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What if you weren't who you thought you were? What if your DNA carried a lost race just waiting to rally its people? The invisible ones are here, waiting in the shadows for opportunity to open the mind. A tiny sphere, a knock in the forehead, and the forgotten people awaken to their species - THE AOPATO PEOPLE. ________________SYNOPSIS_______________________Sonia appears to be a typical grandmother at seventy-five. She thinks her worst fears have been realized when she is forced to move into a city senior complex. She has always felt she was different. When a tiny sphere appears out of empty space, informs her she belongs to a lost race, she is not surprised. As the device knocks her in the forehead, a whole new reality opens up, and Sonia finds herself responsible not only for the welfare of dysfunctional family, but also holding the lives of a rag-tag inter-racial band of survivors. She calls these the invisible ones: Aopato (Ah-or-atos in Greek).Sonia's life goal will forever be the safety and happiness of those in her care. Why should it be any different now? But there are those who oppose her, believing she has neither the skills or qualifications to carry out her function. Add to a contentious daughter and jealous brothers is the fact that the species has a natural vicious predator intent on eliminating all of their kind. How could agape love be sufficient to conquer such hurtles? Will this struggling new remnant die at its birth?

They steal people; farm them in the bowels of the earth like cattle, leaving little hope for humanity to survive. Against the odds, Althea fights to stay alive, and in the process, finds an undesirable named Loki to help her before it's too late. They are the Noor people. (BOOK 1)SYNOPSIS - Picture human life with no more value than domestic cattle. Then imagine finding your life partner in that setting. This story has two main characters. The first is Loki, a non-human healer. He's made the mistake of his life, and now must pay, unjustly sentenced to prison for protecting the honor of his sister. Out in the universe where Loki comes from, he is viewed as an undesirable. He belongs to a misunderstood species, an outcast forbidden to take a mate. Also, a one-of-a-kind being, he is so rare he is feared by most, and revered by others. When Loki joins prison life, he expects it to be cruel, his freedom curtailed, but he is totally unprepared for the sideline enterprise the warden inside has established. Our second character is Althea. She is an average human woman struggling to make ends meet in today's society, living alone, neglected by family, who consider their own problems more important than maintaining relationships. When Althea makes a mistake that has unexpected results, she is thrown into Loki's ugly new prison world. As her children follow suit with bad judgment of their own, the results impact all in most unusual ways. Reader be forewarned: this is not a story for the faint of heart. It was written to mirror attitudes you may not enjoy. It is in memory of the countless little lives lost each year in our world.

What if you weren't who you thought you were? What if your DNA carried a lost race just waiting to rally its people? The invisible ones are here, waiting in the shadows for opportunity to open the mind. A tiny sphere, a knock in the forehead, and the forgotten people awaken to their species - THE AOPATO PEOPLE. ____________SYNOPSIS____________Remember the 'Opposite' Yt? Whatever became of him, and just what did Sonia see in his future? Kali has lost her memory. Ty prefers to forget, yet diligently protects her. Amadeus sacrifices all. What has destiny in store for Jamara? For that matter, who are they, and what do their lives have to do with the fragile old lady who invades their home?Ram, a mere teen in the Aopato world, has been in captivity for three years. What negative attitudes and emotions does he now carry? And, will he ever heal back from them?Will Kara recover the records she has lost? Or will guilt overwhelm her? Can the Aopato heal its broken from the damage wrought by another species? Are their lives in the balance once more, and what is this, new life forming?Sanctuary has been on 'Keeper' maintenance, but those who set up residence nearby, prosper. Perhaps it is time to give the reigns to another?Be surprised once again by the conclusion of it all.

What if you weren't who you thought you were? What if your DNA carried a lost race just waiting to rally its people? The invisible ones are here, waiting in the shadows for opportunity to open the mind. A tiny sphere, a knock in the forehead, and the forgotten people awaken to their species - THE AOPATO PEOPLE. (Book 2)_______Synopsis______For the better part of her working career Ziva had been behind a monitor yet now that she is about to retire, her employer wants her to go out into the field. It isn't enough to simply rock her comfort zone, but they have paired her with an obnoxious, manipulative operative with an agenda of her own. Ziva and Darla are not the only two answering the unconventional add, but they are inadvertently among the ten chosen as acceptable. Crystal meets her match as she is perched precariously over a river wall; Jenna is a penniless pauper, and Angel has just been evicted. Karine and May Lin live on the streets, while Carmen has spent some time in a mental institution. Then we have Chantel a paraplegic ex-military cook; Morgan is a disgraced cop. Their suitability is even more in question when you realize their ages range from twenty-five to eighty.What are the 'Aopato' up to now? Are these women really only companions for the females? Is there an ulterior motive behind the choosing, or is the international spy agency right: these are the vangard;potential terrorists? Perhaps this effort is simply one of compassion toward the less fortunate?As Sonia and her guardians assist others are they harming their own? Will love conquer once again, or will this be the end of the invisible people?

