David Day

A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth. The fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creatures, as well as a deep, intertwined history that spans thousands of years. In this beautifully illustrated volume, bestselling author and Tolkien scholar David Day presents four decades of research and writing on the lands and inhabitants’ Middle earth....

Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations beneath the saga's thrilling surface. Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J. R. R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David...

Presents illustrated definitions in alphabetical order of all the imaginary beasts, monsters, races, nations, duties, fauna, and flora of the worlds of Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands.

A tall tale about a Big Lie Contest at which a tale about a giant catfish becomes true and swallows its teller.

King Zombie meets the Demon Lord and we find out that King Zombie serves this Lord. King Zombie is chastised for not capturing Deake fast enough. The city where Dan and Joey are staying witness a sky opening, unaware that it is bringing new demonic recruits to help King Zombie. Many of the townspeople haven't had conflicts with the zombies and doubt some of the stories that Dan and Joey tell them. But not for long.

John must kill one of his own men as he was bitten by a zombie. Kirk finds himself trapped by zombies again and comes across a pilot flying a small plane and manages to join him in escaping. John's men on a hunting party see some movement and they lay an ambush for the zombies that are coming towards them.

Joey resists leaving the city but he won't let Dan leave alone. Kirk is a member of a loosely organized faction that refuses to take the overall zombie threat seriously. They hunt down zombies for sport and set them on fire. Kirk and a few others decide to leave the Appalachians because they know that disaster awaits them in this group. Wayne and Albert find themselves forced to watch a family fall to the zombies, realizing they would only get themselves...

In a flashback to the community city where Dan and Joey were, it is revealed that King Zombie has tortured some of the people and found out about Dan and Joey. That puts him in the hunt of them. Moloch, Reyna, and Deake join up with another paramilitary organization but Moloch is not in charge this time, he is more of a prisoner. The leader of this new group agrees with Reyna's plan as she is willing to let Moloch be killed.

Magpie is a British independent film about an absent young father (Tony) who returns to town in order to attend his 9 year old, shark-obsessed son's funeral with 2 friends (Phil and Craig). His glaring failure as a parent makes his presence an unwelcome one, especially with the boy's mother (Emily) who struggles with her loss and the lack control she has over the funeral arrangements. Tony discovers that his son's obsession with sharks may have come...