Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's first year. Mysterious languages, unusual dogs, solitude, alien communications, and magic. Stories from Joshua Phillip Johnson, Elise Forier Edie, Vanessa Fogg, Gerald Warfield, Meryl Stenhouse, Jeremy Packert Burke, Molly Etta, Jack Noble, Aatif Rashid, L. Chan, Kato Thompson, Jarod K. Anderson, and Octavia Cade. Contents:

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis.All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story originsTable of ContentsLa Belle Dame – Sabrina N. BalmickThe Sea Bank of Svalbard South – Octavia CadeThe Heresy Machine – Gerald WarfieldSpoiler: She Leaves Him – Jack Noble

Love is a weakness.Confessing to a crime he didn’t commit to save his lover’s life should’ve been simple. Not easy, but simple. The penalty for treason was certainly death, and Jace came to terms with that the moment he’d made his decision to protect the man he loved.It might’ve been simple, too, if it wasn’t for Elias Ivers.Even when the witch purchases him instead of killing him, Jace is positive he can withstand anything. No witch can break a werewolf, not even the ...

The ultimate snapshot of every country in the world featuring new local insights from travel experts and the top experiences for each destination.Spot wildlife in Australia's lush green Daintree Rainforest; tour Japan's exquisite temples in Kyoto; discover Gaudi masterpieces in Spain's buzzing Barcelona. Get to know the amazing countries that populate our planet and start planning your next big adventure.Inside the...

This all-encompassing anthology delivers clear steps that leaders can take throughout the PLC at Work® process to turn their priority schools around. Every key topic is considered and discussed--from prioritizing time for collaboration to implementing effective coaching to aligning school and district goals. Over the course of thirteen chapters, readers will grow in their role as leaders and gain a clear vision of how to evolve their priority school into a thriving place of learning.

A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, his body left to rot by the roadside – and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder. As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest, but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered priest's past? As he questions those who knew the dead man, Jack is fa...

The Hundred Years' War is over and newly-knighted Sir John Hawkwood is headed for France to make his fortune as a freebooter. Violence and extortion are rife, and the freebooters will stop at nothing to capture the Papal City of Avignon. This is only the beginning: Italy beckons, and with it, yet more battles against rival mercenaries, powerful cities and the Papal State.

January, 1554. Lightfingered Jack Blackjack knows he's not going to have a good day when he wakes with a sore head next to a dead body in a tavern's yard. But when he discovers what's in the dead man's purse, his day is set to get much worse. The purse explains why the mysterious man with the broadbrimmed hat wants to catch him. But so does the Lord Chancellor, as does the enigmatic Henry. In fact, almost everyone seems to be after Jack Blackjack. If it weren't for the rebel army marching ...

A Noble Lie Description:When is it acceptable to lie? Can you lie to protect an innocent friend? Can you lie to convict a guilty criminal? When Jack Graystone’s world is turned upside down, he is forced to make these tough decisions. In A Noble Lie, Jack discovers that people are not who they appear to be. And in the end, it will take extraordinary skills to save the day.Jack Graystone Novels Description:Welcome to Jack Grayst...

June, 1554. Professional assassin Jack Blackjack has been despatched to the palace of Woodstock, where Queen Mary's halfsister, Princess Elizabeth, is being kept under close guard. Jack's employer has reason to believe that a spy has been installed within the princess's household, and Jack has been ordered to kill her. Jack has no choice but to agree. But he arrives at Woodstock to discover that a murder has already been committed. As he sets out to prove his innocence by uncovering the re...

The saga of Germany’s “Gone With The Wind” Immerse into the Political, Social, Economic and Religious World of Germany in the late 19th and beginnings of the 20th Centuries. A Time of Grace, Gentility and Achievment in the Arts, Society and in Religious Life. As an American of German ancestry, exposed to the many misconceptions and deliberate lies of the German Character and of German Life, most of the stories told in this book are written from my own Family History. My Great Grandfather w...

He was trained to predict chaos.Now chaos is thinking like him.Jack Dane—rogue intelligence operative, psychological anomaly, and statistical outlier—is the one asset every agency lost track of. He survived black sites, false flags, and memory erasure. He escaped every program that tried to own him.But one of them didn't let go.MERCURY—a Cold War prediction engine built from punch cards, blood data, and stolen...