For over three decades, this almanac has provided spells, rituals, and ideas that inspire practitioners of all levels to deepen their magical practice. You'll enjoy two dozen articles, grouped by element, that improve your connection to natural energies and enrich your life throughout the year. Well-known contributors offer their insights on many topics, including:Egg Magic • Uncrossing Spells • Ozark Protection Magic • Yoga for Sleep • Magical Infusions • Herbal Allies for Astrolo...

Non ho mai creduto nelle favole, tantomeno nei racconti sulle creature soprannaturali, ma tutto è cambiato il giorno in cui ho potuto vederle con i miei occhi.Il piano era stare lontano dalla mia città natale e dal cimitero nel quale sorge la mia casa, ma la mamma è morta all'improvviso. Papà dice che ha avuto un ictus dopo aver dissotterrato una delle antiche tombe dei nativi americani nel nostro cortile.Inquietante, lo so. Ancora più inquietante: non c'er...

I wasn't the type of girl who believed in fairytales, much less tales about faeries, but that changed the day the fae walked into my life.Staying away from my lakeside hometown was the plan, but Mom died suddenly. Dad said she suffered a stroke after she dug up one of the ancient Native American graves in our backyard.Creepy, I know.Creepier still, there was no corpse inside the old coffin, only fresh rose petals.As we made preparations for ...

A series of sinister crimes disturbs a sleepy town in northern Denmark, testing a grieving woman's limits, in this literary psychological thriller.Eva Hegner is doing her best to hold it together. She recently gave birth to a stillborn daughter, and shortly after that, her once athletic husband became inexplicably paralyzed from the neck down. The past twelve days have been filled with visits to the hospital and the cemetery and with taking care of her husband's ev...

The War of the Wenuses is an anthology that encapsulates the satirical prowess of its time, weaving a tapestry of parody that defies genre conventions. Anchored in the mock-heroic style, this collection epitomizes a playful yet pointed critique of contemporary society. The works within this anthology explore human foibles against the backdrop of speculative fiction's dramatic scenarios, offering a lens to view the follies of war and gender norms. Noteworthy pieces challenge the reader's pe...

Olivia thinks she was ready for a relationship. Little does she know the progression of time for the dating scene is not at all like it was fifteen years ago when she met her only true love, Isaiah.There is not a day that goes by that Olivia does not think of him. It was the simple things that he would do. Seldom did he need to tell her that he loved her, because his actions would speak loud and clear for themselves. Never had she even considered life without her husband, her best ...

In the throes of a convention full of geeks, Frog Jones told a story.That story is found in this book's foreword, but the key line from that story became the title of this anthology. The authors seized upon that line, much like an out-of-control bovine seizing its own halter, and stampeded into the volume you see before you.This is not just a comedy anthology. Nor is it horror, or romance, or literary, or…well, any one thing. Rather, it is all those things. Each story starts ...

Count down to Christmas with twelve sealed holiday love stories by beloved romance authors.The Twelve Loves of Christmas is a swoon-worthy short story collection about finding love during the most magical time of the year. Including a playful forced proximity romance featuring a woman and her older brother’s grinchy (yet unexpectedly endearing) best friend, a tender love story of two neighbors who decide to skip Christmas together, a second-chance spark re...

Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, R. T. Smith, Forrest Gander, and Rita Dove, and the editors have dedicated equal focu...