Halloween. A time for tales of the supernatural, dressing up in costumes, and children going trick or treating. For some, Halloween is a time of watching scary movies that make you jump, while for others, it is a time for fall celebrations. For one woman and her family, Halloween is going to be more than what they had expected. Especially with a lone scarecrow standing watch over an abandoned farmhouse across the way from the woman's house. Will the days counting down towards Halloween be the last the woman and her family will ever see? Or, is there more than meets the eye to the foreboding, solitary figure that stares into the souls of those who gaze its way? From the author who brought you Soul Snatchers and Omega Sunrise comes the tale of a haunting that will make you wonder what indeed lives in the night of our imagination and what truly exists when we don't pay attention.
How long can a person live with regret? What about guilt? For some people, they can either hold it for a lifetime or become a broken shell. For others, however, guilt and regret can also create unexpected consequences. In this tale, an old man finds himself out on a harsh winter's night looking for shelter when he comes across an old, abandoned farmhouse. As the old man knocks on the house's front door to see if anyone lives there, little does he realize that he's knocking on the very entrance of madness itself. What begins as a search for warmth will see this old man face the horrors of a night he will never forget. Told between the lines of truth and fiction, this book dives into the origins of a person who will change the way the entire world thinks unless the world changes them first while making the reader wonder if a person can truly be haunted or if the haunting is truly made up in a person's head. Throughout a single night, the old man is terrorized and haunted by the house as it pulls him into the madness of the doors that stand before him. Or is something taunting the old man from the other side of those doors? Memories are often said to be the doorways of our lives, back to the days of our younger days, but for this old man, these memories are reliving themselves through the very house itself. Literal ghosts taunt and take their wrath against the man as he relives memories once more. However, not everything is as what it seems as he is reliving those memories from different lifetimes in a sequence of non-stop nightmares. Or is he? In a world where things are not as they seem, what seems to be the truth isn't always what is seen. Especially in a house that throws your body through doors and against walls. Especially with a man who is more than what he seems. So, why is he finding himself living in a nightmare? Even more so, why are the nightmares reawakening spirits that only this man knows about? Do the demons within the old, abandoned farmhouse know him, or does he recognize them? When the night and the farmhouse are finished with the man, an ending will be shown, but so will a new beginning. Not everything you see is as it appears to be. With JP Raley's voice, Ogmios Rising merges the lines of fiction and nonfiction with a mystery that leaves readers guessing what is genuinely going on, leaving a trail that will lead directly into the next book currently being written. In a world where we need to focus more on mental health, this book asks you the question, what is it that you are truly seeing? Begin the journey of a new trilogy of tales that questions what we know by offering new and alternative ideas on what we really know about the world around us.
1880s North Texas. Fifteen plus years since the end of the Civil War. Having grown up following his father’s footsteps as a lawman, a self-semi-retired sheriff has seen plenty of blood and deaths in his lifetime. However, the day’s activities have become the hardest that the sheriff has ever faced as he has had to bury family members after discovering them dead following a return trip home. Clues left behind let the sheriff know who’s responsible. The sheriff vows to God that he’s going to kill one of His creations as the sheriff sets out on a journey of vengeance that will become a night of retribution. The sheriff is joined by one of his closest friends, the preacher, as the pair sets out toward town in search of the killer. However, not everything is what it seems as the ticking of the night’s embrace finds both the sheriff and the preacher fighting against the very night itself as they search for a murderer. No matter the odds, the sheriff promises the preacher that his family’s murderer will never see the morning sun rising ever again no matter what.
Jason is a typical first-grader living in a typical family with a typical life. However, that eventually all changes when he meets Sierra, a girl his age. Little does Jason realize that a car ride home with Sierra and her mother will ultimately turn Jason's world upside down from a car accident on the way to Sierra's house. What was once a typical life turns into a living nightmare as horror follows life's movement through time as murder and betrayal will soon follow Sierra and Jason as the world in which they once knew no longer exists. How far will this nightmare take the pair, and will these events steal Sierra and Jason's souls for good?
