The Disappearance of Uncle Zacharius Bobbs: a tale of relative reality, showing the alarming consequences of scientific progress in our human endeavors; and how a foolhardy scientist could really wreak havoc in the best of all possible worlds. Then, without wanting to create controversy and discord, I offer Adam & Eve Revisited: a story based on the Bible. But in this case, God is not a primal white beard entity, but rather the god of Spinoza and then there's 8 more....Over the 40-y...

Five stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard; including one of his original novellas, The People of the Black Circle, an undisputed classic of the Conan saga.With 50 original illustrations by Robert Schoolcraft.

The Tower of the Elephant, first published in the March 1933 issue of Weird Tales. One of Howard's best stories about Conan the Cimmerian. Conan's meeting with the being in the tower is unusual to say the least. Conan's ability to empathize with this creature reveals once and for all that Conan is a barbarian, yes - but he has a good heart .... He had no idea what this unnatural entity could be, but without really knowing why the marks of his suffering were so terrible, so pathetic, that a...

A collection of these already published illustrated books:An Inglorious Voyage of DiscoveryOrimha the RockThe Pirate and the MonkMurder on a One-man Island

When Susann asked me to come along on this three-day sailing trip to Long Island Sound with her and Candra, I liked the idea so much I quickly said sure. But now I am simply relieved that all the lying, all the pretending, has finally come to an end.From the get-go I’ve seen how Susann was strong-willed, independent, and somewhat temperamental; at times, more than just a little. And I should’ve known from the get-go that her bad temper would lead to trouble. But I didn’t want to sp...

It all began when Teena came home late from mall-jamming. That was the night before the Beginning of the End of the World really all began. The Beginning of the End of the World all began the night before, really. Of course none of us knew it then. It’s only now, as I unscramble the events’ chronological order and jot down all that’s happened to my two sisters and me, do I fully understand that the Beginning of the End of the World really all began the night before. To be nit-picky, I gues...

Born in Montréal, Canada, the author worked first as a writer / illustrator for the newspaper LaPresse, Éditions Héritage and Les Editions Paulines before moving to New York and continuing for several years an international career as an author / illustrator / landscape and portrait painter for clients such as: Prentice Hall, Golden Books, Oxford University Press, Publications International, Municipal Police Institute of Boston and other clients in Canada, Europe, Australia and the United S...

A selection of the Robert Schoolcraft's artwork with words of wisdom from many nations throughout the ages.

All three parts of Jules Verne's master work with 75 illustrations: Stranded on the Mysterious Island, Cyrus Smith, Neb, Spilett, Pencroft and Herbert, endure bad weather and stay alive through multiple adventures; they even domesticate an orangutan —Master Jup. But there is a mystery on the island in the form of unseen and unexpected events which are responsible for Cyrus' survival after falling from the balloon, a mysterious rescue of Top from a dugong, the appearance of a box of supplie...

Jules Verne was the first, at least in France, to use the marvelous scientist as main character; an element of his story-telling that especially established his enormous success.Five Weeks in a Balloon launched Jules Verne in 1863 into a famous and well-respected career, writing prescient literature loved worldwide. This journey of discovery in Africa by three Englishmen —Doctor Ferguson, his friend Kennedy and his valet Joe— who undertake the crossing of the African Continent in a balloon...

A Collection of 260 Published Book Illustrations of Robert R. Schoolcraft;featuring works by Alphonse Daudet; Rudyard Kipling; Jack London; Guy de Maupassant; Eugene Sue; Mark Twain; and Voltaire

Beyond Lies the Wub, from Planet Stories July 1952. This was the eighth short story written by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. During a refueling, a ship embarks a Wub, animal resembling a large pig. Beyond the Door, from Fantastic Universe January 1954, Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing the price he would have to pay. Mr. Spaceship, from Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy, January 1953. A human brain-controlled spacecraft would mean mechanical...