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Maybe reality has always been there, but you've forgot about it. George is a young American, who spends his days online sharing memes and hoping to make it big online. One day, he wakes up and realizes that an unimaginable and crippling transformation has happened to him. Maybe you’ve spent so long in the metaverse that it has become your reality. George’s new condition helps him to see the real world as never before, but at the same time it drags him deeper into what appears to be a nightmare, from which he might never be back. Maybe there’s a chance to come back to reality, or maybe...

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...

When Churchills, London’s finest department store, places an order for their best-selling toys from the Jade Emperor Toy Company in China, they get more than they bargained for. A broody and mischievous factory worker inadvertently starts a chain of events that leads to Thomas, a recently orphaned, disabled boy, having the magical adventure of a lifetime. When a hamper arrives from an eccentric aunt at Pendle Farm containing a Churchills’ Doggie Bear called Harry, life will never be the same again for the Shuttleworth family. Can Tom help Harry find what he is looking for?

A writer, scholar in his own right, friend, and confidant, G. R. S. Mead offers a defense of his colleague, H. P. Blavatsky. During her life, she was often accused of being a charlatan. Mead offers first-hand knowledge of working with and knowing Madame Blavatsky and speaks out against reports that attempted to discredit her.

Sergio ist 257421 Jahre alt und das personifizierte Schicksal. Er mag es von den Menschen herausgefordert zu werden und ist zur Stelle wenn ihr Leben entscheidende Wendungen nimmt. Er ist neidisch auf die schöne Bestimmung, deren Klientel grundsätzlich zu Höherem berufen ist, seine Freundin Glück kann sich immer nur für ein paar Minuten mit ihm treffen und Völlerei leidet unter Gewichtsproblemen. Den Unsterblichen sind Beziehungen mit Menschen verboten, aber eines Tages geschieht es doch: Sergio, alias Schicksal, verliebt sich in eine Sterbliche und beginnt an seiner eigenen Aufgabe zu zweifeln.

Warlock Holmes is dealing with a jerk who just so happens to be a stockbroker. There may be a link. He's also trying to hunt down some tokens to control something magical (it's all rather complicated), and Moriarty just won't stop taking over people's bodies. And of course Dr. John Watson is by his side (mostly) but not quite as useful as he once was....

The Infernal Guard: Descent rejoins our heroes eight months after the events of Emergence. Asha and her fellow trainees gather at Central Headquarters, located in North America's western desert, to celebrate their graduation and receive their postings as full-fledged Infernal Guard members. But the time for celebrations are cut short when Asha confirms her long-held suspicion: The Prophecy, which foretold the birth of a Seer with the power to bring lasting peace to our realm, never meant her.

¿Quién es esta chica que usa un cuaderno de bolsillo para capturar nuevas lecciones de sus mejores amigas Sally Ciencia y María Matemática? Su nombre es Ellen E y la "E" es la abreviatura de Ingeniera. Ya sea para aprender a multiplicar por decenas, hablar español o comprender las propiedades del agua durante un viaje de pesca, ¡Ellen E seguramente hará que cada experiencia sea divertida!

After a memorable night with my straighter than straight friend, Milton, who I had loved for years, a minor accident happened the next morning, causing me to lose a small portion of my memory. Though I regained them within a couple of days, I debated on whether I should keep it a secret or not.

One of the greatest thinkers on the origins of Christianity and a renowned expert on Gnostic and Hermetic literature presents, in this snug volume first published in 1907, the lost teachings of Jesus. Not found in the canonical Gospels and, indeed, frequently dismissed as blasphemous or heretical or "reworked" by later editors to comply with perceived tradition, this beautiful hymn is not just of interest to Christian mystics but to anyone who values wise words well spoken. For those interested in mysticism, Gnosticism, and esoteric traditions.

This book provides a detailed look at citizen boards, how one might serve on one, how the citizen board might be managed and how to handle problems that arise.

