Thirteen Skulls And Other Tales

Author : Art Wiederhold
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595480005

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Thirteen Skulls and Other Tales by Art Wiederhold Pdf

Thirteen Skulls & Other Tales is a collection of eleven stories that span four years of the reign of Arka-Dal, the legendary Emperor of Thule. The Emperor and his friends encounter vengeful witches, demonic armies, undead pirates, dragons and invading armies. To make things even more interesting, they have to contend with magical powers run amok, explore the Haunted Ruins and search for a mythical lost continent. Along the way, Arka-Dal picks up two new wives, sires four children and makes a couple of unusual allies. Thirteen Skulls & Other Tales is one of the best-written collections of short adventure stories of all time. It adds new dimensions to the Thulian Chronicles and proves beyond a doubt that Art Wiederhold is the best fantasy writer on the planet!

Author : Art Wiederhold
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781490747859

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Chaos Ascendant & Other Tales by Art Wiederhold Pdf

Talk about ironic... A horror almost as ancient as the universe itself is stirring after its centuries-long slumber. As it wakes, it sends out millions of demonic Minions who threaten to overrun Hell and destroy all life in their path. The only ones standing between them and Earth are the creatures of the Abyss and another, darker race, that also seeks to escape from the invaders. As they war against each other and the Minions, they are slowly but surely being driven from their homelands. In order to keep Earth from being devoured by the Beast, Arka-Dal and his friends must enter the Abyss and find a way to unite and fight alongside the very demons and monsters he had condemned to fight this eternal war... In short, the Demonslayer now must become the Demon Savior! Chaos Ascendant takes the reader on a wild, action packed ride through tortured landscapes and the lowest planes of Hell itself. It is a must read for all fans of high fantasy and the author's famed Thulian Chronicles series.

Author : Art Wiederhold,Charles Sutphen
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466922549

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From the Depths of Evil by Art Wiederhold,Charles Sutphen Pdf

In this tenth installment of the Thulian Chronicles, Arka-Dal, who is the emperor of Thule, and his friends have to contend with a series of calamities and menaces, any of which could bring the empire tumbling down around their ears. They find themselves battling everything, from invading armies, an insane wizard, beings from another galaxy, ancient curses, and the devil himself. Along the way, Arka-Dal gains an unexpected ally, new wives and discovers his vengeful side. This is a rollicking, wild, roller-coaster ride that is a must-read for fans of the previous nine installments and will also appeal to lovers of high adventure.

Author : Simon Young
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496839459

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The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends by Simon Young Pdf

Winner of the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award from the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including the “Choking Doberman,” the “Eaten Ticket,” and the “Vanishing Hitchhiker.” But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s. Young introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from “Beetle Eyes” to the “Shoplifter’s Dilemma” and from “Hands in the Muff” to the “Suicide Club.” While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and they have certainly never received scholarly treatment. Young begins the volume with a lengthy introduction assessing nineteenth-century media, emphasizing the importance of the written word to the perpetuation and preservation of these myths. He draws on numerous nineteenth-century books, periodicals, and ephemera, including digitized newspaper archives—particularly the British Newspaper Archive, an exciting new hunting ground for folklorists. The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends will appeal to an academic audience as well as to anyone who is interested in urban legends.

Author : Chris Morton,Ceri Louise Thomas
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780007383689

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The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls by Chris Morton,Ceri Louise Thomas Pdf

The crystal skulls are a mystery as profound as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Nazca Lines of Peru, or Stonehenge.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486111032

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The Gold-Bug and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Nine gripping tales by the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," six others.

Author : Donn Piatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Local author
ISBN : UCAL:B3327569

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The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah, and Other Tales by Donn Piatt Pdf

Author : BARNACLE.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026537974

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Barnacle; Or, the Hut on the Devil's Peak [and Other Tales]. by BARNACLE. Pdf

Author : Samuel Marzioli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950305562

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Hollow Skulls and Other Stories by Samuel Marzioli Pdf

Dark clouds choke the daylight, signaling the return of hungry monsters intent on devouring the world. A father, raised on stories about an ancient evil that targets newborns, is accosted by uncertainty and paranoia over the birth of his new son. A church's search for truth reveals a dark secret behind the object of their worship. A young husband strives for closure amid an aswang invasion, and the brutal murder of his wife. Samuel Marzioli's debut collection Hollow Skulls and Other Stories illuminates the logic within madness, the order behind chaos, and the hope beyond despair in thirteen tales that bridge the gap between darkness and the light.

Author : Thomas A. Bass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 0395415020

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Camping with the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa by Thomas A. Bass Pdf

Bass gives a firsthand account of what happens when Western science collides with African tradition.

