Ghosts, vampires and the afterlife merge with the forces of nature and symbolic archetypes in these twelve highly original short stories that run the gamut from darkness and death to innocence and hope. While rooted in this world, they reach into the beyond with the mystical insight of parable and myth that touches something deep within the unconscious.

The eminent composer, Alan Hovhaness, writes: “I greatly admire Richard Howard as a very fine and original writer. I cannot praise highly enough Tower Song. This I think is one of the great stories of all time and certainly should be published throughout the world. The Messenger has a quiet mysterious power and great depth. I know the difficulty to arrive at the spiritual and mental harmony which allows such poetry to flower in naturalness and spontaneous singing quality. The Temple of Lior held my attention from beginning to end. It is compelling and its symbols are of profound wisdom. Moon Prophecy is wonderful. The forces of terror and beauty are controlled. This story with its message haunts me. Mass consciousness dangers are warnings from ancient times into modern times.”

And the celebrated English artist, Coral Guest, writes: “Strange Tales is a portal into another reality. Each of these stories offers us an entry point into something ‘other’ and mirrors a particular awareness that we all possess in the depth of our psyche. Richard Howard is a unique talent who has the power to invoke this particular frequency. He is a spiritual writer, one of rare integrity, and each story is a testimony to his own insight. A book of rare truth and all-encompassing mystery.”

This volume also contains an autobiographical essay in which the author recounts a lifetime of strange experiences that very early on aroused his curiosity about the paranormal.

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Moby Wouldn't Mind Being a Vampire

Dance star Moby has confessed to fans he would like to be a vampire, if it means he could be immortal. The Porcelain hitmaker offered the bizarre choice to readers of his website blog, and then shocked them by revealing he wants to be a vampire.

He wrote, "If a vampire approached you and said: 'with your consent I'll bite you and you'll have immortality but you'll never see the sun again.' would you say 'ok'?

"Yes, call me crazy, but I think that being a vampire would be fantastic."

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Chapter 18

After Ernest's departure Ethel Brandenbourg's heart was swaying hither and thither in a hurricane of conflicting feelings. Before she had time to gain an emotional equilibrium, his letter had hurled her back into chaos. A false ring somewhere in Ernest's words, reechoing with an ever-increasing volume of sound, stifled the voice of love.

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Shattered Pain

it's a pain
bordering on unbearable
enough to bring hot, salty tears
to your eyes and make
your jaw clench
in agony
as you pray
for it to end
its a pain
bordering on unbearable
enough to bring bitter bile
to your throat and make
your muscles tense
in torture
as you beg
for it to cease
its a pain
bordering on unbearable
but I bear it
and I am stronger
than ever
I can take it
its been worse
way worse
its a pain
bordering on unbearable
but I beat it

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Bad Teeth Are Good Business for Local Dent Tech's Bewitching Futures

October 10, 1996 (Peter Gilstrap / Phoenix New Times) - It takes a certain brand of optimism and foresight to make a small-market concept work, a certain drive and, of course, the essential ability to recognize a need and fill it. Before a savvy, upward mover even begins to address such concepts as outsourcing, retrenchment and severe lower-pricing to shed high-cost capacity, he must be able to pick the right product at the right moment. Such a man is Rod Jakubik. His product is fangs.

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my now even more pathetic life....

well... my life is now even more pathetic than it was before. all i can do is sit in a small, dark corner and try to stay alive. alive for wat?

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