"...this is just ghastly," Missy meowed. To steal a sister's heart was to desecrate her accomplishments before the Great Cats. To steal a sister's eyesight was to deny her entry into a next life. Why would anybody do so to the Old Crone, who had given her life to the city and the betterment of every cat within it? In a nondescript city there live groups of cats, each in their own territory. Missy is such a cat, part of the block of garden cats. She lives a carefree life up until she finds out that her neighbor was murdered; with a clue to the killer, Missy and two of her friends set out to find the one responsible.

Colossus' seven-year-old sister Illyana Rasputin has been snatched away by Belasco, demon lord of Limbo! Though the X-Men rescue her what seems like seconds later, those seconds represent a years-long ordeal for Illyana...one that starts with losing a piece of her soul, and goes downhill fast! The sorceress Ororo and feline warrior Cat - alternate-reality versions of X-Men Storm and Kitty Pryde - aid young Illyana against the terrors of Limbo, including Belasco's henchman S'ym and a twisted, perverse version of Nightcrawler. Trained in good and evil magic, Illyana learns to teleport - but when the final battle against Belasco arrives, can good triumph over evil...when Illyana doesn't know which one she is anymore? COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (1963) 160, Magik (1983) 1-4

When Hitman Jack "The Pup" Stanton runs away with his mob boss's wife, he thinks he's finally put his murderous past behind him. Instead, Jack and his lover take a wrong turn into Silent Hill and quickly learn that some sins are impossible to escape!

Whether referred to as mermaid, usalka, mami wata, or by some other name, and whether considered an imaginary being or merely a person with extraordinary abilities, the siren is the remarkable creature that has inspired music and its representations from ancient Greece to present-day Africa and Latin America. This book, co-edited by a historical musicologist and an ethnomusicologist, brings together leading scholars and some talented newcomers in classics, music, media studies, literature, and cultural studies to consider the siren and her multifaceted relationships to music across human time and geography.

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