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The justice system of the United States prohibits a person from being tried for the same crime twice. Once acquitted, that person is considered not guilty of the crimes with which they were charged, therefore free to resume their life, pick up where they left off, as if nothing ever happened, right?...

Darrell Schweitzer interviews seventeen science fiction writers. Included are scintillating conversations with: George R. R. Martin, James Morrow, Jack Dann, Geoffrey A. Landis, Joe W. Haldeman, Zoran Zivkovic, Esther M. Friesner, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Harry Turtledove, Gregory Frost, Tom Purdom, D....

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish;...

A young couple set off for a relaxing week long holiday at a water front luxury cabin. A beautiful setting on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. They arrive at their destination late at night and look forward to the morning when they can start their leisurely time at the beach. Their leisurely relaxing dreams change drastically when the ocean has other plans.

Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in...

Down on his luck Henry Pickman receives a just in time inheritance. As it turns out it's more than he bargained for.

Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...

Elsa is up late at night working on her book report for school in the morning. She is very tired. Is she dreaming or not that her computer comes alive with mysterious key board people offering to assist her.

Deadlines is a tribute anthology dedicated to the memory of writer and crime fiction enthusiast, William E. Wallace. A career journalist, Wallace got a first-hand look at the darker side of humanity working at various papers in California before settling at the San Francisco Chronicle. Upon retiring,...

Ampleforth College; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Bath and Wells; A Sketch-Book by D. S. Andrews Bristol; A Sketch-Book by Dorothy E.G. Woollard Bruges; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Cambridge; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Canterbury; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Cardiff; A Sketch-Book by Douglas...

Of the many who venture North to Alaska very few ever find reality matches their expectations. The Wolf That Follows is a story of five young men seeking adventure in the North, being mauled by reality, and instead of quitting as most do risk it all to find the their dream. Some find failure, others...

Each story in this series offers a poignant glimpse of family life – the ties we cling to; the ties we try to sever; and the ties that make us who we are. Told from a myriad of perspectives, from a dazzling array of some of the finest short story writers of our generation (including Jhumpa Lahiri,...

A child is about to have a spoonful of blueberries with her breakfast when suddenly she hears a blueberry yelling for help. She puts her spoon down and one blueberry identifies himself as Blueberry Bob. Bob then tells his adventure story of how he ended up getting onto her spoon.

Adrift. No chance of rescue. How far would you go to save your own life? The Evangeline, the finest ship of her kind, sinks in a ferocious Atlantic storm. A single lifeboat with fourteen survivors gets away. When only six survivors are rescued forty days later, Captain Vincent Marlowe, is charged...