Dyscrasia plagues the insectan elders of the Underworld. Desperate to save them from extinction, the golem Doctor Grave infuses the soul of his dying Queen into the blood of a human artisan, Lord Ante Lysis. Her soul passes through Ante’s blood into his offspring, thus the Lysis bloodline carries the diseased Queen’s soul as the Doctor perfects the necromancy needed to resurrect her. But the last descendant of Ante is determined to quench the Queen’s soul, and journeys to the Underworld to...

Within the valley, known as Angus, there resided a young man by the name of Gustav. He, along with other young men and women of the valley sought to accept the gauntlet of challenge in becoming members of King Angus's militia. Those who were called to the games would face many levels of military skills. Ariel, knew of Gustav's desire to enter the games and tried her best to test him because she was an excellent swordsman, having been taught by her father. During one of their many love matc...

Nordic Folklore goes post-apocalyptic in this 370-page fantasy anti-adventure, about the failure of parenthood, the double-edge of good intentions, and the self-determination of saved princesses.Life can be hard for a human in a world inherited by beings who hate them.Sometimes they're hunted and hounded through ruins and woods; their capacity for humanity so eroded that everything starts to look like hostility, and sometimes a girl never chose anything that ended up choosi...

Previously published as Forest Station by Mark William Lindberg.A clearing in the woods hosts a series of displaced persons fleeing an unnamed disaster. Structured as a series of short stories or vignettes, FOREST STATION follows not a character but a place, a clearing in the woods, as a stream of people all headed in the same direction take a few moments to rest on their various journeys and play out quiet scenes of interpersonal drama. At turns meditative, violent, and inspiratio...

Previously published as Queer on a Bench by Mark William Lindberg.An intimate ride through the thoughts, dreams, and prayers of a city queer on a bench in a park. Em sits down and makes a deal with themself not to get up until something happens. What follows is a formally experimental stream of consciousness novella that digs deeply into the way we think about the world and view both the people around us and ourselves. Em's relentless self-examination brings up beautiful insights a...

Previously published as 81 Nightmares by Mark William Lindberg.Genderqueer photographer Jay confronts a horrifying nemesis in a series of ever-intensifying nightmares that bring them closer and closer to a forgotten truth. Immerse yourself in Jay's dreamlife as they navigate hospital hallways and forest paths, process traumatic events and unearth buried memories, as they confront a dark creature that emerges out of their unrelenting stream of nightmares, a disgusting horror they ca...

A small town has been set upon by a mysterious, seemingly-sentient black cloud that snatches up anyone who stays outside for more than a few minutes. A motley group of kids stuck in their school try to enjoy whatever short recess time their one remaining teacher grants them each day. But one recess sends things too far over the edge for a small number of them who leave the school and set off on a doomed journey to find safety, hope, family, answers, and above all, a way to stop the unknowa...

* * * I am not what you think I am * * *People are dying in their VR rigs. It shouldn't be possible, but they are. Something is cruising the net, ghosting through holographic wallpapers and haunting the perpetually online. Something which has draconic games developers nervous, the secret police concerned, and has mogul business lords curious. Something is prowling the digital spaces, and Angelica Jones finds herself forced to try and catch it.* * * I know this because I am ...

Nordic Folklore goes post-apocalyptic in this crime conspiracy thriller of 340 pages, the likes of Polanski's Chinatown or Ellroy's L.A. Confidential.There's blood in the basement, blood which demands answers, and Grimhult really isn't the right troll to get them. Everyone knows this, not least of which Grimhult himself. But here he is, moved by powers like he was a piece on a board he doesn't understand, with little hope to make things better.Niels is hav...

When Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey opened at the Barrymore on Christmas day, 1940, it flew in the face of musical comedy convention. The characters and situation were depraved. The setting was caustically realistic. Its female lead was frankly sexual and yet not purely comic. A narratively-driven dream ballet closed the first act, begging audiences to take seriously the inner life and desires of a confirmed heel. Pal Joey: The History of a Heel presents a behind-the-scenes ...

Resulting from an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, political science and International Relations about Europe as a political community this volume rethinks the European political project beyond the rigid opposition between universalism and particularism approaching Europe as a space of the exposure of differences to each other.

Monkey Beach meets Green Grass, Running Water meets The Beachcombers in this wise and funny novel by a debut Cree authorBirdie is a darkly comic and moving first novel about the universal experience of recovering from wounds of the past, informed by the lore and knowledge of Cree traditions. Bernice Meetoos, a Cree woman, leaves her home in Northern Alberta following tragedy and travels to Gibsons, BC. She is on something of a vi...