Long, long ago, in times immemorial, a war broke out in the world between the Kingdom of Ice and the Realm of Fire. Under the onslaught of the black magic of Necron, the Lord of Ice, the forces of Jarel, the Lord of Fire, are retreating farther and farther south. The valiant warrior Larn and his mysterious companion, the Black Mask, rise to defend good and justice. They must rescue the beautiful Princess Tigra and free the people from the evil Necron.
Harold is the son of Mrs. Chazen, a wealthy woman who pays him no attention. Suffering from depression and a lack of friends, he stages carefully planned but ridiculous suicide attempts that fail to make any impression on his distracted mother. Fascinated by death and all its trappings, Harold drives around the cemeteries near town in an old hearse. At two funerals in a row, he meets Maude, a 79-year-old woman who survived a concentration camp and is as fascinated by life as Harold is by death. Free-spirited, she is the polar opposite of the solemn and self-important Harold. Nevertheless, they become best friends, and she instills in him a desire to live, to spread his wings, and to enjoy his brief time on Earth. As time goes by, they go on several funny and wild adventures together, and their friendship blossoms into love—much to the dismay of Harold’s mother.
Chip Douglas, the cable installer, is a guy with his quirks. After meeting Steven Kovach, he wants to become his best friend. As he gets to know Chip better, Steven realizes that this friendship could have serious consequences and decides to get rid of his new acquaintance. But that won’t be easy at all.
Two couples are traveling through the American heartland in search of adventure. And wouldn’t you know it on Halloween of all days, they stumble upon a mysterious museum of monsters and psychos: “Captain Spalding’s House of Horrors.” Intrigued by a local legend told to them by the museum owner about a maniac nicknamed Dr. Satan, the brave tourists set out to find the tree where he was lynched. But in the pouring rain, on a dark, winding road, their car stalls, and they decide to wait out the night in an old, abandoned house.
CIA officer Claire Stanwick and MI6 agent Ray Koval left the world of government intelligence to profit from the Cold War raging between two rival multinational corporations. Their mission? To keep secret the formula that will ensure the prosperity of the first company to patent it. For their employers—industrial giant Howard Tully and shady businessman Dick Garzik—no method is off-limits in the pursuit of their goals. But as the stakes rise, the puzzles grow more complex and the methods dirtier; for Claire and Ray, the most surprising thing is their growing attraction to one another. And although each of them tries to play a double game, their ambitious schemes crumble because they cannot deceive their own love.
“Linda, Linda, Linda” is the title of a hit song by the legendary Japanese rock band The Blue Hearts, which the girls in the school band decide to cover for a music festival. But three days before the performance, the band nearly breaks up. Just as they’re about to give up hope, Kei, Kyoko, and Nozomi meet a Korean girl named Son and convince her to become their lead singer.
A story about the creative journey of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
Richard, a young playwright from Chicago, unexpectedly receives an antique watch from an unknown elderly woman along with the message, “Come back to me,” but he doesn’t think much of it. A few years later, he accidentally finds a photograph of actress Alice McKenna taken in 1912 and realizes that she is the very woman from whom he received the watch eight years earlier. Using a theory about time travel through self-hypnosis, Richard meets her face to face...
