Swimming in Darkness

Swimming in Darkness
Author: Lucas Harari
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1551527685

A thrilling graphic novel about a young man who is drawn to the thermal springs found in the Swiss Alps that hold many mysteries. Pierre is a young man at a crossroads. He drops out of architecture school and decides to travel to Vals in the Swiss Alps, home to a thermal springs complex located deep inside a mountain. The complex, designed by architect Paul Zumthor, had been the subject of Pierre’s thesis. The mountain holds many mysteries; it was said to have a mouth that periodically swallowed people up. Pierre, sketchbook in hand, is drawn to the enigmatic powers of the mountain and its springs, and attempts to uncover the truth behind them in the secret rooms he discovers deep within the complex. But he finds his match in a man named Valeret who is similarly obsessed, and who’d like nothing more than to eliminate his competitor. Gorgeously illustrated, Swimming in Darkness is an intriguing, noirish graphic novel about uncovering the powerful secrets of the natural world.

Light Shining Out of Darkness

Light Shining Out of Darkness
Author: Hugh Hood
Publisher: Biblioasis
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2018-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1771961899

Like the paintings of Jan Vermeer and Edward Hopper, Hugh Hood’s short fiction looks hard at what some might call the surface of things. Like the finely wrought realism of those canvases, Hood’s super-realist style doesn’t just see—it sees into. While his early publications prompted his reputation as an originator of Canadian modernism, Hood’s work taken as a whole reveals a philosophy far older: that of the allegorist. Like Dante’s pilgrim, Hood’s narrator finds spiritual truths in recognizable forms, affirming again and again the imagination’s capacity for penetrating insight and the transcendental potential of art. As he wrote in 1971, “I have at all times endeavoured to look steadily at my subjects. I hope my gaze has helped to light them up.” With a foreword by John Metcalf, Light Shining Out of Darkness collects twenty-five of the best stories by this modern master of the form, whose sensibility set him apart from the writers of his generation and continues to distinguish his oeuvre as among the 20th century’s most enduring. Best understood as a suite of modern meditations, seemingly quotidian explorations of salvation, temptation, and damnation in an irreligious world, Hood balances insight into human failing with compassion for our shared condition.

The Nightmare, and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy

The Nightmare, and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy
Author: Francis Stevens
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0803292988

Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy: A man goes quietly to bed aboard the doomed Lusitania and awakens on a magical South Pacific Island just as the passenger liner is torpedoed. In a future where women rule the world, a sentient island becomes murderously jealous of a shipwrecked couple. Dire consequences await a human swept into the dark, magical world of elves. A deadly labyrinth coils around the dark heart of a picturesque landscape garden. Within an Egyptian sarcophagus lies the horrifying price of infidelity. Swirling unseen around us are loathsome creatures giving form to our basest desires and fears. A beautiful, veiled medium may hold the key to preventing unspeakable evil from slipping through the borderlands between life and death. On a lost island a woman pipe player and her monstrous dancing partner bring death and terror to five adventurers. ø The stories in this collection have played an integral role in the development of modern dark fantasy, greatly influencing such writers as H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt.

Production, Environment and Quality

Production, Environment and Quality
Author: International Conference Bordeaux Aquaculture '92
Publisher:
Total Pages: 608
Release: 1993
Genre: Aquaculture
ISBN:

Topics include: 1) Fish culture and the environment; 2) Fish and environment; 3) Growth and feeding; 4) Aquaculture and tropical species; 5) Shellfish culture: farming conditions and pathology.

The Nation

The Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 956
Release: 1925
Genre: Current events
ISBN:

OtherSpace

OtherSpace
Author: Wes Platt
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2003-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595265537

For millennia, the Kamir and their creation, the Il'Ri'Kamm Hive Mind, have warred against each other and their allies. Now, in the 31st Century, the crew of the VES Minerva are charged with the mission of bearing a small boy to a desolate, deadly world where the two ancient races will face each other in a final showdown. If the Minerva succeeds, the two races will annihilate each other and OtherSpace faster-than-light drives will cease functioning. If the Minerva fails, corporeal life will be destroyed. OtherSpace: Storm Warning is a snapshot of the shared epic that has been told online in real-time since 1998, by participants from around the world. The universe and several key characters are the creation of Wes Platt, but the characters of participants help flesh out and spark critical events that shape the history of the text-based improvisational storytelling environment. See the website and logs at www.jointhesaga.com.

The Lex Chronicles Trilogy E-Book Collection

The Lex Chronicles Trilogy E-Book Collection
Author: Crystal Crawford
Publisher: Crystal Crawford
Total Pages: 1108
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

**This box set collection contains ALL THREE e-books in The Lex Chronicles Trilogy (Legends of Arameth)!** An evil force terrorizes Arameth, but those out to stop it have a serious problem: their prophesied hero is dead. Centuries ago, a malevolent magicborn overtook Arameth, fracturing their world and unleashing a devastating war between magicborn and their non-magic neighbors. To protect their magical heritage, the Ancients of Arameth sealed themselves off in The Core, wiping all memory of magic from the ordinary people. The remaining magicborns retreated into hiding, unable to use their abilities for fear of inciting the wrath of the Ancients’ dark regime—or the terror of their own neighbors. Two hundred years later, the damage wreaked by the Fracture threatens to unravel their world. A dark energy from The Core is slowly corrupting once-beautiful Arameth, and the Worldforce, the source of all Arameth’s magic, is destabilizing. The heroes sworn to restore the balance fail catastrophically in their final battle, and tensions peak between the peoples of Arameth. Fluctuations in the unstable Worldforce bring frequent disasters. But not all of Arameth’s problems come from The Core... Lex is a seventeen-year-old with no memories before this morning, and no clue why a group of villagers want him dead. Realizing they have mistaken him for a destructive magicborn who slaughtered innocents in their village, Lex flees for his life—only to discover he’s more tangled in the conflicts of the past than he ever imagined. And the mysterious girl he stumbles upon during his escape creates a whole new set of problems... An epic fantasy / portal fantasy / soft sci-fi mashup, this trilogy is teeming with quirky characters, fantastical creatures, surprises and suspense. With subtle clean/sweet romance, high-stakes adventure, and a strong focus on friendship and second chances, this all-the-feels fantasy series will keep you flipping the pages.

Testament

Testament
Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1838779612

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.