Brace yourself for eleven twisted tales from the small towns of America's Deep South. From forest monsters and demons of vengeance to devious children with wicked intent, Matthew Weber serves up eleven tales of murder and mayhem to keep you shivering in suspense. This new selection of stories, all set in the Heart of Dixie, chronicles the hidden horrors of small town America. After-school fights lead to blood-covered bodies, everyday neighbors hide hideous secrets, and unspeakable horrors lurk around every corner. Fast-paced, fun and downright frightening, A Dark & Winding Road is an action-packed entry into the wild world of genre fiction.

A Dark and Winding Road

Literature & Fiction

Weber, Matthew

Genre Fiction

Pint Bottle Press

Perhaps the most salient lesson learned from the pandemic was how much we still need teachers. Technology will not usurp the fundamental auspices of principals, master teachers, counselors, and other support staff. Students, as social learners, require guidance, structure, and reassurance from adults. The empirical evidence suggests economically disadvantaged students suffer the most from the restricted personal connection of over-reliance on technology. The data indicate that teachers (1) cannot be replaced in the foreseeable future, and (2) are the most critical component for student realization of future readiness. The status quo is antiquated, faltering with crisis talent shortages, and only projected to intensify further. Preserving the U.S.'s global standing and expanding democratic principles for equality are inseparably coupled with the plight of teachers. Reinvigorating the teaching profession requires decisive action to reorganize the ecosystem and professional opportunities for educators. Enticing growing pools of talent into the teaching profession involves establishing a vibrant academic structure and altering the perception of teacher value. My viewpoint is to start with teachers. The optimal approach for educational excellence is empowered teachers working in a tiered system for progressive leadership. Grounded in a supportive structure to earn increasing autonomy, teachers elevate their professional agency.

Elevating the Teaching Profession: Cultivating Progressive Agency

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Perhaps the most salient lesson learned from the pandemic was how much we still need teachers. Technology will not usurp the fundamental auspices of principals, master teachers, counselors, and other support staff. Students, as social learners, require guidance, structure, and reassurance from adults. The empirical evidence suggests economically disadvantaged students suffer the most from the restricted personal connection of over-reliance on technology. 
The data indicate that teachers (1) cannot be replaced in the foreseeable future, and (2) are the most critical component for student realization of future readiness. The status quo is antiquated, faltering with crisis talent shortages, and only projected to intensify further. Preserving the U.S.’s global standing and expanding democratic principles for equality are inseparably coupled with the plight of teachers. Reinvigorating the teaching profession requires decisive action to reorganize the ecosystem and professional opportunities for educators. 
Enticing growing pools of talent into the teaching profession involves establishing a vibrant academic structure and altering the perception of teacher value. My viewpoint is to start with teachers. The optimal approach for educational excellence is empowered teachers working in a tiered system for progressive leadership. Grounded in a supportive structure to earn increasing autonomy, teachers elevate their professional agency.

Elevating the Teaching Profession

Splatter (adj.) - characterized by extreme or excessive gore or violence Punk (adj.) - often referring to a musical genre of short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often containing subversive lyrics and social and political commentary. Welcome to the Splatter Club is thirteen stories of hyperintensive horror with no limits! Editor K. Trap Jones guides this initiation into our favorite genre of dark fiction: Splatterpunk The ceremony includes black magick curses, encounters of the fourth kind, and bizarre office politics. Story settings range from a dystopic United Kingdom down to the a convenience store stocking a very malicious product. Praise for the editor and authors: "There's a new generation of horror writers bursting onto the scene, and K. Trap Jones is one of the leaders of the pack." Edward Lee, author of Header Fantastically warped and wonderfully twisted, John McNee is a writer with a towering imagination, and he knows how to use it." Victor Gischler, Edgar Award-nominated author of Gun Moneys and Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth. "Nikki Noir is a sultry new voice in erotic horror, one you should watch as closely as a black widow in your bed sheets." Kristopher Triana, Splatterpunk award-winning author

Welcome to the Splatter Club (Welcome to the Club)

Morrison, Chandler

Moore, KJ

ASMAN, BRIAN

Saunders, C.M.

McNee, John

Noir, Nikki

Sneve, Airika

Essigg, Robert

Blood Bound Books

With your initiation to the club complete, it's time to pass to the next degree of Splatterpunk! Volume II continues the tradition of bizarre, extreme, and subversive stories from leaders in the genre. Mutant gators, occult sex ceremonies, aliens, Eskimos, and more are waiting to infect your mind. The anthology also includes the winning story from the 2021 KIllerCon Gross-Out Contest and a brutal haiku from Ryan Dyer of Metal Sucks. Explore a world of hyperintensive horror without limits!

Welcome to the Splatter Club II (Welcome to the Club)

Milliron, Lucas

Volpe, Daniel J.

Jones, K. Trap

Wilburn, Jay

Komor, Zoltán

Books, Blood Bound

Leitner, Lucy

Mendes, S.C.

Nussbaum, Rachel

Bobcats

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