The world of power is turning to ice... and when its keeper, the great Amadis Yeda disappears, armies of magic begin to war, creatures of darkness come into the light, gods walk among men, nations plunge into chaos, and the lives of four friends are changed forever:Kris, a warrior who struggles not to kill every man, woman and child he meets, is sent to stop the new tyrant, Aerath, from turning the world to ice.Thisian, a man who loves only gold, women and himself, takes ad...

With their dying breath, the Prae'surlas would breathe glory to their god. But their god is dead, their usurper defeated, their sanctuary desecrated, and their homes burned beneath a demon's flame. Godless and lost, the Prae'surlas are a broken people and they are about to be invaded by the Fureath'i hordes. The barbarians of Furea march with the sole desire to burn every last Prae'surlas to cinder and ash, but Surlas is a land of Demi-gods who stand ready to defend, Demi-gods such as the ...

Moi'dan the Masked once ruled half the world, in a time when the gods had been slain and all magic banished with them. When the heavens were breached to create a new age of gods, Moi'dan was betrayed and destroyed, but did not die. His life was fractured into nine lesser lives, and his masks of power lost.Amadis has always been more than a Powerborn and less than a god. He is the fractured memory of Moi'dan, and he will do anything to return to that power. But whenever a tyrant see...

In the first Season of Birth, life was created without death and twelve immortals were born. They were the Weapons, and when the Seasons turned, from Birth to Growth, from Decay to Death, the world died and the Weapons remained.In the second Season of Birth, the world was reborn and blessed with mortal life who worshipped the Weapons as gods, crafting the world to their glory. Each new Cycle saw more life born and reborn only to become subject to the Weapons' will, only to be given...

The Rat God is a short horror story. Albert Gompertz is a pest exterminator, specialising in the capture of rodents. He takes a sick and twisted pleasure from torturing his prey, doing all he can to prolong their suffering before he adds their dead bodies to his trophy collection.This has not gone unnoticed and the rats have turned to a higher power for help. Albert Gompertz will soon face the wrath of their prayers, a creature summoned from the ether by the desperate cries of the ...

When the dead came back to life to attack the living, humanity was not prepared. Faced with an impossible situation, the government and leaders quickly abandoned their posts. Civilisation crumbled and the undead feasted.A lone survivor travels across the countryside, fighting to stay alive day by day. But the clock is ticking. It won't be long before he turns blind, a genetic abnormality passed down from his father and his grandfather before him. He must find somewhere safe to surv...

A lifetime buried in the mud, a shadow haunting your past, a creature built from offered scraps – there is something lurking in the dark! In this new collection, 15 writers explore the many shapes that darkness can take, from the monstrous to the stark realities of loss and heartbreak. In tales that embrace both the mundane and the supernatural, nothing is impossible, and realities can be shattered and rebuilt for those willing to dare.With stories by Chase Anderson, Die Booth, Tab...

What lies beyond the portals of our reality – and what would lead you through them?In the newest Sans. PRESS anthology, 15 writers take on what it means to step into chaos! From parallel universes to magical encounters, from the heartbreak of unbending reality to the mayhem of the end of times, these stories will take readers on a wild adventure, and look into what it truly means to embrace the unknown, and to find joy in the strangest of places.Wi...

Municipal City: the only place on earth where you can be anyone. Anyone from your favourite movies, books, tv shows, comics, video games or any cult media you can imagine. This is not virtual reality. This is real. Tina Lockhart arrives at the City to do exactly that, and is willing to pay any price to get in, willing to take the Elixir drug she needs just to breathe the air, and willing to kill, and risk being killed, just to survive.Municipal City: the only place on earth where yo...

Municipal City: the only place on earth where you can be anyone. Anyone from your favourite movies, books, tv shows, comics, video games or any cult media you can imagine. This is not virtual reality. This is real. Tina Lockhart arrives at the City to do exactly that, and is willing to pay any price to get in, willing to take the Elixir drug she needs just to breathe the air, and willing to kill, and risk being killed, just to survive. Municipal City: the only place on earth where you can ...

In a world where a child's fate is often determined by the arbitrary circumstances of their birth, International Migration of Children for a Better Life challenges the legal status quo. The book advances a dramatically different vision of children's relationship to nations and to the international legal order, one that provides theoretical grounding for a right of children to escape life-threatening circumstances, rather than waiting for change in their home environment. By offeri...

In Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice, James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters examine homeschooling’s history, its methods, and the fundamental questions at the root of the heated debate over whether and how the state should oversee and regulate it. The authors trace the evolution of homeschooling and the law relating to it from before America’s founding to the present day. In the process they analyze the many arguments made for and against it, and s...