Rev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, PhD, is a Soto Zen priest and guiding teacher at Still Breathing Meditation Center in East Oakland, California. The author of Tell Me Something about Buddhism and contributing author to several books including... Read More

Comparisons between Peter Grandbois’s eerie stories and The Twilight Zone are inescapable. Though the previous two volumes in the series visited classic horror films from the perspective of the monster, "The Girl on the Swing and At... Read More

To poetize birchbark, floodwaters, crawfish chimneys, the Great Comet of 1811. To write knowingly about trapping swamp rabbits in the hollowed trunks of gum tupelo and the whistling sound of an earthquake in water: Not unlike the... Read More

Inspired by science fiction, film noir, and especially horror movies, master storyteller Lyn Ford offers a collection of folk- and fairy-tale adaptations unlike any other in "Hot Wind, Boiling Rain". Some tales, with princes and... Read More

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima—what a difference an accident or three makes. From the earliest days of nuclear power’s sixty-year history, industry insiders downplayed the risks, but a small number of committed activists... Read More

Years of creative exploration and experimentation elevate this how-to guide to an artistic status. In his latest publication, The Creative Woodturner: Inspiring Ideas and Projects for Developing Your Own Woodturning Style, Terry Martin... Read More

Harroun’s cookbook is more than just a collection of recipes—she explores the intricacy and mystery of red velvet’s unique color, texture, and roots. Most would expect a meal of grits, biscuits, and fried chicken to be rounded off... Read More

Difficult to forget and oddly addictive, this tale of derangement deserves a high mark for keeping the answers hidden and the pages turning. Ritualized murders laced with symbolism terrorize the vineyards of Pomerol in "Deadly Tasting",... Read More