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Sicily, 1993. Fear rules the streets of Palermo. Teenage boys patrol the narrow streets armed with AK-47’s, marking out the territory of their mafia bosses. This is what hell is. Federico, a privileged local boy, is asked by his teacher, Don Pino, to help out at the youth club he runs in one of the most destitute areas of the city. A tangle of alleys controlled by men with nicknames like the Hunter, it is also where kids like Francesco, Lucia, and Totò never give up hope for a different life.

There has been a major upheaval at Mount Weather. The president has been assassinated. Her running mate, who was her husband, is sworn in as president in order to preserve democracy, but in only a short time his behavior has put the Mount Weather community in a state of turmoil. If that wasn't bad enough, Chinese soldiers have been discovered on American soil and the zeds, already an ever present danger, are continuing to show signs of cognition and teamwork. The motives of both are unknown but do not bode well for the survivors.

A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles...

In the Pride Ring of Hell, a bizarre phenomenon is causing panic among the denizens: sinners are mysteriously disappearing, and the population of Hell is dwindling. The once-bustling inferno is starting to feel eerily empty. The seven deadly sins—Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride—are inexplicably concerned. After all, without sinners, what’s the point of Hell?Determined to uncover the truth, the sins band together in a reluctant alliance, each bringing their unique (and often conflicting) traits to the investigation. Their journey through the underworld’s various ...

Michael Jamin has been a television writer/showrunner since 1996. He interviews professional writers, artists, and performers about living their creative lives, inspiring others to do the same.

The Manchurian CandidateA darkly funny Christmas story. It was a strange day when Blake Alexander found out about this odd case everyone at his hospital wanted to decorate the hospital for Christmas drunk on the Christmas cheer.But that was nothing the reapers were trying to get the after life business in line with fate's decree that they celebrate Christmas with reapers collecting people as Santa Clauses which Blake was totally against. To him it was an anathema. He felt like scrooge It was getting so Christmasy the people at the hospital had stopped calling him Dr Death on the upside but on ...

Babysitting is HellWhen the king of the grim reapers take his young great-granddaughter the princess of vampires to the afterlife to babysit her as he worked he didn't expect it would end up with him and his assistant hunting for blood.The Princess of DarknessVampires Queen Astra and King Max of Vampires's daughter is on her first day at kindergarten will this ankle biter be a pain in the neck?"Hurry up Astry we're late!" cried Astry Starfire's Mum, "get in the car."Astry jumped in her Mum's car."You remember every thing?" asked her mother Astra, Queen of Vampires."Yes Mum," Astry said.," got ...

An all-star team of 18 conservative writers offers a hilarious, insightful, sanctimony-free remix of William Bennett's The Book of Virtues - without parental controls. The Seven Deadly Virtues sits down next to listeners at the bar, buys them a drink, and, an hour or three later, ushers them into the revival tent without them even realizing it.