Conversations With A Gnome

This tale is woven in imagination yet reality of how an invisible kingdom helped me get through a tough decade of family life, career, and keeping up personal creativity. At the end of each day I simply sat back and used fantasy to see what it might be like for invisible gnomes, the Little People, as my Irish granny called them, to view us human beings. Or so-called humanwhat is that?

Ah! Welcome back! I have been waiting for you! So you would like to hear another story! Well, get comfortable, and I’ll tell you one. You have found the path that leads back to a secret place I know deep in the great Northwoods, where the magical trees whisper tales of fairies and gnomes. Open the story and continue your journey. In this third tale, meet some magical creatures, including Sage, the hedgehog – a rather overwhelmed orchard garden caretaker and baker, and her fleet-footed friend, Fraser Fox, who, along with Sage’s Special Magical Tree and a host of Northwoods gnomes and fairies, work magically together to help the little hedgehog harvest the orchard bounty and prepare for the Autumn Harvest Celebration. Come along on this magical journey where you will meet creatures who learn the value of gratitude and responsiveness. You are certain to discover a magical place where anything is possible and encounter a little fun along the way.

It is every parent's dread that their offspring, no matter what their conscientious parent's advice, will be influenced into experimenting with drugs once they start spreading their wings.Their age, social status, which school they attended or what friends they have has no bearing on what seems to be the unavoidable introduction to 'grass' (cannabis), methamphetamines (speed and ice), heroin or cocaine. In the spur of the moment, they will disregard the warnings given and the dangers inherent in using them.This is the story of Ruth who, after years of refusing to believe her son David would be dim-witted enough to succumb to pressure of a social group, finally acknowledges he had done so and so begins a time of deep reflection, a time she shares with Gnome.

There was a time when the Earth had three moons, and when the seductive sorceress Avalona could alter futures and bend "happentracks" with her spells. Indeed, in this vast chaotic universe called the Greataway, with its many imaginable futures, anything is possible. Especially when Nyneve, Avalona's bewitching human disciple, conjures up the complete legend of Camelot and when the roguish gnome Fang, slayer of the dread daggertooth, stumbles into the human happentrack, causing human and gnome worlds to overlap. For then the moons begin to disappear one by one, and Fang, Nyneve, and all their comrades find themselves caught in a happentrack from which there is no escape, a happentrack in which the legend of Arthur might prove their only salvation...

Move over zombies and adolescent vampires. There’s a new threat in town—and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is the only comprehensive survival guide that will help you prevent, prepare for, and ward off an imminent home invasion by the common garden gnome. Once thought of as harmless yard decorations, evidence is mounting that these smiling lawn statues are poised and ready to wreck havoc. The danger is real. And it’s here. Class 1 gnome-slayer and gnome defense expert Chuck Sambuchino has developed a proven system—Assess, Protect, Defend, Apply—for safeguarding property, possessions, and loved ones. Strategies include step-by-step instructions for gnome-proofing the average dwelling, recognizing and interpreting the signs of a gathering hoard, and—in the event that a secured perimeter is breached—confronting and combating the attackers at close range.

Fans of Mo Willems and Dev Petty's I Don't Want to Be a Frog will love this humorous tale about one gnome's journey to prove he is unlike the other magical creatures in the forest. Join Gnome (that's spelled G-N-O-M-E--don't ask why the G is silent!) as he travels through the magical forest to attend the annual Gnome Festival. Along the way he encounters elves, dwarves, trolls, and fairies. But don't be mistaken. He is NOTHING like those magical creatures. Well, maybe he is . . . but only a little bit! When Gnome finally arrives at the festival, he realizes that all the traits he thought made gnomes different from the others actually made them alike--and that's just fine.

"In this collection, the hosts of "Dragon Talk," the official D and D podcast, recount some of the most inspiring stories from their guests. All use the core tenants of the game in their everyday life"--