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Recently graduated at twenty-six, and two months behind on rent, Oliver Barnes is desperate. So desperate, in fact, that he applies for a job in the Greed district of Hell's Pentagram. But when he misses his train and, subsequently, his job interview, he stumbles, instead, upon a strange little coffee shop in the middle of Purgatory's barren desert—and into an unexpected opportunity. It isn't the job he came to Hell for, but maybe it's exactly the job he needs.

Ever since Edgar Allan Poe looted a family's ignoble secret history for his classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher", living in the shadow of that sick dynasty has been an inescapable scourge for generations of Usher descendants. But not for horror novelist Rix Usher. Years ago he fled the isolated family estate of Usherland in the menacing North Carolina hills to pursue his writing career. He promised never to return. But his father's impending death has brought Rix back home to assume the role of Usher patriarch - and face his worst fears.

Which would you choose, and you must choose one: Wisdom or Power? Even the Gods wrestle with such a question. In a rage against his father, Zeus chose power. In an effort to save his son, Odin has chosen wisdom. This one choice leads either to great prosperity or heart-wrenching loss. To glorious legacy or endless devastation.

This audiobook tells the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. It begins with Sir Geraint, whose exploits corrected the wrongs of an earldom. Then the narrative shows how the Holy Grail was achieved by Sir Galahad, the son of Sir Launcelot. Finally, this audiobook portrays the final days of King Arthur’s life, and how after doing battle for his crown, he was slain.

A light hearted podcast contained inside the world of ‘nerd’ - keep up to date with the ramblings of fellow ‘nerd’ like people with topics such as gaming, films and TV, perhaps some RPG, cosplay, anything else here.... it’s all made up anyway!

After she decides to sell her beach house, a widow must decide whether to risk trusting a romantic new man in her life with deep, dark secrets -- and possibly her heart. It's been two years since the mysterious accident took Sandra Winslow's politician husband, Victor -- the favorite son of a...