After narrowly escaping a fight against a giant orc shaman, Silas must continue collecting the last two shard pieces of the broken dungeon core to prevent the goddess core from dying.But things are different now—he has no party. As he mourns the separation of his other half, Jezz, he swears to not only find her but to also complete his mission as the sole hero of Senterra, and give his people the freedom they deserve.This will be no easy task, especially si...

Fighting the fae council came with a few drawbacks Silas didn't expect.While he was able to secure the second shield shard, Rufian left him a parting gift that was both petty and precarious. With the clock to save Thalian winding down, Silas must assemble forces from the goblin, fae, and orc territories to secure the last shard nestled within the Dragon Conclave.He is going to need all the help he can get to save the crystal-core goddess from exploding and ...

High school senior Silas Bruer is at his last licks of patience with his terrible and painfully underwhelming life.He is pummeled at school, his girlfriend dumps him, and his piss-poor excuse of a father sends him out on an errand late at night that gets him a stalker on his tail.To make matters worse, the stalker has a vendetta against him, one that leaves Silas mutilated in an alleyway by a dumpster and a half-eaten pizza from Antonio's Pizza Parlor....

I'm ancient for a hockey player. Broody as they come.I wasn't always like that, I had love once, but it was ripped away in the blink of an eye.Now all I want in life is to play the game I love and to be left alone.Until I met the team's new photographer.I did my best to avoid her. She was too young for me. There was just something about her that called to me.I'm not sure I can let go of my past, even if it means a future I never thought possible....

Time travel is one of the staples of science fiction, right up there with aliens, space opera, and robots. Most science fiction authors have written at least one time travel story. This collection samples some of the best.TIME OUT, by Edward M. LernerTHESE STONES WILL REMEMBER, by Reginald BretnorPROJECT MASTODON, by Clifford D. Simak12:01 P.M., by Richard A. LupoffTIME CONSIDERED AS A SERIES OF THERMITE BURNS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, by Damien Broderick

In this latest edition of THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY you will find cutting-edge stories by such authors as Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Alison Littlewood, Graham Masterton, Michael Marshall Smith, Damien Angelica Walters, Reggie Oliver and Than Niveau, amongst many others. You'll also find the usual Introduction: Horror in 2018 and Necrology of those who have left us.

F. Cornilliat, «On Sound Effects in Rabelais (Part II)»; F. Tinguely, «L’Alter Sensus des turqueries de Panurge»; J. Helgeson, « “Ce que j’entends par ces symboles pythagoricques”: Rabelais on meaning and intention»; F. Rouget, «Rabelais lecteur de Castiglione et de Machiavel à Thélème (Gargantua, Chap. 52-57)»; S. Geonget, «Rabelais, son coq et ses gelines: la basse cour d’Ulrich Gallet»; D. Dard, «Index des œuvres de Rabelais dans les quarante premiers volumes des études rabelaisiennes»....

Nine energy healing experts share guided practices for self-care, spiritual exploration, and personal transformation.Taking care of our energetic well-being is just as vital as caring for our bodies and minds. Today, research shows just how effective traditional energy healing practices can be, especially as a complement to conventional medicine. With Discover Energy Healing, you’ll have a diverse tool kit of essential wisdom and guided practices from some...

Roads have been around for centuries, allowing mankind a convenient path to arrive at their destination—be it a lengthy vacation getaway with family or merely to their own inviting home after an exhausting day at work. These roadway treks can bring with them a lifetime of memories.But not all memories are good. And some things are best left forgotten.Join our storytellers as they share the morbid, woeful, and disturbing outcomes of an otherwise normal commute, as we watch e...

While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman’s Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls takes into view the depiction of the villains and their lives, arguing that they often function as proxies for larger societal and philosophical themes. Approaching Gotham’s villains from a number of disciplinary backgrounds, the essays in this collection highlight how the villains’ multifaceted backgrounds, experie...

With over 520 million followers, Buddhism is now the world's fourth largest religion. Over the last seventy years or so there has been a growing interest in Buddhism, and it continues to capture the imagination of many in the West, who see it as either an alternative or a supplement to their own religious beliefs.For complex cultural and historical reasons, ethics has not received as much attention in traditional Buddhist thought as it has in the West. In this Very Short Introd...

El estudio de la biodiversidad marina se está convirtiendo no solo en una actividad académica que ayuda a conocer en mayor detalle las faunas y floras, sino en una urgencia social dada nuestra dependencia de los recursos naturales para poder mantener un nivel de vida aceptable. La llamada "crisis de la biodiversidad", que resulta del uso indiscriminado de los servicios ambientales que nos provee la naturaleza, en el fondo refleja la gran preocupación de múltiples sectores sobre el poco pro...