New Releases by James Newman

Nick Bullman was a wrestling superstar. His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate. Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans that left his face horribly disfigured, he''s just a monster. Yanked from the spotlight and thrust into the shadows, these days Nick tries to live the life of an average Joe. He avoids mirrors. He''s angry. He''s alone. And he likes it just fine that way... Until he receives a desperate phone call from a young lady he barely knows-his daughter. For the first time in over thirty years, Nick returns to his hometown of Midnight, North Carolina. There he will come face to face with old demons, forge new friendships, and make enemies far more dangerous than those who ruined his face, all in a quest to save the granddaughter he''s never met...and maybe find a little bit of redemption along the way. Ugly As Sin is an electrifying tale of "white-trash noir," a taut page-turner that skates the razor edge of a familiar, horrifying reality. At times heartbreaking, funny, and terrifyingly suspenseful. Encyclopocalypse Publications is proud to bring one of Newman''s best works back into print.

Jerry''s best friend offers him a supernatural encounter in the back room of a brothel and Jerry''s night of pleasure sets off a dark chain of events as he spirals into obsession.

"A warning tale for the adulterers, packed with nail-biting brutality and loads of teenage angst. Great fodder for those who like a little kink in their revenge." - Chad Lutzke (Stirring the Sheets; Wallflower) Amelia Fletcher is a good girl. She''s a straight-A student, second chair in her middle-school chorus, and she never uses the Lord''s name in vain. But a few days ago, she discovered that her dad has been cheating on her mom. For the first time in her life, Amelia decides she would like to know what it feels like to be a bad girl. For just one night. With the help of her BFFs, Cassie and Folline, she plans to teach Dad''s "other woman" a lesson. It''s harmless fun, right? An evening of teenage mischief. When all is said and done, the homewrecker will go away and never come back. Only then can Amelia''s family begin to repair what has been broken. However, this was no ordinary affair. And the trio could never expect the horrors that await them inside the house on Callaghan Drive.

When imprisoned for a murder she didn''t commit, a Wild West whore is forced to team up with a fat, shady outlaw to stop her flesh-eating daughter from turning the town into monsters but will her maternal instinct to protect her daughter kick in? Finalist in the 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest.

Halloween: a night when the dead roam freely among the unsuspecting living. When the boundary between reality and fantasy, between this world and the next, is as thin as paper mache. When monsters real and imagined stalk the shadows, seeking easy prey. All Hallow''s Eve: a night to hide behind your best mask, lock your door, and keep your Jack-o''-lantern burning till dawn. Because something is knocking at the door, kiddies...and it''s very hungry. Demon''s Dreaming Presents: Something Good to EatFeaturing stories from Bev Vincent, Scott Edelman, James Newman, Elizabeth Eve King, Jane Nightshade, Ingrid Taylor, Bryan Miller, Wendra Chambers, Clint Smith, Joshua Strnad, Rebecca Rowland, Sarah Hans, CM Saunders, Hudson Wilding, Cristina Lombardi, Michael Leonberger

Soon after its founding in 2011, Noir Nation: International Crime Fiction became the globally recognized home of international crime fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. With this issue, it also becomes home to a new literary form, the blot, which takes the form of police blotter entries. Noir Nation''s content is often dark, sometimes creepy, sometimes humorous but always at the service of the literary imagination that explores the darker regions of human experience--where weak writing is the only crime. This issue includes Fiction by Erika Nichols-Frazer, Anne Swardson, Christopher Locke, BV Lawson, Ron David, JJ Toner, and John Helden; Police Blotter (Blots) by Ava Black, Frauke Schuster, and David R. Stafford; Nonfiction by J.B. Stevens, Michael A. Gonzales, and James Newman; and Poetry by Rosanne Limoncelli, Laura Hoffman Kelly, George Perreault, Todd Hearon, Steve Butler, Erik Dionne, and Carl Watson. Publisher, Eddie Vega; Managing Editor, Steve Heiden; Editors, Wendy A. Reynolds and Rowena Galavitz; Editor-at-Large, Alan Ward Thomas; Founding Editor, Cort McMeel (1971-2013).

"Sandy''s Adventure" is a picture book aimed at K-4 students. Woven within the story are simple scientific and biological concepts, including vocabulary, that are introduced with little additional effort beyond reading the story. The book has 38 beautifully illustrated pages and includes a simple illustrated Glossary and two reproducible learning activities appropriate for learning at home or classroom use. There is ample topic material for older readers to explore beyond the book.Sandy the Starfish is lost. This is a new and challenging experience for her. She doesn''t know how she will get back to her family in the ocean. During the course of the afternoon, Sandy tries many ways to travel back to the ocean, some with humorous results. She survives encounters with some known and some unfamiliar dangers before she gets home. How will she get home?

