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The Science of Squid... Author:  Wendy Williams They’re probably the original inspiration for the ancient belief in sea monsters.  At fifty feet long, with eight massive muscular arms, two long tentacles, a pair of giant eyes and a sharp, flesh shredding beak, the giant squid could feel right at home in any ancient mariner’s nightmares.   In Kraken –the Norse name given to this variety of monster – journalist Wendy Williams describes the bizarre world of these fascinating deep sea creatures. She starts this slender 200 page volume by describing how humans came to know of the giant squid, which spends [...]

History from the King of Horror Author: Stephen King Everybody thinks on occasion about a moment, or two, or a thousand, in their lives that they would change if they could.  How things would have been better if they had or hadn’t done something.  But people rarely imagine going back in time to change the lives of millions – we just don’t really operate on that level.  I’m not surprised that Stephen King does, though – he’s really not like most people, now, is he?  In 11/22/63 he has his character going back not into his own past, but into [...]