Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (and other Oddities) is a collection of Lucy Snyder's humorous essays, fiction and articles, some culled from places like Strange Horizons and Spacesuits and Six-Guns and some brand new. This collection of thirteen short stories, articles and essays from Lucy A. Snyder will appeal to any fan of zombies, aliens or installation manuals. Here's what Wikipedia said about Lucy, last time we checked: Lucy A. Snyder is an American science fiction, fantasy, humor, and nonfiction writer. She grew up in San Angelo, Texas but moved to Bloomington, Indiana for graduate studies at Indiana University and currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Gary A. Braunbeck. Snyder served as an editor for HMS Beagle, an online bioscience publication produced by Elsevier. She has also contributed technical articles to publications such as Electronic Products.

This collection from rising author Lucy A. Snyder offers three dozen poems to delight readers who enjoy sly wordplay and subtle allusion, high intelligence and fierce heart. Snyder's work is complex yet grounded. You can read it on several levels and it'll work on each and every one. It's lyrical but rooted in authenticity and validity. There's truth here, and tackling the truth is the highest calling of any poet. She's been through the trenches; she knows the way the world comes down. You can feel it in the work. You're not just looking at words in a book, you're regarding a life that's been opened up and splashed down on the page. This lady is not only courageous, she's fearless. We need more like her to give us that grand plucking of the guts. - Tom Piccirilli, author of The Midnight Road and Waiting My Turn to Go Under the Knife, from his introduction There is nothing illusory or mechanical about these poems. They take us on a marvelously eclectic journey, with a cast that includes a black hole voicing its thoughts and a dead man coming 'Home For the Holidays.' Read and be dazzled. - Christopher Conlon, author of Mary Falls: Requiem for Mrs. Surratt and Midnight on Mourn Street Winner of the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry.

Jonah and Shae Madison were the best their generation had to offer. Throwing themselves into trouble at every turn, they spent a lot of their time fighting for what they believed in, saving countless lives. But now, somehow having made it into their sixties, they've happily retired. Until they're forced, this time against their will, to save the galaxy. It's one more time into the deepest black, together. Jonah and Shae were already a force to be reckoned with, but this time they're joined by their son, and that doesn't make them LESS dangerous...
In a galaxy pushing them at every turn, all they have are wit, will, and most importantly, each other to keep them all alive.
And gravity packs.
And blasters.

Oh God, oh God, oh God, Mud's leading the team this time. Duck.
Stepping into his parent's boots, Mud Madison (please stop calling him 'Newt') is still breaking in his new Insertion Team. Everything is going smoothly enough, until the answer to a long-standing mystery forces them to deal with a mulit-versal incursion that no one was prepared to accept as even possible.
It's five against the impossible. Luckily they have each other. And gravity packs. And blasters. And grenades.

Casey is a retired Combat Musician, making a living playing small gigs at her local bar. Jake is a professional con man. They need a new couch, which has nothing to do with anything really.

Caught up in events they never wanted a part of, Casey and Jake must now save everything they love, working through obstacles strange, frustrating, and occasionally impossible, in an even more impossible city. And if they're really lucky they'll solve the couch problem.

They live in Mur, the first human city. Long since cast adrift in time and space, it is secretly protected by three Forces, believed to be myths: The Cat With No Face, The Grandmother of Keys, and The Silent Heart. Only accessible by seven gates that randomly appear on the other side of any door on Earth, in any time, Mur slides along the path of humanity silently. If you're not careful, or possibly if you're fortunate, you can end up there.

Worried about strange happenings near you? Freaking out over demons and death cults stopping by to order a cup of sugar or steal your memories? Don't know what to do?

Then turn to Paige Never.

That was the best advice around--until recently. These days she's nowhere to be found; dead, retired, lost, or possibly all of the above. Now one mildly confused guy will have to work to bring Paige back to the fold so she can get neck-deep in saving the world again.

Alternate dimensions, monsters, cults, powerful hidden civilizations, and endless diner coffee all combine to create the biggest threat Paige has ever dealt with, assuming she can be bothered to care.

This latest collection of horror from Britain's Paul Kane has been eagerly anticipated by his fans, and coincides with the release of his novel The Afterblight Chronicles: Arrowhead in Oct/Nov 2008. Mr Kane's work has been praised by everyone from Peter Straub to Clive Barker to Gary Braunbeck, and this anthology of some of his most chilling tales to date is certain to please the fan of horror ranging from psychological to supernatural and back again.