June McClunaghan, a luckless waitress and ex-flight attendant, ends up in Seattle in the early 1990s after a life of post-Joycean, Cubs-style defeat, and learns to play bass guitar at the height of that good ol’ coffee-swilling “Grunge Mania.” She loves coffee, hates grunge, so she and her friend Dedra Fatiuchka try to start a trashy garage band instead.

Detective Matt Jackson has reached the end. His beloved wife, Polly, is the latest victim of 'NEON' - a serial killer who displays his victims in snaking neon lights - and he can't go on without her. Unable to take his life, Jackson hires a hitwoman to finish the job. But on the night of his own murder, he makes a breakthrough in the case, and at the last minute his hitwoman, Iris, is offered an irresistible alternative: help Jackson find and kill NEON in return for the detective's entire estate.

Alles ist vorbereitet … und das Tor zur Hölle öffnet schon bald seine Pforten … Mitten in San Francisco plant eine Gruppe wahnsinniger Satanisten das Unglaubliche: Sie wollen mittels eines uralten Rituals den Fürsten der Finsternis auf die Erde zurückholen. Um Satan einen würdigen Empfang zu bereiten, schrecken die Psychopathen auch vor Menschenopfern nicht zurück. Die frühere Ghostwriterin Penny Archer, die nur durch Zufall in der Stadt ist und noch immer mit einem schweren Schicksalsschlag zu kämpfen hat, wird unfreiwillig in die Machenschaften der Satanisten hineingezogen.

Roger Thompson could not swim so when the plane that he was on crashed in the sea he panicked. He managed to put on the life preserver but the sea was in the middle of the storm of all storms. A wooden crate appeared and all he had to was get over to it but the sea had other ideas. He had to struggle to get to it and when he did he had no plans to let it go again. The storm was still raging when the crate stopped moving and he hit his face on it. That was when he met Alice although she was unconscious and clinging to the coral reef and blocking his way on to the island. He fought to get ...

When Daniel Turner was made redundant, he took a job as a park ranger in Canada, leaving behind England and his wife. What he did not know, until he got out there, was that the park held many disturbing secrets. He discovered that his predecessor had been murdered, and that when the thaw arrived after the previous winter; several missing young girls had been found naked and frozen to death. When a similar cycle of events started again, shortly after his arrival, Danny decided it was time to track down the person who was responsible for these perverted crimes, but finds himself locked up in ...

Senator Nathan Kelly loved his two daughters, but he loved them too much and in the wrong way. The elder daughter Carmody soon found out that it was better to hide than be in her room when her father was home. After a while when he could not find Carmody he started to visit his other daughter, eight year old Annabel. When Carmody found out she decided they had to run away as her mother had seen her father raping her and did nothing. Getting out of the mansion on her own was easy but taking Annabel with her made it a whole new ball game. They did make it outside and to the car she was going ...

When William Just tries to repair his plasma television, a funny thing happened. He could see a floor and a set of stairs but no matter how much he tried to change channels, that is all he saw. I annoyance he threw the remote at the screen. When the remote landed on the floor and slid over to the stairs, it got his attention in a big way. He finally plucked up the courage and climbed through the screen himself and found himself in the nineteenth century. He was not very rich and saw a chance of making money. He could sell Victorian items in the twenty first century and make a lot of money. ...

The Nazis and their allies won the war, but peace in the twenty-first century is proving much harder to keep. It's twenty years since the failed British Mutiny left London a burnt-out husk. A reminder of the new world order that covers most of the globe. Yet even in this dark time there are rumours of growing resistance movements deep inside North America.

Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Ein Kampf gegen einen mächtigen Fluch. Eine letzte blutige Geschichtsstunde. Fox Stryker, seine Tochter Trixi und ihre Begleiterin Phoebe sind noch immer in der Vergangenheit gefangen. Ihre einzige Chance auf Rettung wartet in Paris, wo ihnen ein unbekannter Verbündeter helfen soll, nach Hause zurückzukehren. Doch bei einem Ritual, mit dem das Trio aus den düsteren Katakomben der französischen Hauptstadt zurück in die Gegenwart gelangen will, geht etwas schief. Unfreiwillig geraten die drei ins Paris des Jahres 1789.