If you were dreaming right now, would you realize it? Between surreal creatures, endless nightmares, and violence that may not be what it seems, this anthology blurs the line between reality and fantasy.Featuring stories by Sirius, Nicole Duffeck, Aaron Lebold, Alice Lorentino, P.N. Harrison, Andrew Darlington, Charles Stott, Justin Samuels, Fariel Shafee, Zazie Kanwar-Torge, A.R.I. Hemmings, Wendy Wheeler, Paul Lewthwaite, Jack Feerick, J.G. McGrath, Holly Horror, Nenad Mitrovich,...

**2023 SPLATTERPUNK AWARD WINNER - SHORT STORY (Stephen Kozeniewski)****2023 SPLATTERPUNK AWARD NOMINATED** (Anthology)Dive deep into depravity and submerge yourself in 15 waterlogged stories that will leave you wet, delusional & deranged.Featuring new stories from:- Gerard Houarner- Christine Morgan- Wile E. Young- Stephen Kozeniewski- Jonathan Butcher- Robert Essig- Lucas Milliron

NOT FOR POETS ONLY! This is a book on writing unlike any you have ever read: Part manifesto, part love letter, part confession, this little volume distills lessons learned from 25 years as a writer, editor, and teacher — and serves them up in a singular voice, with no hype and no nonsense. No matter what kind of writer you are, no matter what kind of work you make, the sixty minutes or so that you invest in reading DREAMING ON THE CLOCK will make it better.

Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada—a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation. On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student. Overprotected by her parents who discouraged her from telling of the attack, Aspen was confused and ashamed. Dealing with a problem that has sadly become all too common on college campuses around the country, she stumbled th...

An Amazon-Kindle Bestseller: "ALL ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS ARE ACHIEVEMENTS UNTO THEMSELVES"Whether you're a published author experiencing writer's block, a first-time novelist grappling with a debut, or a lover of literature who wants to gain insight into what it takes to write a good book, this inspiring tutorial will help keep the juices flowing, and demystify the creative process at the same time.

From the award-winning author of The Eyes Are the Best Part, praised by The New York Times Book Review as “violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original,” a provocative journey into a perilous world of voyeurism, scandal, female rage, and vengeance . . . pursued with a very sharp kitchen knife.Molka: an abbreviation of molrae-kamera*, a “sneaky camera” hidden to capture covert images and videos for voyeurs.*In an unassuming Seoul w...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn?The Fifty Ways to Teach Them series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook,...

From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes the Bram Stoker Award- and International Horror Guild award-winning collection The Nightmare Chronicles -- packed with spine-tingling tales of dark mystery, supernatural thrills and twisted horror that "can chill the spine so effectively the reader should keep paramedics on standby, " says bestselling author Dean Koontz.“Clegg brings his stories together with a chilling fictive conceit.......

Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women's shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she offers a diverse and highly engaging set of readings. The Wave in the Mind includes some of Le Guin's finest literary criticism, rare autobiographical writings, performance art pieces, and, most centrally, her reflections on the arts of writing and reading.

**“Ingeniously twisted.” —Entertainment Weekly, “Must List”“Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing.” —CrimeReads"[Jeong] maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end.” —The Wall Street JournalFinalist for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s “Summer Reads” Book ClubThe Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling ...

**A stunning masterclass on the creative process, the craft of writing, and the art of finding inspiration from Stephen King, Elizabeth Gilbert, Amy Tan, Khaled Hosseini, Roxane Gay, Neil Gaiman, and more of the most acclaimed writers at work today"For artists in need of a creative fix, Light the Dark is as good as a visit from the divine muse." -Bookpage**What inspires you? That's the simple, but profound question posed to forty-six renowned authors in LI...

How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds -- forges a new path for creativity and joy in our impatient ageLife is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, o...