Journeys is a collection of essays, poems, and stories of adventures through time, space, fact, and fiction. The writers are members of the Peninsula Writers Bloc. The Bloc was founded to create a space for writers in the San Francisco Bay Area to share their work and encourage each other. Journeys begin with genetically special teenage Time Travelers watching the creation of human art. Next, is a memoir by an American Air Force Officer's daughter during her family's new life in ...

Learn how to build all of your favorite houses in this all-new guide for Minecraft. Houses included in this guide are a mushroom hut, a tree house, a floating house, a cobblestone and glass home, a rustic countryside house, a medieval style house, and a lighthouse!Conquer Minecraft with your very own tree house!

Toronto in the twenty-first century: At night, a beacon on a lonely ancient lake, a drainage pond from the last ice age. In the daytime, a bulwark of glass, glinting in the radiant sun. Joe, Mary, and her cat, Sam, sit in a lakeside condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. What has become of their lives? What has become of their city? What has become of their century? As the situation begins to unravel, Mary finds herself wondering, “What would Margaret Atwood do?”

There is nothing quite like hitting the road by yourself to awaken your senses, sharpen your mind, and build your confidence. In twenty-three beautifully crafted essays, women recount the thrills of traveling solo.Despite threat-assessment levels and airport-security hassles, women of all generations are traveling more freely and independently than ever before. In that go-for-it spirit, Go Your Own Way spans the globe: adventure diva Holly Morris finds herself lost in the ...

Experience the shadowy side of Canadian speculative fiction...Tesseracts Thirteen: Chilling Tales From the Great White North uses the mysterious and bewitching volume number thirteen as the editors’ “raison d’être” to select the innovative, thought provoking and disturbing fiction found in this anthology.Unique to this twenty-plus year Canadian literary legacy, Tesseracts Thirteen features 23 Science Fiction, fantasy and horror writers chosen by award-winning editors Nancy ...

The marvels of tomorrows past and tomorrows yet to come abound in this delightful volume. With two dozen imaginative and moving tales, this collection included the work of the finest writers in the field, among them: Poul Anderson, Terry Bisson, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Michael F. Flynn, Joe Haldeman, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ian R. MacLeod, David Marusek, Paul J. McAuley, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, William Sanders, ...

Focusing on the most popular style of manga, Shoujo Basics teaches readers how to draw all the trademark characteristics of shoujo characters; from lessons on glimmering eyes, flowing hair, and dramatic expressions to more basic elements such as the body, face, and poses, this book covers everything readers need to go from shoujo fans to shoujo artists. After an introduction to these elements, readers will have a chance to follow along Hart's in-depth step-by-steps, and will even be invite...

Each year Tesseract Books chooses a team of editors from amongst the best of Canada’s writers, publishers and critics to select innovative and futuristic fiction and poetry from the leaders and emerging voices in Canadian speculative fiction.Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction expands the dimensions of speculative fiction experientially, with startling visions of the future by new and established Canadian authors.Featuring twenty-three stories and poems by: Ti...

Angels on earth? In this kindle eBook, you will learn about guardian angels, angels and demons, angels in art and much more.

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we have original science fiction by Keffy R.M. Kehrli ("HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!!") and Ken Liu ("Ghost Days"), along with SF reprints by Constance Cooper (...

She stands in New York Harbor, lifting her light to the world. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the United States of America. Many people know some things about her, but how much do you know? Do you know:What is the Statue of Liberty's real name?What was the Statue of Liberty originally used for?What was the first part of the Statue to be finished?Which is taller, the statue or the pedestal it stands on?How are the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liber...

Do you remember a first kiss? Or is there another kiss that you cannot forget, one that changed your life? In 22 Kisses there are 22 stories about the intersection of kisses and destiny. Some of us cannot forget, some of us cannot imagine, and some of us find ourselves in a strange world in which kisses have profoundly changed us.Nixie's Kiss tells the story of a man who changes into a deeply morally committed person. Rain Kiss tells the story of someone who tries to change and find...