A plague has ravaged the population of gold dwarves of the Great Rift. It starts slowly, but the progression is devastating. One dwarf has eyes that have become hard and glassy like marbles; a second dwarf has skin that flakes off in sharp, hardened scales; the skeleton of a third is petrified and fused in place; a fourth wastes away with blood that has turned dark and muddy. Clerical magic doesn't help. Neither do herbal remedies, nor spells meant to break curses. And in all cases, death is always the same--the heart blackens, hardens, and eventually stops beating, killing each victim with a heart attack and turning the bodies to stone. It's called the Stoneplague. It's terrifying. And it's spreading.

In a world where magic, technology, and nature have merged, the few who can control Runes hold dominance over all of creation. All believe that Aleksi, a sixteen-year-old orphan, was blessed to be born with a Rune embedded in his palm, but that’s only because they don’t know the truth—Aleksi’s Rune is so powerful it’s killing him. Asura, a brutal emperor who uses Runes to conquer entire continents, will stop at nothing to kill Aleksi and claim the boy’s power for his own. With Aleksi’s Rune burning its way through his body and assassins hunting his every step, his survival depends on discerning ally from enemy and learning to tame the competing forces of light and dark within. With the burden of his rune haunting his days and the prophetic whispers of a young captive priestess illuminating his nights, Aleksi will be able to unravel the mysteries of his past, rescue the girl in his dreams, and challenge the most powerful warlord the world has ever known only if the one thing keeping him alive—his Rune—does not kill him first.

On the cusp of his First Night, a young man travels to a nearby village to settle his father's debt. Excited to be given a man's responsibility, young Jan celebrates his independence with some boys of the village, drinking strong wine and telling stories about the Beckoning, which gives life to the dead and fills them with an irresistible allure. In the morning, Jan sets out to return home, but exhausted from the previous night's revelry, he stops to take an ill-fated nap. When he wakes, the sun has set, and he can already feel the seductive pull of the Beckoning. Desperate and afraid, Jan finds shelter in a tree as the seductive and deadly nohetka fall upon him. He Lashes himself to the tree as the Beckoning overwhelms his senses. He must endure his First Night without the protective power of wards and runes, and if he survives, he will be a man. But this night will forever change him and set him on a collision course with the very being who is the source of the terrifying Beckoning. The choices Jan makes will either pull the world from the brink of destruction, or send it over the edge.

Reveals the ancient oracle based on the runic Elder Futhark alphabet of the Norse.

"The thirty-three rune poems were previously published in 2016 in Runes revealed by Inkwater Press"--Title page verso.

Contains eight fantastic novels: THE HOLLOW CHOCOLATE BUNNIES OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE WITCHES OF CHISWICK, KNEES UP MOTHER EARTH, THE BRIGHINOMICON, THE TOYMINATOR, THE DA-DA-DE-DA-DA CODE, NECROPHENIA and RETROMANCER

Our teenage hero, having been thrown from Brighton Pier by the leader of The Canvey Island Mod Squad, narrowly escapes drowning thanks to the Perfect Master, Cosmic Dick and self-styled Logos of the Aeon (not to mention the reinventer of the Ocarina), Hugo Rune Himself. Our hero has lost his memory, and, in desperation, agrees to join The Lad Himself in the solving of twelve cases based upon The Brightonomicon, the new zodiac signs formed by the alignment of Brighton streets and discovered by Rune: carriageway constellations. And together they must find the Chronovision before it falls into the wrong hands and affords ultimate power to the would-be world dictator. And this being an adventure most exciting, they must find it before the sinister Count Otto Black, would-be World Dictator and all-round bad guy. Or the whole world will all go to pot.

One of the most well-known potential forgeries is SG-65 Kleines Schulerloch, which has provoked controversies and debates among scientists of various disciplines since its discovery. In this study an interdisciplinary grid of methods was developed and applied to the inscription of the Kleines Schulerloch in order to analyse its authenticity. Due to the approach new results could be made, leading to a revised edition entry of the inscription.

101 Seidhr Survive, Entombed for eternity. 88 Soldiers and 13 Leaders. Now they wake, their chains will break, and the world will never be the same. Elijah was never a normal boy, born with a silver spoon lodged firmly in his... mouth. Yeah that’s it, his mouth. He was one of the lucky few to be granted the Archirs boon. But was he grateful? No... Little S... Oh hello I didn’t realize this thing was recording. Via this book you will follow the whelp on his journey into the world, Guided kindly of course by me, Wytch the first Archir. I hope you’ll all laugh at him, cry for him and berate him when he screws up, Often and massively. In a world much like your own but so much more... fantastical. Sorry I’m rambling. I have one thing left to say. We don’t talk about Albuquerque.