Books you should Read

Art Books


Coffee Table Cats – Black cats aren’t the unlucky creatures many believe them to be. Charming, sensitive, and wily, these enchanted felines bring love to every heart they touch. In this artsy book by J Edward Neill, enjoy numerous illustrations of our black cat friends, each paired with a loving tribute. Each piece of cat art is based on one of J Edward’s original paintings, and appears in full-color.

Paperback is available here. 

Hardcover is available here. 

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Otherworldly – a book for lovers of surreal, shadowy, magical artwork.  Otherworldly reveals an undiscovered universe of J Edward Neill’s unique and spiritual paintings. More than 120 full-color photos are featured, including creatures of the night, surreal landscapes, haunting felines, dark apparitions, and mythical locales. (Available in paperback and hardcover.)

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The Fall of Castle Carrick


The Fall of Castle Carrick

Alex O’Riley has always tried not to fit in. In his simple life, at his tiny house, he paints quiet masterpieces. But with one phone call from a brash New York lawyer, Alex learns he’s inherited Castle Carrick, the grandest fortress in Northern Ireland. At Carrick, strange and dark events begin to swirl ever closer to Alex, turning his hoped-for quiet life inside out. Now, he must decide: flee from Ireland and give up his inheritance…or embrace the dark power which compels him to paint wondrous, yet terrifying things.

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101 Questions to Ask Your Tarot Deck


In 101 Questions to Ask Your Tarot Deck, you’ll find prompts and ideas meant to help guide and support you as you read and interpret spreads of tarot (and oracle) cards. This book features four sections, each of them concerned with a particular realm of tarot queries.

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The Hecatomb


 

The Hecatomb.  In a realm where one person vanishes every single night, humanity must find the cause or be extinguished forever. The Hecatomb is four terrifying stories set in the same world, including Old Man of Tessera, Let the Bodies, The Skeleton Sculptor, and the horrifying Circle Macabre. The catch: readers must decide in which order the stories happen…

A free preview is right here.

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Eaters of the Light – A heart-stopping sci-fi trilogy!


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Darkness Between the Stars

Little Joff…always dreaming of the stars.
He knows something is out there, but he’s not sure what it is.
Because there IS something out there.
And one day, after all the dreams of his childhood fade, Joff will sit on a ship as it spirals through the void.
Alone.
With all the time in the world to count the stars.
And measure the darkness growing between them.

A free preview of Darkness Between the Stars is here.

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J Edward’s Shadow of Forever.

No one believes Joff Armstrong. No one understands the coming darkness. As humanity’s twilight nears, he will steal his way into the stars, one man against legions of star-killing undead.  Shadow of Forever is the sequel to sci-fi novel, Darkness Between the Stars.

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Eaters of the Light – Book 3 in the trilogy – Having waged war against the vampiric Strigoi for nearly a thousand years, the immortal Callista Lightbringer searches for a way to end the bitter conflict.

Read the first chapter here.

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Eaters of the Light Box Set – All three books in the Eaters of the Light trilogy, now available as one big e-box set. Follow Joff Armstrong and Callista Lightbringer as they wage battle against the star-killing Strigoi!

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Tarot & Oracle Oracle Guidebooks


Wisdom of the Raven Oracle Guidebook – What other creature in the world is as mysterious and wily as the blackest of all feather-bearers, the raven?
This is the official guidebook for the Wisdom of the Raven Oracle deck. It features concise interpretations of each card in the 52-card deck. The deck is available here.

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Spirits & Shadows Oracle Guidebook – The perfect companion booklet for J Edward & Heather Neill’s new 52-card oracle deck. Features concise card definitions and black & white renditions of J Edward’s shadowy artwork. The booklet is available in softcover and kindle format on Amazon. The deck is available here. 

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Dreams & Incarnations Oracle Guidebook – The perfect companion booklet for J Edward & Heather Neill’s new 52-card oracle deck. Features concise card definitions and black & white renditions of J Edward’s shadowy artwork. The booklet is available in softcover and kindle format on Amazon. The deck is available here. 

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Haunted Cat Tarot Guidebook – This is the official guidebook to the Haunted Cat Tarot Deck. It features concise interpretations of each card in the 78-card deck, and includes black and white illustrations of each card in the deck. All artwork is by ‘Dark Bob Ross’ artist, J Edward Neill. The deck is available here.

