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The Horror Writer covers how to connect with your market and carve out a sustainable niche in the independent horror genre, how to tackle the writer's ever-lurking nemesis of productivity, writing good horror stories with powerful, effective scenes, realistic, flowing dialogue and relatable characters without resorting to clichéd jump scares and well-worn gimmicks. Also covered is the delicate subject of handling rejection with good grace, and how to use those inevitable "not quite the right fit for us at this time" letters as an opportunity to hone your craft.

When the Atoms Failed by John W. Campbell, Jr. is a visionary science fiction adventure that pits humanity against a devastating Martian threat in a high-stakes battle of science, willpower, and survival. Set in the early atomic age, this gripping tale follows Stephen Waterson, a brilliant inventor who constructs the revolutionary spaceship Terrestrian to confront an alien menace wielding the terrifying power of atomic energy.

A Manual for Manifesting Your Dream Life is a short, gentle guide to the superpower every human being holds: focused attention. Whatever you focus your attention on grows. When you learn to place your attention on your heart's desire, and courageously welcome whatever arises along the way, your life begins to change from the inside out. Written in a warm, direct voice, this audiobook feels like a caring friend reminding you of what your Soul already knows.

Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems—individually and collectively—using scientists’ tricks of the trade. In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from...

When John Campbell was hired in 1996, Michael Dell’s company was already a hyper-efficient technology upstart. By the time he left Dell in 2017, Michael’s little Texas-based catalog computer company had grown from 5,000 to 138,000 employees and evolved into one of the largest technology providers on the planet!

Momma always told me, when I find myself in a hole, it’s time to stop digging - but between the Nephilim, cyclops, and dragon, I can’t seem to find daylight. To make matters worse, the blind angel shows up searching for one of his missing brethren, a.k.a. the Great Deceiver. He loves to play the kind of games that cost men their souls.

A powerful story of love, loss, and redemption. The slow fall from grace. The search for spirit. A journey back to light. A Week of Years takes listeners on a poetry-driven excursion into a young man's soul. Divided into seven days, each day serves as a life chapter. The author captures the pain of love lost and the struggle to find purpose and meaning beyond the end of innocence. A deeply personal journal, encompassed and enhanced by poetry that dances intimately with life’s many faces.

The alien spaceship was unthinkably huge, enormously powerful, apparently irresistible. It came from the void and settled on Earth, striking awe into the hearts of all who saw it. Its mission, however, was not conquest - but a call for help!

We interact with the financial system every day, whether taking out or paying off loans, making insurance claims, or simply depositing money into our bank accounts. Fixed exposes how this system has been corrupted to serve the interests of financial services providers and their cleverest customers—at the expense of ordinary people.

Step into the golden era of imagination with Essential Golden Age Science Fiction Short Stories, a powerful collection of visionary tales from the masters who defined modern sci-fi. Featuring unforgettable stories by Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, John W. Campbell Jr., Robert Sheckley, Murray Leinster, and E. E. Smith, this anthology captures the bold ideas, cosmic wonder, and speculative brilliance that shaped an entire genre.

Fairies, Banshees, Changelings, Brownies, Kelpies, enchanted livestock, and more are investigated by a renowned folklorist and minister in 19th-century Scotland. Superstitions regarding subjects like funerals, suicides, and murders are explored, as are tales of augury, premonitions, divination, dreams, prophecies, spells, and the Devil—all collected entirely from testimonials made directly to the author by residents of places like the isles of Mull and Skye, Islay, Kintyre, the Hebrides and the Highlands.

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways

Harmon Waite is the son of the most powerful angel in the Universe. He will undergo twelve trials by fire in an unrivaled hero's journey. If he is to survive, Harmon must discover his power to fight evil on the immense stage of "The Celestial Wars." Live or die—the soul-blessed worlds will never be the same.

Harmon Waite is the son of the most powerful angel in the universe. He will undergo 12 trials by fire in an unrivaled hero's journey. If he is to survive, Harmon must discover his power to fight evil on the immense stage of the Celestial Wars.

Harmon Waite has been tricked by the devil and fed to a dragon - twice! The first time, he got away by putting out the dragon’s left eye with his living sword Yeshu’a. The second time, Harmon Waite is up against a planet-wide sandstorm, a lost civilization deep underground, acid-spitting white worms, and of course, a big, bad one-eyed, majorly pissed-off dragon. That’s just the first half of his hero’s journey.

In a galaxy on the edge of war, the line between survival and destruction is razor-thin. Humanity's fledgling spacefaring civilization faces its most terrifying enemy—an alien species with devastating technology and a thirst for domination. Against impossible odds, Earth must uncover a way to fight back or risk total annihilation. When a young scientist stumbles upon a revolutionary breakthrough, it becomes clear that humanity's survival hinges on a single, unprecedented invention.

John W. Campbell Jr.'s "The Classic Collection" is a remarkable anthology that showcases the genius of one of science fiction's most influential writers.

In this volume, you will find three of Campbell’s classic novellas. The first is The Voice of the Void, which is the shortest of the three, and is a story of cosmic horror about a space crew that hears a “voice,” which threatens their very sanity. They must decide whether they should embrace, or escape this mysterious voice. The second story is When the Atoms Failed, which is set in a world where atomic power drives the majority of machinery.

The Universe created your world as a playground for you to enjoy. Whenever you create something, you express the light of the Universe in a way only you can do. The vital thing you must realize about life on earth is that your beliefs create your reality. When you believe something is true, you begin noticing and attracting things in your world that confirm your belief.

Are you ready to be scared? Sixteen terror tales are awaiting you! Tales of monsters, murderers, vampires, zombies, and so much more! Listening to these stories alone can be hazardous to your health!