionate and empathet...

Homeland Security Agent Dakota Pierce knows how to survive the cold. She knows how to hunt predators. What she doesn’t know is why whispers of a new “weapon” are moving through the Washington backcountry—or why people connected to the chatter keep disappearing.When a surveillance run leads to a dead nineteen-year-old girl dumped in an apple orchard, Dakota’s investigation collides with Josh Weber, a former soldier turned DEA agent searching for the...

Former Navy intelligence officer Haley Franks is done waiting for the system to work. When her best friend disappears and the trail leads to a Russian cop with mob ties, Haley kicks down his door and demands the truth. She leaves with bruises—and a target on her back.NCIS Special Agent Niall O’Caran is already investigating that same cop, tracking suspicious ties between the Russian mob and a Portland research college experimenting with a powerful ...

New evidence in Dynamite Nashville uncovers the origin of an organized group of racist terrorists committing nationwide acts of violence against integration efforts in the late 1950's and early 1960s. Award winning historian Betsy Phillips not only paints a detailed picture of the social dynamic of the times, but details how a violent fringe of racists came to national prominence. In Dynamite Nashville, Phillips unmasks the KKK, reveals a racist terrorist network, names i...

One canceled date. One overbooked hotel. One fake boyfriend who feels way too real.I arrive at a family wedding expecting maid-of-honor chaos—not to share a room with Tristan Hayes, the devastatingly charming nightclub owner I’ve crushed on for too long.When the hotel runs out of rooms, Tristan gives his to an elderly couple without hesitation, and I see the kind of man he is. So I offer to share my king-sized bed.Just for the weekend. It’s totally ...

Eating is never a solitary act; each meal connects us profoundly to food chains, precious resources, human effort, a global ecology and graced provision. How does the food we eat affect the planet? What is a biblical response to environmental degradation, and how can we eat in a way that honours God? This book addresses the high environmental and social costs of modern food systems and provides theological reflections on the interconnected relationships between God, humanity and the non-hu...

From the highly acclaimed author of The Shackleford Sisters, Beverley Watts, comes an exciting new series featuring the next generation.The Shackleford Legacies are a delightful dance of romance, humour, mystery and fun...Lady Roseanna Atwood was not looking forward to the annual weekend garden party at Blackmore. Oh, she was looking forward to seeing her extended family, but the thought of spending four whole days making polite conversation with a group of condescending, ar...

From bloodthirsty walls to interdimensional drugs to tyrannical authority to even a time-travel murder mystery, Trepid Trials is a collection featuring five stories all with an underlying theme of horrific trepidation.The Walls: Four co-workers end up trapping themselves in a room where if they touch the walls, they are horrifically pulled in.Bootstrap: Two secret time-travelers are sent back under orders by the U...

A blend of This Is Spinal Tap and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the cult classic confessions of a debauched rock ’n’ roller and his adventures in excess on the ’80s hair-metal nostalgia tour through Middle America, now in a revised and updated edition.Once upon a time at the start of the new century, the unheard-of Unband got a chance to drink, fight, and play loud music with ’80s metal bands like Dio and Def Leppard. To the mix they brought illegal pyrotechnics, a giant red infl...