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A preview of an upcoming comic from the author/illustrator team behind The Woethief and Coccoon. The light stone in the community Tower went dark. Can Ilsa, Mila, and Mar find a replacement before a snow storm overtakes a group of lost travelers?

Highroad Squad must locate Colonel Long, a Cambrian officer in charge of an airship with a weapon capable of incinerating entire buildings. The enemy airship crashed 50 kilometers to the northeast. Can Highroad Squad capture Colonel Long and recover information about this weapon?

Nyla Woethief has two minds, and an unborn child to protect. She longs to be free from her mistress, Gemma, who forces her to steal people’s bad memories. If she wins the next two duels, she will become Princess. Will that be enough to free her from Gemma and her treacherous ex-husband? Does an insectoid girl who haunts her dreams offer hope, or danger?

Below Mount Solitude lies a forest so dark and deep that even the animals refuse to venture inside. This is where the Little People live. The people who live in the small village built into the canyon walls above the river say the animals stay clear of the dark forest out of respect for the Little People. As long as there is peace among the Little People, the canyon people say, there will be peace among all. But is peace among the Little People possible? Or peace among all? The Dark Forest is about one man’s journey to find comfort and peace in a world of uncertainty and chaos.

All of life is a flip of a coin, life on one side, death on the other. When faced with adversity, it is best to throw caution to the wind, toss the coin into the air, and let fate take us wherever it will.

Jules is a young man barely a century old. He’s lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom reads like Neal Stephenson meets Nick Hornby: a coming-of-age romantic comedy and a kick-butt cybernetic tour de force.

Thousands of years in the future, public school systems are ‘dayprisons.’ Lydia Ashford is a technologically augmented schoolmarm in a polluted, war-torn world who uses technology to maintain order in her out-of-control classrooms. Follow two decades of her teaching career in this episodic cyberpunk novella by The Human Collective.

Hoping to adopt a boy to help on their farm, the Cuthbert siblings are sent a young orphan girl instead. Her name is Anne, and her vibrant red hair is matched only by her indomitable spirit. The adventures of Anne as she grows up in Maritime Candada have made her one of literature’s most enduring characters.

Big trouble’s brewing down at the ol’ Whateley farm in Dunwich. It’s huge and it’s hungry, and the morbid, repulsive Wilbur Whateley will stop at nothing to unleash its full power. Only in the pages of the dreaded Necronomicon lie the secret to unleashing this ancient evil, or burying it forever.

One of the great pulp writers of his time, Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) counted Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Psycho author Robert Bloch among his admirers. Stephen King has cited Clark Ashton Smith as an author who has given him “such great pleasure over the years.” Ebony and Crystal is Smith’s masterpiece of poetry, first published in 1922 in a run of just five hundred copies. This edition of Ebony and Crystal honors the one-hundredth anniversary of the title, introducing a new generation of readers to the awe and wonder of poems from the “Bard of Auburn.”.

“This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” Beginning with its famous opening line, nothing in this story of deception and infidelity is quite as it appears. Ford’s 1915 novel anticipates postmodern literature by decades, with its unreliable narrator, shifting perspectives, and nonlinear narrative. Included in The Guardian’s list of the 100 best English-language novels.

From its famous opening paragraph to its unforgettable last passages, this definitive novel of the Jazz Age has captivated generations of readers. Also includes the 1922 short story Winter Dreams, whose themes were later expanded upon in The Great Gatsby.

Few Londoners welcome the arrival of Edward Hyde, a man whose cruel presence is outweighed only by his inward corruption. It is strange, then, that Hyde has a close friend in Dr. Henry Jekyll, a pillar of the community. The nature of the bond between these men is at the core of this all-time classic horror story.

Stephen King has described this epic novel as “economic horror”, and Frank Norris as one of his favorite authors. Follow the life of hulking Polk Street dentist McTeague as love and fortune melt into hellish nightmares. From the rich descriptions of San Francisco in the 1890s, to its haunting climax in the wastes of Death Valley, you won’t be able to put this story down.

On July 20th, 1714, five people are killed in a bridge collapse at San Luis Rey, in colonial Peru. Brother Juniper, a witness to the accident, investigates the life of each victim, driven to find out what had brought each of them to the bridge that day. Were their deaths a divine judgement, or was it mere chance? That mystery has kept readers returning to Thornton Wilder’s novel year after year. Winner of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize, and listed as one of the best 100 English novels by Time magazine.

In one of the great debut novels of all time, The Sun Also Rises follows men traveling to Pamplona to watch the Running of the Bulls in the years following the devastating Great War. Author Ernest Hemingway was inspired by events in his own life when writing this story of the "Lost Generation."

The second issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue include a recap of Houston Arcade Expo 2022, a review of a panel with Rampage co-creator Brian Colin, reader Q&A, and a guide to custom arcade sticks.

The third issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue include a breakdown of Ms. Pac-Man’s legal woes, the history of Chack’n Pop, and memories of pinball in Modesto, California.

The fourth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: A history of the proto-snake game Nibbler, a preview of the 2023 Houston Arcade Expo, an interview with pinball repair expert Steve Mitchell, and musings on pinball in Denmark.

The fifth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: Coverage of Houston Arcade Expo 2023, games seen on the road, the reverse-engineering of Sinistar, league schedules, a recap of the year’s pinball games, and a special offer from Buffalo.

The sixth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: In memory of Buffalo (1951-2014), coverage of ATG Expo 2024, reader responses to last issue’s Sinistar article, the history and legacy of Konami’s Roc’n Rope, and Buffalo asks...is pinball a sport?

The seventh issue of Quarter Up, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: Sonic Speed Cafe in Katy, Texas, the history of Wyvern F-0, two claw-machine arcades, and commentary from Buffalo on the rules-n-regs of pinball.