English Forest

High in the mountainous rain forests of Burma and India grow some of the world's last stands of mature, wild teak. For more than a thousand years, people here have worked with elephants to log these otherwise impassable forests and move people and goods (often illicitly) under cover of the forest canopy. In Giants of the Monsoon Forest, geographer Jacob Shell takes us deep into this strange elephant country to explore the lives of these extraordinarily intelligent creatures.

Leila Camor, a gifted divination teacher at the Sorcerer's Academy, senses untapped potential within herself. As she struggles to unlock her true power, Leila finds herself at the center of a conflict that could reshape the very fabric of time. Little does she know, her extraordinary abilities are about to plunge her into a realm where danger lurks in every shadow, crowns hang in the balance, and the arms of a powerful bear shifter king. Rehn Tahyrst, the Alpha Bear and King of the Forest Mountain Kingdom, has more than just his realm to protect. When his most dangerous enemy escapes, the ...

My idea of a good time used to be a rom-com and pint of ice cream. But when a lethally sexy fae king kidnaps me, that changes. I’m forced to compete in a deadly competition to become his queen. Now, my idea of a good time is surviving the day. The Court of Starlight and Darkness is a gorgeous place, but I can’t stay. The Ice King's eyes burn with heat each time he looks at me, and I burn right back. The problem? He's dangerous. The king has no idea I’m human, and if he finds out, I’m dead. My only choice is to compete until I find a way to escape—and survive until then.

A wolf shifter who wishes he was normal again. An independent bartender who won’t be hurt again. Emotions run deep and dark from their first meeting. Trevor Washington has hit a rough spot. His unit is his first priority but he’s having trouble even being with them. When he shifts these days, it’s a violent transformation and he doesn’t like how that aggression bleeds into every part of his life. He doesn’t have a clue what to do about it. Jane Strickland has shut herself away from any opportunity to get hurt. She’s done with shifters. In fact, she’s done with men. All of them...

Early in the 25th century, humans set fire to the gas-giant planets and ignited a war of epic proportions. Now they learn that they have awakened an ancient, fearsome, and merciless enemy.

Clare is the undead fox of Deadwood Forest. Here, leaves grow in a perpetual state of fall: not quite dead, but not quite alive…just like Clare. Long ago, he was struck by a car, and, hovering between life and death, he was given the choice to either cross into the Afterlife or become an Usher of wandering souls. Clare chose the latter: stepping into a solitary life of helping souls meet their destiny. Clare’s quiet and predictable days are met with upheaval when a badger soul named Gingersnipes knocks on his door.

A Sci-Fi Short Story In the far reaches of the Orion Expanse lies a mystery older than civilization—a silent forest no ship has ever returned from until now. The Dark Forest Protocol is a gripping, atmospheric sci-fi short story that explores the chilling theory that the universe may not be empty but hiding. With compelling characters, rich world-building, and thought-provoking themes, this tale will keep you hooked from the first page to the last. Perfect for fans of hard sci-fi, space exploration, and cosmic suspense, this short story delivers a powerful narrative in a fast-paced format...

King Oberon and his brothers, Taranis and Mananan, have been separated from the rest of Faerie and their family, the Tuatha De Danann, for centuries. With Morrigan and her generals dead, they are finally free to roam both realms once more. Curses and rampaging goddesses have left their scars on both the human world and Faerie, and they are going to need not only their immense magic to repair the rifts; they are going to need family.

In select nooks of Nature, there are trails specially designed to maximize the healing properties of flowing water, elder trees, and wildflower essences. Chipmunks scamper about, a fox gingerly weaves her way across the meadow, and a sprightly warbler alights on a branch in front of you. In such company, merely walking barefoot, breathing the air, and drinking in the setting become healing exercises. For an intimate look at a Healing Nature Trail, google Healing Nature Center video tour and go to www.healingnature center.org.Healing Nature Trails are nestled in sanctuaries reserved ...

