Eric thought he could trust his wife's sister.When Kendra offers to make his deepest self-bondage fantasy real — discovering him helpless in the basement, no safe word, total control — he jumps at the chance. Bound spread and presented on the daybed with layer after tightening layer of rope and ratchet straps, he's left completely immobile and gagged, exactly as he begged for.But Kendra has other plans.She turns his carefully staged scene into something far darker. ...

Eric has a dangerous secret. For weeks the sight of Reagan, his daughter's curvy 18-year-old friend, cutting through the backyard has fueled a deep, obsessive fantasy. When his wife is away for the night, the itch becomes unbearable. He sets up the perfect self-bondage scene in the open backyard — tied spread-eagle and gagged to a deck chair under the night sky, completely exposed and helpless.He never expected Reagan to be the one who finds him.What starts as a solo fantas...

Eric knows he shouldn't trust Kendra anymore. But when his dominant nurse sister-in-law offers him the chance to experience authentic hospital restraints — "just a simple test" — his deep, unquenchable need for total helplessness takes over.What begins as a quick favor in a quiet hospital exam room explodes into hours of clinical control. Strapped down with layer after layer of professional medical restraints, fitted with a restrictive head harness and inescapable gag, Eric is left...

Eric's darkest fantasy has always been the terrifying thrill of discovery. Now it becomes shockingly real.Tied wide open to a deck chair in his own backyard at night… hung helpless as a living Halloween decoration… staked out on a dark hiking trail with an inviting note… and displayed on a workbench in an abandoned garage — Eric experiences the ultimate vulnerability when neighbors, hikers, partygoers, and strangers stumble upon his completely immobilized, naked body.Each s...

Eric craves the deep, sinking helplessness of real medical restraint. What begins as a "simple test" quickly becomes hours of total immobilization and merciless clinical use.In this intense collection, Eric is strapped down with heavy medical Velcro restraints, sealed rigid inside a full-body vacuum mattress, floated weightless in a saline decompression pod while strangers "optimize" his helpless body, and locked immobile in unforgiving fiberglass clamshell devices.Kendra a...

Eric thought his self-bondage sessions were private. He was wrong.When the people closest to him discover his desperate craving for total helplessness, they turn him into their personal toy — with no safe word and no mercy.Strapped bent over the basement daybed and betrayed by his tall clinical sister-in-law… gift-wrapped and left in the backyard shed for whoever walks by… hogtied and offered to a stranger while others watch… displayed on a sawhorse in the garage for a para...

Thirteen millennia ago, in a small creek valley in western South Dakota, two mammoths perished. The mammoths, an adult and a juvenile, likely a cow and calf pair, died at the edge of an ancient pond.The Lange/Ferguson site is the earliest dated archaeological site in South Dakota and one of the few North American sites that provides evidence of a Clovis-period mammoth butchering event. In addition to the preserved remains of the two mammoths, the site yielded diagnostic Clovis weap...

With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life. More than a rock star, Eric Clapton is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys.Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of ...

This is the first issue of second year and it's all 1632 fiction. Thanks to our readers, we had a very successful first year. In fact, the first year of Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond was so successful that we are lengthening the issues from 40,000 words to 45,000 words in Issue 7 and to 50,000 words in Issue 8 - for the same price!Garrett W. Vance's "Ceaseless, The River Runs" continues the harrowing tale of a young couple beset by river pirates as they leave Asia for Grantville, with...

A comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless intimate, hilarious, and often thought-provoking stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of today’s convention and fandom community.See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of the Comic-Con and fando...

This is a reissue of the first half of A 1632 Christmas, one of the last Ring of Fire Press books Eric worked on. The second half is Special Issue 2, December 2024. These stories range from Grantville, through Germany, to Sweden and even farther.Garrett W. Vance's "A Christmas in Wonderland Isles" takes us back to Pam Miller and all the other wonderful people working to save the dodo bird in Wonderland Isles. In George Grant's "A Christmas for Kjell", we celebrate Saint Lucia in Sw...

This volume gathers papers presented at the LISA 2020 Sustainability Symposium in Kumasi, Ghana, May 2–6, 2022. They focus on sustainable methods and practices of using statistics and data science to address real-world problems. From utilizing social media for statistical collaboration to predicting obesity among rural women, and from analyzing inflation in Nigeria using machine learning to teaching data science in Africa, this book explores the intersection of data, statistics, and sustai...