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After an eviction notice and one too many apple martinis, I wake, stripped bare and alone in a cell. No, wait, not alone. My evil garbage fire ex, Andrew, who suggested he’d let me stay with him “for a price” is here, too. He’s the whole reason I lost my job. My head is throbbing, my vision fuzzy. “Andrew, you piece of… what are you doing?” “Who’s Andrew?” My blood runs cold. That’s not Andrew’s voice. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK “The Phoenix Pencil Company is a masterful blending of history, fantasy, and romance that sank into my heart . . . This book had me smiling through my tears.” — Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten...

‘Absorbing’ GUARDIAN ‘Magical’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy of magic...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Inscriptions Written With A Slate Pencil Upon A Stone, The Largest Of A Heap Lying Near A Deserted Quarry, Upon One Of The Islands At Rydal by William Wordsworth. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 8, 2026. ------ William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850. He remains one of the most recognizable ...

Pencil BOB brings you the wildest, weirdest, and most unbelievable HOA drama and Karen stories _Plus dome scifi and horror stories—told with humor and a unique twist. Every episode features original, first-hand accounts of outrageous neighbors, power-hungry boards, and epic showdowns. No recycled internet tales—just real stories from behind the picket fence. If you crave outrageous real-life drama and a peek into HOA madness, this is your podcast. New episodes every week!

Writing is one of those activities that makes you feel like you are alone on an island. So, I am sending out a message in a bottle to all the writers out there. I want to talk about writing (the good and the bad), share some stories, and build a community.

We talk about comics we read and the people that created them! Think of it as a sort of comic book club with a chunk of background history thrown in!

Welcome to The Epic Pencil, a venue for sharing original writing (fantasy, mystery, and more), discussions about writing, books that inspire fun and engaging writing and...you get the idea. ' We'll be sharing excerpts from an as-yet-unpublished fantasy series that will (hopefully) appeal to fans of the fantasy of David Eddings’ Belgariad and Mallorean, Tamora Pierce’s Legend of Beka Cooper series, Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novels, and Kristen Britain’s Green Rider series, all while adding the spice of a classic murder mystery. Other fiction shared here, both as short stories and ...

This is my first podcast, please have fun listening and give feedback :)

Seven Days is a supernatural western audio drama. It follows Victor Val Ravencroft as he hunts for The Man with the Golden Hand. During his quest for vengeance, he's pulled into an ongoing fight between the forces of good and evil.“In a world torn, a lost soul becomes its savior.”