Russell Hamilton is having a hell of a time. His marriage is falling apart, his life-long affliction with sleeping sickness is getting worse, and even managing the simplest matters is pushing his psyche to the breaking point. If only he could go back to the beginning, back to the point where his life made sense, when happiness could be found in a simple ride on a motorbike. Back before the Lemon Man... Mike Stone, the author of the collections Fourtold and Memory Bones, presents this story of a man simply trying to make sense of a senseless situation, a man haunted by his own deeds and misdeeds, in more ways than he can ever imagine.

Frances Pastan is a mess. Though a celebrated author of children's books, she's arrived at middle age depressed and alcoholic, alienated from her daughter and lost in regret for events of long ago. To conquer her demons Frances must undertake a journey both physical and emotional-a journey into her deepest past, to the small town of her childhood where she discovered her first real friend, Lucy Sparrow. To remember their happy, crazy times together. And to find Lucy's killer. A Matrix of Angels is a harrowing, beautifully written novel of love, loss, and the fierce power of memory.

Reed Waters keeps his small Washington, D.C. apartment tidy. In the morning he goes to his simple job and at night he heads straight home. Virtually his only real human contact comes through his friendship with a local boy, Will. Reed Waters is a quiet man. He has to be, because he is a man with secrets. One rain-drenched night a stranger steps into his life-Mauri Dyson, a teenage runaway who is as explosive and unpredictable as Reed is cautious and discreet. And yet she holds secrets, too. Secrets that will change both their lives forever. Adapted by the author from his acclaimed novel, Christopher Conlon's Midnight on Mourn Street is a searing theatrical experience.

Paul Kane - author of Alone (in the Dark) and Touching the Flame - has returned, not to terrify this time, but to tickle the funnybone. Inside this book you'll find a collection of his most outrageous humorous horror, with stories ranging from Dracula in Love to The Last Temptation of Alice Crump...and not forgetting fan favourite The Bones Brothers. Funnybones also includes several of the adventures of Dalton Quayle, that most famous of supernatural detectives.

Christopher Conlon, author of poetry collections Gilbert and Garbo in Love, The Weeping Time, and Mary Falls, and the novel Midnight on Mourn Street turns his attention to the short, violent lives of Charles Starkeweather and Caril Ann Fugate. With a haunting depth and sensitivity, Conlon explores the possibilities that made human beings turn savage in the middle of America, and follows the doomed pair on a bloodthirsty journey made all the more tragic by its reality.

A collection of the finest poetry about Ninjas ever collected. Well, at least that we know of - the others are all very very secret. Ever wonder how the modern ninja copes with daily life? Well, you should. Possibly not in the way this poet would have you believe, but then again, who's to say? Including not one, two, but SEVEN ninja haiku slams, this will be the book that quite possibly gets its author killed in the night...

An essential guide for parents, youth sports organizations, players or anyone seeking solid information about the sport. A PARENT'S GUIDE covers everything from the history of the game to rules of play, equipment and buying guides, essential contact information and advice for parent's mentoring paintball playing youths. Steve Davidson, author of MAXING: A GUIDE TO WINNING TOURNAMENT PLAY and THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO PAINTBALL brings over two decades of paintball experience to the subject of youth paintball. In A PARENT'S GUIDE, Davidson blends historical anecdotes, amusing stories and practical information into an easy to read introduction to the sport written just for parents. Packed with a wealth of detailed information, this primer covers everything from safety and medical considerations to basic rules of play.

