This collection of horror stories will slap you in the face, kick you in the teeth and burn cigarette holes in your couch. These stories of pool halls, whiskey, junkies, and angel-tinged lunacy reach to the edge of human endurance and push all the harder. A detective wakes up in a shallow grave with a bullet hole in his chest and a taste for brains. A drug dealer tortures the privileged. A whorehouse keeps a strange "pet" and a man discovers the secret to all human passion. These seven sto...

Short, potent lessons on living the yoga and Buddhist paths in the midst of everyday life—by teacher Michael Stone.These fresh, intimate teachings by innovative dharma and yoga teacher Michael Stone offer essential wisdom for living with compassion and responsiveness in the midst of everyday life in an imbalanced world.Stone reminds us in a clear and encouraging way that as we turn wholeheartedly toward what is, with our bodies, hearts, and minds, we discov...

Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre is an anthology of the best upcoming writers exploring the dark side of stoners, zombies, killer clowns, Disneyland, werewolves in night clubs, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Scottish hermit crabs. Includes new work by Roberta Rogow, Brian Rosenberger, Tim Johnson, C.C. Parker and Jenifer Jourdanne among others. Table of Contents Formaldehyde by C.C. Parker Doof Doof Doof by Paul Haines Peppercorn Rent by Roberta Rogaw Rats, Wrong Alley by Tim Johnson Brillia...

A wise, accessible guide that makes the spiritual and ethical teachings of the yogic tradition immediately relatable to our practice on the mat—and in our everyday relationships and activities“There is no daily practice without some formal training; and there is no deep spiritual training without the mess of relational life. The two are one,” says Michael Stone. At the root of yoga practice there is a vast and intriguing philosophy that teaches the ethics of nonvio...

Nicci Bleu goes on vacation to Tahiti to explore her southern hemisphere. Life is, after all, what you don't come dressed for. Jordin La Toi becomes a government hacker while preparing to journey to Paris to attend the reading of her father's second will worth 149 million! If you like killer drones, travel and island romance, you'll love their newest adventure. For Nicci and Jordin, who remains and whose remains are questions that cannot be answered with just one more mocha.

Some women have their bosses for lovers, but how many have their bosses as confessors? Nicci Bleu loved her boss. He was good to her. He sent her on expeditions on behalf of the church to right wrongs and release souls looking for redemption. He started out as her spiritual father but it blossomed into something more. Now, he was also the one to bless her while she was on her knees. Still, there was a void in her life and it wasn't just between her legs. She never met her biological father...

Michael Stone was born in East Belfast in 1955. In 1988 he was sentenced to 800 years in prison. He served twelve years in the Maze prison before being released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. He is now an artist, and proponent of the peace process.

How can we live a balanced life in unbalanced times? How can the practices of meditation and yoga support our relationships, our work lives, and the greater good? Author, teacher, and psychotherapist Michael Stone presents the essential insights of mindfulness and yoga, emphasizing the teachings of simplicity and the interdependence of all life.Stone explains that the practices of yoga and meditation are not about escaping reality but about living fully in the here and now, opening...

In Bad Boy, renowned American artist Eric Fischl has written a penetrating, often searing exploration of his coming of age as an artist, and his search for a fresh narrative style in the highly charged and competitive New York art world in the 1970s and 1980s. With such notorious and controversial paintings as Bad Boy and Sleepwalker, Fischl joined the front ranks of America artists, in a high-octane downtown art scene that included Andy Warhol, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, and o...

In this collection of provocative essays by prominent teachers of Yoga and Buddhism, the common ground of these two ancient traditions becomes clear. Michael Stone has brought together a group of intriguing voices to show how Buddhism and Yoga share the same roots, the same values, and the same spiritual goals. The themes addressed here are rich and varied, yet the essays all weave together the common threads between the traditions that offer guidance toward spiritual freedom and genuine r...

Blank Paris follows Constantine-who prefers to be called Cray-over the course of a single Saturday, a day marked by familiar routines, chance encounters, and moments of clear presence. Moving between bars, city streets, and the edge of the ocean, Cray observes the world with a detached yet attentive eye, finding meaning not through pursuit but through coincidence. Cray does not search for meaning so much as stumble upon it, finding that connection ...

What began as playful conversation soon spiraled into something far more charged. In the confined space of a car, the air thickened with anticipation as restraint dissolved, leaving only the raw pull of desire between two people unwilling to ignore it.This story captures the thrill of surrendering to passion in the most unexpected of places—a secret encounter where boundaries blur, heat builds, and pleasure becomes impossible to resist.