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Fearless Familiars Oracle Guidebook – For J Edward’s 52-card oracle deck, Fearless Familiars centers on black cats and themes of protection and enlightenment. Full of black & white art and detailed card definitions. The deck is available here.

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Shadow Journey Tarot – A Guidebook – The official companion to J Edward and Heather Neill’s 78-card tarot deck. With shadowy, spooky, and ethereal artwork and deep card definitions, this one is a must have for all tarot collectors. The deck is available here. 

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101 Questions for Humanity – The only book you’ll ever need on your coffee table


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101 Questions for Humanity – The supreme coffee table book for armchair philosophers. Designed to provoke, question, and challenge. Crack the cover open during big parties, small gatherings, or lonely nights on the couch. Once you taste one question, you’ll want to devour them all! Start answering questions right here.

 

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Lords of the Black Sands 


 

Lords of the Black Sands – For centuries, Galen has fled from the Pharaoh and his immortal servant, the Nemesis. Not anymore. Across the desolate wasteland of the ruined Kingdom of Earth, he marches toward his only chance at freedom.  Only he can live forever. Only he can defeat the Lords of the Black Sands.

 

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A Door Never Dreamed Of


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A Door Never Dreamed Of – A thousand years from today, nearly all of humanity is jacked-In. We sleep, connected to machines, dreaming our lives away. For most people, it’s the perfect life. But for the few who never jacked-In, it’s exile. When the Door opens, two sides of humanity will meet…and only one way of life will survive. A free preview is here.

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Tyrants of the Dead trilogy


Down the Dark Path is book one in J Edward Neill’s Tyrants of the Dead trilogy. When a young woman leaves home in search of a better life, she plunges into a world-ending war. The deeper she falls, the more she senses dark powers rising within her, and the more she realizes she is not so different than the enemy.

For a free preview, go here.

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Dark Moon Daughter New Kindle Cover The chilling Dark Moon Daughter is book two in the Tyrants of the Dead trilogy. Three years have passed since the Furyon war, but the memories of her time in Malog haunt Andelusia every night. When an emissary from a distant land arrives in Graehelm to beg her aid, she sees a chance to uncover the meaning of her inner darkness…and learn the source of her unnatural powers. A free preview is here.

 

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Nether KingdomAt the world’s edge, Andelusia awakens to the terrible realization that all her dreams have come to nothing. When the shadows in her heart cause the seasons to change and deadly storms to sweep across Thillria, she knows what will come. The Black Moon will descend. Grimwain will return. The Ur will rebuild their haunted civilization atop humanity’s graveyard. Unless she alone wages war against the nether kingdom, the world will burn. A free preview is here.

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At last, the epic tale is available in a single volume. From the desolate landscapes of Furyon to the rain-rattled fields of far and deadly Thillria, Tyrants of the Dead – The Complete Collection follows the heroes and villains of the mighty saga to the climactic end. Includes all three fantasy novels – Down the Dark Path, Dark Moon Daughter, and Nether Kingdom.

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Poetry


The Moon is Forever – Poetry of the Night

In their first published poetry book, J Edward Neill and H.R. Reiter touch on the subjects of love, sorrow, yearning, and grief. Poetry of the Night is full of powerful, expressive poems, each diving deep into individual life experiences. The poems herein are free verse, meaning no attachment to form, structure, or rhyme.

 

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Reflections – Poetry in Themes

Wind, water, music, Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath…

J Edward Neill and H.R. Reiter choose a wide variety of themes, styles, and famous poets, and splash several poems in each theme throughout this elegant poetry book.

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J Edward’s Memoirs (Bounce Between Bottles series)


 

Reality is Best Served with Red Wine – Available now!

In J Edward’s latest book, he promises to drain one bottle of red wine per chapter. And while deep in his cups, he takes readers on a sometimes funny, sometimes poignant journey.  Playful yet serious, funny yet honest, the bounce between bottles takes readers on a stroll through everything. The result is a unique, revealing look at the modern world.

