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It's been almost a hundred years since the first occult expedition to Antarctica. Others followed, and many of them did not make it back. Recently, a privately-owned research station has gone dark, and strange signals are being broadcast from the desolate Antarctic Plateau.For this Advanced Psychological Strategies assessment, you will take on the role of a Closer, part of the second team which has been sent to investigate mysterious transmissions coming from MacReady Station. Once your team lands, you will be cut off from all external resources. You will only have your wits, your coat of many pockets, and your Personal Therapeutic Construct. Will they be enough for you to survive the Cold Empty?WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: - Self-reliance, aka "Are you sure you haven't lost your mind?"- How to deal to with trans-dimensional entities that require an unwitting human subject to create a link between realms.- How to overcome crushing isolation and utter despair.- How to discern what is real from what is intruding from another dimension.

The Night Office never sleeps. For more than a hundred and fifty years, the Night Office has worked in the shadows, keeping all manners of tentacled beasties, gibbering madnesses, and slavering six-eyed goats from devouring you, your neighbor, and your neighbor's dog. And now, the Night Office needs you. This Advanced Psychological Strategies assessment is meant for field operatives who have just returned from a mission. It will validate your mental integrity, verifying that you have not been breached by space jellies or other malignant entities. Successful completion of an APS assessment will demonstrate a field operative's readiness to continue the perpetual battle against the Great Old Ones. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: - How to construct a therapeutic personality which can verify your mental integrity. - How to navigate the Dark Labyrinth. - How to acknowledge lingering psychic trauma that has prevented you from making friends. - How to convincingly lie to yourself.

1872: The shattered South is struggling under the yoke of Reconstruction; the North has turned its attention to lands west of the mighty Mississippi. The United States is haunted by the blood that has been spilled, and only a few are ready to stand against the coming darkness. During the War, Elmore Stonebrook was a celebrated Sharpshooter for the Army of the Potomac. Known as God's Finger for the deadly accuracy of his rifle, Stonebrook fought for freedom for all men, but lost his way in the process. Judge Willard Vernon Wallace once sat on the high bench in Louisiana. He loved the law; he served the law; but the law betrayed him. Now, his gavel is the butt of his revolver and his courtroom is anywhere he can sling a rope over a tree branch. In the small Missouri town of Bitter, they run into an old friend of the Judge's, Isadora Van Horn, whose ranch is threatened by a greedy landowner. He wants everything--her land, her cattle, her body--and he's willing to do anything to get what he wants. Including making a deal with the Devil himself, a deal that includes a wolf that walks on two legs . . .

The Potemkin Mosaic is the dream journal of a man who is losing his mind. Black market dream doctor Harry Potemkin edits people's memories for a living, and when he suspects that his own memories are being edited, he starts writing down his dreams. As Harry deconstructs his dreams, he discovers that he--Harry Potemkin--may not be a real person. His entire life might be nothing more than a persona adopted by someone else as a way of coping with mental trauma. As Harry falls farther and farther into the dream world, he discovers both a secret history of dreams and a covert conspiracy run by a pharmaceutical corporation who has been testing mind-altering drugs on unknown patients for decades. The Potemkin Mosaic turns traditional narrative problems on their heads. Harry's investigation into his identity is a surreal, self-devouring tour de force into the associative dreamscapes of contemporary consciousness. Who are we? may be the ultimate question we all face, but Harry takes it one step further and wonders: Who are we when we dream, and is that our true identity?

For more than a hundred and fifty years, the Night Office has stayed up late, fighting off all sorts of whistling horrors, shrieking monstrosities, and drooling frog monsters. One of the secrets to their success is lots and lots of coffee. This Education Assessment Exercise is meant to introduce you to the perils of working for the Night Office. Instead of throwing you into the field, where all kinds of terrible things could happen to you, the Night Office wants to know if you can manage to order a cup of coffee. Naturally, tentacled face-suckers from another dimension are always lurking nearby, waiting for their chance. Can you survive a seemingly ordinary visit to the coffee shop? WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: - How to quickly assess a group of people, and discern credible threats.- How to deal with aggressive personalities who might interfere with a Night Office field operation. - How to think outside the realms of possibility. - How to decisively order coffee.

Do you dream of saving the universe from space jellies, tentacled monsters from outside time and space, and horn-headed cultists with a taste for human flesh? If so, then this Night Office training manual might be for you. WARNING: A Night Office Asset Resource Management psychological assessment exercise is not for the faint of heart. You will probably fail. You will most certainly die in a horrible manner. Good thing it's just a test, right? These monsters don't really exist, do they?Don't you want to be sure? Don't you want to be ready? The Night Office needs you. Take their psychological assessment exercise now, and find out if you have what it takes to stand against eldritch horrors and unspeakable monstrosities.

The Brethren of Perpetual Silence were a monastic order who sought to build a sanctuary within the Sprawl. A place where people could escape from the noise and chaos that was life in the city. Until death came to their sanctuary and killed them. All but one, who was transformed into an unholy instrument. Now, Mistral, an ex-cop who wanders the shadows of the Sprawl, must find their killers, and learn why some fear silence so much that they must destroy those who embrace it.

The frontier continues to move west, and what was a booming railroad town less than a year ago is little more than a dying company town now. In the desperate town of Citrine Springs, Elmore Stonebrook and Judge Willard Vernon Wallace encounter the Longspur Mining Company, which keeps the town alive by moving dirt from one hole in the ground to another.This is the sort of fool's effort that always hides corruption and malfeasance, and the Judge is eager to discover the true purpose of the mine.What he finds is prophecy and blood sacrifice . . .

- Learn how books write themselves - Discover secrets for making words - Find out what happens when you have a decent idea and apply a plot to it It's all here, in this handy guide to jumpstarting your novel. It doesn't matter if you've just started thinking about writing a novel or have done a dozen of them, getting started on a new project is always the hardest part. That's where this book saves the day. Inside, you'll discover all sorts of techniques and tips, including how to outline an entire novel in less than two hours. That's less time that it takes to sit through a movie (with previews), get across town in rush hour traffic, or vacuum your cat What are you waiting for? If you can bake a cake, you can write a book. It's all in the directions, and Mark Teppo gives very good directions. So now is a good time to start that book you've always been meaning to write. Jumpstart your novel today

What's the most annoying thing about writing a novel? They don't write themselves. What's the second most annoying thing about writing a novel? No, really, they don't write themselves. What the hardest thing about writing a novel? Actually turning your sexy outline into a real book. With words, and stuff. Sure, you've got a really awesome outline, a notebook full of character sketches, and your work space is overflowing with "research" materials, but that blank page is still staring at you. Getting ready to write a book is one thing, but actually putting all the words down on the page--in the right order, more or less--can be even harder than coming up with a clever idea or two. Especially when you might have a full-time job already or a family that wants to see you at least once a month or more. How do these writers do it? How do they find the time and the persistence to actually finish a book? Finish Your Novel is the guidebook for getting all that work done. Here are tips to get from Plot Point A to B to R without getting too distracted along the way, as well as methods to find a rhythm and make it yours. Plus charts and boxes and stuff that will round out a full call to action. A call that will help you finish that novel

Reading is a vital part of a Night Office operative's education, but you must protect yourself from undue influence. Some of these books will try to warp your mind. Some may even try to convince you to open portals that shouldn't be opened, thereby granting space jellies (and worse ) access to this plane. Protect yourself with a Night Office Survival Protocol & Educational Lexicon Log book. Read safely. Stay sane.