Douglas Texter takes his readers on a whirlwind tour of the practice of self-betterment through the ages in this biting parody of self-help literature. He carefully explores the Big 12 myths of self-improvement, and at the same time, delivers a devastating, sardonic social and political commentary: The Myth of Planning shows you how sales-rep Tiffany Johnson secures the 2000-student adoption of the outrageously expensive textbook To Market, To Market by using the techniques she learned in Ninety Seven Habits of Really Rapacious People. In The Myth of Education, you'll attend gym class with Winston Nebbish and learn how our education system creates and unleashes over-achievers who do incredible damage. You'll also discover the secrets behind dodge ball and the fine art of giving a wedgie. The Myth of Work takes you behind the scenes at Ishmael's Caffeine Machine, America's hottest new high-end coffee retailer. Peeking out from behind the flaps of the sweat lodge that CEO Martha Little Sympathy has built, you'll witness the birth of the Moby Dick product line. You'll accompany marketing guru Lisa Jones to a focus-group meeting and the strangest worker-empowerment session you'll ever see. In The Myth of Mythology, you'll bear witness to the way in which belief in God enables medieval pickpocket Raoul, who faces a choice between a hanging and a holy war, to find the courage to lead fifteen thousand mercenaries on the First Crusade. Our world has never been the same. The Myth of Self-Actualization takes you to a meeting of The Formula, where, along with former pot head Michael Ginley, you'll learn how to GET IT, how to BE IT, and, most important of all, how to PAY FOR IT. The Myth of Creativity gives you an advance screening of Saving Private Ryan's Credit Rating, the MFA project of Frederick P. Zalston. You'll accompany the members of the 241st Extraction Brigade as they fight their way through a barrage of product placements to deliver an overdue American Express bill. In The Myth of Self-Denial, you'll see how your favorite vampire finds the courage to take a bite out of life (and everybody else). Young Vlad the Caresser discovers that knowing how to make a good quiche doesn't cut the mustard when you're trying to protect your homeland. This is the Dracula story that Bram Stoker didn't have the stomach to tell. The Myth of Diversity lets you view the results of CEO J. B. Downing's decision to create a truly diverse workplace. Wanting to melt down human resources into ingots of profit, Downing tells HR manager Bob De Lucca to bring me Wobblies and bring me Wookies. Bring me all of this and more. J. B.'s Worktopia initiative is diversity unlike anything you've ever seen. In The Myth of Philosophy, you'll sit one cubicle over from intern Carrie Hoofsnagle as she helps the Right Thinking Institute to engage in some of the most convoluted cognition that you're likely ever to witness. You'll discover what happens when RTI applies flawless reasoning and free alcohol to the problem of getting architect and Civil War re-enactor Joseph Legucci to build the Mall of Northern Aggression. The Myth of Social Activism shows you how Judge Jack Lovell embroils young dirt farmer Walter Smith in the War to End all Wars. Speeding off with Walter to Camp Xenophobia, you'll see how the Great War made the world safe for the American way of life and the not-very-flattering house dresses worn by J. Edgar Hoover. The Myth of Vision returns to the dawn of time so that you can see the very first Aha moment. You'll be standing by the flip chart when the planet's original idea man, Oog, partners up with his cave mate of indeterminate gender, Boog, to start a mastodon-extermination company. And, finally, The Myth of Sisyphus ties together everything you've learned and sends you back to your room, exactly the place where you can do the least harm.

Fans of Lucy A. Snyder's Jessie Shimmer series won't want to miss this book, which includes a trio of stories featuring Miko, Sara, and Charlie: characters who appear in her urban fantasy novel Shotgun Sorceress. The fiction, poetry, and humor in these pages will appeal to any reader of the dark fantastic. By turns touching, chilling, surreal, wryly satiric, seductive, thrilling and laugh-out-loud funny, this collection will take you from adventures in the far reaches of outer space to the dark magic hidden beneath the surface of modern America. Sparks and Shadows won the 2008 Editors' Choice Black Quill Award for Best Dark Genre Collection. The award is sponsored by Dark Scribe Magazine.

This selection of short fiction by award-winning author Gary A.Braunbeck is a haunting and evocative collection, plumbing the heights and depths of the human spirit. Braunbeck writes of everyday people, with everyday joys and tragedies. He channels his fellow Ohioans Bradbury and Serling, writing passionate and beautiful prose which challenges the reader who would dismiss his work as mere popular fiction. This selection gathers many of his previously published short works along with new material, and is a wonderful and wondrous introduction to those who have yet to read him. The works span many genres, and will appeal to any reader who appreciates the short story form, and introduce it at its best to those who wonder what all the fuss is about. As well, fans of Braunbeck's Cedar Hill novels will be pleased to find several visits to that little burgh within these pages...

STORIES FROM THE FIRST FOUR ISSUES OF BLOOD & TACOS-COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME Gird your loins, boys and girls, for a literary tour of force. Gird them Once, paperback racks were full of men's adventure series. Next to the Louis L'Amours sat the Executioner, the Destroyer, the Death Merchant, and other action heroes hell-bent on bringing America back from the brink. That time was the 1970s and '80s-a bygone era filled with wide-eyed innocence and mustaches. Those stories are here again Blood & Tacos has brought back the action, the fun, and the adventure. Also, the mustaches. We are proud to present the Silencer, Father Dukes, the Albino Wino, Studs Winslow, Battleground U.S.S.A., Tiger Team Bravo, L.A.N.D.B.O.A.T. (the Boat That Goes on Land), and many more-a veritable piranha tank full of heroic heroes. Blood & Tacos: The Beginning features stories discovered by Ray Banks, Matthew C. Funk, Rob Kroese, Stephen Mertz, Gary Phillips, Johnny Shaw, Josh Stallings, Todd Robinson, and a slew of other killer writers. Ride the tiger And remember, if it's too cheesy, it's a quesadilla