Skeletons in the closet… The living have them, but what about ghosts? Geoff’s about to find out. He’s convinced his ghostly neighbor Ginny was murdered. When he starts digging for answers, he unearths more than facts. Join Geoff, his favorite bobcat Clarence, Sylvie, and a gang of supernatural misfits as they investigate murders, both past and present! On the Street Where Death Lives is a paranormal cozy with a touch of humor, a sprinkle of the supernatural, and a dash of dark mystery. Warning: Be prepared for ghostly visitations, a crass bobcat with an obnoxious attitude, a helpful but mysterious witch, a well-meaning medium who isn't even a little psychic, and bad guy who gets his (or hers).

For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life.

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A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing—and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place—within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space. Following in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Netflix’s ground-breaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them. Each story in the anthology will focus on a different room in the house and feature unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a demonic Trickster, a water-loving Rusalka, or a horrifying, baby-imitating Tiyanak, there’s bound to be something sinister lurking in the shadows.

Former soul collector Geoff and his possessed bobcat Clarence solve murder mysteries with the help of their magical neighbors in this complete series collection. Included: Death Retires Death's not taking a holiday, he's retired. Or he was, until murder intrudes on his quiet retirement plans. Geoff's stalked by ghosts, and his former bosses have saddled him with the care of a possessed bobcat. With his beautiful neighbor Sylvie and his cat's help, can he solve a fiendish crime? A Date With Death First dates are killer. Retired soul collector Geoff knows little of modern courting customs. Unfortunately, his best resource is a possessed bobcat with suspect views on women. But those problems pale when murder intrudes on Geoff and Sylvie’s first date. Will our couple kill the date, or catch the killer together? On the Street Where Death Lives Skeletons in the closet… The living have them, but what about ghosts? Geoff’s about to find out. He’s convinced his ghostly neighbor Ginny was murdered. When he starts digging for answers, he unearths more than facts. Join Geoff, his favorite bobcat Clarence, Sylvie, and a gang of supernatural misfits as they investigate murders, both past and present! With a Little Bit of Death Spelled into Silence Before Clarence was a man possessing a bobcat, he was a murder victim. Now that he’s beginning to trust Geoff, he’s revealed a little of his background…and asked Geoff to find his murderer. Geoff can either do the legwork himself or unlock the spell that keeps Clarence from telling anyone who hurt him. What nefarious magic is meddling with Clarence’s free will and why?

In his masterful photo series Harvey Stein explores a country of incredible contrasts and contradictions.