Born Under a Stump is a biography of Bill Hulet, a legendary bear hunter. Working for various timber concerns, he thinned the black bear who ruined thousands of young trees on the Olympic Peninsula tree farms in Washington State. He quite possibly killed more bear than anyone who ever lived. His life also embraced the era of old growth logging.

Doug, a ‘burned out’ and disillusioned psychotherapist, seeks serenity, peace and self-awareness by walking his favorite pier in order to sort out his painful experiences and make sense of his life. While on his walks, he is approached by unsolicited clients who seek his help. Walks Along the Pier is a series of fictional psychological case studies in the literary tradition of Linder, Viscott, Sigmund Freud and many others. Cynical, irreverent, often hilarious and always insightful, Walks ...

Join us on a pumpkin spiced, ghost-riddled, spooky journey amongst the imaginations of fifteen horrifyingly excellent indie authors. Let them take you on a candle-lit journey through the minds of the depraved, departed and desperate as they treat you to their haunting tales. Lock the doors, close the curtains and don’t turn off the light!

A collection of poems about life as a teenager, living in the north woods during the 1970s that recapture some of the joy and pain of growing up in the small north Idaho logging town of Priest River.

A newcomer has arrived in a small Welsh seaside town - a one-armed Liverpudlian. Seeking to rebuild his life, if not his body, he is attempting to lead a life here unlike any he's lived before: a normal one - shopping, gardening, signing on, visiting friends, all the usual diurnal activities.Over a hundred miles to the north, however, two men in shellsuits are leaving Liverpool, heading south in a rickety old car. They have been sent by their gang-boss to wreak terrible, violent re...

The world is weird. If any proof was needed, the first few months of 2020 provided it. But did we need proof? Didn't we already know that you only have to scratch the surface to see the weirdness beneath? Sometimes it oozes out, suppurates, infects; sometimes it leaps out, takes root and blossoms.We get used to it, carry on as if it wasn't there. But we have it inside us - we are weird. What you see as normal is just the mosaic of abnormality that you experienced last week...

Motivated by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, champion swimmer Lee "Stump" Kelley is hell bent on becoming a Marine. Waylaid by a silver-tongued Navy recruiter he becomes a frogman instead. After blowing up under water obstructions all over the Pacific, at Tacloban he loses the first of his best friends in a gruesome explosion. A month later he loses the second in a freak encounter with a giant hammerhead shark at Manila Bay. Moving on to Okinawa with what's left of his frogman team, he s...

Sometimes nothing’s more puzzling than the truth.Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes-Cavanaugh thinks she’s worked her last case before her baby is born…Right up until a man covered in blood walks into her law firm.He claims he doesn’t know how the blood got there or who it belongs to. He’s desperate for Nicole’s help.But with her license still under probation and her baby due soon, Nicole’s not sure how much she’s willing to risk, especially when his ca...

Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction offers a clear and engaging overview of the major ideas, figures, and movements that have shaped Christian theology from the early Church to the present day. Now in its third edition, this accessible and engaging book introduces readers to the historical development of Christian thought, emphasizing how theology has been shaped by—and has responded to—changing cultural, philosophical, and political contexts.This new edition feat...

From Kent's Green Fields to Australia's Premier Pitches: One Umpire's Revolutionary JourneyA cricket-mad Australian is living in England when he trades his playing whites for an umpire's coat.For the next six years, he has the best seat in the house, umpiring matches at some of the world's most picturesque cricket grounds in Kent and Sussex.But it's his return to Australia that bowls him a googly.Captivated by the skill and talent of the wor...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEIn a small, sleepy town, a mediocre witch, in a mediocre marriage, tries to pass on her gifts to her twin daughters, who, it becomes immediately apparent, have skills far beyond her own."The Witch is classic NDiaye. Taut, spellbinding and strange, it unfolds with the disturbed logic of a fever dream." —The New York Times"The Witch is Marie NDiaye at her most dazzling. In this simple, startlin...

Seventeen-year-old Ozzy has a super-hot girlfriend who's ready to take their relationship to the next level. Tonight. At the lake.But a missing condom scuttles his plans for seduction. Furious, Ozzy takes his girlfriend home and drives off—into the path of an oncoming truck. He wakes up with both legs amputated above the knees.When his girlfriend runs out gagging after one look at him, Ozzy knows he's a hideous freak. He's convinced he's blown any chance of having a real re...