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Calpurnia lived alone in a quiet and dull world only disrupted by her pesky co-worker Walter Sprang. Then one day Calpurnia woke up outside of her skin. This piece of long fiction explores through magic realism, and in homage to the Latin American fantástico tradition, the experience of one single,...

Pauley Stratton is as tall as a tree. He deeply loves all the people in his life--especially his crippled mother Willow. The Desert Grangians and the City Fathers want Pauley for dark purposes. As he flees from his new enemies he meets Mac. The two become friends through adventures that lead them...

This is a compelling collection of short stories exploring the realities of mercy and truth. Meet everyday people who act unjustly and unmercifully. And then meet everyday people who experience moments of truth and exhibit unrewarded acts of mercy.

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and...

Does God call women into traditional and non-traditional ministry? Can they preach? How have women been used by God in the past? Read an essay on the role of women in Christian history and how the discovery of these women expanded the understanding of the role of women in the Church for the author....

Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out of Some of the Less-known Apochryphal Books of the Old Testament This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS ADAM THE DEATH OF ADAM AND EVE ABRAHAM THE STORY OF ASENETH, JOSEPH'S WIFE JOB SOLOMON AND THE DEMONS THE STORY OF EBEDMELECH...

The book of Acts has been described as an account of the New Testament Church. But, what if it is primarily a revelation of the person of the Holy Spirit? Delve into this journey of curiosity and exploration of the third person of the Trinity. See if you cannot find something new about the Holy Spirit not only in the Biblical text, but also in your own life.

In the past two decades or so the issue of homosexuality has taken center stage at national and regional denominational meetings and in local church communities. The response of the majority of churches ranges from condemnation to toleration of the gay and lesbian community, neither of which offers...

Book Six in The Phoenix Project Series No one can survive the electrocution of 50,000 volts. No one but Andromeda Somers. Now she's recovering in a place she never knew existed and learning more about herself than ever before.  In an effort to protect her children, Andromeda avoids...

Looking for some spooky stories to read on a camping trip, at a Halloween party, or at home with the family in front of a roaring fire? The works of medieval scholar M.R. James should fit the bill. James often said that he wrote his stories to be read aloud, so snuggle up and lose yourself in their slow-building suspense and lulling language.

If you read the title-page of this book—a thing which young persons very seldom do—you will see that it (the book) contains stories taken "out of some of the less-known apocryphal books of the Old Testament." You will very possibly not understand what that means; but if you will read...

In the vein of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theseus and Hippolyta are set to wed in order to unite the people of warring Saturn and Titan. But the Shadow King has been plotting against Theseus and risks everything for the revenge of his people who have been banished to the dark side of...

The fantastic, intriguing, and exciting stories and legends of mysterious creatures and their enigmatic habits have been well documented and retold over and over for millennia… But what do these critters do during a regular day in their lives? It almost seems as though their normal lives are even...

Deep in the Lurr Forest there is a valley called Saint Elm's Deep. This secret valley stays in a perpetual state of Spring and hosts the thousands of Fae who live there. The Heart Tree's magic sustains the boundaries that protect them all and their lush forest, but the hoar witch has poisoned its...