The North Carolina coastline is a tourist destination, a paradise for locals and visitors alike--during the day.
Its proximity to the Graveyard of the Atlantic gives it other, darker associations after nightfall. When the sun goes down and shadows appear, it becomes the haunted coast. Then, the quaint towns and islands that hours earlier played host to happy inhabitants are peopled by long dead pirates, specters, poltergeists, and some things that defy description. The ghost of a blind mother searches for her lost son, her wooden staff tap...tap...taping through the night. Five hoof prints give silent testimony to a cocky rider's race to hell.
Author Thomas Smith walks though places best not explored alone.
The birds needed to elect a king.
The birds flocked to the Meeting Tree.
Blackbirds made a quick decree:
Black feathers will be compulsory
For the bird that king will be.
Blackbirds' intent was not hard to see,
To make one of them the nominee.
In a mix of photography and verse, Smith tells a story of pride, ego, diversity, and acceptance. It is about the importance of choosing leaders based on their character, not the color of their feathers. The book is written in playful rhymes and double meanings, with just the right measure of fun facts about birds. A book that will charm readers of all ages who enjoy fables, light verse, humor, photography, and birds.
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Ben Chalmers is a successful novelist. His wife, Rachel, is a fledgling artist with a promising career, and their daughter, Stacy, is the joy of their lives. Ben's novels have made enough money for him to provide a dream home for his family. But there is a force at work-a dark, chilling, ruthless force that has become part of the very fabric of their new home.
A malevolent entity becomes trapped in the wood and stone of the house and it will do whatever it takes to find a way to complete its bloody transference to our world.
Local sheriff, Elizabeth Cantrell, and former pastor-turned-cabinetmaker, Jim Perry, are drawn into the family's life as the entity manipulates the house with devastating results. And it won't stop until it gets what it wants. Even if it costs them their faith, their sanity, and their lives.
Read Something Stirs by Thomas Smith at night with the lights down low, and shiver as a finger of unease walks up your spine as you delve deeper and deeper into this tale of a small-town family and their new home. Smith's characters are crisply drawn, and the reader is fully vested in them in this fast-paced novel that never stumbles. Highly recommended! - Kathy Ptacek, author of Shadoweyes and Ghost Dance.
Thomas is one of those outstanding Southern writers - seemingly soft, languid, maybe even lazy, when actually what he is, is cotton wrapped about a razor. Half the time you don't even know he's gotten you until it's too late. - USA Today and NY Times Bestselling author, Charles L. Grant
Thomas' style is sharp, honed by experience, and fluid.- Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-Winning Author of Kin and The Turtle Boy
Thomas Smith is an award-winning writer, newspaper reporter, TV news producer, playwright, and essayist. His print and multi-media work has been published by Borderlands Press, Zondervan Group Publishing, Chronicle Books, Grinning Skull Press, Cemetery Dance, Pocket Books, Tor Books, Barnes and Noble Books, and Tales to Terrify. He is probably the only writer in captivity to be included in collections with Stephen King and the Rev. Rick Warren in the same week.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
This practical guide to iron shipbuilding was written in the mid-19th century by Thomas Smith, a prominent shipbuilder of the time. It covers a range of topics, from the properties of iron to the construction of ship hulls and decks. With clear and detailed instructions, and a wealth of practical insights, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of shipbuilding or maritime technology.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.