Robert Seidel Costic: 6 books

Costic offers 400 aphorisms in the vein of Nietzsche and La Rochefoucauld.

Presented here is a collection of fairy tales and ghost stories by German author Theodor Storm (1817-1888). In these tales a boy is kidnapped and mothered by a bear, a boy sails to the moon, a man goes on a quest for the philosopher's stone, a miser is tormented by two terrifying cats, two lovers...

"Sound's Weight" encourages readers to think about music politically and politics musically. Tracing the history of Western music as a process in which taste is dictated by politics, this extended essay advocates for a way of thinking and living liberated by the confines of calculated interests.

Richard Kepler is an entertainment lawyer representing musicians in New York. When confronted with a series of challenges -- a father who fights against his attempt to renovate his house, an ex-boyfriend who refuses to get back together with him, and an antiques dealer who takes advantage of a young...

Presented here are two fairy tales by the German poet and dramatist Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863). In "The Ruby" a man infatuated with a gem discovers that it contains magical powers, and in "The Lonely Children" two orphans are tempted by Satan to turn against each other.

These forty modern fairy tales for grownups explore issues of truth, power, and love in a proudly vulgar, unpretentious display of wild sex, gore, and dark humor. Although filled with zombies, excrement, and, yes, flamethrowers, the collection reflects the author's familiarity with the fairy tale genre and his desire to push it in new directions.