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Poems, Song Lyrics and Magic Spells written by Mike Luoma over the past 20 years. Luoma's poems and lyrics range from idylls on Vermont ("The Monkton Road") to songs the Boss might like ("Cars & Girls #342")to spell-like ritual poetry ("Ceremonies of Light and Dark"), and all points in between.
The Vatican Assassin Trilogy under one cover - Vatican Assassin - Vatican Ambassador - and Vatican Abdicator - an original science fiction series by Mike Luoma! Follow the career of ""BC"" - Bernard Campion - from hit man for the Pope to the heights of human power - from holy killer to champion of all humanity... Kinda. In Vatican Assassin, it's 2109 and BC poses as a priest - But he's really an assassin for the New catholic Church. His assignment: assassinate Meredith McEntyre, Governor of Lunar Prime, the non-aligned city-state on the Moon. They tell him she's about to help the wrong side in an out of control interplanetary War between the west and Islam. BC's next move will change everything! In Vatican Ambassador, the old pope has died. Seemingly unaware of BC's role, the new one names BC acting Vatican Ambassador to Lunar Prime. Can BC handle it? And in the trilogy's finale, Vatican Abdicator, BC tries to help humankind survive in the face of a massive external threat!
An in-depth look at Marvel Comics' Cosmic Team from 1968 to 2011, with an extensive history of the character Peter Quill - Star-Lord - including insights from creator Steve Englehart, writers Chris Claremont, Timothy Zahn, Dan Abnett, Rafael Morin and more. Also includes in-depth profiles of Adam Warlock and Thanos, as well as extras on Killraven and Monark Starstalker. Some of this material originally appeared on-line in columns by Mike Luoma at the late, lamented ComicRelated.com and other sites where they're no longer available.
A race of time travelers seems to want Alibi Jones' time to come to an end in this connected Cycle of Short Stories. "Alibi Jones and The Time War of The Devrizium" tells some of the same stories you'll find in Alibi Jones' comic books. This anthology of the comic book scripts' audio adaptations gives Alibi's fans who might not read comic books a chance to also experience these adventures with the xenophobic, time traveling race known as The Devrizium! ALIBI JONES and THE TIME WAR of THE DEVRIZIUM About Time Remember Two Things Memory, Yet Green* The Last Battle* (*previously unreleased)
Are you ready for the NEW Good News? Then you're ready for NEO-GNOSIS! What do we know about Christianity now? Part One is the extensive essay "God Is Love, Pat Robertson Is The Anti-Christ, And Almost Everything You Know About Christianity Is Wrong". Part Two comes from the notebook that gave this book its name, filled by Mike as he discovered "Gnostic" Christianity. Part Three is "Holy Shit:Or Pat Robertson Is The Anti-Christ", the graphic version of all this stuff. Plus the featurette: "Holy Shit: The Second Coming"
ALIBI JONES is searching for a kidnapped friend with the help of the mysterious alien Dakhur named Kit, and the man known as Piccolo. Little does Alibi know that following the trail of alien kidnappers will lead him to discover that dangers thought long-dead are still very much alive!A Stand Alone Science Fiction Adventure in the year 2135... That also ties back into the VATICAN ASSASSIN TRILOGY! Set twenty-three years after the trilogy's events, Alibi Jones, a mediator for the Solar Alliance, is also the son of Bernard Campion, aka "BC" - The Vatican Assassin! New readers can dive right in, while fans of the trilogy will run into some old friends.
"What draws us to tales of the supernatural? Is it that desire to find belief and comfort in the possibility that life continues after the physical body has died and turned to ash? ...The recent proliferation of "ghost-hunting" shows on TV, and "found-footage" style movies (Grave Encounters, Blair Witch, etc) further speaks to our own obsessions with the paranormal, and the desire to find answers as they pertain to the possibility of our species' extended existence - here's an entire anthology dedicated to that very subject! Whatever the case may be, you will certainly find what you are looking for in the tales collected in this volume... for there are, dear reader, nightmares that a wait as...
""Don't let me die - again!"" As Alibi Jones and his covert ops team investigate an ancient alien derelict on the fringes of human space some call a ""Ghost Ship,"" the dead fiance of a crew member appears on their Cruiser's bridge. Ghost? Projection? He pleads, ""Don't let me die - again!"" Alibi Jones was a Mediator for the Solar Alliance Interplanetary Force in the 2130's - but that's all changing. He's made an example of after news gets out Alibi's partly responsible for the destruction of pleasure planet Kismet. Bounced out of the Mediation Corps, Alibi's reassigned to Covert Ops. His cover: running cargo from a new remote base - The Hornet's Nest. Alibi Jones gets to know his new crew as they get a handle on running small cargoes and cover operations: Gluttonous planetary crime lords, alien parasites and symbiotes, psychics and scientists, galactic Godfathers, friendly free traders, astral travel - all dangerous. But when they check out the so-called ""ghost ship,"" people do start dying. Again."
Your mind is like your body. Train it right, and it’ll become stronger, faster, and more agile! Grounded in simple yet proven strategies, Thoughtfully Fit trains your mind to perform well under any challenging circumstance. It helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses, maximize your full potential, and customize a plan for success. Developed by Darcy Luoma, one of America’s most highly credentialed leadership coaches, Thoughtfully Fit is the culmination of her lifetime work training leaders and teams to achieve peak mental fitness and overcome any hurdle effectively. Luoma is no stranger to life’s challenges, one of the biggest being her husband’s incarceration for a sexual as...
This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking.