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Few horror stories are as chilling as the ones written by Victorian writers. This collection of eight enduring stories, some well-known, others less familiar, carry you to all corners of the world where terrors lurk. Featuring work by H.P. Lovecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe and Vernon Lee, experience the skin-crawling undead, a pestilence that leaves no one unaffected, imagined horrors that emerge from disturbed minds and others that require no imagination at all....

Lavell Crawford is back and he's funnier and skinnier than ever. After losing over 120 pounds, he's new and improved and ready to tell everyone exactly what's what. From being a big fan of first-term Obama to telling us the best way to deal with cops in 2019, there's no denying that Lavell is the main man and a giant voice to be reckoned with.

Mark Twain's lifetime spans America's era of greatest economic growth. And Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching himself into one harebrained get-rich-quick scheme after another. But far from striking it rich, the man who coined the term "Gilded Age" failed with comical regularity to join the ranks of plutocrats who made this period in America notorious for its wealth and excess.

You don't have to be a 23-year-old dancer with no savings to end up with the excruciating debts young Iris is confronted with in this latest work by financial and legal advisor Tad Crawford. Every year, thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds overtax their bank accounts and credit cards and are left with the tricky task of pulling themselves out of their financial chaos. Rarely can they receive such high-quality financial and moral support as The Money Mentor provides.

From pirates battling sea spirits to ongoing futuristic wars. Sacrifices will be made and lives will be lost. As these characters weave through their own adventures, their honor may be questioned. But what would you give to live to see another day? This anthology focuses on East Asian warriors. Featuring stories by A.N. Myers, Belinda Crawford, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Edgar Mahaffey, Bethany van Sterling, and Lillian Csernica.

Is homeschooling stressing you out, or are you interested in homeschooling but afraid you aren't equipped? Full of practical ideas, along with a closer look at what a real education is and how to implement that in a relaxed home environment, Think Outside the Classroom is an eye-opening, freeing book to any parents, wherever they are in their homeschooling journey. The book challenges the status quo of "education", helping parents to see what their children really need to do well in life, then equips them with practical strategies for a more relaxed lifestyle of learning.

Carrie flees from the demons of her present, trying to protect the ones she loves. Frankie hides from the demons of her past and the memory of loved ones she failed to protect. A modern-day princess thrown to the wolves, Carrie's only hope is the rancher who had spent the better part of a decade in self-imposed, near-total isolation. Frankie's history of losing those she tries to save haunts her, but this madman threatens her home, her livestock, her sanctuary.

This wide-ranging treatment of how money secretly influences our lives includes chapters on the many forms of money, why money is so easily worshipped, why money sometimes feels more important than life, hoarding money, the source of riches, inheritance, and the stock market. Crawford, a teller of entertaining tales, gathers stories and myths from around the world that help us understand why money is so much more than the useful tool that we may think it to be.

This blend of fact and fiction sheds light on a virtually unexplored dimension of the Great Detective’s exploits. It is a perspective Sherlock Holmes — who elevated “true, cold reason … above all things” — would probably not appreciate. But for all its warmth and irrationality, there is just as much truth in the heart.

As the demon king eludes capture and the search for him yields no results, the hunters' base is attacked, resulting in numerous fatalities. When the dead rise and march to war alongside us, I am forced to confront the truth of my past and the cost of my parents' courage. Still, the final battle has arrived and I have to put my emotions aside and fight by my parafinai's side. When the king's power proves more than my own, will I sacrifice my bonded hunter or my only son?

David Bishop and the Legend of the Orb recounts the adventures of David Bishop - a teenage orphan who gets pulled into an otherworldly conflict that revolves around him and a mysterious orb. David quickly discovers that his arrival has been foretold by prophecy and that his coming has marked the beginning of the end of an ancient war between the forces of good and evil - each side needing the incredible powers granted to him by his newfound connection to the Orb. As David watches the world around him fall into chaos, he finds himself in a race against time to stop the ambitious plans of an ...

Eros dwells within us, shaping the course of our lives as it seeks its own destiny; constantly shifting the balance of power between the sexes as men & women mature and age. And so the nature of Eros is explored in The Dragonfly; a surreal poetic journey through one woman's life, in which fantasy and the vivid world of her imagination, takes a parallel course with reality. Weaving its way through a series of episodic tales, (from Medieval England to Ming Dynasty China), the Dragonfly accompanies GEORGINA.

One night in the barn, the old ranch hand Roger surprises Arthur, the young cowboy. Roger initiates Arthur into the pleasures of sex - sweaty, fast, and hard.

After my marriage dissolved, I wanted to experience everything that life has to offer. My friend Jill had frequenting a BDSM club called Club X, and I was curious. So I followed her. I was a virgin in Club X.

ooking for a comprehensive guide to unlocking the fullness of God's presence and accessing spiritual dimensions of Heaven upon Earth? Look no further than "The Realms of God." This book provides practical guidance on how to attain authentic encounters with God, drawing from a solid Biblical foundation and helping you avoid false experiences. Whether you are seeking greater revelation, new anointings, or spiritual gifts, "The Realms of God" will show you how to access the vastness of God's expanse and become a spiritual son or daughter of the King. Start your journey towards deeper intimacy ...

Pick up the latest issue of Savage Realms Monthly and fill up on stalwart heroes doing battle with the forces of evil in this epic collection of short sword and sorcery fiction.

"My Secret Life", the gargantuan erotic autobiography of a wealthy Victorian English gentleman has been described as "the strangest book ever written". Comprising one-hundred-and-eighty-four chapters and over one million words, the epic confessional describes in eloquent and explicit detail the exploits of a man (who refers to himself simply as "Walter"), whose life was devoted to the pursuit of erotic adventure and carnal pleasure.

Fran, a corporate executive, is on a flight to Japan for business when she has a hallucinatory dream ... that soon becomes only too real. It involves multi-tentacled sexual partners, vaginal and anal sex, orgasms, and getting to know her fellow passengers' genitalia very well.

With the seizure of an advanced freighter and its strategic cargo, James Van Wert is assigned to a combat vessel that possesses a groundbreaking new technology which the Fleet hopes will stop the insurgency. But James must first battle command infighting and the technological challenges of getting an untried ship ready for action, while the freighter captives travel to the heart of the enemy cabal to fight for their very lives.

With the entire hunter community reeling from Sahara’s death and the Frost twins ready to implode, I fall ill and look to the council for answers. While Hecate reassures me there is nothing wrong, I feel there is more going on as we search for a hidden temple belonging to the dark witch. When Mardella steals another artifact, we begin to theorize what she has in store for us and the demon king, and it doesn’t bode well for either realm. But the demon king fears the dark witch more than we do, and he sends a horde of demons to destroy everything in their wake.