Abigail Aldean was once a lady of high standing, but the fall of her house has left her at the mercy of the cruel Samuel Ashford. Now, she is nothing more than a prize to be won in the blood-soaked sands of the Iron Pit. Stripped of her dignity and forced to wear a collar, she must watch as men fight for the right to claim her. Winston Lockwood is a man of iron and shadow, an unconquered warrior who dominates the arena with brutal efficiency. He has no room for mercy, yet the sight of the ...

There was one detail the holy scriptures never told you:In this universe, everything you thought was evil turned out to be innocent. And everything you thought was good… wasn’t. Especially God.Holy Irony is an epic black comedy feast about a narcissistic God, his archangels who constantly question his absurd demands, prophets who fight like WWE wrestlers and throw ninja spinning heel kicks, and the chaos behind the scenes of every sacred text you know. It will turn everythi...

What happens when God, archangels, demons, aliens, and the Anunnaki collide in the same universe?This postmodern mythology novel is set in a unique world inspired by Christian cosmology. The story follows the archangels—Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Sariel, Uriel, Remiel, Raguel, and of course Lucifer—as they question God, trade barbs among themselves, and unwittingly turn the cosmic order upside down in hilariously unexpected ways. Told with sharp wit and playful irony, the novel bre...

The PCT’s #1 Guide for More Than 50 YearsFirst published in 1973, The Pacific Crest Trail, Vol. 1, California quickly established itself as the book trekkers could not do without. Now thoroughly updated and redesigned, Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California starts at the Mexican border and guides you to Yosemite’s beautiful backcountry. It winds past deserts, scales high peaks, and cools off in Sierra lakes.Let PCT gurus Laura Randall, B...

A polyamorous black man explores the intersections of racism and polyamory and their impact on people of color navigating an already misunderstood lifestyle.The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying “not to see race” only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must ...

A polyamorous black man explores the intersections of racism and polyamory and their impact on people of color navigating an already misunderstood lifestyle.The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying “not to see race” only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must ...

Hekate and Diana. Odin and Apollo. Freyja and the Witch-Lord. Eternal Haunted Summer was born in the late summer of 2009. It was created as a place where Pagans and polytheists and witches (and non-Pagans with a love of the old myths) could feature their short stories and poems and essays with those of a like mind and similar beliefs and practices. EHS has grown steadily over the years, due entirely to the wonderful contributors whose works fill its digital pages. Without their creativity ...

Editorials published in Volume 66 of The Dial magazine, a fortnightly political and literary review. The source available to us features issues from January 11 to June 28, 1919. This volume illustrates the pacifist and socialist viewpoint of Martyn Johnson and the magazine's staff. The magazine experience financial troubles in 1919 and was sold later that year. The magazine was re-directed by its new investors in a direction that was essentially literary in nature and it is this 're-creati...