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Only the mystical coxlilia can save your loved one from the grips of illness. Unfortunately, the stories reveal very little about how it can be found. Desperate but determined, you journey into the forest and through a magical portal where a trial of faith, healing, and self-discovery await.

Sandbox serves up eclectic savory and sweet fare. Here are samples to whet your appetite. “I hold before me a blank page / (my mind)” (“Blank Pages”) “The Great Equalizer of low caste and high / ferments human remains of kind and evil.” (“The Nature of Dust (Form 3))” ------ “It...

From the 1898 Martian Siege of Baltimore to a forlorn AI attack dog on the blue-star-scarred surface of MZ458-C and from the merc-manned Freestead Mayflower off the coast of post-apocalyptic Portland to the man-desperate shores of the Red Sea, here are seventeen science fiction stories of valiant...

The Anthony-nominated collection of crime stories without guns—the collection we didn't want to be necessary—is back for Volume 2. Two dozen more crime writers have come together to raise their voices and take pen in hand to call for a sensible and reasoned debate about guns in America....

WPaD presents: Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe… - A scientist struggles to find a cure for Alzheimer's before the disease takes his mind… - Dolphins and whales work with their human trainers to terraform a new planet… - Artificial intelligence backfires on humanity...

From the masters of horror at Writers, Poets and Deviants:  Prepare for terror…  - An exterminator meets his match in a family's attic…  - A cuddly toy with a disturbing origin is all the rage…  - A boy's survival of a deadly accident turns out to be more curse than miracle…  - A man...

A hero is missing. The post-apocalyptic wasteland is awash with violence and injustice. The Genrenauts’ own Angstrom King has to step into legendary role to defend the innocent and finish a story gone awry. A stand-alone short story in the Genrenauts series. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A collection of excerpts of writing done during the month of November 2014 in celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) by Corvallis, Oregon area writers. Genres presented include science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, and even comics.

Fifteen short stories involving pets.  But don't think for a moment that you'll "See Spot Run", or that Lassie will save her master who's fallen in the well. Those are common pet tales, and these are Uncommon Pet Tales.  Within this collection, you'll find a little bit of romance, a little...

The Civil War is seen through the unclouded vision of an eight year old girl living in western Kentucky. Betsy Johnson speaks about the war, President Lincoln, General Grant, God, the slavery question, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Medal of Honor, and her family. Her poignant and cogent observations...

A young man, relatively new to Fox Creek and living with his elderly grandmother, is discovered dead in his bed after having been severely beaten. Unfortunately, the first person to see the body is Carver Ellis; and the first police officer on the scene is already convinced that young Ellis not only...

Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular...

Teaching Recent Global History explores innovative ways to teach world history, beginning with the early 20th century. The authors’ unique approach unites historians, social studies teachers, and educational curriculum specialists to offer historically rich, pedagogically innovative, and academically...