Nimona meets Adventure Time in this full-color graphic novel as a singing skeleton continues to search for his origins alongside his gelatin monster sidekick! Rickety Stitch is a walking, talking, singing skeleton minstrel, the only animated skeleton in the dungeon who seems to have retained his soul. He has no idea who he used to be when he was covered in a living, breathing sack of meat and skin. His only clue to his former identity is a song he hears snippets of in his dreams, an epic bard's tale that could also explain the old fog covering the comical fantasy land of Eem... Oh, and his sidekick and only friend is a cube of sentient goo. In this pulse-pounding second volume, Rickety runs afoul of reanimated beasts, giant spiders, and a caravan of rowdy raiders on his quest to uncover the secret of Epoli and learn his true origins.

Bucky Dennis is a deadbeat divorcé, a Vietnam War vet, and a bona fide scofflaw who's trying to make ends meet selling insurance in 1980s Verney County, Mississippi. During a routine visit to a prospective client's home, Bucky's crummy world gets weird. His life takes a horrific turn as he is forced into a holy heap of trouble with all matter of monsters and fiends. Some might call his adventures a comedy of horrors, while others might call it a hymnal. Hymns for whom, you ask? Well, probably for all those scoundrels out there who ain't half bad-and know just when to be the hero."As far as Southern Gothic Horror goes, this bad boy is top of the heap."- Paperback Horror"This book is a rip-roaring good time. Absolute must read!"- Dreadful Tales"The Gospel of Bucky Dennis by J.R. Parks is a must read."- Destroy the Brain!"The character becomes as familiar as an old friend from school, or those raggedy old pair of holey trainers you've owned for the past decade"- The Truth About Books"I can't wait to see what else J.R. Parks has to offer; I don't think for one minute we've seen the last of Verney, Mississippi."- Laughing Bones

A walking, talking, singing skeleton minstrel who has mysteriously retained his soul within the confines of the dungeon where he has been imprisoned departs with his sidekick, a gelatinous monster, to investigate clues about his identity in snippets of a song he hears in his dreams.

I was lost—in more ways than I can count. I'd lost my way, lost my family, lost my friends. I was totally screwed up from all the acid trips, and the speed and the MDA binges, with strange-coloured animals flitting by me, seeing and hearing things that weren't there. I knew I had done something to myself, that I had crossed a line. I knew I was messed up in a bad way. I'd seen the end of Danny Brooks: in an alleyway with a needle sticking out of my arm. But God had another idea. He wouldn't let me forsake the life He'd given me. My spirit cried out for help from a place of black despair. I believe this book is one of the reasons He kept me alive. He wanted me to share my story of loss and redemption. No matter how badly strung out you are, there is always hope. There is always Him to call on. Faith can make you clean. Faith can keep you sober. Faith can give you your life back, and your dignity, family and friends. My story isn't pretty, but my hope is that it will be a light at the end of the tunnel for you or a loved one who has lost his way. May the way be found. Sincerely, Danny.

Nimona meets Adventure Time in this full-color graphic novel as a singing skeleton continues to search for his origins alongside his gelatin monster sidekick! Rickety Stitch is a walking, talking, singing skeleton minstrel, the only animated skeleton in the dungeon who seems to have retained his soul. He has no idea who he used to be when he was covered in a living, breathing sack of meat and skin. His only clue to his former identity is a song he hears snippets of in his dreams, an epic bard's tale that could also explain the old fog covering the comical fantasy land of Eem... Oh, and his sidekick and only friend is a cube of sentient goo. In this pulse-pounding second volume, Rickety runs afoul of reanimated beasts, giant spiders, and a caravan of rowdy raiders on his quest to uncover the secret of Epoli and learn his true origins.

Informal and in-your-face, sometimes profound and often profane, "Love Awaits" features straight-talking young African American women who openly discuss their relationships with African American men in hopes of establishing a common ground. "Provocative and revealing".--"Booklist".

A mother chronicles her family's spiritual journey of coping with the devastating accident that left her daughter with brain trauma.