A collection of confessions, feelings, and unsaid words.

My name is Daisuke Furutsu, and I died getting hit by a truck full of apples. Yes, I know it’s a cliché setup. Apparently somebody upstairs fell asleep on the job. Anyway, as an apology, God lets me draw five Cards of Fate that are supposed to grant me superpowers in my next life. My first four draws are amazing—stuff like magic and an infinite inventory. But everything changes with the fifth card: a “curse” that turns me into whatever killed me. I thought I was gonna end up a truck, but n...

A modern-day manga author fell through time into Heian-era Kyoto...!? All I have left is my will to draw! I'll survive in this world of conflict with a single pen...!

In this companion volume to Animals in the American Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction, John Cullen Gruesser brings together leading experts who explore the integral role animals play in American poetry. The ten essays in Animals in Classic American Poetry: How Natural History Inspired Great Verse showcase how the natural history of and imagery relating to animals have inspired some of America’s best-known and most beloved poets.The book highligh...

My action-packed adventure is on a roll! With Grida, Fresa, and Datil by my side, I’m sure we can overcome anything that comes our way! We’re actually trying to get Grida out of the storage card safely right now, and I think the World Tree might help provide some answers. Problem is...I have no idea where it could be!Now, I’m out here curing the ill and redeeming thieves, but as soon as we hit the road, bandits strike our carriage! The only good news is that one of them let slip ab...

"Username: Henry" is different, sardonic and futuristic. As the author is used to, the end will make you rethink everything, just like an epiphany. Near the first half of the 21st century and still, without finding the formula to rescue them from a centuries-old socioeconomic instability, Cubans decide to auction their sovereignty to the highest bidder from the group of world powers that will make their best offers to take over the country. The island will become the most prosperous tax ha...

Antimatter is one of the most fascinating aspects of Particle Physics, and matter-antimatter annihilation the most energetic process in the universe. If they existed, everyday objects made of antimatter would look exactly like those made of ordinary matter, as would antimatter stars. We live surrounded by antimatter, since showers of matter and antimatter particles fall incessantly on the Earth's surface, some of them penetrating our buildings. Furthermore, many things around us - bananas,...

A modern-day manga author fell through time into Heian-era Kyoto...!? All I have left is my will to draw! I'll survive in this world of conflict with a single pen...!

A modern-day manga author fell through time into Heian-era Kyoto...!? All I have left is my will to draw! I'll survive in this world of conflict with a single pen...!

I'm Patti. Sometimes, a catfight is so intense, so personal, so vicious and savage, that it requires each girl to tell her own side of the story to get to the whole truth of what actually went down. That's what Donna and I do in this story. What started as an innocent (well, not really *that* innocent) weekend winter camping trip turned into one of the most vicious catfights I've ever participated in! It all went down a couple of months ago. My new boyfriend and I had planned the outing fo...

This book of LNNS contains accepted papers presented at DCAI conference in the Special Session on Intelligent Systems Applications (ISA), Salamanca (Spain), June 2024. ISA is a major forum for the presentation of the development and applications of innovative techniques in the fields of building management, assistive technologies, applied engineering, and industry. The scientific committee of the ISA has selected eight full papers for its publication. This year, ISA Special Session has tea...

This collection explores how anthologizers and editors of Edgar Allan Poe play an integral role in shaping our conceptions of Poe as the author we have come to recognize, revere, and critique today. In the spheres of literature and popular culture, Poe wields more global influence than any other U.S. author. This influence, however, cannot be attributed solely to the quality of Poe’s texts or to his compellingly tragic biography. Rather, his continued prominence as a writer owes much to th...