The Absurdist’s Field Guide to Everything and Nothing is a book that promises everything, explains nothing, and delivers precisely what it intends: a gloriously useless, wildly entertaining poetic atlas of the absurd. This is not a guide in any conventional sense. It is a compass that spins without direction, pointing toward sock rebellions, spoon elopements, and the sacred ambiguity of lint. It offers a taxonomy of nonsense for the existentially curious, a survival manual for those who su...

This book is a wound that laughs. It is a collection of poems that grin through broken teeth, raise a chipped glass to the apocalypse, and sip a bitter vintage with unnerving delight. Here, satire is not a polite smirk or a knowing wink—it is a scalpel. Sharp. Precise. Unflinching. These verses do not soothe, nor do they seek to. They are not balm, nor the opposite of balm. They are the smoke that lingers after the blaze, the ash that sketches the outline of what once stood, the echo of a ...

I am an old man now; the burden of fourscore years is resting upon me. But the events of a certain April day in the year 783 A.U.C.—full half a century ago—are as fresh in my memory as if they had happened yesterday. At that time I was stationed with my Hundred on garrison duty at the Castle of Antonia, in Jerusalem. I had been ordered to take charge of the execution of a malefactor who had just been sentenced to death. Accordingly, on the morning of the day mentioned, I selected twelve of...

A Spoonful of Nonsense Helps the Ennui Go Down is a poetic tonic for the beautifully bored, the philosophically exhausted, and anyone who has ever stared into the void and wished it would wink back. This collection offers lyrical absurdity as an antidote to existential heaviness—each poem a playful jab at meaninglessness, a mischievous grin aimed directly at the grey fog of modern malaise. Here, socks elope with spoons, drawers unfold into metaphysical labyrinths, and melancholy is treated...

The Emperor’s New Metaphors is a book for readers who have peered through the shimmering veil of poetic pretence and discovered satire smirking beneath the silk. This is a collection that parades its pageantry with nothing on—each poem a cheeky twist on vanity, illusion, and the irresistible human urge to sound profound even when we’re secretly dressed in nonsense. These verses strut, preen, and occasionally trip over their own enjambment, daring you to applaud the invisible cloak of metap...

"Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach, the 19 stories in this new best-of annual anthology feature episodes of graphic gore and violence--including torture, dismemberment, self-mutilation, and home abortion--that are designed to push buttons as well as boundaries...strictly for hardcore horror fans." --Publishers WeeklyExcerpt from the Introduction:Editors Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax put the call out to horror writers and editors of...

**An epic comedy about the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west: A “spiritual journey” full of “fun, joy, love, courage and compassion” (**Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers) from the author of the perennial cult bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K.A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith...

He's an alien-human hybrid with an attitude. And he's Earth's last line of defense.Canis Borg is part human, part alien, and all attitude. When Alien Special Affairs intercepts information about an extraterrestrial vessel on a crash course with Earth, Canis and his partner Sam Muraty are sent to investigate. Along the way, they uncover a plot to steal the alien technology when it crashes in the desert. They will have to navigate the alien underworld, defeat a secre...

Step into a world where whimsy walks on two legs, ears twitch at the faintest whisper, and every tale dances to the rhythm of verse. Happy Humphrey’s Adventures in Verse invites readers of all ages to journey alongside one of the most unforgettable characters ever to wander the edge of ordinary life.Humphrey is not your typical hero—mostly because he isn’t typical at all. With a face reminiscent of a cheerful hippopotamus, tall ears that seem part rabbit and part donkey, a lion-lik...

We don’t always get to choose the path we’ll take...Having been separated from family and loved ones, Sivino Spallic and his companions continue their perilous journey south, on a path that leads them to the war-ravaged realm of Rentorria. Despite receiving the mysterious sword from the Goddess Dahnu, Sivino feels entirely unprepared for the fate that awaits him.In the city of Orshos, King Doran Dunarrk learns that the forces invad...

The Absurdist’s Field Guide to Everything and Nothing is a book that promises everything, explains nothing, and delivers precisely what it intends: a gloriously useless, wildly entertaining poetic atlas of the absurd. This is not a guide in any conventional sense. It is a compass that spins without direction, pointing toward sock rebellions, spoon elopements, and the sacred ambiguity of lint. It offers a taxonomy of nonsense for the existentially curious, a survival manual for those who su...

This book is a wound that laughs. It is a collection of poems that grin through broken teeth, raise a chipped glass to the apocalypse, and sip a bitter vintage with unnerving delight. Here, satire is not a polite smirk or a knowing wink—it is a scalpel. Sharp. Precise. Unflinching. These verses do not soothe, nor do they seek to. They are not balm, nor the opposite of balm. They are the smoke that lingers after the blaze, the ash that sketches the outline of what once stood, the echo of a ...