Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

The Bible contains several passages—the so-called “clobber” texts—in the Old and New Testaments that are often cited to condemn LGBTQIA+ persons. When condemnation is joined with traditional social intolerance of the LGBTQIA+ community, LGBTQIA+ people face harsh discrimination, ridicule, and harassment. Deeply troubled about the well-being of the LGBTQIA+ community under such condemnation, the author, a veteran biblical scholar, university professor, and pastor, challenges the misuse of s...

A burned-out high school English teacher confronts his purpose as a mentor after reading the work of a troubled student.

Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

KL-124, or Kal to his teammates, is a forensics android assigned to a CSI unit of the police force. When a politician is murdered inside a locked room, Kal investigates but find a surprising lack of clues. As he searches the city's surveillance database, he makes an unsettling discovery that connects to a glitch he's noticed within his own operating system that could have devastating consequences for him.

"See those little circles there? Those are portals to another dimension."After this wild declaration, 14-year-old Max's Weird Uncle Bob disappears. Then the teen receives strange messages over his electronic devices. He believes they are from his uncle, who has traveled beyond the boundaries of our known universe—a plane of existence that Max intends to visit."The Portals" begins this eclectic collection of short fiction with a mixture of genres including science fiction, h...

Prepare to be intrigued, terrified, and delighted by the fifteen imaginative short stories contained in this collection, comprising works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, slice of life, and a bit of the absurd.Electronic Telepathy – a police forensics android investigates a mysterious murder, but uncovers aspects of himself he never knew existed...and which threatens his very existence.Ode de la Lune – an orchestral co...

One of young Barry's chores is to go outside and feed the horses, even if it's during a cold winter night. He is afraid of the dark recesses of the barn and what may lurk inside, and one night his fears become a reality.

Jerry Frekins, a renowned conductor, has composed his opus, a symphony called Ode de la Lune. During its grand opening, his orchestra plays to a packed house, but as Jerry is conducting, a terrifying condition he has kept under control surfaces and he struggles to contain it through to the end of the performance, otherwise he and the audience will face deadly consequences.

Although much has been written on evidence-based policy making, this is the first volume to address the potential of GIS in this arena. GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making covers the development of new methodological approaches, emphasizing the identification of spatial patterns in social phenomena. It examines organizational issues, including the

With GIS technology increasingly available to a wider audience on devices from apps on smartphones to satnavs in cars, many people routinely use spatial data in a way which used to be the preserve of GIS specialists. However spatial data is stored and analyzed on a computer still tends to be described in academic texts and articles which require specialist knowledge or some training in computer science. Developed to introduce computer science literature to geography students, GIS F...