Exposed to a high-tech dust that can transport people from one dimension to another, three travelers must try to escape the totalitarian Philadelphia of 2118. When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia-a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered, not named. How will they escape? In The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories, introduced by Lisa Yaszek, you will find this world-bending story as well as five others written by Francis Stevens, the pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, a pioneering science fiction and fantasy adventure writer from Minneapolis who made her literary debut at the precocious age of 17. Often celebrated as "the woman who invented dark fantasy," Bennett possessed incredible range; her groundbreaking stories-produced largely between 1904 and 1919-suggest that she is better understood as the mother of modern genre fiction writ large. Bennett's work has anticipated everything from the work of Philip K. Dick to Superman comics to The Hunger Games, making it as relevant now as it ever was. Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884-1948) was the first American woman to publish widely in fantasy and science fiction. Her five short stories and seven longer works of fiction, all of which appeared in pulp magazines such as Argosy, All-Story Weekly, and Weird Tales, would influence everyone from H.P Lovecraft to C.L. Moore.

The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories (MIT Press / Radium Age)

Literature & Fiction

Stevens, Francis

Genre Fiction

The MIT Press

Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Emotions

Most psychological disorders involve distressful emotions, yet emotions are often regarded as secondary in the etiology and treatment of psychopathology. This book offers an alternative model of psychotherapy, using the patient’s emotions as the focal point of treatment. This unique text approaches emotions as the primary source of intervention, where emotions are appreciated, experienced, and learned from as opposed to being regulated solely. 
Based on the latest developments in affective neuroscience, Dr. Stevens applies science-based interventions with a sequential approach for helping patients with psychological disorders. Chapters focus on how to use emotional awareness, emotional validation, self-compassion, and affect reconsolidation in therapeutic practice. Interventions for specific emotions such as anger, abandonment, jealousy, and desire are also addressed. 
This book is essential reading for clinicians practicing psychotherapy, social workers and licensed mental health counselors, as well as anyoe interested in the emotional science behind the brain.

Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Routledge

Capped by a silver figure of Cerberus, the three-headed hound that guards the gates of Hell, an ancient glass vial contains ordinary-looking dust. Once inhaled, however, the dust exhibits extraordinary powers, transporting a trio of adventurers from the early twentieth century to the year 2118. The time-travelers emerge into Philadelphia's brutal totalitarian state, where the city hall is a temple, a statue of William Penn is worshipped as an idol, and the citizens are crushed under the religious tyranny of the Penn Service and its Superlatives. This 1919 classic was the first alternate-world fantasy. Loaded with action and humor, the imaginative extravaganza anticipates the work of Philip K. Dick. Author Francis Stevens — actually Gertrude Bennett, a pioneer of science fiction and fantasy — was praised by H. P. Lovecraft as ranking among "the top grade of writers," and her dystopian political and social satire continues to captivate modern readers. "A much-sought rarity." — Analog.

The Heads of Cerberus

Humor & Satire

Dover Publications

Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy: A man goes quietly to bed aboard the doomed Lusitania and awakens on a magical South Pacific Island just as the passenger liner is torpedoed. In a future where women rule the world, a sentient island becomes murderously jealous of a shipwrecked couple. Dire consequences await a human swept into the dark, magical world of elves. A deadly labyrinth coils around the dark heart of a picturesque landscape garden. Within an Egyptian sarcophagus lies the horrifying price of infidelity. Swirling unseen around us are loathsome creatures giving form to our basest desires and fears. A beautiful, veiled medium may hold the key to preventing unspeakable evil from slipping through the borderlands between life and death. On a lost island a woman pipe player and her monstrous dancing partner bring death and terror to five adventurers. The stories in this collection have played an integral role in the development of modern dark fantasy, greatly influencing such writers as H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt.

The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)

United States

Bison Books

An American explorer discovers an ancient Mexican temple and comes under the influence of a powerful evil god

The Citadel of Fear

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Carroll & Graf Pub.

Five friends enter a parallel world where time flows faster, and encounter a strange and mysterious Philadelphia in the year 2118

Science & Math

One of the strangest and most compelling science fantasy novels you will every read! --H.P. Lovecraft.

Claimed

A curious box is found on the site of a newly erupted volcano. Before long, all those who come in contact with the mysterious oblong meet horrible fates. But that's nothing compared to what happens when the true owner of the box comes calling to claim what is his.

Contemporary

Sense of Wonder Press

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

James a Rock

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The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories (MIT Press / Radium Age)

Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy

Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Emotions

The Heads of Cerberus

The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)

The Citadel of Fear

The Heads of Cerberus

Claimed

Claimed

Claimed