AAAIIIEEE!!! presents to the horror enthusiast twenty of the best dark fantasy tales of author Jeffrey Thomas (PUNKTOWN), culled from their original appearances in the independent press.From subtle stories of ghosts and encroaching madness to extreme tales of erotic and visceral terror, this collections contents span the breadth of the horror spectrum. In these pages one will encounter: a mysterious channel on a hospital rooms televisiona concentration camp where the dead ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When anxiety feels louder than faith, God’s voice still whispers peace.God Is Bigger Than Your Anxiety and Always Will Be, is a gentle 30-day devotional for the restless mind and the weary heart — a sacred space where fear softens, breath returns, and faith quietly grows again.Each daily reflection invites you to slow down, breathe, and remember the truth your soul already knows: you are seen, y...

In Sport Shorts, meet three different student athletes struggling to navigate their busy lives and reach their individual goals while dealing with the everyday worries of high school.“Full Count” is about Jasper Green. Follow him as he transitions from middle school to high school as a star baseball player. “Double Fault” is the story of Savana Jones, one of the star tennis players on her high school team, as she tries to earn an athletic scholarship for college. Finally, in “The P...

Bai Xiaofei grabbed a time shuttle to snatch a red envelope, and had the ability to cross endless time and space. Then he went further and further on his way to becoming a god, setting off endless storms of time and space ... ..

On the holiday Sicilians call Giorno dei Morti -- The Day of the Dead -- Attilio Augusta meets a beautiful woman while paying his respects in a crypt. She is the same woman he once met in that crypt as a young boy. She hasn't aged a day. Soon Attilio is making love with this woman. Soon, he is fighting to save himself from the jaws of a ravenous monster.Years later in Chicago, crime lord Alphonse Capone is introduced to a new mobster in town. A man who, unthinkably, demands a share...

Student Engagement: Promoting Positive Classroom Behaviour encourages pre-service teachers in Australian primary and secondary schools to make choices about how best to design and manage their classrooms and schools to maximise productive behaviour and learning. The text explores numerous dimensions of student engagement from within and outside school settings, including verbal and non-verbal communication; disengaged behaviours and corrective strategies; trauma-informed practice; working ...

"Other countries have conquered us over our long history, and sometimes they changed our name. Hundreds of years ago, our Emperor Tho tried to think of ways to protect his country from being attacked again, after he managed to drive out the last invaders. And he knew he had to change the name his enemies had given to his country. Then Tho had an idea... a way to keep other people from wanting to come here and steal his empire. He would hide it from their eyes, and their minds, and the eyes...

Sigrid Kant is a beautiful monster.A young social media influencer—whose widowed mother was recently murdered under mysterious circumstances—Sigrid has been scouted out by an entrepreneur named Teddy Zeist and invited to an unnamed Southeast Asian country to model for a local beer brand's advertising campaign. Zeist recognizes that Sigrid is a rare type of individual in possession of a powerful, uncanny charisma, and feels it will translate into photos for the campaign.Howe...

"My village-tucked as it is in a crease between the imposing tree-furred mountains that separate our country from the neighbor with whom we share the longest border-is one of the remotest in the land."Explore the dark and lonely corners of Jeffrey Thomas's imagination in his latest bizarre and disturbing short story collection. A mourning ghost who cannot find peace in death haunts her village, a monk discovers an unorthodox way to transcend, and Cholukan (The Holy Monkey) contends...

The Nature of God and Human Spiritual EvolutionA current human reality, ticktock, ticktock, there is only a minute left on the doomsday clock. I'm living the impossible dream out in God's garden, following my destiny and the directions given to me to reach the unreachable star, fighting the unbeatable foe with the weapon God has given me to engage with, Satan's nemesis. I am shielded by my nation's First Amendment, the freedom of speech. The question is: Is there enough time left f...

A revealing look at the changing role of churches in the decades after the American Revolution.Most Americans today would not think of their local church as a site for arbitration and would probably be hesitant to bring their property disputes, moral failings, or personal squabbles to their kin and neighbors for judgment. But from the Revolutionary Era through the mid-nineteenth century, many Protestants imbued local churches with immense authority. Through their r...

"Remember the Wind and the Rain: A Story of the Poet and the Actress" is written by the poet, Mark, who gives us snapshots of his journey from the age of seven to seventeen. Months away from making a clean get-away from high school, he meets Elise, a member of the drama club. He sees her as his true soulmate, but she is forbidden. Written in two parts, this is a coming-of-age story of growth and love. The first part of this book takes us from the earliest days of longing to the very first ...