James Bell Salmond (1891-1958) wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

Kent has always hated Halloween and anything else that's scary. But when his boyfriend, Uriah, wants to take him to a haunted house, he can't say no.Uriah can't contain his excitement and loves creepy surprises. However, as the evening progresses and everything seems wrong, can he convince Kent to see the night through?For Kent and Uriah, Halloween starts with a pop and ends with a bang.Kent has always hated Halloween and anything else that's scary. But when his boyfriend, Uriah, wants to take him to a haunted house, he can't say no.Uriah can't contain his excitement and loves creepy surprises. However, as the evening progresses and everything seems wrong, can he convince Kent to see the night through?For Kent and Uriah, Halloween starts with a pop and ends with a bang, and life will never be the same again.

Edinburgh schoolteacher Brian Reid has an ambition - to pass a fairly basic piano exam. After trying a number of teachers, he finds one who might be able to help him...This short story was written as a prequel to the full-length novel "Four Old Geezers And A Valkyrie".How do older couples survive raising pre-school kids in modern America? You take notes and chronicled the journey in a series of rollicking, outrageous columns in the community newspaper. At least that’s what Lee B. Mulder did. “Couples that get pregnant in their 40’s and 50’s must be nuts,” he writes. “These are people with productive jobs, breakable furniture, cars without Cheerios and a comfortable lifestyle. But from the moment the rabbit dies, that all changes.”In this volume, the reader learns many valuable things from the point of view of a dad who’s way beyond young adult, things such as small children can be used as strategic weapons, powerful career women can also be powerful in the laundry, that STD Barbie is a very popular doll and that obedience training children with a collar and leash yields surprising results.Mulder’s fans write:“Wow, it’s refreshing. That’s me in there.” - Mrs. D.J., Glen Ellyn IL“I laughed out loud,” - Mrs. W.S., San Antonio TX“I enjoy your column every week. Is that stuff TRUE?” Mrs. D.C., Nashville TN“What are you, Erma Bombeck in dad’s clothing?” - Mr. T.W., Atlanta GACover design Julie SartainCover photo Jaimie Duplass, Bigstock Photo

Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's hilarious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakotoa (population: 498). With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Klosterman hacks his way through hair-band history, beginning with that fateful day in 1983 when his older brother brought home Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil. The fifth-grade Chuck wasn't quite ready to rock -- his hair was too short and his farm was too quiet -- but he still found a way to bang his nappy little head. Before the journey was over, he would slow-dance to Poison, sleep innocently beneath satanic pentagrams, lust for Lita Ford, and get ridiculously intellectual about Guns N' Roses. C'mon and feel his noize.

Naomi dream is shattered by the tragic death of Baby G. Forced to change directions by the loss of her job and untimely breakdown of her mother, Naomi turns to her estranged sister Jill and her childhood friend Mantel for solace. What is revealed over the next few months is a family torn apart by secrets and betrayal.Politicians have marketed their election campaign strategy on change. Tony Blair's Labour party had won the election on the slogan, “Things can only get better.” Hussein Obama became the first black American president of United States of America on the mandate of social change. Here, Change is viewed as both an equally good and bad thing it really depends upon the outcome. We are talking about big changes in our lives such as early retirement, redundancy, bereavement, divorce and health problems. These life changing events will challenge us to the inner core of our existence. They can make or break us. It will depend upon how we react to Change. In the context of my book Naomi's life is shattered due to the tragic death of a child on her watch. As a consequence she is reduced to a life of poverty and depression. But all is not lost through the support and help of her friends, family and her renewed faith in God.Naomi begins to get her life back on track.

Make a wish and it just might come true…especially if the right man overhears and has the audacity to approach. A short, romantic story about a chance opportunity for an unplanned kiss.Make a wish and it just might come true…especially if the right man overhears and has the audacity to approach. A short, romantic story about a chance opportunity for an unplanned kiss.He's recently divorced. She's yearning for romance. They both happen upon each other at a fountain in a town square. They don't know each other, but could this be the perfect time for lovely moment?

My grandmother always used to say, "That snake is more afraid of you than you are of it."Grandma was a poor judge of my fear, but I grew up believing her: there is no need to fear snakes. But as a society, the fear of snakes is one of our strongest phobias.And rightly so. Snakes can be deadly as evidenced by the fateful day a simple, little green grass snake slithered into the Miller's home.When an honoured angel receives a secret mission to protect a baby Earth girl, he is given the heart of a man. Being chosen is a distinguished honour, but it means crossing over into the confines of four dimensions and into the Tempter's kingdom. It carries terrible dangers, restrictions and extreme temptations to indulge in the ways of the earth. Will he become part of the problem? The stakes are high and complete evil sets out to win the game whichever way possible. The end justifies the means. Ignorance hides the perpetrators and deceit denies their existence. And we are all part of the game—whether we like it or not. We are the prize and the pawns. One mistake could cost us everything.Thankfully, the battle is not ours and a power far greater than us already knows the outcome. But It is up to us to choose to fight on the winning side. Follow the clues, but reserve judgement. You could be an accidental hero.A riveting story of courage, redemption, love and friendship. Paradise Warrior is not for the faint hearted. Don't read it alone!

