Mary Paige is a seventeen-year-old genius. Her photographic memory has made her smarter than anyone else, and more alone and lonely too. Her parents do not understand her. Her peers reject her.But her life changes during her senior year of high school. Mary Paige changes schools and it changes her life. Now she attends a special academy of the arts in a quiet mountain village, Idyllville.Little does anyone know, Idyllville is also the home of The Blood Vivicanti.Mar...

An annotated cosmology of Anne Rice's Vampiredom from A(kasha) to Z(enobia)—all fifteen books of the Vampire Chronicles detailed, by a longtime Anne Rice reader and scholar; the who, what, where, why, (and often) how of her beloved characters, mortal and 'im', brought together in a book for the first time. Illustrated by Mark Edward Geyer.An Alphabettery of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles gathers together, from all fifteen of the books in the series, the fa...

In the devotional tradition of The Imitation of Christ, Becket's Be Like Christ offers readers meditations inspired by inner locutions from contemplative prayer. Written in an honest and conversational voice, God, who is identified throughout the text as Unending Unfailing Love, speaks directly to the reader, enjoining a life lived according to the Law of Love. From the Eternal Heart to the heart of a person following the Way, the Truth, and the Life along the narrow way of discipleship, B...

The Christmas King tells the story of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, the Son of God. It finely gathers into a narrative the prophecies that foretold his coming, spanning from the Book of Genesis, through the books of the prophets, until finally interweaving the two infancy narratives of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke.The story of The Christmas King is always on the move! It is brimming and froth with sinful betrayals, anointing of kings, invading armies, ...

In his second book of Pi Poems, Becket's one hundred and five new poems explore new depths of the human experience, encompassing themes of hope defeating doubt, faith informing reason, and love triumphing always. The number Pi is an infinite sequence of numbers strung together wherein are infinite possibilities of numeric combinations, and its possibilities serve as the inspiration that disciplines each poem's contemplative word. These poems are for the one who needs healing, the one who n...

Key the Steampunk Vampire Girl lives in a magical mansion that floats beneath a hot air balloon. On the outside it looks ordinary while the inside has numerous bewitched hallways like a maze and countless enchanted doors that lead anywhere in the world! But when two villains take over the Floating Mansion, Key works desperately to get it back with the aid of old friends like Miss Broomble the Witch, Mr. Fuddlebee the Ghost, and her new friend ARTH-R the Robot. However, the villains have a ...

Lowen the Dark Man – a ghost from the planet Khariton who possesses human hosts – has captured Theo, imprisoned the Red Man, and has turned almost an entire city into his army of Sleeper Devils.Wyn and Ms. Crystobal have planned a daring rescue attempt for Theo and the Red Man, but they cannot pull it off without the help of Mary Paige, the young Blood Vivicanti with the photographic memory. Although she no longer has any desire to drink blood, she uses all her remaining Blood Memo...

Good is a seven-year-old girl who was adopted by absolutely ghastly parents. One night, after wishing on hundreds of shooting stars to become a queen, an elderly ghost appears to grant her wish in the most unexpected way, making her queen of the Goblin Kingdom. Yet what seems like a curse becomes a blessing when she meets seven goblins on their way home. They lead Queen Good to the Goblin Kingdom, until stopped upon discovering that a mysterious enemy has destroyed their homeland completel...

This collection of Becket's inspirational messages from his social media pages shares his experience, strength, and hope in taking small steps over life's large mountains. The 150 writings collected in this book have had an undeniably positive influence over hundreds of thousands of people through daily struggles. Becket has revealed his own simple methods for overcoming numerous trials while at the same time coming to a deeper understanding of inner strength and personal power. May this b...

The Magic Library is finally reopening its long-locked doors. But it needs four librarians. To become one, four magic books need to be found. Surprisingly, four homeless people find them. One is called Peter Butterpig, a bright pink pig with great big butterfly wings. Two others are old robots called Sir Copperpot and Uncle Glitch, who are falling apart with failing memory banks, yet they never forgot to take care of the fourth. She was a nine-year-old girl called Little Meredith Pocket, w...

Key had a very happy life on a farm — until her ninth birthday, when she lost her mom and dad, was changed into a vampire, and was ushered to the City of the Dead where she was thrown into the Dungeon of Despair. Key is now imprisoned for the rest of her immortal life in darkness, loneliness, and emptiness. But hope is not lost when Key is befriended by a ghost, a witch, and an immortal puppy. Through friendship, Key must learn that she herself is the key to freedom from Despair.Br...

The two hundred and fifty haiku works in this poetic book meditate on the fullness of the human condition with minimalist and concise wording, utilizing the five-syllable, seven-syllable, five-syllable school, yet Becket adds his own method to the discipline to make each work as meaningful as possible. Ranging from the humorous to the heartrendingly poignant, these haikus exemplify his ongoing endeavor to simply and succinctly encourage the struggling, comfort the mournful, identify with t...