Visit a field where living corpses grow from the ground like pumpkins. Sail across a sea of blood on a raft made from human skin. Flee from a crazed mob determined to tear you limb from limb for the crime of realizing that you are God. From Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Tim Waggoner comes Bone Whispers, a collection of distorted realities and surreal nightmares, with an introduction by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen. Come, listen to Bone Whispers. You'll never be the same. Stories included in this collection: Thou Art God Bone Whispers Some Dark Hope Harvest Time Surface Tension Best Friends Forever No More Shadows Unwoven Skull Cathedral Do No Harm Country Roads Darker than Winter Swimming Lessons Conversations Kill Long Way Home Sleepless Eyes The Faces That We Meet The Great Ocean of Truth

Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with exclusive serialized eBook stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more by many of today's top writers in fantasy and sword-and-sorcery. "Those who possess the codex come to a bad end." The Shemite shaman N'yaga is in his village when he is visited by the young Bêlit, there in pursuit of the Codex Osyrania. The Codex is a magical book that contains the location of all the secrets ever buried, each spot marked by a golden cross. Some crosses lead to treasure, some spell doom. The book was given to N'yaga by Bêlit's father, who asked that he safeguard it. N'yaga reveals that a captain he served lost his ship gambling and took the Codex to buy it back. He throws the bones to tell her future, and sees her fate entwined with a black-maned lion. Yet he also sees in the bones that he is destined to go with Bêlit to the island of Knefetalla to retrieve the Codex. Together they set out in search of the legendary book.

In this second book of daily meditations, Wayne William Snellgrove offers us the opportunity to work with the Medicine Wheel, which follows the seasons and teaches us about the cycles of life. Within this transformative work, we are given the opportunity to listen, see, and move within the Universe, connecting to Creator and catching the words of our ancestors in the whispers of the wind. Acting as a Hollow Bone, Wayne has brought forward the messages we most need to hear throughout our days.

Joe is an 11 year old boy. When he comes across an old lady being harassed by older boys, he bravely intervenes. The grateful old lady, unbeknown to Joe, has certain powers and rewards the boy, by taking him on a fabulous adventure to places only seen in dreams. During his journey, he meets the most wonderful and fabulously beautiful, people and creatures he could ever have imagined in his wildest dreams. His journey takes him to a land that only his fantasies could have conjured up. However, nobody could have foreseen the danger that he would ultimately find himself in, culminating in a race against time for the Queen of the land and the strange and beautiful fairy, who has become his dearest friend, to save him.

“McDermid is as smooth a practitioner of crime fiction as anyone out there….She’s the best we’ve got.” —New York Times Book Review Scottish writer Val McDermid is one of the most respected authors at the scene of the crime, and Fever of the Bone offers a bravura display of her exceptional storytelling talents. Criminal profiler Tony Hill and his ally Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan are back in this terrifying psychological thriller, tracking down a brutal killer who’s targeting a group of young people through a social networking site. A winner of the Gold Dagger Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an Edgar® Award nominee—a New York Times Notable author whose writing Entertainment Weekly calls, “smooth, confident, deeply satisfying,”—Val McDermid is a crime fiction force of nature. And Fever of the Bone is among her best.

The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. He is desperate to be given his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend, Luki, wants to be a warrior too - but she is a girl and that is forbidden. Then a new boy arrives in the village and everything changes. He brings news that a people called 'Americans' are bringing war right to his home . . .

In The Savage Sword of Conan #4… An introduction to the Black Stone saga from series scribe Jim Zub; ‘Conan: Birthright in Black’ – a brutal nightmare of dread and desire, from writer Jim Zub and artist Fernando Dagnino; ‘Solomon Kane: Blood from a Stone’ – a terrifying tale of a military mission turned macabre, from artist/writer Patch Zircher; ‘Brissa: Ever and Never Beyond’ – a dizzying dive into a Pictish past from writher Jim Zub and artist Dean Kotz; ‘Conrad & Kirowan: Horror from the Tomb’ – a story of buried secrets bringing about brutal consequences from writer Jeffrey Shanks and artist Eryk Donovan; ‘Dark Agnes: Matrimony’ – a mesmerizing tale of memories made corrupt, from writer Fred Kennedy and Andy Belanger; ‘El Borak: Black Oasis’ – an adrenaline-fueled flight across the deep desert, from writer Ron Marz and artist Mike Perkins.