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Author: Donald Firesmith is the prize-winning author of speculative fiction including The Secrets of Hawthorne House (teen paranormal urban fantasy), the Hell Holes series (alien invasion science fiction), and Magical Wands: A Cornucopia of Wand Lore (fantasy). Named a Distinguished Engineer by the Association of Computing Machinery, he is also the author of 7 technical books in system and software engineering. In his spare time, he crafts one-of-a-kind jeweled magic wands. It was only an old book that the professor found while traveling by train through Scotland. A scholar of medieval history, Professor George Smith was on sabbatical studying Scottish legends and myths when he chanced to meet an aged Scotsman and his granddaughter on their way to her new boarding school in the Isles of Skye. The young girl had accidentally left her book behind, and the professor picked it up meaning to send it on to her. But then he looked inside and discovered it was no ordinary book. It was a school textbook on magic. Could it be real? Could it have actually been left by accident and found by chance? Or was it all an elaborate hoax played on the unsuspecting professor? Did he ever find the secret Isles of Skye School of Magick? Did he ever discover the hidden world of wizards and witches implied by the book's very existence? Or did they find him? The professor vanished soon afterwards, and the answers are unknown. Read the book and decide for yourself. Magical Wands: A Cornucopia of Wand Lore is that textbook from The Isles of Skye School of Magick. The first chapter begins with a basic overview of magic wands followed by an introduction to magical theory including the four planes of existence (Astral, Spectral, Physical, and Daemonic), the five metaphysical elementals (Quintessence, Air, Fire, Earth, and Water), and the three preternatural phases of Light, Twilight, and Darkness. It also contains sets of the commonly used spells associated with each of these elementals and phases. The first chapter then describes the different types of wands, their components, how they are crafted, and how they are used to cast spells. Chapter two teaches the 17 principles of wand making. Chapters three through six comprehensively cover the materials used to make magic wands including magical creatures (both beings and beasts), magical woods, mystical crystals, and mystical metals. Chapter seven documents 26 famous and infamous witches and wizards, their wands, and how well their wands suited their needs. Chapter eight concludes the textbook by nicely summarizing the contents of the entire textbook. Each of the chapters ends with student exercises, the answers of which are included in the back of the textbook which also includes a glossary, references, and afterword by the editor. If you have ever wondered what young witches and wizards actually study in their hidden magic schools, then this book is for you.

The strongest SSS-level solar flare in human civilization's history erupts, and the technological civilization is destroyed by a geomagnetic storm that sweeps across the globe. After the eruption, the sun falls into a slumber, and Blue Star is plunged into an icy apocalypse. More than 90% of species become extinct. The other creatures that survive begin to mutate. Humanity faces an unprecedented racial disaster. Lin Shi is reborn three months before the end of the world and activates his family's heirloom, the cornucopia! He gains an upgradable space and the ability to duplicate any item! He hoards a vast amount of supplies and builds the ultimate shelter. The beginning of the apocalypse is the day when the killing begins.

"How did I end up like this.....cursed, with two sides of unsettling storm reicarnating into me... and as if not enough....I ended up possessing the rarest and hardest beast known to be ever tamed as my Azrax" "tsk... who knows, Maybe... just maybe.. I might still pull through" Simma, who was once an outcast, never expected much from life. He thought he would continue being a rag for the Singriths who treated and trained him like a slave, with the intent to exploit and turn him into one of their Daylight Warriors, compelled to serve them with his life. But fate had said otherwise, and his determination to free himself paid off, though causing him someone he had cared about. Simma, who once thought that he was good at fighting, thinking that he had learned very much from the Singriths, now sees that he was a weakling. In the world of his own kind, he has to train, fight, and also look into himself in order to make a better version of himself, He had to become an Azren, go through series of training, defend the citadel and the great city, help maintain the system and slay Singriths ,Soulnexers, and demons as to level up to the next ranks. Only to realize that he had reincarnated but had no memories at all, since he had reincarnated into a child. And his Within Beast was something else: the hardest to tame and toughest to Summon. Well he met people.. people that helped him. He now had to go through the pain, the suffering of finding out his past life, and also coping in the world he finds himself in. And as he was just digging, he made a discovery that was very tangible, that would change the whole system. He found out that... Read to know. https://discord.gg/cSzDAMyVYJ

After losing everything in Texas where my life could be compared to the hell,the place which took my dad away from me, the bitter school memories and what not, my mom decide to take me to California so that we can start a new life in the outskirts of Los Angeles. l made friends for the first time and guess, what? They aren't mean to me. Our new life is beautiful just like our neighborhood with lots of greenery and splendid beauty of nature. There starts the forest area just a few metres from my neighborhood and it's just enthralling to live here, especially for a nemophilist like me. But as I came here, I came to know nature has many forms, many elements and there are species living between humans, disguised. They are neither dead nor living, they are neither human nor animal,they are neither dangerous nor to be trusted. What should I do, now? I just came across them. Will it be harmful for me or is it gonna change my life forever? Read my story to find more!

