Woe is Earth. Drilled silly, dumped on, farmed out, fished out, and cloaked in a burka of carbon—who does the planet have to thank for this dire state of affairs? Only its most highly evolved species, of course. But woe is for whiners.... Read More

As a genius nature writer, Henry David Thoreau made good use of his New England backyard and didn’t choose to explore the wild frontier that beckoned to the west in the mid- 1800s. He loved the way nature ceaselessly encroached on... Read More

Over the centuries, Americans have held conflicted feelings toward North America’s vast, treacherous, majestic wilderness, headed up by the cocksure, heavily-armed desire to subjugate—level the forests, eradicate the indigenous... Read More

We live in the age of stand-up paddleboards and kayaks the color of molten lava. Rare now to see the graceful reach and pull of two paddlers guiding their canoe along a lazy stretch of an American river, drifting for a moment then... Read More

Ever wonder where the term “thug” originated? Why an eye and pyramid grace the US dollar bill, or when exactly Friday the 13th became synonymous with horror and bad luck? In "Members Only", Julie Tibbott answers these questions and... Read More

Meet David Hart, an eighteen-year-old recent homeschooled high-school graduate with a fondness for video games, books, music, and watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with his nana. Unlike most guys his age, David also has a personal... Read More

The town of Beau Rivage is riddled with fairy-tale curses and enchantments that shape the lives of its inhabitants. Unfortunately, Viv and her friends know all too well that once-upon-a-times are not always followed by... Read More

Inspired by science fiction, film noir, and especially horror movies, master storyteller Lyn Ford offers a collection of folk- and fairy-tale adaptations unlike any other in "Hot Wind, Boiling Rain". Some tales, with princes and... Read More