Author : David Hatcher Childress,Stephen Mehler
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781935487456

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The Crystal Skulls by David Hatcher Childress,Stephen Mehler Pdf

Crystal is one of the most fascinating substances in nature. The crystalline structure lends itself uniquely to various adaptations, including information storage, and crystal technologies are at the cutting edge of advancements in nanotechnology and computing. Crystal skulls are one of the most intriguing enigmas in history, archeology and metaphysical science. Does the fact that they are carved from crystal enable them to store information and interact with human thought waves? There is a lot of evidence to suggest this is so. Rogue archeologist and explorer David Hatcher Childress introduces the technology and lore of crystals, and then plunges into a full-on search for the source of the crystal skulls. The history of Mesoamerica, where the skulls were said to originate, is rich with the mystical, magical sorcery of the Olmecs, Zapotecs, Maya and Aztecs. The turbulent times of the Mexican Revolution form the backdrop for the rollicking adventures of Ambrose Bierce, the renowned journalist who went missing in the jungles in 1913, and F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, the notorious adventurer who emerged from the jungles with the most famous of the crystal skulls. Childress brings it all to life with his characteristic panache. Eminent researcher Stephen Mehler shares his extensive knowledge of and experience with crystal skulls. Having been involved in the field since the 1980s, he has personally examined many of the most influential skulls, and has worked with the leaders in crystal skull research, including the inimitable Nick Nocerino, who developed a meticulous methodology for the purpose of examining the skulls, Get the lowdown on the most recent developments in the world of the crystal skulls from one in the know!

Author : Richard E. Turley,Barbara Jones Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197675694

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Vengeance Is Mine by Richard E. Turley,Barbara Jones Brown Pdf

The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking Massacre at Mountain Meadows Published in 2008, Massacre at Mountain Meadows was a bombshell of a book, revealing the story of one of the grimmest episodes in Latter-day Saint history, when settlers in southwestern Utah slaughtered more than 100 members of a California-bound wagon train in 1857. In this much-anticipated sequel, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown examine the aftermath of this atrocity. Vengeance Is Mine documents southern Utah leaders' attempts to cover up their crime by silencing witnesses and spreading lies. Investigations by both governmental and church bodies were stymied by stonewalling and political wrangling. While nine men were eventually indicted, five were captured and only one, John D. Lee, was executed. The book examines the maneuvering of the defense and prosecution in Lee's two trials, the second ending in Lee's conviction. Turley and Brown explore the fraught relationship between Lee and church president Brigham Young, and assess what role, if any, Young played in the cover-up. And they trace the fates of the other perpetrators, including the harrowing end of Nephi Johnson, who screamed "Blood! Blood! Blood!" in his delirium as he was dying, more than sixty years after the massacre. Turley and Brown also tell the story of the massacre's few survivors: seventeen children who witnessed the slaughter and eventually returned to Arkansas, where the ill-fated wagon train originated. Vengeance Is Mine brings the hitherto untold story of this shameful episode in Mormon and Utah history to its dramatic conclusion.

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857687319

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Tales From Development Hell (New Updated Edition) by David Hughes Pdf

A compulsively readable journey into the area of movie-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed... but the movies rarely actually get made! Whatever happened to Darren Aronofsky's Batman movie starring Clint Eastwood? Why were there so many scripts written over the years for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's fourth Indiana Jones movie? Why was Lara Croft's journey to the big screen so tortuous, and what prevented Paul Verhoeven from filming what he calls "one of the greatest scripts ever written"? Why did Ridley Scott's Crisis in the Hot Zone collapse days away from filming, and were the Beatles really set to star in Lord of the Rings? What does Neil Gaiman think of the attempts to adapt his comic book series The Sandman? All these lost projects, and more, are covered in this major book, which features many exclusive interviews with the writers and directors involved.

Author : Эжен Сю
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040853274

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The Infant's Skull; Or, The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Эжен Сю Pdf

Author : David J. Mozina
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824886707

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Knotting the Banner by David J. Mozina Pdf

In the hills of China’s central Hunan province, an anxious young apprentice officiates over a Daoist ritual known as the Banner Rite to Summon Sire Yin. Before a crowd of masters, relatives, and villagers—and the entire pantheon of gods and deceased masters ritually invited to witness the event—he seeks to summon Celestial Lord Yin Jiao, the ferocious deity who supplies the exorcistic power to protect and heal bodies and spaces from illness and misfortune. If the apprentice cannot bring forth the deity, the rite is considered a failure and the ordination suspended: His entire professional career hangs in the balance before it even begins. This richly textured study asks how the Banner Rite works or fails to work in its own terms. How do the cosmological, theological, and anthropological assumptions ensconced in the ritual itself account for its own efficacy or inefficacy? Weaving together ethnography, textual analysis, photography, and film, David J. Mozina invites readers into the religious world of ritual masters in today’s south China. He shows that the efficacy of rituals like the Banner Rite is driven by the ability of a ritual master to form an intimate relationship with exorcistic deities like Yin Jiao, which is far from guaranteed. Mozina reveals the ways in which such ritual claims are rooted in the great liturgical movements of the Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368) and how they are performed these days amid the social and economic pressures of rural life in the post-Mao era. Written for students and scholars of Daoism and Chinese religion, Knotting the Banner will also appeal to anthropologists and comparative religionists, especially those working on ritual.