Behold, dear readers, my magnum opus. Girthir Norsethrust: The Trial of the Sex is an epic, rousing adventure tale set during the era of Beowulf, featuring brave warriors, mighty monsters and much sex. Girthir Norsethrust, mightiest hero in all of the Norselands, sets out to defeat monsters three. He must defeat them, not with the sword…But with the sex.Behold, dear readers, my magnum opus. Girthir Norsethrust: The Trial of the Sex is an epic, rousing adventure tale set during the era of Beowulf, featuring brave warriors, mighty monsters and much sex. Girthir Norsethrust, mightiest hero in all of the Norselands, sets out to defeat monsters three. To prove himself the greatest and manliest hero of them all he must defeat these beasts, not with the sword…But with the sex.As well as being a barnstorming adventure tale in its own right, Girthir Norsethrust: The Trial of the Sex is also a subversive, multi-layered deconstruction of masculinity, and an exploration of what it means to be a manly man in the modern day.

Angus MacDonald loves his garden, but not the cats who dig holes in it. Who will win this territorial battle, Angus or the descendants of the great cat Ra?Angus MacDonald loves his garden, but not the cats that dig holes in it. In the process of devising deterrents for cats, his wife tells him the facts about and history of the feline race. Who will win this territorial battle -- Angus or a cat that might indeed be a descendant of the Great Cat Ra?

"Could you choose between a superpower and a friend? "The evil treasure hunter Damien Black needs some quick cash-so he robs the local bank. But Damien Blackdidn't figure Dave Sanchez into his plan. Dave's been itching to try out the Invisibility Ingot in his magical wrist band, and here's the perfect opportunity to make like a superhero So Daveand Sticky set off after the robber, determined to retrieve the bank's money. The Black mansion is a house of hysterical horrors, but somehow he and Sticky manage to navigate the maze and escape with the cash."Asombroso "Dave thinks he's home free, but Damien Black isn't one to give up easily-more than the cash, he wants Dave's wrist band, and he's got adastardly devious plan that even an invisible boy won't be able to slip out of. "From the Hardcover edition."

A cherished hobby turns destructive when a gardener’s nosey neighbor perceives a miracle in bloom, and tells everyoneA cherished hobby turns destructive when a gardener’s nosey neighbor perceives a miracle in bloom, and tells everyone. This award-winning short story is another dark comedy by the author of Short Fuse

Rarely reprinted, rarely staged, and often entirely unpublished, Flann O'Brien's works for the stage and television are speculative, inventive, and as wickedly funny as his novels.

This is a metafictional preview of a metaphorical tale of a metrosexual angel trying to stop a metaphysical apocalypse.Gabriel is an iPod-totting archangel obsessed with crossword puzzles and human souls. God is the Creator of Everything who misquotes platitudes and who is set on destroying the world. You are a hot, large-breasted dear reader. Angels Don't Cry is a sacrilegiously satirical short story about divine disappointment and angelic hope.

A trip to the spaceport restroom for one chemical industry executive leads to a most unexpected encounter with a stealthy nemesis. But that's not where the surprises end in this morbidly humorous sci-fi tale."They haunt humanity with two sets of unchanging eyes, confident that one day there will be no more left with the courage to stand up to them, no more left without the fear of sounding mad. One day, no one will say that the majority is a lie or dare call their culture’s progress an illusion. No one will suspect that the ensuing holy war is the work of a two-pronged insanity bent on total destruction.When that day comes, it will be the beginning of the end. Until then, they work and wait with the patience of undying things: a family, a movement, a cult of two."

In a wonderfully loopy third episode, Nick and Maxine are surprised to meet Captain Noodlekugel, back from the sea with a somewhat untrainable bear. When their father decides to compete to be speed-knitting champion of the world, Nick and Maxine are happy to stay with their babysitter, Mrs. Noodlekugel, along with her talking cats and four mice who wear glasses. What they don’t expect is a dripping-wet, whiskered man in the kitchen the next morning! Captain Noodlekugel has left his seafaring life to train animals for the circus, and he’s even brought with him a hefty bear named Drooly for practice. But whenever he tries to teach Drooly to dance, the bear wobbles and falls asleep on the tulips. When Drooly goes missing, the siblings must try to figure out where a big clumsy bear might go!