The Mist in the Klein Bottle


Book Description

While the boys are away the spivs will play. There are crooks even in wartime but some crooks are worse than others. When an ancient demon becomes involved with fascist sympathisers those left behind on the home front will need all their skills to keep evil at bay..




The Mist in the Klein Bottle


Book Description

While the boys are away the spivs will play There are crooks even in wartime but some crooks are worse than others. When an ancient demon becomes involved with fascist sympathisers those left behind on the home front will need all their skills to keep evil at bay.. The Blank Magic books are set in an alternate reality where magic works.The Nazi high command has set up a division of the SS to wage clandestine magical warfare against the allies. Britain is forced to respond with its own magical forces; helped along by a small cast of characters who populate the fringes where the normal and magical worlds meet. The book is approximately 176,000 words




Tales of Brannhår in Niðavellir


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Where do Vikings go when they die ? Valhalla or Hel...or is that just Christian propaganda? Some scholars of the old Norse religions think that it was more a matter of individual choice. What's it to be? Endless Rugby club dinners or wall to wall repeats of Eastenders. Maybe you'd prefer something different... Welcome to Niðavellir.




The Crystal Entanglement


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Can a pile of crystals be evil? They can, especially if they are possessed by the soul of a malevolent witch bent on destruction and revenge on the living. When they become the property of a mad aristocrat the capital becomes the domain of a monster who consumes the souls of both men and wizards; but wizards are tastier.




Me and My Shadow


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One body two souls: two bodies one soul, light and shadow, separating and merging, male and female, good and evil. This story, set in the world of Blank Magic, moves from the seventeen hundreds to the nineteen eighties and tells of a quest for eternal life; by any means and at any cost. However, Time will not be thwarted so easily, and it will demand its price.




Once Upon a Magpie Moon


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Everyone knows that when a loved one dies it leaves a hollow in the world. However, what happens when many people die together? Wouldn't this leave deep valleys. War would leave vast canyons and sometimes these holes might form bridges back into the land of the living and there's no telling what might try to come across them.




Fantasia Mathematica


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Clifton Fadiman's classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes is now once again available. Ranging from the poignant to the comical via the simply surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. Humorous, mysterious, and always entertaining, this collection is sure to bring a smile to the faces of mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike.







Alien$


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ALIEN$ are only here for the money, we think, and Dr. John Mack changed the alien field forever when he said abductees were suffering trauma, not delusions. We hope they (the "aliens") may be altruistic and friendly, except for the pesky Grays. The shooting script for upcoming motion picture Saucer Season will provide much brain food for thoughtful folk. Send your best UFO story to [email protected] and help us to know the truth of what's going on...




The Tent of Orange Mist


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In December 1937 the city of Nanking, China, falls to brutal Japanese invaders. Thus begins a compelling drama wherein the teenaged daughter of an eminent scholar is forced to work as a prostitute. Short-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Prize, "The Tent of Orange Mist" illuminates the plight of intellectuals and artists during profound social and cultural upheaval.