Desperate for a break after losing his job, Cash and his materialistic girlfriend, Lin, escape to a cabin in the misty Pacific Northwest. But when Lin’s jewelry goes missing, they awaken the wrath of an ancient, greedy Goblin. Now, Cash and his friends must capture the creature and baptize it in holy water before the curse devours them all.

The tie that binds all Americans, regardless of their demographic background, is faith in the American system of government. This faith manifests as a form of civil, or secular, religion with its own core documents, creeds, oaths, ceremonies, and even individuals. In The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion: Symbols, Sinners, and Saints, contributors seek to examine some of those core elements of American faith by exploring the proverbial saints, sinners and dominant symbols of the American...

Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguistic prehistory, early forms of exchange, mitochondrial DNA studies, and rock art. This work is the most extensive study of California's prehistory undertaken in the past 20 years. An essential resource for any scholar of California prehistory and archaeology!

GFL star Quentin Barnes is an orphan born into a culture that prizes family connections above all. He spent his youth struggling with poverty. When he signed his deal with the Ionath Krakens and became rich, one of the first things he did was hire a private detective to find out if his family is still alive.THE DETECTIVE is the story of that search, as seen through the eyes of Frederico Esteban Guissepe Gonzaga — a.k.a. “Fred,” a master of disguise and a truly dangerous human. But ...

The Lorelei has gone and Barnabas and Quentin are missing, presumed dead. As Willie attempts to protect Maggie, Angelique begins to uncover the truth about Barnabas and Quentin’s fate. But a powerful force is waiting in the wings...

The Lorelei has gone and Barnabas and Quentin are missing, presumed dead. As Willie attempts to protect Maggie, Angelique begins to uncover the truth about Barnabas and Quentin’s fate. But a powerful force is waiting in the wings...

The Lorelei has gone and Barnabas and Quentin are missing, presumed dead. As Willie attempts to protect Maggie, Angelique begins to uncover the truth about Barnabas and Quentin’s fate. But a powerful force is waiting in the wings...

The Lorelei has gone and Barnabas and Quentin are missing, presumed dead. As Willie attempts to protect Maggie, Angelique begins to uncover the truth about Barnabas and Quentin’s fate. But a powerful force is waiting in the wings...

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...