Requiem |
 Through its 211 interwoven poems, this double-tiered recursive crown of sonnets takes the reader on an epic journey to the heart of mankind’s would-be nemesis – herself – and back again. Does her destiny await in the unexplored depths of the cosmos, or in a toxic wasteland of her own making? Does she have the will to shape her own future, or is she a slave to her myopic wants and impulses? Crown XI available as free sample. |
A Most Sorrowful Christmas Tale of Wishes Unfulfilled |
In the brooding mountains the wicked giantess Grýla dwells with her offspring, the mischievous Yule Lads, and the sinister Yule Cat. In the weeks before Christmas they descend to terrorize the hapless people below. While the thirteen lads will steal their sausages, slam their doors and peek through their windows, the cat will hunt down and devour any child who doesn’t receive any new clothes for Christmas. This heroic crown of sonnets tells the tale of Anna, a young girl who seeks to avoid her cruel fate by imploring her distracted mother and father to give her some new clothes – any clothes – for Christmas. As the fateful day draws ever closer and the Yule Lads mercilessly harass her family, her desperation grows by the day. Will she live to see another year, or will she become the next meal of the voracious Yule Cat? |
Continuous Practices: A Strategic Approach to Accelerating the Software Production System
A full exposition of continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous deployment and how they all fit together into an effective software production system, and how they can be adapted to fit the individual case. Whether you’re a novice or a grizzled veteran straight from the trenches, you will find something of value in this book. Through a structured and measured approach to adoption and improvement of continuous practices, we seek to help everyone map a clear path forward, regardless of one’s starting position. Chapter 2 and Chapter 16 available as free samples. |
The Trouble With Cellars
Ruth Roy, a Wisconsinite in her late sixties, seeks to put the tragedies of her small town past behind her by acquiring a small property and founding a business along with a new life in the Old World before age and decrepitude overtake her. Her new beginning takes a sinister turn, however, when horrific nightmares begin to haunt her and a prophecy – discovered within a tale within an antique journal – has her doubting not only her chances at a new life, but her neighbors and her very sanity. She finds herself searching desperately for a way out of the horrors that threaten to ensnare her; horrors which all began with that tiny little house she acquired, and the mysterious cellar on top of which it was built. |
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