There are many people and organizations that are worthy of acclaim for the significant and valuable contributions they have made to improve the lives of autistics worldwide. At the same time, earnest information seekers, and autistic people who are looking to interact with others, may find themselves unknowingly bonding with people, organizations, and factions which harbor ill-intent toward others, and they may become subject to the manipulations of those people, organizations and factions. In the more extreme cases, speaking out, refusing to follow mandates or orders, or even abandoning the company of those one has previously bonded with, can result in online or offline bullying, or outright harassment. This book is not meant to impugn the autism community in any way, but instead attempts to describe autism's politics, delineate its political factions, and demonstrate how the actions of some people, autism organizations and factions manifest themselves, both in real life and on the net. It is hoped by the author that newcomers to the world of autism will be able to read this book and come away from it having a background knowledge of autism's politics from which they can draw on before participating in the autism community in earnest. People already immersed in the autism community may find some of the classifications and elaborative material presented here useful as well. 82,000 words.

Emerging trends suggest that autism is being portrayed in literature less as a diagnosis, and more as a minority lifestyle. Sometimes it is even portrayed as a culture. Autistic factional politics are having a significant effect on autism and literature as well. Of further concern, much of what is written by "autistics" is actually being written by "self diagnosed" autistics, and no matter who is doing the writing (autistic author or self-diagnosed author), plots, characterization, and other elements, are many times being drawn and presented based on observation of "autistics" with unconfirmed diagnoses in informal venues rather than upon observations of real, diagnosed autistics in realistic or controlled settings. This book offers some general opinions about the topic of autistic authors, and autistics and autism in literature, and gives a critique and criticism of some specific literary works. Covered are many different forms of literature, including fiction, nonfiction, autobiographical writing, journalism, and blogging. 36,000 words

From Thomas D. Taylor, the author of "Evil Creeps In: A Tale of Exorcism" comes a terrifying anthology of horror stories that will leave you speechless. The five stories included in this compilation will take you on a hellish journey that begins in the Bermuda Triangle and ends in the lair of little green men. Along the way, you will stroll through crumbling, haunted graveyards, visit the depraved minds of lunatics, and creep down a twisting flight of steps into a horrible, frightening abyss. There is something here for everyone. Ghosts, demons, madness, and conspiracy theories await you. But the real journey is from the dark minds of the characters to the blackness of their human hearts. 115,000 words.

Thomas D. Taylor does it again with two stories meant to chill you to the bones. When John Hill is poisoned by his wife, he sees reanimated corpses building a railroad through the No Man's Land behind his house. His counselor tells him he's only hallucinating, and that his visions aren't real. Just when he begins to believe her, Hill finds himself in the clutches of the malevolent beings. Unless he can escape from them, and from the depths of a macabre subway that runs beneath Chicagoland, it will be the "Last Stop" for him. "How Stanley Yablonowitz Committed Suicide" is the story of how a man came to his demise at the hands of his own psychopathic children while his helpless wife looked on. How did it happen? Who witnessed the event? And why didn't anyone call the police? Read this book and you will never see the real world the same way again, even in daylight. 76,000 words.

"Gruesome Triad: Three Stories of the Macabre" gives you plenty of reasons to make sure the night light is on before you go to bed. "The Plague" How do we go from two plague survivors playing an innocent game of "Go Fish" at the beginning of the evening to a roasting pan full of human blood the next morning? "Matters of Faith" What evil and unholy secret is Faith Breatnach McCollister keeping in the locked room in her cabin on Manitou Lake? "The Sand Phantom" When a quicksand pit in the tall saw grass of Vietnam swallows a combat helicopter and the men within it, what horrors are to be found when an attempt is made to find the bodies? The stories inside this anthology will curdle anyone's blood. But even more disturbing, as much as these are tales of morality as well as a horror stories, there may be no redemption for any of the characters involved no matter how nice and morally driven some of them seem.

From the writer of "Evil Creeps In: A Tale of Exorcism," "Gruesome Triad: Three Tales of The Macabre," "Geo-213: The Lost Expedition," and "Geo-213: The Lost Stories" comes a new horror anthology. Enjoy "Grim Quatrain: Four Tales of Terror." Within, you will find... "From Beneath." What causes horrific creatures to crawl up from the depths of the earth to feast upon mankind? "The April Fool." See what happens when an April Fool's Day trick turns deadly. "The Mailman." This mailman brings torture and death. But is The Mailman really a mailman? "The Ragtime Blues." What haunts Jacob Wells? And is it good, or evil?

When a woman comes to a Roman Catholic Church seeking help for her mother, two lifelong friends, one a Lutheran layman, and the other a Catholic priest, find their friendly discussions turning to the more serious topics of evil, demonic possession and exorcism. Over a period of weeks, the priest observes an exorcism, and he tells his friend some of what he sees, but can the two friends exorcise their own personal demons in the meantime?

Centuries ago, Geo-213 had been deforested, and mined of most of its mineral wealth. Now, a new mining company has been established on Geo-213, and survey activity has commenced on the upper levels. But one of the survey teams has gone missing. A rescue team sent to find it has also gone missing. Divad LaTroy, Harren Trober, Gerreb Lederi, and Rowec Sullers go deep into the planet to find the lost expedition and bring its workers to the surface. What happened to the lost expedition? Will they ever be found? Who are the powerful beings that live deep within the planet, and what is the secret they are keeping from those who live and work near the surface?

What happened in the mines of Geo-213 before the story of The Lost Expedition was told? From Thomas D. Taylor, author of "Geo-213: The Lost Expedition" comes "Geo-213: The Lost Stories" in which fans can immerse themselves in four exciting adventures. Ride along with Harren Trober and Divad LaTroy as they encounter a murderous being on "Mapping Expedition 116894." When an experiment goes wrong in the central base of Geo-213's mining operations, there is "Chaos in Control." Who would have thought that a run-in with "The Obelisk on Track 133" could lead to a return to planetary war? Look out There are "Smugglers in the Mines." And remember, it's against the law to let them live. 50,000 words makes for lots of excitement, but even more thrilling, three of the four stories in "Geo-213: The Lost Stories" were written long ago for the author's amusement only. Now, Taylor shares them with you, and throws in a new story to boot.