From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems. The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to appeal to readers new to poetry, and for poetry lovers...

Bright lights flicker in the dark evenings of summer. Pinpoints of hope float against the black descent of night. The sweetest of small and innocent creatures finds its way through the shadows. Fireflies seem to dance on sheer air, illuminating the space between heartbeats. Children give off a similar brave glow, despite the challenges of their young lives. The lessons of childhood are often painful, the shedding of fragile wings in the gloom of

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Welcome to the cool side of the 1950s, where the fast cars and revved-up movie monsters peel out in the night. Where outlaw vixens and jukebox tramps square off with razorblades and lead pipes. Where rockers rock, cool cats strut, and hot rods roar. Where you howl to the moon as the tiki drums pound and the electric guitar shrieks and that spit-and-holler jamboree ain't gonna stop for a long, long time...maybe never. This is the '50s where ghost shows...

For one retiree, the past can never be packed away. "Joren Falls" by Laird Barron is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today,...

Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the next installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of genre luminaries including Laird Barron, Indrapramit Das, Shaun Hamill, Daniel M. Lavery, Matthew Lyons, T. Kingfisher,...

An assault at a Kolkata party awakens a deadly curse. Who can escape its vengeance? "You Will Survive This Night" by Indrapramit Das is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth...

Book 7 in the beloved Mossy Creek Hometown Series about life in a tiny Georgia mountain village. This time, tales of local pets weave among the usual intrigues, feuds and romances. Ida and Amos are closer than ever to becoming a full-fledged couple; the new Mossy Creek High School is prepping for its first football season, Deputy Sandy is about to give birth, and Ed's story, with his faithful hound dog beside him, comes to a poignant conclusion.

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The unshakable specter of Time hovers over each of the 26 tales in Scribes Divided's second anthology. Brought to you by a collective of accomplished authors from nearly every time zone across the world, these timeless stories inspire, terrify, delight, and explore that most human of shared experiences: living our lives second by second, until our time expires. Death? Taxes? Please. Dread naught but Time.

Taylor Colby grew up in the tiny Nova Scotia fishing village of Nickerson Harbour, but his guitar-playing skill led him to become a much sought-after studio musician in Los Angeles. Along with him went Laura, his childhood sweetheart and soulmate. In L.A., Laura becomes enamoured with the dark side of rock and roll life, leaving Taylor lost, distraught and deeply damaged. Taylor realizes he has to go back home to Nickerson Harbour, to confront Laura's...

Annotations of a Complex Adolescent Mind is a trip geared to full throttle right from the start and Daniel Bernardo Macaluso is the pied piper for this fearless exploration. During those crucial formative years when expressing yourself is key, an often frustrated young man seeks understanding, and his place within a society he feels forced to be a member of. This book offers a rare glimpse into a way of thinking that we all share, but are often too...