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Life & Dark Liquor – Having survived winter in the Chicago suburbs, J Edward Neill descends to Atlanta, where summers are mercilessly hot and every evening invites new adventures. In the Deep South, he discovers new places, new friendships, and new cocktails. Life & Dark Liquor is both memoir and philosophical piece. It’s the spiritual ‘sequel’ to Reality is Best Served with Red Wine.

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Hollow Empire series


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In the aftermath of a horrific plague, the nation of Vhur teeters on utter annihilation. Its cities lie in ruin. Its king hides in his tower. Its people rot in their graves. Surrounded by death and suffering, four survivors struggle to live their separate lives. But the lords of Vhur have different plans in mind for them. For soon must come the Night of Knives. (Complete Season One – Episodes 1-6)
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Lys & the Heart Stopper (Episode 7) – Imprisoned as a little girl, Lys awakens in the world’s lowest prison. She’s to become a concubine to a faceless noble in a land far from her native home. But when fate intervenes, she seizes her only chance at freedom. She means to cross the wasteland of Vhur, in which the diseased Iritul have hunted humanity near to extinction.
No distance is too great.
She’ll do anything to rescue her friend.
Even if it means a confrontation with the deadliest man alive – The Heart Stopper.

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Nadya the Deathless (Episode 8) She’s mother to a slain child. She’s hunted across the wasteland. She’s feared, beloved, and she’s immortal. When the red & black armies come for Nadya, they have no idea what awaits them…

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Coffee Table Philosophy


It’s not just about the questions anymore. It’s about how deep you’re willing to go.

The Coffee Table Philosophy series is 15 books (and counting.) Each book includes at least 101 questions and situations that will challenge your morals, ethics, and humanity.

Topics include friendship, dating, single parenting, hard philosophy, soft philosophy, love, politics, science, and much, much more!

The conversation begins now…

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The Ultimate Get to Know Someone Quiz – it’s the most entertainment you can squeeze into 101 pages. Pass it around to friends and family. Bring a copy to your breakroom at work. Crash a party with a few copies in hand. Inside you’ll find a ton of fun, quick questions designed to shine a light on your friends’ and loved ones’ hearts and minds. Now available!

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In this unique take on dating and relationships, dozens of real-life strangers sit down for interviews, and all of them provide the true-life tales of their craziest, most unusual break-ups.  Sample breakups are right here.

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Who wants to debate politics? With this easy (and inflammatory) guide, friends, frenemies, and partisan warriors alike can leap right in to a modern political argument. Includes 101 prompts on everything from social welfare, military spending, feminism, racism, and much more. Start the fight today! Ten sample questions are right here.

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The Little Book of BIG Questions contains more than two-hundred unique conversation starters and thought igniters, all in the form of fun questions.  We all want to know the origin of the universe, the reasons why life exists, and the driving forces behind humanity. Use this book to light the fire in your mind. The little book of BIG questions is a compilation of two books in the Coffee Table Philosophy series. It includes the complete volumes 101 Deeper, Darker Questions for Humanity and 101 Questions for the End of the World.

A free preview is here.

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444 Questions for the Universe is the only book you’ll ever need on your coffee table.  Use it as a party book, a quiz book, or a stay-up-late-under-the-stars book. Have friends over, crack 444 Questions open, and watch your conversations ignite. Includes the first four books from the Coffee Table Philosophy series plus 40 bonus Questions from Beyond. Once you answer one Question, you’ll want to answer them ALL. A free preview is here.

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101 Questions for the End of the World – Previous entries in the Coffee Table Philosophy series have focused on humanity, relationships, love, sex, and the meaning of life. Not this one. In his deepest look at philosophy yet, J Edward Neill embraces the dark beauty of science, deep space physics, and theories that have yet to be proven. So let’s cross the event horizon together. Let’s ask what the meaning of EVERYTHING might be. It’s 101 pages with 101 mind-bending questions. Once you read one, you’ll want to devour them all!

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Sci-Fi, Medieval Operas, & Anthologies


 

SleepersImageForBlogging The Sleepers is J Edward’s latest sci-fi/horror short story. In the far distant future, a privileged young man dreams of traveling into deep space. But when his family asks him to perform a terrible act of vengeance, the world he knows crumbles around him.

 

 

 

 

 

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