"Death was not the end… it was merely the bell signaling the beginning of the bloodiest show in history." Kang Jin-woo had been a serial killer whose name alone sent shivers through the world—until his heart finally stopped under the justice of a single bullet. But beyond the veil of death, there were beings who were not satisfied with merely witnessing his end; ancient demons that fed on chaos saw in Jin-woo’s dark soul the perfect instrument for their amusement. Jin-woo returned to life—not as a man, but as a "show hero," forced to commit random, brutal murders to entertain "spectators" from another realm, through a mysterious system that granted him terrifying powers with every drop of blood spilled. Yet behind this bloody spectacle lurked Detective Lee Do-hyun—a man who could smell sin the way a hound tracks prey. A gritty investigator who didn’t believe in miracles, and who was willing to descend into the very depths of hell to catch Jin-woo once again. In this deadly game of cat and mouse, the rules were written by demons, and the price was whatever remained of Jin-woo’s humanity. Would he continue as a puppet for their amusement… or tear the contract apart and reduce their theater to ashes?

Ladies and gentlemen please sit back and enjoy our circus show!

The graduating class of Hope's Peak Academy is kidnapped, sometime after their graduation, and placed into a beautiful mansion called only Our Mansion of Plenty. They are held there by steel plates on doors and windows, as well as a malevolent robot fairy creature who calls itself The Fey. While being kidnapped is already a pretty big problem, this annoying fairy brat is telling them to kill each other. But nobody would do that. Right?

I came back from the blood and fire of Iraq, carrying every “gift” the war had carved into me. Only to discover that my only daughter had been signed away—on a so-called voluntary donation form—and shipped to a private island disguised as charity but built on hell. They laughed and said, “The children of the poor are born to be the toys of the rich.” I smiled as I opened my armory. Compared to this so-called civilized world, Iraq’s IEDs were child’s play. And when the island’s elites began to scream and scatter in terror, my voice echoed through the loudspeakers: “Welcome to my battlefield, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, the hunting season begins.”

On the verge of death from illness, Yu Zhizhi transmigrates to the Beast World Planet, becoming the lowest-ranking plaything for slaughter. Her destiny was supposed to be a direct slaughter by powerful figures gone Berserk in their beast forms. Fortunately, she awakened the Childbirth System, and the style of the story suddenly changed— The maddened and fallen monster (Wolf): "I'll give you a choice, love me, or be bitten to death by me?" The evil Duke (Snake): "Beautiful maiden, please fall into the abyss of desire with me." The tyrannical Imperial Marshal (Shark): "I command you, you are only permitted to love me!" The wildly arrogant Crown Prince (Tiger): "I will kill all the males who covet you!!" (The list of Beast Husbands is expanding—) As the lowest-ranking female, Yu Zhizhi is doted on wildly by the powerful figures, undergoing Evolution all the way to the top-tier Rare grade and becoming the most noble existence in the Beast World Empire!

Good news: You've awakened. Bad news: You're the villainess. Renee Jennings accidentally obtains a system, allowing her to break free from the plot's control by completing missions. Renee Jennings: "Wait a minute, what's with all the animal dictionaries as a reward?" System: [They can give you an affinity with animals.] Renee Jennings: "Why?" System: [Because a villainess has no affinity with people.] Renee Jennings: "…" This joke is not that funny... * After unlocking animal languages, Renee Jennings embarks on a path of no return— Leading dogs to save a blind woman being stalked by a pervert. Reporting an evil old man who murdered his wife and hid her body, thanks to rats. Helping a kitten catch the murderer who killed its owner and buried the body. Finding tens of millions in stolen goods based on intel from birds. * While others are petting cats, Renee Jennings is riding a tiger. While others are falling in love, Renee Jennings is solving crimes. While others are getting married, Renee Jennings is rescuing endangered animals. While others are having kids, Renee Jennings is serving her country.