Most kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favorite athlete, or that totally awesome videogame everyone''s raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father. As soon as possible, they plan to run away to California, where they will reunite with their mother and live happily ever after.It won''t be easy, though. After a scuffle with a local bully puts Jake''s arch-nemesis in the hospital, Sheriff Theresa McLelland starts poking her nose into their feud. During a trip to the family cabin for the opening weekend of deer-hunting season, Jake and Matthew kick their plan into action, leaving Dad tied to a chair as they flee into the night. Meanwhile, the bully and his father have their own plans for revenge, and the events to follow will forever change the lives of everyone involved . . .

From the humble audiocassette to out-of-this-world virtual reality, this is the story of videogames--told through objects Most people have played videogames, whether it was Pong way back when or Pok mon Go today. The story of their creation and development is fascinating, encompassing hardware, software, concept, equipment, and more. Now the curators of the UK''s award-winning National Videogame Arcade take you on a journey through joysticks and microchips, Game Boys and cuddly toys, guitars and drums, as they explore how videogames are made, played, and loved. This entertaining history ranges from The Age of Empires III Collectors'' Edition, Barcode Battler, and the Bioshock Xbox 360 faceplate to Dance: UK Dancemat, Packman and Nintendo, Tamagotchi, and Virtual Reality Headsets. Whatever your interest in gaming, from casual player to medal-winning champion, this book''s for you

If there is one thing that distinguishes videogames from other media forms surely it is their interactivity. What it quite means to be a ''player'', or what constitutes the distinctive ''play position'', has never been more complicated, contested and confusing – so much so that it need not involve touching a controller at all, far less becoming an accomplished performer. We see players learning from one another as they observe technique, and shifting between playing and spectating as they take turns sharing gameplay one level or life at a time. Spectate! Recording, Streaming and Watching Videogames explores the phenomenon of videogame spectatorship and presents a historically-grounded case for a reconsideration of our conceptualization and approaches to videogame play. Renowned games scholar James Newman covers player activities, how platforms enable spectating in interesting ways, and how spectating helps play a role in archiving and preserving game history. Recognizing that the playability of a videogame is a temporary state, Newman argues that spectatorship is not merely a viable alternative to first hand play but that it might offer insights into the nuance and variety of possible playings impossible to attain in any other way. Newman''s analysis for understanding how games have been integrated into the landscape of new media will become required reading.

From Adam Howe, writer of Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet, and the winner of Stephen King''s On Writing contest... and James Newman, acclaimed author of Odd Man Out and Animosity. March 29, 1987... For metalheads Mike Rawson, Lonnie Deveroux, and Pork Chop, an RV road trip to Wrestlemania III becomes a one-way ticket to hell. While delivering an illegal shipment of counterfeit wrestling merchandise, an ill-fated shortcut through the Kentucky backwoods leads them to a teenaged girl carved head to toe in arcane symbols. Soon our unlikely heroes are being hunted through the boonies by a cult of religious crazies who make the Westboro Baptists look like choirboys

In 1931 Kurt Gödel published his paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." Gödel''s paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. However, few scholars were unable to understand Gödel''s ideas. Ernest Nagel and James Newman provide a readable and accessible explanation of the main ideas and broad implications of Gödel''s discovery.

I had just turned fourteen years old the night my best friends and I decided to kill Mr. Martinsen. He was my friend. My mentor. I would even go so far as to say I loved him, as I looked up to Mr. Martinsen the same way I had looked up to my maternal grandfather, who died from a heart attack when I was ten. He was the best teacher I ever had. I will never forget him, or the knowledge he imparted to me, as long as I live. But on that summer evening just several weeks before I began my freshman year of high school, he gave my friends and me no choice. Things had gone too far. We had put it off for too long. We knew Mr. Martinsen had to die.

Mapping the commercial process of videogame production from pre-production to games journalism, David Surman demystifies the language of technical production processes by offering the reader a review of key production roles, along with the skills required to fulfil them.

