The Upending of America's Quality of Life: How Twisted Truths Have Become the People's Burden is a 15,000 word Expository Essay write by the acclaimed author, Ervin (Earl) Cobb.The essay was globally published in August 2026 and can be found wherever quality books are sold.This special Expository Essay is intended to simply explain, illustrate, and clarify a "major" political and social dilemma that America, as a whole, is facing during this early part of the 21st ...

Glenn, a college sophomore, has a Sociology 102 paper that requires spending time with an unfamiliar group or culture. Luckily, two hot girls from his class have the same idea: Attend the university’s game club to get reaction material for their papers.A creepy game moderator shows up, ready to start a game of Monsters, Maces and Magic. Glenn doesn’t fret over the GM’s disturbing vibe, figuring it’ll lead to potential fodder for his paper.Moments after rolling up his characte...

The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard is a landmark work of heroic fantasy and the first published story to feature Conan as king of Aquilonia. Combining political intrigue, dark sorcery, and thrilling action, this classic tale helped define the sword-and-sorcery genre and established many of the themes that would become hallmarks of Howard's legendary fiction. The story finds Conan ruling a powerful kingdom, yet his greatest challenges come not from distant enemies but from threats...

Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. Howard is a thrilling sword-and-sorcery adventure featuring Conan the Cimmerian in a tense and atmospheric tale of survival, danger, and deadly intrigue. Blending fast-paced action with eerie mystery, the story showcases Howard's ability to create vivid worlds filled with peril, suspense, and unforgettable encounters. The narrative follows Conan and a companion as they flee from powerful enemies and seek refuge in a strange and seemingly abandoned coas...

Black Colossus by Robert E. Howard is a powerful tale of heroic fantasy featuring Conan the Cimmerian in a grand conflict of prophecy, war, and dark sorcery. Set in a world of ancient kingdoms and looming supernatural threats, the story showcases Howard's signature blend of fast-paced action, atmospheric world-building, and larger-than-life heroism. The narrative begins with an empire threatened by invasion and chaos, while mysterious forces and ancient prophecies stir beneath the surface ...

The Nation On No Map uses Black anarchism as a tool of survival in an age of crisis. Picking up where his co-authored debut As Black As Resistance left off, Anderson rejects nationalism, the State, and citizenship as avenues to achieve liberation. He issues a bold case for prioritizing basic survival as social and environmental conditions grow worse and global disasters abound. In order to overcome oppression, he says, people will have to first overcome certain barriers t...

In Queen of the Black Coast, Conan joins with Belit, the magnificent pirate queen, whose fathers were the kings of Askalon! There is a frightening conflict with a monster winged ape before the sorrowful passing of the Queen of the Black Coast.

Dawn of An Era of Well-Being does not offer a forecast. It respects the saying, "The future is not to be predicted, but created." Humankind is facing monumental challenges—the sustainability of our natural resources, climate change, wealth inequalities, breakdowns in social structures, the impact of artificial intelligence, and of course the threat of pandemics. What we need to understand is that with each of these challenges is an opportunity to create a better future for our Earth. But f...

The untimely death of St. Louis Kingpin, King David, has left a vacuum in the underworld. He leaves behind his vast empire to his surviving heirs, David Jr. and Davita. Born barely one year apart, they were raised in very different worlds.David Jr. is college educated. His mother always pushed him to do the best he could so he could one day legitimize and run the East St. Louis crime family. She thinks she’s above and beyond the game. All she wants is the money that she believes she...

Two earnest scholars who study human consciousness spend six days in a conversation spanning their areas of knowledge in science, philosophy, and metaphysics to question whether our profound ecological crisis, unique in the life of our planet in its potential for loss of biodiversity and the possibility of actual extinction of our species, can be rectified.

This collection contains all of Ervin's published short stories to date. It includes tales of science fiction, horror, mystery, suspense and inspiration. "The Scene of My Second Murder" relays the tale of a wretched man seeking forgiveness while confronting revenge from beyond the grave. "Tethered in Purgatory" tells of a trapped soul's struggle to escape its cryogenically frozen body and reach heaven. In "Drug Dogs" a falsely accused student learns you can't always trust those who should ...

'A powerful – even startling – book that challenges the shibboleths of 'white' anarchism'. Its analysis of police violence and the threat of fascism are as important now as they were at the end of the 1970s. Perhaps more so' - Peter James Hudson, Black Agenda ReportAnarchism and the Black Revolution first connected Black radical thought to anarchist theory in 1979. Now amidst a rising tide of Black political organizing, this foundational classic written by a key f...