A serial killer dubbed The Peeper stalks sleepy Midlothian Ohio, cutting off the eyelids of his victims as trophies of his grisly trade. The police are baffled, having more victims than suspects. Enter Dr. Randall Corlane, a humble everyman whose only pleasure comes from chatting on social media. Unfortunately, The Peeper is also fond of social media, selecting his victims from the cyberworld. This sinister killer has taken an online interest in framing Corlane, and he has the skill to do ...

Once again, government bureaucrats are dying by their own hand. And once again, genius scientist Dr. Deacon Creel must return from a drunken exile to find a cure for this Alzheimer's treatment turned into an assassination drug. But this time, the stakes are more personal.Love is on the line, as well as lives. In this sequel to Project Suicide, author John Bukowski continues the rollercoaster ride, with Creel now pitted against a shadowy figure back from the grave and seeki...

Handsome scientist Thomas Tomacinski's easy-going style has the ladies talking, but beautiful FBI agent Sally Butterworth doesn't want to join the conversation. Not until they both land in the same hotel, where an extortion bomber mysteriously known as Conrad Hilton sparks their romance with a bang. Conrad is looking to make a killing from a consortium of hotel owners - and is not above killing to make a point.It won't be easy stopping Conrad, a genius with a method actor's ability...

High-profile politicians are dying by their own hand. These aren't aged bureaucrats breaking under the strain of political baggage; they are rising stars whose stresses and scandals are still ahead of them. Only genius scientist Dr. Deacon Creel knows how to save them. There's one problem, though: he now prefers the bottle to the laboratory and the alley to the office.Creel is about to get tossed in jail for public drunkenness when he's bailed out by Homeland Security bigshot Nelso...

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

Collaboration and leadership strategies for long-term successFueled by the popularity of permaculture and agroecology, community food forests are capturing the imaginations of people in neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the United States. Along with community gardens and farmers markets, community food forests are an avenue toward creating access to nutritious food and promoting environmental sustainability where we live. Interest in installing them in public...

This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante’s 1939 classic, Ask the Dust, a true testament to the work’s present and future impact.The contributors to this work—writers, critics, fans, scholars, screenwriters, directors, and others—analyze the provocative set of diaspora tensions informing Fante’s masterpiece that distinguish it from those accounts of earlier East Coast migrations and minglings. A must-read f...

Short spooky stories bearing one common theme; an immaterial presence that drives the tale. Ghost stories. Talented authors, many horror writers, join to bring you a spine-tingling collection.

Prólogo de Charles Bukowski.Los Ángeles en la década de los treinta. Instalado en un sórdido hotel en los barrios marginales, el joven aprendiz de escritor Arturo Bandini lucha por la dura supervivencia, mientras sueña con el triunfo tras haber conseguido publicar un relato en una pequeña revista. Guiado por su mentor y editor J. C. Hackmuth, Arturo proclama que es un genio de las letras mientras se enfrenta a una compleja relación amorosa con Camila, una chica mex...

Durante cinco décadas, los libros de Charles Bukowski fueron mordientes crónicas del lado salvaje de la vida, y le ganaron millones de devotos lectores en todo el mundo. Peleando a la contra reúne por primera vez sus mejores textos autobiográficos –cuentos, novelas y poemas–, y arroja una nueva luz sobre la vida y la obra del «poeta laureado del underground de Los Ángeles» (Los Angeles Times), uno de los más auténticos e insobornables escritores de nuestro tiempo. Trabajo...

A spooky anthology with a wild mix of enjoyable short stories from talented authors!B. K. WellmanBeverle Graves MyersSimon J. PlantAkis LinardosJohn A BukowskiAimee KluckKevin HopsonAndrea L StaumL.N. HunterC.A. VerstraeteMichele CacanoSiena BuchananS. K. ArnetteCate MoyleN. M. CedeñoMark BeardMadelyn LopezA.R.R. AshKevin A Davis