Everyone has a story to tell. A life becomes a roadmap for others to follow. Like a book that has to be opened to have its contents shared, a person's life has to be shared for it to be understood. From the author, J.P. Raley comes to tell the collection of different lives shared from a personal view, which does precisely that: sharing the stories of lives with a connection that intertwines them all through a single book written. A haunting portrayal of life, a tale of generations, and a passion that goes beyond the world in which we see all around us are all collected in a single manuscript, only known as "The Book of Lives"!
1880s North Texas. Fifteen plus years since the end of the Civil War. Having grown up following his father’s footsteps as a lawman, a self-semi-retired sheriff has seen plenty of blood and deaths in his lifetime. However, the day’s activities have become the hardest that the sheriff has ever faced as he has had to bury family members after discovering them dead following a return trip home. Clues left behind let the sheriff know who’s responsible. The sheriff vows to God that he’s going to kill one of His creations as the sheriff sets out on a journey of vengeance that will become a night of retribution. The sheriff is joined by one of his closest friends, the preacher, as the pair sets out toward town in search of the killer. However, not everything is what it seems as the ticking of the night’s embrace finds both the sheriff and the preacher fighting against the very night itself as they search for a murderer. No matter the odds, the sheriff promises the preacher that his family’s murderer will never see the morning sun rising ever again no matter what.
Halloween. A time for tales of the supernatural, dressing up in costumes, and children going trick or treating. For some, Halloween is a time of watching scary movies that make you jump, while for others, it is a time for fall celebrations. For one woman and her family, Halloween is going to be more than what they had expected. Especially with a lone scarecrow standing watch over an abandoned farmhouse across the way from the woman's house. Will the days counting down towards Halloween be the last the woman and her family will ever see? Or, is there more than meets the eye to the foreboding, solitary figure that stares into the souls of those who gaze its way? From the author who brought you Soul Snatchers and Omega Sunrise comes the tale of a haunting that will make you wonder what indeed lives in the night of our imagination and what truly exists when we don't pay attention.
Jason is a typical first-grader living in a typical family with a typical life. However, that eventually all changes when he meets Sierra, a girl his age. Little does Jason realize that a car ride home with Sierra and her mother will ultimately turn Jason's world upside down from a car accident on the way to Sierra's house. What was once a typical life turns into a living nightmare as horror follows life's movement through time as murder and betrayal will soon follow Sierra and Jason as the world in which they once knew no longer exists. How far will this nightmare take the pair, and will these events steal Sierra and Jason's souls for good?
How long can a person live with regret? What about guilt? For some people, they can either hold it for a lifetime or become a broken shell. For others, however, guilt and regret can also create unexpected consequences. In this tale, an old man finds himself out on a harsh winter's night looking for shelter when he comes across an old, abandoned farmhouse. As the old man knocks on the house's front door to see if anyone lives there, little does he realize that he's knocking on the very entrance of madness itself. What begins as a search for warmth will see this old man face the horrors of a night he will never forget. Told between the lines of truth and fiction, this book dives into the origins of a person who will change the way the entire world thinks unless the world changes them first while making the reader wonder if a person can truly be haunted or if the haunting is truly made up in a person's head. Throughout a single night, the old man is terrorized and haunted by the house as it pulls him into the madness of the doors that stand before him. Or is something taunting the old man from the other side of those doors? Memories are often said to be the doorways of our lives, back to the days of our younger days, but for this old man, these memories are reliving themselves through the very house itself. Literal ghosts taunt and take their wrath against the man as he relives memories once more. However, not everything is as what it seems as he is reliving those memories from different lifetimes in a sequence of non-stop nightmares. Or is he? In a world where things are not as they seem, what seems to be the truth isn't always what is seen. Especially in a house that throws your body through doors and against walls. Especially with a man who is more than what he seems. So, why is he finding himself living in a nightmare? Even more so, why are the nightmares reawakening spirits that only this man knows about? Do the demons within the old, abandoned farmhouse know him, or does he recognize them? When the night and the farmhouse are finished with the man, an ending will be shown, but so will a new beginning. Not everything you see is as it appears to be. With JP Raley's voice, Ogmios Rising merges the lines of fiction and nonfiction with a mystery that leaves readers guessing what is genuinely going on, leaving a trail that will lead directly into the next book currently being written. In a world where we need to focus more on mental health, this book asks you the question, what is it that you are truly seeing? Begin the journey of a new trilogy of tales that questions what we know by offering new and alternative ideas on what we really know about the world around us.
