The Economy of Life offers a groundbreaking examination of sacrificial traditions across cultures and history, suggesting that the purpose of sacrificial acts is not destruction but creation, not death but life.Sacrifice is a topic that has fascinated and perplexed scholars since the birth of modern social sciences. Many famous scholars have theorized it—as a communal meal, a gift to the gods, an exercise in patriarchy, and more—almost always focusing on the violence of th...

Tha-Thump.Tha-Thump.Tha-Thump.Horror lovers are used to the sound of a heartbeat, be it their own or one piped through a sound system at a critical moment. In this collection, Winchester presents a series of heartbeats-flash fiction tales-that explore the world and the fearsome things within, both human and monstrous.Your heart will race as a woman hangs a hundred feet from the ground in a lightning storm. It will break at the reason a pair of boys scheme to...

AUREALIS AWARD 2024 FINALISTWhen Sam’s ex, Danny, winds up gutted beyond recognition, Sam has no memory of where he was at the time. He can only remember the strange comfort of his new house. The endless ticking of a clock he can’t find. The bloody knife he woke up holding the morning Danny was killed.Sam’s guilt over Danny is undercut by the endless ticking, a growing desire to drink from the dead, and anonymous GPS pings that lead him to corpses. The sten...

**2023 Bookstagram Winner for LGBTQ+ Novel of the YearAn abandoned motel.**A woman flees an unknown danger, taking refuge in a motel. She is never seen again.A mad scientist.A geneticist stretches the boundaries of nature. His experiments, once human, are now something else. Something new. Something hungry.The couple.Michael and his husband Geoff have lost something precious. Their search takes them to a mote...

This book is a study of the dynamic, multi-faceted, and even unorthodox things that are happening within Muslim-majority societies. The mission is to bring together in a single volume an array of anthropological observations of individuals, groups, and movements in contemporary Islamic settings, focusing neither primarily on religion nor on nonreligion or secularism but on the range of activities that people engage in under the umbrella of Islam.This volume includes 14 chapters by ...

Featuring vintage illustrations, English translation of all Scots dialogue, and an introduction by Dr. Carolyn Weber, award-winning author of Surprised by Oxford, speaker and professor at New College FranklinTHE ELECT LADY is the story of three childhood friends, whose histories become entangled with a fabled golden cup. Declared by its possessor to be the Holy Grail itself, it has by that time wormed its way into his heart, imperilling hi...

Enter a new realm of nightmares…An ancient legend comes to life, when a savage creature stalks a terrified girl through the jungle. A mission to Mars takes a grisly turn, as the last surviving astronaut encounters horror beyond comprehension. And the shadows that lurk in a young boy's bedroom become sinister protectors, lashing out at the child's cruel and dysfunctional family…Scare Street is proud to present this beastly new collection, bursting a...

Between the black market organ trading, sentient rain, and cannibal romance, this collection delivers ten gory horror tales. The collection is split into three sections and grapples with how other people can fail us through lies, deceit, and possession. The ways that other people are incomparable in their cruelty. The ways they can lead us to our deaths. This collection explores the primary theme that people, not demons, monsters, or ancient worm gods, are the cause of evil—the arbiters of...

Featuring new illustrations by artist Carrie Stout, English translation of all Scots dialogue, and an introduction by Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society.ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN is George MacDonald's second Scottish novel, and the ninth to be included in this translation series. Set in the environs of the author's home town, it is a blended history of light and shade, in which floods and school thrashings are alleviated by outrageous childhoo...

The first ever translation (from Scots to English) of George MacDonald's debut novel!"I would rather be what God chose to make me, than the most glorious creature that I could think of. For to have been thought about-born in God's thoughts-and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking." -Chapter XXXIVFollowing the success of David Jack's two-column "Scots-English" editions (which feature both languages ...

Featuring an introduction by C.S. Lewis and twelve full-page illustrations by Leighton IsaacsFollowing the success of David Jack's two-column "Scots-English" editions (which feature both languages side-by-side) this new "Standard Edition" remains unabridged, but with the dialogue translated and formatted more conventionally, from the former tongue to the latter. Only the easiest Scots words have been retained, removing the need to decipher while at the sam...

Contains: The Misadventures of John Nicholson; Markheim; A Lodging for the Night; A Christmas Sermon and A Christmas PrayerIn this collection of festive gems, master tale-teller Robert Louis Stevenson mixes the humorous with the macabre, and the gifts of Fortune with the mistakes and mis-steps of erring man. His stories, sermon, and prayer remind us of the Light which came down at Christmas, and the hope of redemption that, at th...