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Gears grind in this steampunk collection. From sky pirates, elite businessmen and inventors, these characters use steampunk technology to their advantage. From cities brimming with life to apocalyptic wastelands, survival oftentimes comes with a hefty price. This collection features stories by Harry Fritsch, Robert Allen Lupton, Katie Jordan, Lincoln Reed, Daniel Barlekamp, Davin Ireland, A.R. Turner, Barend Nieuwstraten III, R.C. Capasso, D.L. Smith-Lee, Douglas Allen Gohl, and Toni Mobley.

Nowhere is safe. Assassins who are paid well, blackmailed, or are repaying debts as they hunt face more challenges than anticipated. The worst crime is growing attached to their target or sympathizing with their cause. Each assassin’s journey is entirely unique in these eleven dark tales. Featuring stories from Victoria Azzi, L.N. Hunter, Charles Kyffhausen, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Fulvio Gatti, Edgar Mahaffey, Gray Stanback, Jennifer Strassel, Douglas Allen Gohl, Paula Gail Benson, and Frank Sawielijew.

Enter the Veil. The infamous Fae are most known for their sly ways. While tricking humans may be their specialty, they don't always show kindness toward their own kin either. The grander the scheme, the larger their boasting rights. From Sidhe, gnomes, brownies, and more, you'll always need to be on guard and vigilant. Featuring stories by Christopher Pate, Kevin A. Davis, Ben Howels, Toni Mobley, Ally Kelly, Michael A. Epanchin, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Robert Allen Lupton, Jasiah Witkofsky, J. Woolston Carr, Aaron Van Treeck, Gray Stanback, and Charles Wiegand.

Poetry; a unique and beautiful way to express feelings and ideas. Weaving words into perfect poetic prose, these thirty authors remind you of your childhood, bring comfort from the hardships of life, fiercely spur emotions, and tell tales of old. All lovers of poetry will find a favorite here! Featured authors include Jonathan Pratt, Douglas Allen Gohl, J.E. Feldman, Rebecca A. Demarest, E.L. Summers, Austin Worley, Jose Joel Robles, Dana Trick, Neethu Krishnan, Alize Atif, Stephen Schwei, Vanessa Bane, and Matthew Ivan Bennett.

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine competition. They brought back a battle cruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they, ultimately, founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

**Welcome to "This Week In Class" with Michaé!** I’m Michaé, a first-year 2nd grade teacher on a journey to discover what it really takes to thrive in the classroom. In this podcast, I’ll be documenting the highs, lows, and everything in between as I navigate my first year of teaching. Each week, I’ll share personal stories, lessons learned, classroom strategies, and a behind-the-scenes look at my experiences working with 2nd graders. From figuring out lesson planning and classroom management to handling those unexpected curveballs that come with teaching, you’ll hear all about ...

Upswings, downturns, bubbles, patent trolls and hackers, venture capitalists and start-ups: sometimes the modern world of high-tech companies seems as ruled by the Fates, the Furies and the Muses, as any classical Greek drama. In this collection of intertwined short stories, a Silicon Valley insider imagines the forces of antiquity still active in the 21st century - with apps, databases, and a serious yen for skim-milk lattes. Proceed with caution. Your future depends on what you do next.

Kerry Keen is a young millionaire playboy by day to hide his nocturnal adventures as a costumed airborne crime fighter! From a secret underground hangar on his Long Island estate in the Graylands, The Griffon takes to the skies in the Black Bullet, his supercharged and heavily armed seaplane on missions of justice and vengeance! Six tales of action, excitement, mystery and amazing aerial adventure take flight in this collection.

The ups and downs mean you’re alive. Sometimes, life knocks you down and it gets harder to pick yourself back up. Whether it’s for family, friends or themselves, these realistic characters continue on. The rollercoaster of life is harsh to them, but they persevere in their own ways. Stories by Toni Mobley, Laura Ruth Loomis, Katie Kent, Douglas Allen Gohl, Deborah Henley, and J.E. Feldman.

A mutilated body was found one night, hanging from the Austerlitz Bridge in Paris. Gerard de Montclaire, France's most acclaimed detective, must find the killer.The murderer may have committed other, similar crimes. There is growing alarm in official circles, hinted at in the tabloid press, that a "Ripper" is loose in Paris.

Our First Year: Sketches from an Alpine Village is the true story of an American couple's first year living abroad in northern Italy. Told through short, often humorous sketches, this book introduces the reader to life in Italy's South Tirol region through the eyes of newly arrived American residents. Centered in the small alpine village of Tret, the people, language, and customs here come to life through a personal narrative of everyday living.

"As I sit quietly this evening in the Italian Alps, I know that in the morning, the sun will surely come streaming in again over those quiet waters, now some 6,000 miles and a lifetime away from me. Memories know no distance and I will miss Black Canyon. The mighty Willamette River will slip by and there will remain in its swirls and reflections the soft sepia toned images of all of my waters and the fragrance of dewy ferns on the canyon floor and a faint hope for tomorrow."

It is 1904. A series of unusual events, including the murder of a French agent, a large concentration of the Kaiser's intelligence operatives, and vague reports about a deep-cover Russian agent who is spying on the czar, give Gerard de Montclaire yet another opportunity to prove his mettle as the finest detective of the Edwardian Era.

We need heroes. We need examples of what right looks like, where we can see a principle put into action and then observe the results. The farmer's law is eternally true, “You reap what you sow”. What are the consequences of a life lived with audacity, integrity, and thankfulness? We can look to Patton, Regulus, and Helen Keller to find out. What is the outcome if we persevere, and live nobly, with zeal? Ed Coan, George Washington, and Amelia Earhart show us. They say, you sow a thought; you reap an action.

Lucas is a wrestling podcaster that also talks about sports & pop culture/entertainment. He reviews on WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, WWE Smackdown on a weekly basis and also every WWE PLE & every AEW PPV whenever they take place.

Treasure is within reach. Nineteen original tales of swashbuckling glory are at your fingertips in this anthology. From pirates lured into traps, treasure hunting gone wrong, and epic battles on the open sea. From vengeful ghosts to gruesome mutinies. Living on the edge comes with high costs. Featuring stories by Paulene Turner, James Romag, Maeve A. Baird, Matthew Fryer, Isa Ottoni, Bianca Breen, Charles Kyffhausen, Allison Tebo, Douglas Allen Gohl, Edgar Mahaffey, Jennifer Strassel, Stephen A. Roddewig, Robert Allen Lupton, K. Anders, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Melody Bowles, and C.L. Hart.

In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover monstrous creatures, devilish kitsune masks, vicious literature characters come to life, and more stories to fuel your worst nightmares. Featuring Beth W. Patterson, Robert Prescott, David Allen Voyles, J. Woolston Carr, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Daryl Marcus, Joshua Bartolome, Damien Mckeating, and Mike Lera.

The year is 1903, and there's a murder at Le Chat Noir, a cabaret in Montmartre. No ordinary murder. Above Marie Collot's lifeless body stands no ordinary man - Edward VII, King of England. Called in as the French Republic's official investigator, Gerard de Montclaire navigates a complex web of greed, hatred, jealousy, and intrigue to find a ruthless master spy, who will stop at nothing to prevent an historic treaty between England and France.

We are told that in Tartary, each native makes the iron he needs, just as every household would make its own bread. The furnace is a very small affair, not holding more than three pounds of ore. This is filled with ore and charcoal. The bellows are used, and after the charcoal is all burned out, the result is a small piece of spongy iron, which needs only repeated heating and hammering to be made serviceable.

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