"In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for fifteen days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being...

A collection of illustrated micro-fiction. During MarsCon 2023 the three Moms of the Apocalypse handed out images to anyone who wanted to enter the contest. The rules were simple: write down a complete story in fifty words, and then send it to us. These are the winners of that challenge!

After the death of Rose, to whom he was married 50 years, Conrad withdraws from life, becoming increasingly depressed. One day an angel appears with a message from Rose, telling Conrad to stop mourning and start living. He follows her advice and finds peace.

Take a soothing, aesthetic journey with your child that will help develop their use of descriptive words, heighten their vocabulary, encourage rhyme, rhythm, and of course...inspire them to find "Wild"...wherever it may be! Embark on yet another early reading adventure for your children from award-winning author, illustrator and musician, Sara Ernst! It's all about encouraging your littles (and not-so-littles) to become word-weavers...seekers of both...

In Halcyon, meet a man who has been abused in a prison camp for so long that he has forgotten his own name - but not the desire to survive. Follow the adult orphans Warlock Ruthers produced in his campaign for power as they protect two children whom he seeks to murder to defeat a prophecy of his downfall in American Mage. Meanwhile, Allan Kearney and Michio Oshika work on removing the demon tattoos from the former's back at the same time they seek...

Fascinating and detailed history of the streetcar lines in Lynchburg, VA, from the days of the horsecars to the end of the interurbans. Includes sections on each company, on the rolling stock, routes, and the Rivermont and City Park (destinations built to attract trolley customers). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and schematic diagrams. With numerous maps and data charts, and information on color schemes. Invaluable reference work...

"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me the reason your husband had to die." ​ Anna Greenan finds the cryptic lyric shoved against her front door. Each day of Christmas brings Anna a new stanza with a new clue. Will this mysterious Christmas carol lead Anna to uncover her husband's murderer or will these notes lead to her demise?

There is a small, grey goat with a small, grey bell around his neck who has never had to care for anyone but himself, and he does as he pleases. He is grumpy, greedy, and dirty. Through all changes of weather he keeps his hill to himself and continues to nudge away a caring child who comes to the hill only to play and enjoy nature. Will the small, grey goat remain grumpy and greedy or will something happen that will teach him to finally care about...

The story begins in a nation called Corissan. Due to an unforeseen catastrophe, this nation has become stuck in a social, technological and even progressive depression after losing its two greatest idols: an eccentric inventor and a prodigy mage whose creations each sparked the now-passed Age of Invention. More than ninety years later, an inventor has found an artifact of this past called a "Gem" and uses it to create an invention he hopes will turn...