Victor Frankenstein is the richest man on Earth. In 1994 he shocked the world by patenting a process for reanimating and controlling human cadavers. Twenty-five years later, his technology has transformed every aspect of society. Zombies drive cabs, serve tables, pick crops, police the streets, fight wars, and much more, their slightest motions coordinated by the iGor computer network. Dr. Frankenstein sits atop a vast corporate empire that reaches for the stars, while the poor survive by ...

One of the longest-lived communal societies in North America, the Hutterites have developed multifaceted communitarian perspectives on everything from conflict resolution and decision-making practices to standards of living and care for the elderly. This compellingly written book offers a glimpse into the complex and varied lives of the nearly 500 North American Hutterite communities.North American Hutterites today number around 50,000 and have common roots with and beliefs akin to...

YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD.Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never gone but never found. No one seems to notice the insanity surrounding them... or if they do, they keep it to themselves. After all, those who notice and call attention to it ten...

Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, so when a space opens up for a new team Kit doesn't want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends, Sandy and Thorn, they're ready to take on anything - mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure and most of all adventure!

The third in an action-packed new adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners! A multi-cast audiobook with sound effects and original music will bring the Dungeon alive!"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesKit thought he was ready for anything, but whe...

The fourth book in this action-packed adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood. Packed full with with sound effects, original music, and read by Adrian Gray, Kristin Atherton, and Max Dowler, young listeners will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!/b>"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, BITE!

ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE? It's time to fight or take flight!A multi-cast audiobook with SFX and original music, written by Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and illustrated Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton.Kit can hardly believe he's now a professional Dungeon Runner. With his teammates Sandy and Thorn, they set off to a city in the clouds to compete.But with new danger...

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu Mythos theme. Stories abound featuring our favorite squamish elder god! Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:•The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price•A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder•Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward•The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz•Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole•Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson•Ronnie and the River, b...

Collected here for you, a sampler of stories & poems set in or related to the “Cthulhu Mythos,” as conceived by H.P, Lovecraft, expanded on by the “Lovecraft Circle” and endlessly expanded on by current writers up to the current day. Included are:INTRODUCTION, by Shawn GarrettDREAMS OF YITH, by Duane W. Rimel (Poem)OUT OF THE AEONS, by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel HealdFISHHEAD, by Irvin S. CobbWHEN CHAUGNAR WAKES, by Frank Belknap Long (Poem)THE MOU...

This volume is a follow-up to The Plague, Pestilence, and Apocalypse MEGAPACK® (2015) and contains 20 more tales of epic disaster.A MAN SPEKITH, by Richard WilsonOUR TOWN, by Jerome BixbyEDDIE FOR SHORT, by Wallace WestTHE COURTS OF JAMSHYD, by Robert F. YoungTHE GREAT NEBRASKA SEA, by Allan DanzigSEED OF EMPIRE, by Chester S. GeierTHE BLACK GRIPPE, by Edgar WallaceBREAKDOWN, by Herbert KastleINFINITY’S CHILD, by Charles V. De...

Light a candle, draw a protective circle, and chant your prayers because you’re about to encounter tales of the occult and supernatural, all with a decidedly dark turn. Ancient curses, tribal rites, the horrors of the crucifixion -- even Old Scratch himself makes an appearance! Assembled in this volume of classic tales by 19th and 20th Century masters are:THE SUICIDE IN THE STUDY, by Robert BlochTHE GOLGOTHA DANCERS, by Manly Wade WellmanPOLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN, by...

Here for your reading delectation, are 25 outre tales of crime. Since history has proven that there is nothing unusual or unexpected about the human (or inhuman) drive to break the law, it should come as no surprise that the weird, the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain odd often, in fictional form, manifest themselves allayed to the criminal element. Included are:INTRODUCTION, by Shawn GarrettTHE WINDOW OF HORRORS, by H.L. MenckenTHE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIR...