Between the earth and the sky, between the past and the present, between the musical notes and the silence exist universes. Millions of them. The eighth volume of Fiction River presents fourteen universes, all different, all powerful. From a planetary survey ship moored in an alien ocean to a comic book convention near a strange Louisiana town, each of these universes go somewhere familiar and strange at the same time. Come visit the universe of Fiction River, which Amazing Stories called ...

When a Vietnam vet and a single mom reconnect, can they form happiness from hardship?Wealthy businessman Meyer wants something money can’t buy. Still carrying scars from his tour in Vietnam, he worries the soul mate he craves might not exist. Or worse yet, he’s met her and already missed his chance…Joan is tired of facing life’s struggles on her own. After an unplanned pregnancy and a grueling battle with cancer, she holds out hope for a dependable partner....

To Act Is to Do by RICHARD ALAN NICHOLS, who studied as a scholarship student for five years with Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in New York, is the ultimate guide for both actors and teachers.In six informative and interactive class sessions, Nichols details twenty exercises designed to solve most acting problems that arise while working on plays. Also included are eighteen evaluations of work (scenes, monologues, and Hagen exercises) presented by Nichols' st...

The Meant to Be Together Series is a tender and heartwarming, multi-generational family saga about relationships, love and life. It includes all four novels from the series in one volume.Book 1, Finding a Soul Mate, is told predominantly from Meyer’s point of view, beginning at four years of age. The reader is invited to follow the events that shaped Meyer’s, his family’s, and his friends’ lives. Through their childhoods in the Northwest, personal tragedy, college, an illegitimate ...

In this short and witty novella, Jake traverses a treacherous path between heaven and hell to reunite with his beloved Bernadette. A vacation celebrating their Silver Anniversary goes very wrong, and so the bizarre journey begins. Jake’s premature death is the catalyst for this comical, suspenseful, and thrilling page-turner. Love is the fuel that empowers his resolute stubbornness. “The Last Train” is a romantic comedy with a symphony of twists that defy an accurate genre classification. ...

A country boy's life is devastated when his family abruptly uproot to London giving no satisfactory explanation, a mystery he agonises over and must try to solve. Small for his age and in fear of his moody, tyrannical father, he struggles to come to terms with life in the big city. Then he discovers the glorious game. Could this be his path to deliverance? / / "Compelling - I couldn't stop turning the pages." Chris Stewart (author of 'Driving Over Lemons'.) / / "Beautifully written, perfec...

When opposites attract, will their differences ruin their chance at true love? Anna is independent to the core. Her Seattle tech firm is the perfect place for her to hide her shyness with a tough, brilliant exterior. But when she develops surprising feelings for a closed-off coworker, she may have to risk stopping her solo act to take a giant leap toward commitment. Ruth is all brains and business, and she imagines a partner who’s exactly the same. But when the mistakes of...

The book is a largely unprecedented inter-disciplinary collaboration between archaeology, anthropology, and literary studies, although it touches on philosophy and religious studies, too. It explores the creative ways that altered states of consciousness play in culture and the arts, whether these states are induced though rituals like the trance dance or meditation, or through the consumption of mind enhancing substances.The author explores altered states of consciousness present ...

A father’s legacy. A son’s burden. Is keeping a promise worth endangering the woman he loves?Jonah’s perilous pledge could be what ends him. In upholding his dad’s dying wish, he commits to continuing the cutting-edge research that concluded with murder. But with the killers still at large, he may not live long enough to see the promise through…Holly has loved Jonah from the start. When he becomes the next target of a deadly plot, she realizes that being together means a li...

One doomed planet. One skilled salesman. One shot at salvation. In the Earth's final days, John Smith must sell the planet so the rest of us can move on. With a thousand generations of used-car salesmen in his blood, he's more than a match for every race in the galaxy save one—the one that just happened to walk in the door.Richard Alan Dickson, author of "Doom Cows from Outer Space," returns with a wacky misadventure set in a future where alien races are common and planets can be b...

She’s running to safety. He’s running from loss. Will their love overcome their fear? Megan has been hugely successful in everything but her personal life. And after the brilliant woman’s latest dysfunctional relationship turns sour, she takes refuge at her sister’s place in Seattle. In a constant battle against her emotions, she loses ground to her heart when she develops a crush on a single father… Marvin’s one goal is to protect his motherless kids. Terrified by the ris...

Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms explores the ways Irish and Scottish literatures have influenced each other from the 1760s onwards. Although an early form of Celticism disappeared with the demise of the Celtic Revivals of Ireland and Scotland, the 'Celtic world' and the 'Celtic temperament' remained key themes in central texts of Irish and Scottish literature well into the twentieth century. Richard Barlow examines the emergence, developmen...