A chance at a new life. Stepping through the halls, hearing laughter and excitement, Heath begins to question his mission. What would it mean to surrender? To enter a world free from the hate and shame he has always known? Deep beneath the palace, a demon offers a lesson. An education on the nature of masculinity. An education on male biology. In this world of simultaneous freedom and enslavement, the boundaries between right and wrong begin to blur. Format: Short story Length: ~6,000 words ***CONTAINS EXPLICIT GAY SEXUAL CONTENT***
A chance at a new life. Stepping through the halls, hearing laughter and excitement, Heath begins to question his mission. What would it mean to surrender? To enter a world free from the hate and shame he has always known? Deep beneath the palace, a demon offers a lesson. An education on the nature of masculinity. An education on male biology. In this world of simultaneous freedom and enslavement, the boundaries between right and wrong begin to blur. Format: Short story Length: 6,000 words ***CONTAINS EXPLICIT GAY SEXUAL CONTENT***
The vault lies deep beneath the palace. Alric, the Elran dancer, opens the immense stone door, guiding Heath and Caio into the vast chamber. “The ancient inhabitants of this desert imbued items with a great number of dark powers. Some of these enchantments were distinctly…sexual.” Caio’s pale cheeks flush deep pink as he realizes what kind of objects are locked away here. The young dancer runs his fingertips over an ominous, silver-trimmed black box, its obsidian surface glittering temptingly in the torchlight. “They say it houses a spirit. A creature that can provide endless pleasure.” Alric lowers his voice. “But only a powerful mage can open it…someone like you.” Format: Short story Length: ~6,000 words ***CONTAINS EXPLICIT GAY SEXUAL CONTENT***
I Will Survive is the story of Gloria Gaynor, America's "Queen of Disco." It is the story of riches and fame, despair, and finally salvation. Her meteoric rise to stardom in the mid-1970s was nothing short of phenomenal, and hits poured forth that pushed her to the top of the charts, including "Honey Bee," "I Got You Under My Skin," "Never Can Say Goodbye," and the song that has immortalized her, "I Will Survive," which became a #1 international gold seller. With that song, Gloria heralded the international rise of disco that became synonymous with a way of life in the fast lane - the sweaty bodies at Studio 54, the lines of cocaine, the indescribable feeling that you could always be at the top of your game and never come down. But down she came after her early stardom, and problems followed in the wake, including the death of her mother, whose love had anchored the young singer, as well as constant battles with weight, drugs, and alcohol. While her fans always imagined her to be rich, her personal finances collapsed due to poor management; and while many envied her, she felt completely empty inside. In the early 1980s, sustained by her marriage to music publisher Linwood Simon, Gloria took three years off and reflected upon her life. She visited churches and revisited her mother's old Bible. Discovering the world of gospel, she made a commitment to Christ that sustains her to this day.
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Following her amazing adventures in BANZAI GIRL Volume 1 "By Dreams Betrayed," Jinky Coronado and Michelle Bebot recorded an album and performed a whirlwind multi-country music tour as the Banzai Girls - returning home to the Philippines only to find the monsters of myth and legend just keep on comin'!Not only are they captured by the Kapre` (a huge, mysterious tree-dwelling creature) and face the Duwende horror, Michelle endures the terror of the Tikbalang, which claims her for his bride! And that's before a mysterious female foe takes revenge upon Jinky Coronado, her young sister Jasmine, and her whole family for reasons quite frightening and very dear.Inspired by true events, this all-new graphic adventure is now revealed in "Fifty Shades of Prey"!
