Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

Welcome, foolish mortals, to Disney Press' spookiest chapter book series yet: Tales from the Haunted Mansion! Based on the attractions from the Disney Parks, each new book tells the story of one of the Haunted Mansion's 999 ghosts. With eerie illustrations throughout and a beautiful three-piece cloth cover, the books are designed to look like they came straight from the library in the Haunted Mansion. Tales from the Haunted Mansion is a fun, spooky ride, just like the attraction from the D...

Tales from the Haunted Mansion, Volume III: Grim Grinning Ghosts As told by mansion librarian Amicus Arcane The eerie Amicus Arcane has returned from beyond the grave to share more spooky stories from inside the Haunted Mansion. What frightening fictions does this once-living librarian hold in store? And will you, foolish reader, be brave enough to listen to them all without going mad...or dying from fright? Join Phineas, Ezra, and Gus—otherwise known as the Hitchhiking Ghosts—as they vent...

The Haunted Mansion's resident librarian, Amicus Arcane, has returned with another set of spooky stories to share. Follow along with him as he tells new terrifying tales while leading the Mansion's newest visitor to a secret seance with the mysterious Madame Leota.

DESCRIPTION:Everyone has a particular physical appearance they're attracted to. Some like dark hair, dark eyes; some taller than they, equal or shorter. Why would a tiny little girl, a cheerleader under five feet and a hundred pounds get all squirmy when she sees a really big guy. This football center is over six feet and two hundred pounds with muscles like a weightlifter. What could the real attraction be?EXCERPT:Sex. I like sex. It doesn't have to be all the way se...

DESCRIPTION:A grown woman goes back to her hometown and looks back to her time in high school when she was a loner, nerd, wallflower and virgin. She remembers the night that changed her life when a strange biker came roaring into town, whisked her away from the group of girls she hung with and made love to her beneath the stars. He saw in her something she didn't see and captures it in a photograph.EXCERPT:I dressed young that night, not sure why, felt like it. Thick ...

Harvest moon: a time of rejoicing after the crops have been harvested and the wood stored for the long winter ahead. At a harvest moon dance, a boy watches a spirited girl dancing and his life is forever changed by her grace and form. Afraid to ask her for a dance, he watches glumly as she dances away the night in the arms of others. The next year, he vows, will be different…EXCERPT:When I was a boy my father explained that the moon was full and that was how we determined th...

A walk in the mall leads to an unforgettable romantic encounter. Two people meet in the strangest way, learn about each other, know each other, the good and bad things leading to a May-December relationship with emotional highs and lows. The onset of adulthood inevitably brings the dawning awareness and the struggle to put it into proper perspective with internalized values For Tamara, the final passage into womanhood brings joy, not guilt; pleasure, not shame. For him, salvation.E...

A lovely young Mexican girl brought into the US by Coyotes paid for by her mother, finds herself confined to a small house because she has no papers. How can she survive; how can she live? Of all that she was in her small village before, all that remains now is her virtue and pride, She has no place or status in this strange new country. Would she exchange her soul for a chance to live again?EXCERPT:I thought for a moment and turned to Juanita. "I know this is not easy for y...

Jodie's nostril's flared as a scent made its way into her senses–spicy–masculine! What? She started to swing around to her left as a dark shadow crossed her vision and a hand, a soft leather gloved hand, covered her mouth squelching a scream still in her throat. In panic she saw a tanned arm covered with light golden hairs come around from behind, circle her waist and pin her arms to her sides.EXCERPT:"No! I won't!"She struggled against him but he held her up, reache...

An artist travels to a remote but beloved spring to sketch the river and its verdant surrounds when he meets a lovely creature in sparkling pastel gauze wearing a crown of flowers who unexpectedly dances for him. Is it the heat or her allure? He has to have her. Together, they share something magical, something that transcends the marks on his sketchpad, an incendiary lust, that bind them forever.EXCERPT:"I knew it!"The sharp high pitched female voice startled me int...