An adult colouring book which focusses on peace and relaxation.

widowmaker [wid-oh-may-ker] noun 1. A thing with the potential to kill men. 2. A dead branch caught precariously high in a tree which may fall on a person below. 3. A dark fiction anthology of prodigious size; large enough to use as a doorstop... or crush a man''s skull. A few months ago one of our own, James Newman, was severely injured in a freak accident. He''s known universally in the horror fiction community as a truly great guy, and, when the news broke of the incident there was no shortage of people who wanted to help. Inside the pages of this collection, you will find tales that are lighthearted mixed in with stories that will fuel your nightmares, each one with the potential to be a WIDOWMAKER. The following 47 fellow authors and poets have contributed their words to this benefit anthology and 100% of the proceeds will go to help the Newman family. Enjoy this massive collection and thank you for your aid. Blake Burkhead Bracken MacLeod Brandon Ford Brett Williams Brian Hodge Brian Keene Charles R Rutledge Donn Gash Ed Kurtz Elizabeth Massie Evans Light Gary A. Braunbeck Gary Fry Glen Krisch J.F. Gonzalez Jack Bantry James A. Moore Jeff Strand Jenny Orosel Joe Miles John Palisano Kit Power Mark Allan Gunnells Mary Genevieve Fortier Maurice Broaddus Mercedes Murdock Yardley Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason Mir Plemmons Norman Prentiss Patrick Lacey Paul Anderson Pete Kahle Peter Giglio Ray Garton Robert Essig Ronald Kelly Rose Blackthorn Shane McKenzie Shawna L. Bernard Sheri White TG Arsenault Tim Marquitz Tim Waggoner Todd Keisling Tom Martin Tracy L. Carbone Usman Tanveer Malik

This online Clinics series provides evidence-based answers to clinical questions the practicing hospitalist faces daily. The tenth issue in our growing online database, edited by James Newman, covers essential updates in the following topics: Long QT; Noninvasive ventilation; Fever of Unknown Origin; Post Bariatric Surgery; Hospital Fall Prevention; Mimics of Cellulitis; UR Essentials; Neutropenic fever; Nephrotic syndrome; and Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.

A bestselling horror author discovers that nothing is more frightening than his own neighbors in this dark tale of psychological suspense. After his wife leaves him for another man, Andrew Holland throws himself into his writing more vigorously than ever. He lives a quiet life in the town of Poinsettia Lane, where his neighbors are proud to know a celebrity author. But all that changes when Andy discovers a murdered child not far from his home. Though the authorities clear Andy of any wrongdoing, the local media suggests eerie connections between his gruesome novels and his tragic discovery. His neighbors start to turn on him. Then the vandalism and threatening phone calls start. Just as Andy begins to wonder if he’ll survive this ordeal with his sanity intact, another child’s body is found. Now Andy wonders if he’ll survive at all.

I denne boka blir Bibelens historie om Noahs ark gjenfortalt. Gud har gitt Noah beskjed om at det skal komme en stor flom over verden, og Noah må bygge en ark for å redde familien og alle dyrene. Dyrene går om bord to og to og regnet begynner å falle. Har fargesterke illustrasjoner. Billedbok for førskolebarn/småskoletrinnet.

From H.P. Lovecraft''s Necronomicon to The Voynich Manuscript, from the Rongorongo artifacts to The Georgia Guidestones, from The Oerea Linda Book to The Book of Soyga, certain arcane writings, it seems, are not to be read - or at least not fully fathomed - by ordinary mortals.The stories in Forbidden Texts, however, each dealing with a document from beyond the pale, are not only designed to be read - their contents have already proven their ability to creep into the shadows of one''s mind and linger, awakening dark visions, etching themselves into your memory.While one of our narratives details a newly discovered work of outre erudition, three of the tales have been brought back to light from relative antiquity. Your humble editor and authors delved past the wards and sigils of obscurity, spelunking into the dungeons and mist-shrouded tombs of classic tomes. At long last we smuggled these forgotten manuscripts back from their time-eroded publications to be unleashed once more upon the waking world, our purpose to shock, thrill and entertain you anew."Rookwood" was first published in the Australian magazine Aurealis in 1999."An Uncommon Stew" was originally published as a bonus story in the back of all IDW comics in October 2004."The Love of a Good Book" tells the tale of a newly discovered (rumoured?) forbidden text..."When Satan Sings the Blues" was first published in The Rare Anthology in 2001.While the volumes containing their original publications might be slightly dusty, these tales are anything but. Each holds within the very structure of its literary essence the power to twist and transform the darker corridors of the bibliophile''s brain.Come read... or, in the case of our final tale, listen ... if you dare!About the Authors:Nicholas Knight is the bestselling author of the official Supernatural companion guides and The Essential Supernatural coffee table book, as well as a feature writer for the Official Supernatural Magazine. His short fiction has appeared in places such as H.P. Lovecraft''s Magazine of Horror, Mad Scientist Journal, Trailer Park of Terror, and Weird Tales, and he''s received honorable mention in The Year''s Best Fantasy and Horror. He lives among bears and sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest, and is currently writing a role-playing app series entitled Monster''s Choice.James Newman is the author of the novels Midnight Rain, The Wicked, Animosity and Ugly as Sin. Several short film adaptations of his works are currently in pre-production, including the fan favorite "Holy Rollers". James lives in the mountains of North Carolina. His website is www.james-newman.com.David Bain is also the editor of Dark Highways and Sword and Zombie. His novels include Gray Lake and Death Sight, the first book in his Will Castleton series, with the second, Green River Blues, coming this summer. His short story collections include Night Writing, Terror Is Our Trade (w/ C. Dennis Moore), Darker Corridors, and Shadows, Whispers, Shivers. He is the co-author, with C. Dennis Moore, of the short rock n'' roll horror novel Band of Gypsies. His website is http://DavidBainBooks.comRick Kennett is a life-long resident of Melbourne, Australia. His stories have appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies. You can find his web site at http://rickkennett.wordpress.com/.Bryce Stevens creates horror and fantasy fiction and art, having had work published in various magazines and anthologies and online. He has been an editor, illustrator and book reviewer for horror magazines and was for two years president of the original Australian Horror Writers while editing and illustrating its bimonthly news magazine Severed Head.Christine Cornell divides her creative time between writing and computer animation. Her short story "Hard Water" was published in Blood and Water, an anthology nominated for an Aurora Award. Christine lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

