Omega returns the adult reader to the world of childhood imagination: a world populated by the fantastic, the fabulous and the thoroughly improbable. But a world where adult concerns of poverty, injustice, prejudice, politics and economics are all too real. In this world, the reader is taken on a search for the Truth in a more literal sense than one would expect.Omega returns the adult reader to the world of childhood imagination: a world populated by the fantastic, the fabulous and the thoroughly improbable. But a world where adult concerns of poverty, injustice, prejudice, politics and economics are all too real. In this world, the reader is taken on a search for the Truth in a more literal sense than one would expect. On the way, the reader meets characters familiar to childhood who confront this question with different formulations and very different solutions.Independent Reviews:Absolutely outstanding and complex fable which stands comparison with Jonathan Swift. Our traveller meets religious absurdism head on. Highly recommended.A very superior fantasy this, set in a world full of different pockets of existence distinguished by species or class or faith. As a result, it’s layered and complex, and whilst slow moving it’s refreshingly unpredictable. The humour and targets are, I suppose, British, but there’s a general appeal. Don’t miss it is my recommendation.- Alaric McDermotI enjoyed reading this imaginative piece, which says a lot, because I confess I am not a fan of science fiction and my tastes are very limited with respect to what I'll read in the fantasy genre. I think it reads very smoothly and holds the reader's interest.- Native LawI confess that I might have been put off by giant, talking grasshoppers had they appeared in a first chapter. That’s a prejudice of mine, I think. It doesn’t apply here though. In the first place it’s so charmingly and well written. In the second place it suits your purpose very well (or you make it do so): a vehicle for commentary on social, political, religious, scientific and aesthetic issues. (Have I left anything out? It is a very broad canvass you’ve chosen.) The fantasy goes deeper than this, of course. The Cartesian and Newtonian divisions of the Church, for example, are intriguing, suggestive, actually quite plausible.I was rather taken with the quest. An excellent read.- Longden

In a world where relationships disappear faster than a nonfat, no-foam latte, the queer singles of Seattle keep coming back for more. From a struggling musician to a lovesick teacher to an obsessed triathlete and a skeptical techie—what happens when these queer friends look for second chances at real love? Can they navigate checklists and expectations and ridiculous requirements to find The One? Or will the Seattle Freeze live up to its reputation? Only time will tell. Pour a cup (or two) of your favorite brew and take a fun romp through the Emerald City with your new friends as they work to let go of the past and look for something that lasts. Meet the cast: Kate Conrad is a short-term relationship specialist–but she doesn't want to be. More than anything, she wants to find her match, and her software engineer brain steers her in the most logical directions to do so. A chance...

Just when you think your troubles are over, the police come knocking on your door. Melony Toyo, a Born succubus, is accused of multiple homicides. Detective Sam Clarke is hell bent on bringing down the supernatural community, until he gets answers. Melony finds herself at the very center of the mounting tensions between humans and supernaturals. She is forced to help them find answers, even if they might get her locked up in the meantime. No one could have foreseen the truth of this dark mystery. Every truth leads Melony to a darker secret, or to more questions. How will Melony's relationship survive, once she has learned her love's darkest secrets from her loathsome past? The sequel to 'Born Awakening.' Like Lost Girl, and The Mortal Instruments had an illicit love child! A great new supernatural world, and a diverse cast of characters!

Best Lesbian Erotica 2012 is fully loaded, literary, and lustful. Curated by Lammy Award-nominated editor Kathleen Warnock, this volume is long on variety and even longer on beautifully developed characters who are as interesting as they are interested in getting girls off. Your every fantasy will be laid bare as you devour these sure, sensual stories.

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Mick Garris, J. Kenner, Kealan Patrick Burke, Del James, and Bentley Little pry open a sarcophagus of horror and dread in Dark Screams: Volume Five, from Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of the esteemed Cemetery Dance Publications. EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED by Mick Garris It was supposed to be the night of his life: a celebration of his one hit slasher flick. But the price of admission is higher than this has-been filmmaker ever could have imagined. THE ONE AND ONLY by J. Kenner When he was seven, Will Underwood's nanny told him she had the Sight. Years later, a broken heart sends him to New Orleans . . . but it's fate that leads him to Madame Darkling's Voodoo Emporium. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE by Kealan Patrick Burke Although she was mute long before the affair that nearly wrecked their marriage, her silence has tortured her husband ever since. Now he will seek out what he has lost--or be driven mad...