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SKELOS: The Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy returns with its long-awaited fourth issue. And what a return it is! In a special tribute to legendary late Texas author Bill Crider we present one of his pulpiest and wildest adventure tales. Bill Willingham, award-winning creator of FABLES, makes his SKELOS debut with an illustrated fantasy yarn. Adrian Cole delves back into antediluvian times with a full-length novelette featuring Henry ...

The Darkest Icon: the Virgin Mary in her own time" is a unique and exhaustive anthropological treatment of the cultural predicament of the mother of Jesus in her own lifetime and in the earliest and most formative years of Christianity. The author places Mary in the context of the honor and shame patriarchies from the ancient Near East to the modern Mediterranean world, and explores the profound social consequences of her untimely conception o...

When you hear the word "hero, " what does your mind's eye picture? If it is a superhero, soaring across the sky or scaling skyscrapers is a single leap, you need to read this book! In Search of HEROES will help you to understand that real, honest-to-goodness heroes are all around you every day . . . and they look an awful lot like you! Written in verse that is fun to read and great food for thought, with colorful and creative illustrations tha...

Ronan is a young Pomeranian dog who is hoping to tell everyone all about peacehow we can feel it ourselves and how we can spread it to those around us. First, we must find our own peace, deep within ourselves, through whatever brings peace to our souls. Then there are simple acts of friendship and loyaltysharing our gifts, offering comfort and kindness to those who are hurting, and standing up against bullies. Ronan talks about how we can cele...

Meet Ronan, a loving and adventurous little Pomeranian with a story of his first years to share. Life with his two dads is never boring, and it's guaranteed to touch the heart of any dog-loving reader. One Lucky Pom: The Adventures of Ronan and His Dads will delight young readers with its clear storytelling and colorful illustrations, as it inspires adults with its tender depiction of the unique bond of love between a dog and his devoted owners.

The desert fathers of ancient Egypt are an inherently fascinating, historical phenomenon. Sacrifice in the Desert is an anthropological study of the contemporary spiritual descendents of these monks as they live out their lives in some of the most primitive and remote monasteries of the Sahara Desert.

A Journey Back to Eden is a story of spiritual adventure: the account of an American monk who undertook to live for a year among the Coptic monks of Egypt. In their austere desert monasteries these monks maintain a tradition of Christianity that extends back to St. Anthony and the ancient Desert Fathers. Father Gruber's account -- by turns entertaining, poignant, and spiritually challenging -- pens a window on a mysterious world, saturated in ...