There is a part of the Forest where it is always night, where the tall trees bow together to shut out the light. Men call it the Darkwood. The border fort on the edge of the Darkwood had been built to keep the peace. So far it had, but after delivery of a large consignment of gold it falls silent, answering neither natural nor supernatural communication. When the Forest King sends a small force, combining sorcerous and military skills, they find a deserted fortress soaked in blood.

Hawk and Fisher, famous for their years of keeping the peace in Haven, are really quite happy being legends. They gave up the hero business when they decided they’d grown too old for it. Now they run the Hero Academy, training young hopefuls to be heroes. Legends never die, but it seems they cannot retire, either. Hawk and Fisher’s adult children, Jack and Gillian, have been kidnapped. They were taken by the Demon Prince, an old enemy from the Forest Kingdom who challenges the couple to one final battle for their lives.

A mushroom family lives at the edge of a forest. They communicate with plants and animals through their roots. A farm is also at the edge of the forest, and they are not able to grow their crops. Their problem will affect the mushroom family in a serious way.

A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on an island off the coast of Maine. To newly promoted Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, the case seems open and shut. But as soon as he arrives on remote Maquoit Island he discovers mysteries piling up one on top of the other. The hunter now claims he didn’t fire the fatal shot and the ballistic evidence proves he’s telling the truth. Bowditch begins to suspect the secretive community might be covering up the identity of whoever killed Ariel Evans.

His foot wasn’t the only thing that was big. This is paranormal erotica at its hottest - with a pregnancy twist. After her impregnation by Bigfoot, Megan finds herself confined to a cell in a government laboratory. Thanks to the daring actions of a nerdy and awkward male scientist, she is able to escape with the beast and all three go into the forest to hide. When hiding out makes them hot, horny, and bored, they realize that even fugitives need to have a little fun.

Melissa Byatt’s life in Forest Grove seems as perfect as can be: a doting husband, three loving children and a beautiful house in a close-knit community. But appearances can be deceiving. One evening, Melissa arrives home to the unimaginable: her husband lies stabbed on the kitchen floor, their children standing calmly around him.... With horror, she realises that one of them is to blame. But which one? And why would they attack their own father?

After breaking things off with my abusive ex, I needed somewhere safe to rebuild my life, and you don’t get any safer than living with a group of protective bear shifters.

Some monsters don’t wait for the ash to settle. During the violent eruption of Mt. St. Helens, two campers find themselves cut off from civilization—smoke choking the sky, fire raining down, and something massive lurking just beyond the treeline. What they discover isn't just a matter of life or death. It’s something wounded. Something hunted. Something not supposed to exist. Set decades before the events of Shadows in the Timberline, this novella reveals a forgotten piece of the forest’s dark history—and a single moment that changed everything. Shadow’s Ashes is a gripping, ...

May finds herself in a world that most certainly does not feel like a fuzzy mitten. In fact it is a place few living people have ever seen. Here, towns glow blue beneath zipping stars and the people walk through walls. Here the Book of the Dead holds the answers to everything in the universe. And here, if May is discovered, the horrifyingly evil Bo Cleevil will turn her into nothing.

C. S. Lewis: Views From Wake Forest is a collection of sixteen insightful essays that will delight both Inklings scholars and C. S. Lewis readers of all ages and opinions. Walter Hooper, for example, the man most responsible for preserving, publishing, and promoting Lewis' many works after Lewis' death in 1963, shares stories from his work with Lewis, Owen Barfield, Lady Collins, and other friends of Lewis in his essay 'Editing C. S. Lewis,' an inspiring tale as well as a landmark event in Lewis scholarship. James Como, author of Why I Believe in Narnia and a Keynote Speaker at the ...

The black forest. A place of legend and folklore. A place where the souls of the dead never rest. A group of paranormal researchers head to the isolated forest with the hopes of capturing something that has evaded them their whole careers: proof of life after death. The forest soon promises to deliver an investigation beyond what they could have ever hoped for. But things take a turn for the sinister when one of the group disappears in the dead of the night...After listening to this terrifying story, you will never go down to the woods again....