With wit and clarity, the authors progress from simple arithmetic to calculus and non-Euclidean geometry. Their subjects: geometry, plane and fancy; puzzles that made mathematical history; tantalizing paradoxes; more. Includes 169 figures.

Monica just wants to be loved like all the other pretty girls in Bangkok City. But sometimes getting what you want isn’t healthy. Her body is discovered decapitated in her cold-water apartment room. A briefcase stuffed with cash is missing from the scene. P.I Joe Dylan ventures into the Bangkok City bars to find out what happened that night. The trail leads to the Demon Dreams a Bangkok S&M joint run by a beautiful transsexual and her mute kick-boxing brother. Joe discovers a world of bizarre sex acts and black magic rituals. A seedy Bangkok underworld that picks-up fallen women from the streets and throws them into an evil world of torture and murder.

Bangkok Express is an often hilarious, always dangerous, fast moving tale of the tricks and turns in an exotic land where what meets the eye often fools, if not confuses, the observer. Joe leaves behind a life of commuter trains, a messy divorce, and an egotistical boss to undertake an assignment that changes his life forever. For Joe, Thailand is a private investigator’s hardest challenge. A land where women, drink and drugs come with no warning attached and nothing is what it seems. Can Joe untangle a web of corruption and lies and write the report that the ‘suits’ want to see? Or is there something else on offer, something that will bring more happiness than that of a ‘job well done’?Bangkok Express is a beautifully bizarre, exotic novel that will leave the reader feeling like they just stepped off a fast moving train in the world’s most exciting city.

Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies. James Newman details the rich array of activities that surround game-playing, charting the vibrant and productive practices of the vast number of videogame players and the extensive ''shadow'' economy of walkthroughs, FAQs, art, narratives, online discussion boards and fan games, as well as the cultures of cheating, copying and piracy that have emerged. Playing with Videogames offers the reader a comprehensive understanding of the meanings of videogames and videogaming within the contemporary media environment.

Videogames are one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant, not to mention pervasive, media forms. The global videogames industry is worth billions of dollars and growing year on year as it releases yet more innovative products that synthesize cutting edge technology, ease of use, accessibility and, most importantly, fun. It is hardly surprising then that every day, millions of adults and children around the globe dedicate countless hours to exploring virtual worlds, assuming alternative identities and engaging in digital play. Yet for all this, there is relatively little critical discussion of videogames and they remain the poor relation of contemporary media criticism, leaving those new to videogames struggling to find information about key titles and the cognoscenti hungry for insight into their favourite titles. James Newman and Iain Simons'' guide provides a map of the most important games from the 1960s to the present day that will satisfy both novices and acolytes alike as it journeys through the most interesting, innovative and entertaining titles of the first forty years of videogames.

AN ANCIENT EVIL RISES...BURNS...KILLS... After a fire consumes the Heller Home for Children, the residents of Morganville, North Carolina thought they knew evil... They were wrong. Unaware of the turmoil in their new hometown, the Littles--David, Kate, and seven-year-old Becca--are moving from New York City to Morganville in hopes of repairing their own lives, which were recently shattered by an act of sexual violence. Before long, David realizes that his family''s troubles are worse than he could ever have imagined. An ancient demon lurks beneath the town of Morganville, an unholy creature conjured into existence by the Heller Home tragedy. Its name is Moloch. It is hungry for the souls of the townspeople. But most of all, Moloch wants the children. It will not rest until it has them. All of them.