Abigail Aldean was once a lady of high standing, but the fall of her house has left her at the mercy of the cruel Samuel Ashford. Now, she is nothing more than a prize to be won in the blood-soaked sands of the Iron Pit. Stripped of her dignity and forced to wear a collar, she must watch as men fight for the right to claim her. Winston Lockwood is a man of iron and shadow, an unconquered warrior who dominates the arena with brutal efficiency. He has no room for mercy, yet the sight of the ...

There was one detail the holy scriptures never told you:In this universe, everything you thought was evil turned out to be innocent. And everything you thought was good… wasn’t. Especially God.Holy Irony is an epic black comedy feast about a narcissistic God, his archangels who constantly question his absurd demands, prophets who fight like WWE wrestlers and throw ninja spinning heel kicks, and the chaos behind the scenes of every sacred text you know. It will turn everythi...

What happens when God, archangels, demons, aliens, and the Anunnaki collide in the same universe?This postmodern mythology novel is set in a unique world inspired by Christian cosmology. The story follows the archangels—Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Sariel, Uriel, Remiel, Raguel, and of course Lucifer—as they question God, trade barbs among themselves, and unwittingly turn the cosmic order upside down in hilariously unexpected ways. Told with sharp wit and playful irony, the novel bre...

The PCT’s #1 Guide for More Than 50 YearsFirst published in 1973, The Pacific Crest Trail, Vol. 1, California quickly established itself as the book trekkers could not do without. Now thoroughly updated and redesigned, Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California starts at the Mexican border and guides you to Yosemite’s beautiful backcountry. It winds past deserts, scales high peaks, and cools off in Sierra lakes.Let PCT gurus Laura Randall, B...

A polyamorous black man explores the intersections of racism and polyamory and their impact on people of color navigating an already misunderstood lifestyle.The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying “not to see race” only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must ...

A polyamorous black man explores the intersections of racism and polyamory and their impact on people of color navigating an already misunderstood lifestyle.The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying “not to see race” only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must ...

Hekate and Diana. Odin and Apollo. Freyja and the Witch-Lord. Eternal Haunted Summer was born in the late summer of 2009. It was created as a place where Pagans and polytheists and witches (and non-Pagans with a love of the old myths) could feature their short stories and poems and essays with those of a like mind and similar beliefs and practices. EHS has grown steadily over the years, due entirely to the wonderful contributors whose works fill its digital pages. Without their creativity ...

Editorials published in Volume 66 of The Dial magazine, a fortnightly political and literary review. The source available to us features issues from January 11 to June 28, 1919. This volume illustrates the pacifist and socialist viewpoint of Martyn Johnson and the magazine's staff. The magazine experience financial troubles in 1919 and was sold later that year. The magazine was re-directed by its new investors in a direction that was essentially literary in nature and it is this 're-creati...

A practical guide to nonmonogamy for men into women, helping them to achieve their nonmonogamous dreams.Good news! You can leave the constraints of monogamy behind, and step into the delightful possibilities of polyamory and open relationships. By understanding and practicing nonmonogamy, you can live to the limits of your romantic and erotic desires, while building networks of relationships that nourish and challenge you.But it's a lot harder than it looks...

In the beginning…Three brothers – Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer. Royalty. Archangels. United in devotion to their father and all his works.But when Lucifer learns of their father's latest creation – a new race, fashioned from crude matter and yet made in his image – he is consumed with resentment. Why have he and his angelic kind been overlooked?After a bitter confrontation, Lucifer is cast out, doomed to an eternity of exile and punishment.Unrepenta...

Sometimes freedom and family are found in unexpected places.Inanna, an Amorite chieftain's daughter, craves to be free as the eagles that fly above her hometown.Utu, her loyal twin, just wants to keep his wayward sister out of trouble.Neither succeeds, and their dreams are uprooted as they're sold into slavery. During their forced travels, they encounter nations they'd only known from stories, palaces beyond description, and fickle kings cl...

Two angels—Gabriel and Lucifer—face each other in battle in a "story of arrogance, spite, and betrayal [with] a truly epic feel" ( Kirkus Reviews).Written from the two opposing perspectives of Gabriel and Lucifer, War of Wings follows their paths and love stories as they face a violent war that leads to the fall of one-third of the angels from Heaven.Gabriel, the archangel, loves life, but there is one thing in Heaven that he cannot tolera...