Romancing the RainbowAn anthology of LGTBQIA+ Romance short stories.We see boy-meets-girl stories from the moment we can start paying attention, from history and mythology to famous novels and advertisements. And, for the people those stories are applicable to, they are lessons and templates for how a boy and girl can, should, or could, interact—even when fictitious and obviously untrue.But for those of us who do not fall easily into that boy/girl combination, there...

L'antologia I racconti del caffè raccoglie ogni anno i racconti premiati e segnalati del concorso Caffè Letterario Moak. Il volume della XVIII edizione, con i suoi sedici racconti, si connota per la varietà tematica con cui il caffè è stato narrato. Nello scorrere le pagine dell'antologia, nel veloce e cangiante mutare del tema, prendere il caffè in una casa di cura per malati di mente può alleviare quelle sofferenze che, all'esterno di quelle mur...

My uncle Eddie Parker, though he worked in engineering for most of his life, was a talented amateur artist with a keen interest in Shropshire history. After his death, his daughter Eve and I agreed to publish a book featuring his drawings of old Shrewsbury buildings, with historical background and some photographs, where appropriate, of the same sites as they are today. The main difference between this edition and the first edition is that the photographs are now in colour.This is v...

BIO-CODE: Das Erwachen der Vanes Wir schreiben das Jahr 2300. Die Menschheit hat den Kampf gegen Schmerz, Hunger und Mangel gewonnen – und dabei ihre Seele verloren. In der sterilen Metropole Aurelia regiert der "Kern", eine allmächtige KI, die jedes Bedürfnis stillt, bevor es entsteht. Hier ist das Leben perfekt, geruchlos und absolut bedeutungslos. +3 Silas Vane, ein Archivar für Relikte aus dem 21. Jahrhundert, führt ein Dasein als "Haustier" des Systems. Seine Welt gerät aus den Fugen,...

Inside this book are singing pets, zooming rides, surprising birthdays and parent-free zones. If this sounds like a whole bunch of fun, then Brilliant Bites for Boys is the book for you!This exciting collection of Bites from the much-loved series has been specially put together for boys.

Säsong 2, avsnitt 1 av SpindelhusetNioåriga Meralda och råttan Fillin trodde att de undkommit spindelmonstret Vävaren – tills hissen i deras nya hem stannar på den okända våning 13. Nu måste de lösa gåtor och besegra nya spindlar för att överleva.Spindelhuset är en läskig serie för barn i lågstadieåldern. Säsong 2 består av sex avsnitt.

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imi...

Science has brought us many benefits for our health, our understanding, and our quality of life in all sorts of positive ways. We are all the better for it. But there is also a darker side when science reaches into the shadows. It claims that a fuller knowledge would benefit everyone, it must investigate. But, let’s be honest, some in science have lost their true calling and their ideas and notions come from these darker impulses. Their thoughts become muddled, their path more for themselv...