The birth of prince Qualthalas Aeth’Akir was supposed to have been an auspicious occasion for the moon dwelling Sillistrael’li elves of Antiqua, an ancient world orbiting the giant blue sun of a binary star system. But, since his heralded arrival, the sole heir to the Moon Elven Dynasty has lived a far from princely life, developing, instead, a keen knack for trouble as he struggles to find purpose.In his sojourn through the kingdoms of the Mithrainian continent, Qual stumbles into...

Help Your Magic Burn Brighter with the History, Lore, and Uses of FireBring the passionate element of fire into your practice with this captivating entry in Llewellyn's Elements of Witchcraft series. Featuring spells, rituals, recipes, and folklore, Fire Magic shows you how to fully harness the flame and add new meaning and energy to your life.Join author Josephine Winter on an illuminating exploration of fire and its many uses in witchcraft. Disco...

A powerful sixth book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them. There is something for everyone in this one."Fever Dreams is the sixth volume in the non-themed horror series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horro...

This biography of ice cream entrepreneur Ed. F. Kruse (1928–2015) looks back on a life devoted to family, community, and building one of the most successful businesses in Texas.Starting at Blue Bell Creameries at the age of thirteen, Kruse held every position imaginable at the company, eventually becoming president and chief executive officer. Under his guidance, Blue Bell grew from a creamery serving the small communities around Brenham, Texas, to a nationally recognized brand.

The Animation Handbook is the guide to best practices for animation in digital product design. This audiobook uncovers the seven principles of bringing motion into user interface design and explains how animation is the bridge to telling better stories and engaging users in more human and intuitive ways.By bringing elements from our real world experiences into the virtual space, we can build greater trust in our products and better relationships with the people who use the...

A slow burn, chilling horror in a gorgeous edition. Ramsey Campbell always delivers...Coral and Allan Clarendon have just moved to the seaside town of Barnwall with their young son Dean. If an uncommon number of children have died unnaturally in Barnwall throughout history, surely Dean must be safe with his parents. Could their house be a source of peril? Allan and Coral seem to think so, since they call for an exorcism. Allan’s father Thom believes his wife is wro...

#1 Amazon Bestseller in Maritime History & PiracyThe players change. The stage stays the same.What if the most important forces in history aren't the generals, the ideologues, or the statesmen — but the narrow passages of water they're all fighting over?"A bad-boy history teacher who won't color inside the lines." — Tamim Ansary, author of Destiny DisruptedIn 3 Straits & A Ditch, Norm Coady traces four strategic passages — the Turkish Straits, Gibraltar, the...

New gothic horror from Bram Stoker Award winning author, and recent past President of the Horror Writers Association, John Palisano.Ava must fight an entity locked in on taking out the crew of the Eden, a moon-sized cemetery in space, as it brings back the souls of the dead buried aboard. One such soul is Ava’s lost love, Roland.The spirits of the interred on the Eden haunt those aboard, including a visiting musician is tasked with writing a new song for th...

Readers of Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show, Laird Barron’s The Croning or Steve Rasnic Tem’s Blood Kin will love this new Tim Waggoner chillerTwenty years ago, a cult attempted to create their own god: The Lord of the Feast. The god was a horrible, misbegotten thing, however, and the cultists killed the creature before it could come into its full power. The cultists trapped the pieces of their god inside mystic nightstones then w...

A mysterious, psychological thriller from the ever-enthralling Catherine Cavendish‘Fear her now, fear the queen,As in her stone she reigns supreme…’When Jonathan agrees to accompany his girlfriend, Nadia, on a trip to Landane, he imagines a short relaxing break in the countryside. But he quickly discovers that Nadia isn’t just drawn to the ancient Neolithic stone circle, she is obsessed by the megaliths. One in particular holds a f...

From Jon Bassoff, author of The Memory Ward, comes his shattering debut novel—equal parts Jim Thompson, Flannery O’Connor, and William FaulknerA mysterious Iraq War veteran with a horribly scarred face. A disturbed young man in a strange mountain town. A masked preacher with a terrible secret. Amidst a firestorm of violence, betrayal, and horror, three worlds will collide in an old mining shack buried deep in the mountains.Corrosion is an ...

For fans of Michelle Paver and Sarah Waters, the second in a quartet of exquisitely haunting ghost stories set in the wilds of Scotland.The Isle of Stroma, 1896. Tom Torrance has been sent to oversee the completion of a new lighthouse, which will guide ships through one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the United Kingdom. The construction so far has been plagued by difficulties, giving rise to superstitious whisperings amongst the men, but Tom i...