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...

These pickled eggs, a southern favorite at the table, will unashamedly zap your taste buds, set off fire alarms, and tease your sweet tooth. This is a must have book for the devoted pickler. Learn how to hard-boil and peel an egg the easy way. Learn how to make 40+ pickled egg recipes. Learn how to create special effects in egg pickling. Learn how to serve the pickled egg to delight your family. Pickle your eggs and feather your nest:fund raising and gift giving ideas. Laugh out loud at Ul...

In these more welcome days of equality between the sexes we usually forget that the often cited ‘Gentler Sex’ can have dark and disturbing trains of thought that are more than the equal of their male brethren. Indeed, they can manipulate words in a matter of lines from comforting and loving to dark, foreboding and utterly terrifying. These femme fatales really do create stories that leech vile characters into dark and disturbing quite horrific narratives.

Science is based on fact. Of course, it might take a huge leap of faith or imagination to even think that something can be proven or invented with experiments in search of the presumed end result.In this volume our trusted band of authors write fervently in pursuit of something that just needs proving with a small, very simple, experiment or two. What could possibly go wrong?1 - Stories About Experiments Gone Wrong - An Introduction2 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1...

Science fiction is in many ways positive, uplifting and a vision of where we are headed. But in this volume our classic authors including Lovecraft, Wells, Hawthorne and others reveal its darker cousin; Horror. Now these malevolent terrors have made up their minds that blending themselves with Science Fiction might make their impact even more awful and frightening for us to bear.1 - Classic Sci-Fi Stories - An Introduction2 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

Pawsome Reads: 47 Books for Dog Enthusiasts gathers an expansive canine library in which adventure, domestic comedy, sentimental realism, fable, natural history, and children's storytelling converge. Its selections move from tales of loyalty and survival to studies of training, companionship, and animal consciousness, revealing the dog as household member, working partner, moral witness, and literary protagonist. The collection's range is its chief distinction: vigorous wilderness narrativ...

He's the ruthless lawyer with a not-so-little black book, and one simple rule as unyielding as his heart: Nothing more than a month.She's the doctoral student helping to raise his niece. His brother's best friend. And the valium for his soul he had no business wanting.To be fair, she did ask him for advice--on what she could do to stop being 'the nice girl' for a little bit. All he did was answer truthfully: "Try something new that excites you."......

Make nice with the President of the Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club.Yeah right.It was what my job description called for—I just never realized exactly how nice I needed to be.I certainly never expected to find myself twisted up and tangled in the raw, dirty world of an outlaw motorcycle club … or in the sexy, tattooed hands of the man in charge.Royal McBride is a jerk—but a jerk with a swoon worthy accent, a big bike, and big … well, other things.I didn...

Simone Winston, twenty-two and a single mother, carries the memory of a man whose face she never saw, yet who captivated her heart during a mysterious two-month ordeal. When she's set free, the longing lingers.Enter Isaac Toft, a stranger with an enigmatic presence, who leaves Simone a substantial tip that sparks more than gratitude. Despite her initial hesitations, Isaac gradually becomes a central figure in her life, his offers of help too compelling to refuse.But as Isaa...

Caroline Miller has often fantasized about finding the mother who’d given her up for adoption. When an unexpected phone call gives her the opportunity to meet her birth mother face-to-face, she jumps at the chance.But as the weekend turns into a series of mishaps and disappointments, Caroline wonders if she’ll ever be able to find peace with her beginnings.Could a case of mistaken identity lead her to find the life she’s dreamed of and the family—and love—she thought she co...

The Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club President wants me for his old lady.Like that could ever happen.Royal McBride is a total a-hole. He's rude, impulsive, and the rest of his club hates me. Of course, the man in question has a lethal swagger, a sinful smirk, and a British accent that melts my lacy crotchless panties. Plus, the guy's got timber wolves as pets and lives in a Victorian house by the sea.How could I say no to that?But I can never fo...