THE GHOSTLY WORK OF M.R. JAMESThe celebrated writer M.R. James is arguably the most significant author of ghost stories in the world. His macabre work has terrified and fascinated readers for over a hundred years. Now collected in this second volume, here are a further forty-one essays by editor and James scholar Rosemary Pardoe.As well as James and Jamesian related writings by the likes of Robert Lloyd Parry, Michael Harrison and Fritz Leiber, essays include the work of Helen Grant, Mackenzie Crook, Mark Valentine, Elizabeth Hand and others, some from the tiny-circulation 'zine Lady Wardrop's Journal.Also included in this volume are Ghosts & Scholars columns (Lady Wardrop's Notes), plus seven introductions and two booklets written by the author.

Bone crushing hags in the Lake District… Cursed woods in sleepy Sussex... Forbidden books at Oxford University... Mutant Londoners in a bleak future metropolis...Fourteen novelettes and short stories, including four previously unpublished tales. With an introduction by Robert Shearman and interior illustrations by Reggie Oliver. Cover art by Paul Mudie.ΓÇïFrom writer and filmmaker Anna Taborska, author of For Those Who Dream Monsters. Anna is a British filmmaker and horror author. She has written and directed two short fiction films, two documentaries and an award-winning TV drama. She has also worked on twenty other films, with actors such as Rutger Hauer, Scott Wilson, Noah Taylor and Jenny Agutter, and was involved in the making of two major BBC television series: Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution and World War Two behind Closed Doors – Stalin, the Nazis and the West.Anna's short stories have appeared in over thirty anthologies, including Best New Writing 2011, The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four, Best British Horror 2014, Year’s Best Weird Fiction Volume 1 and Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror.Anna’s debut short story collection, For Those who Dream Monsters, published by Mortbury Press in 2013, won the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night Award and was nominated for a British Fantasy Award. Anna’s other books include Shadowcats – a micro-collection of cat stories published by Black Shuck Books in June 2019.You can watch clips from Anna’s films and check her full biography at Anna Taborska Horror:

Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, England's very own 'Prince of Chill', would have been 100 years old in 2019. To celebrate this, fifteen of the finest authors currently working in the supernatural genre have come together to contribute new tales of The Monster Club, Clavering Grange, Temptations Unlimited, Madam Orloff, Vampires, Ghosts and of course Shadmocks. Chetwynd-Hayes himself is represented by one of his classic Francis St. Clare and Frederica Masters stories. Those who are already fans will be sure to enjoy this selection of genuinely creepy stories, all of which are seasoned with a taste of the trademark Chetwynd-Hayes humour. 

THE GHOSTLY WORK OF M. R. JAMESThe celebrated writer M. R. James (1862-1936) is the most significant author of ghost stories in the world. His macabre work has terrified and fascinated readers for over 100 years. Now collected in one volume, 29 essays on his ghostly tales and themes by editor and James scholar Rosemary PardoePlus a further eight essays on other authors, including Fritz Leiber, Arthur Machen, E. G. Swain and Many Wade Wellman and a fascinating miscellany of nine additional pieces on a variety of topics.Rosemary Pardoe is the esteemed essayist and editor of the famed M. R. James related Ghosts & Scholars magazine, which she has edited since 1979. She is the co-editor (with Richard Dalby) of Ghosts And Scholars: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James (1987), and three volumes of The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (Sarob Press). She is the co-editor and has contributed to Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M. R. James, edited with S. T. Joshi.

Such Things May Be by James Wade (1930-1983), collects a number of the author's genre short stories, poetry, non-fiction and non-genre work from the 1960s onwards. Edited by Edward P. Berglund, the book will have James Wade's introduction to the original collection which never gained publication, plus Fritz Leiber's Foreword. The book includes tales from Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos such as 'The Deep Ones', 'A Darker Shadow Over Innsmouth' and 'The Silence of Erika Zann'; darkly supernatural terror from the Midwest, 'The Nightingale Floors', 'The Pursuer', 'The Elevator' and 'Snow in the City'. Plus weird tales set in Korea: 'The Temple of the Fox' and  'Time After Time'. And many other short stories and poetry,Plus many essays and reviews of weird fiction. 25 short stories, over 20 poems and more than 30 essays and reviews in this major retrospective of the author.After army service James Wade (1930-1983) settled in Korea and he wrote widely on music for a variety of periodicals. His symphonic and chamber music has been performed in many countries, and he completed an opera based on Richard E. Kim's best-selling novel of the Korean War, "The Martyred". He wrote a column for The Korea Times and his work has been anthologised by such noted editors as August Derleth, Ramsey Campbell, Stuart David Schiff and Herbert Val Thal.