From forward-thinking resolution to violent controversy and beyond. Since its passage in 1989, a state law known as Act 31 requires that all students in Wisconsin learn about the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of Wisconsin’s federally recognized tribes. The Story of Act 31 tells the story of the law’s inception—tracing its origins to a court decision in 1983 that affirmed American Indian hunting and fishing treaty rights in Wisconsin, and to the violent public outcry that followed the court’s decision. Author J P Leary paints a picture of controversy stemming from past policy decisions that denied generations of Wisconsin students the opportunity to learn about tribal history.
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of important newspapers and relevant periodicals. The second edition of The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel provides a chronological calendar of London shows from the first of January, 1950, through the 31st of December, 1959. The volume chronicles more than 3,100 productions at 52 major central London theatres during this period. For each production the following information is provided: Title Author Theatre Performers Personnel Opening and Closing Dates Number of Performances Other details include genre of the production, number of acts, and a list of reviews. A comment section includes other interesting information, such as plot description, first-night reception by the audience, noteworthy performances, staging elements, and details of performances in New York either prior to or after the London production. Among the plays staged in London during this decade were Look Back in Anger, One Way Pendulum, The Birthday Party, A Taste of Honey, Chicken Soup with Barley, Five Finger Exercise, The Hostage, and Waiting for Godot, as well as numerous musical comedies (British and American), foreign works, operas, ballets, and revivals of English classics. A definitive resource, this edition revises, corrects, and expands the original calendar. In addition, approximately 20 percent of the material—in particular, information of adaptations and translations, plot sources, and comment information—is new. Arranged chronologically, the shows are fully indexed by title, genre, and theatre. A general index includes numerous subject entries on such topics as acting, audiences, censorship, costumes, managers, performers, prompters, staging, and ticket prices. The London Stage 1950-1959 will be of value to scholars, theatrical personnel, librarians, writers, journalists, and historians.
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of important newspapers and relevant periodicals. Spanning 1890 through the 1950s, all seven volumes of The London Stage series have been revised, corrected, and expanded. In addition, approximately 20 percent of the material—in particular, information about adaptations and translations, plot sources, and comment information—is new. Although each volume contains indexes specific to that decade, The London Stage 1890–1959: Accumulated Indexes combines all of the indexes into one comprehensive resource for more efficient research. For example, those wishing to locate all the references to a particular actor, play, or theatre whose history spanned more than one decade will find all of the entries listed in this set. This set includes four key indexes: general, genre, theatre, and title. The general index consists of numerous subject entries on such topics as acting, audiences, censorship, costumes, managers, performers, prompters, staging, and ticket prices. With approximately 40,000 people listed, this is the largest single source of theatrical personnel on the London stage during this period. The genre index comprises all entries for production types, including comedies, dramas, farces, and tragedies, as well as ballets, operas, adaptations, foreign works, pantomimes, and translations. The theatre index features every building to stage a production, from the Adelphi to Wyndham’s. The title index cites 14,000 productions, identifying every work produced on stage from Domestic Economy in January 1890 to When in Rome in December 1959. As a supplement to the individual volumes, The London Stage 1890–1959: Accumulated Indexes will be of value to scholars, theatrical personnel, librarians, writers, journalists, and historians.
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