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AN ANTHOLOGY OF ORIGINAL ZOMBIE HORROR OUR DEAD BODIES In a post-apocalyptic world, Hal's wife and young daughter have become zombies. Somehow, however, they have retained a modicum of their humanity and communicate in the smallest of ways. Hal refuses to allow them to become exterminated even though the world is on a zombie killing craze. Determined to keep his family intact, Hal heads cross country to find his family a safe refuge from the zombie...

For as long as I can remember, I have been told to follow three important rules; Always guard my ability Never share my secret And pretend to be normal. However, those three little rules don't make my life easier. I still find dead people and deal with strange visions. Not to mention, an attraction to a boy who doesn't exist. Whenever we cross paths he mists away like smoke on a mirror. He drives me crazy, that Kaff Cooper. As a flock of dead crows...

When linguist Andrea Davis finds the body of one of her favorite professors, she notices the note pinned to the corpse is written in Old English-and the murder scene is straight out of an ancient tale. Shock and grief are not the only emotions she feels. Disbelief, unease, and attraction run amok when she spies Brady Lancaster-the detective in charge of the scene. Detective Brady Lancaster is drawn to the quiet fire burning behind the terror in Andrea's...

For many of you who desire to understand all the senseless killing that takes place in our country, communities, and a mainly all over the world, Asking the question, "Why and what is happening?" In this book is knowledge of the natural and spiritual world through the word of God to bring understanding that we may be enlighten with wisdom that will equip us to help solve this problem. Every believer has an important part to play! You will learn who...

With humor and heart, Over Our Dead Bodies does for the undertaking profession what Mary Roach's Stiff did for cadavers, and, like Caitlin Doughty's Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? gives us permission to embrace our morbid curiosity. From the authors of Mortuary Confidential. Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry... I HAD LOST THE HEARSE! From a dysfunctional...

Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and at times downright bizarre, thought-provoking and eye-opening rollercoaster ride through some of the most curious encounters of her career as a leading forensic psychiatrist. Delve into the minds of real people, whose actions may shock and stun you, but who's stories have the power to challenge your assumptions and the stigma that surrounds mental...

Connected at the chest by a band of flesh, Chang and Eng Bunker toured the United States and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, placing themselves and their extraordinary bodies on exhibit as "freaks of nature" and "Oriental curiosities." More famously known as the Siamese twins, they eventually settled in rural North Carolina, married two white sisters, became slave owners, and fathered twenty-one children between them. Though the brothers constantly...

"Our Black Sons Matter is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. From Trayvon Martin to Tamir Rice, the list of young black men who have suffered racial violence continues to grow. Young black people also deal with profound stereotypes and structural barriers. And yet, young black men are often paradoxically revered as icons of cultural...

"What if a stranger came to you and told you that she believed your child is about to be killed? What if that woman was an ex-FBI profiler with a disputable rap-sheet? Would you believe her? Eva Rae Thomas is chasing down a vicious killer, but no one will believe he even exists. If there are no unexplained dead bodies, or missing persons, then how can there be a killer on the loose? What they don't understand is that the perfect murder is the one...

The sleuthing couple pursues a serial killer through Victorian London in an exciting entry in the “unfailingly rewarding” New York Times–bestselling series (The New York Times).
 A serial killer is loose in the slums of Devil’s Acre. The murders are brutal, but it is the killer’s grisly signature that shocks even Inspector Thomas Pitt, no stranger to death and violent crime. The victims...