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From Rio de Janeiro, into the vast Amazon, Jack pursues a mysterious crystal skull. The author and composer recorded the music and sounds of Rio, and then flew into the dark heart of the Amazon to record the jungle sounds. Also featuring Mojo Sam.

A new Ruby, but as snappy and sassy as ever. Our futuristic sleuth faces some grotesque new adversaries in screwball locations as she battles the manipulators of the electronic media. Will Ruby defeat the detractors of the truth and protect the perspective of credulous consumers, or desiccate in the dreadful desert of the Great Boosbooszees? From Kismet to the Ossirian Islands, Ruby's escapades move, twist, and shimmy!

Ruby, Teru, And/Or and Rodant Kapoor return to the planet of Illuboo Roi. T. J. Teru has been invited by Prince Haw-Hee-Bop to open the Forbidden Tombs of the ancient Phar-Oops. Of course, the wily Prince forgot to mention the Black Curse of the Phar-Oops. Once inside the tombs, they discover the gigantic sarcophagi of all 14 Phar-Oops. They also unleash the dreaded Curse!

This classic story is filled with all kinds of teachings, from Ram Dass playing on the Wurlitzer of Wisdoms, to the Tibetan wheel-of-life, to Sufi stories, all woven into a humorous adventure taking place in an old mansion called Inverness. The mansion has three towers, but Jack Flanders has seen a fourth. When he finally enters the tower, he discovers there are various levels, and each level contains another world.

This edition contains all four unabridged episodes, "The Moon Coins of Sonto Lore", "The Turban of El Morya", "Dark Night of the Reptiods" and "Mad moon for Rubina". Ruby is hired to find four moon coins. There is a myth that when the four coins come together, dimensions will shift. Along with Teru and Kapoor, Ruby explores a creepy planet of slithering reptilian beings called Reptiods.

In "The Underworld", Ruby investigates the dark force within Magnifico, City of Malls, while Inanna journeys into the Seven Gates of the Underworld. In "The Invisible World", Ruby finds herself in the Astral Bar & Grill, where the decor adapts to each person's personality.

Jack Flanders encounters trolls, wizards, and all sorts of odd mythical creatures when he explores the "Invisible Realms" in search of our future Ah-Ha's - those spontaneous flashes of insight that have caused great thinkers to leap to their feet and shout, "Ah-Ha!".

On the planet Summa Nulla (crossroads of the galaxy, high point of nothing) someone is manipulating the media. And Ruby, smart, tough, sexy detective that she is, is hired to track down the male-factors. The swinging Andriod Sisters perform speak-satirical songs as Ruby, the funny, fast-paced galactic gumshoe encounters some pretty weird planetary inhabitants on her quest for truth and the intergalactic way.

Jesse, a young anthropologist, disappears somewhere in the highlands of West Sumatra, and Jack is hired to find her. There's evidence that she was involved in the Kabut cult, a secret society practicing ancient tribal magic. Jack travels to Bukittinggi as the city erupts in the exotic sounds of celebration at the end of Ramadan, the Moslem holy month of fasting. Sounds just dandy - until a mist swirls around him, and he's staring into the gaping mouth of a giant, swirling vortex.

People feel there's something "witchy" about Amy. She is tormented by an oval "light" that appears at random. Amy fled to Costa Rica, where she was born, but the light has reappeared. Jack and Mojo try to help, but something very powerful is happening, and it may be traced back to an old African god.

Lucas Trust has it all - money, a mansion, an island, a gorgeous girlfriend. But his shadowy past returns and Willie, who has been painting Luke's house, suddenly finds himself trying to solve a murder mystery. Meanwhile Short Top Detroit, a fictional paperback detective, has taken up residence in Willie's head. But Short Top isn't a very good detective, and Willie finds himself in some bizarre and dangerous situations.

This is the very first Ruby story (before even Ruby 1). Ruby Tuesday (that's what she was called) is hired by Colonel Abulah Abdullah of the star cluster, Saudi Asteriodia, to find Cleo, a missing planet. Ruby discovers there's much more behind this mystery when she encounters the villainous Forked Forefinger of Fong. Also includes four Ruby pilot episodes that had never been released before.

These are stories about gangsters, bimbos, cons, cops, detectives, lovers, losers, platinum blondes, high heels, mink coats, and neon signs reflecting on rain-slicked streets.

Like a modern day Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders is five hours of humorous fantasy adventure. Metaphysical adventurer Jack Flanders discovers a green velvet overstuffed chair. Each night at the stroke of midnight, Jack sits in the soft, comfortable chair which comes alive, luring him onto its velvety realm. Everyday reality fades away, and Jack finds himself in a strange, other-world of magic, pirates, and sorcery where huge puffballs cling to ceilings and walls, masted sailing ships with wings fly the skies and islands float in the air…

A delightful vacation in Bali turns into something else as Jack is confronted with black magic, dreams, and spectral visits from a Balinese holy man who sends Jack through a circular doorway to a wold where those who step in rarely step out.

Invisible balls of energy are causing hallucinations within the walled city of Old Quebec. Jack and Mojo try to locate the source of these "eyes". When a little girl with pigtails, smoking a cigar, is seen about town, Jack suspects Litte Frieda is involved. When Jack speaks to Claudine on his cell, she appears before him; when he hangs up, she vanishes.

Mojo receives a call from "The Whistle Stop Hobby Shop". He's told his pocket watch has arrived. It's a gift from someone named "Rufus". But the pocket watch has no hands or numbers, just an opaque face that reminds Mojo of a zombie's eye. Mojo is mistaken for the detective, Rufus. He's hired to find Angelina, the missing sister of Philadelphia gangster Tony Rizzo. By using his watch as a portal, Mojo is able to look beyond the veils of this world, and he traces Angelina to a mysterious train.

Illuboo Roi is a planet inhabited by pear-shaped beings with pointed heads. Ruby is hired by Oop Boop, an Illuboo, to uncover a secret society known as "The Illusionati". When the Digital Circus is invited to Illuboo Roi, Ruby, Teru, And/Or, and Rodant Kapoor travel incognito as performers. Meanwhile, doppelgrangers, grown out of bio-flesh, are replacing infuential Illuboos, perhaps even Oop Boop!

People are disappearing in Montreal. Jack and Mojo believe they are being drawn into the "Other City", an ephemeral city that appears at random, and suddenly vanishes, taking people with it. There's a blind street musician whose haunting accordion echoes down the narrow streets of a city that may only exist somewhere "next door to reality".

Ruby steps into a tavern called "The Tickly Tentacle". Standing behind the bar, polishing four glasses at the same time, is her old friend the Tookah. Since it's a quiet afternoon, the Tookah relates to Ruby some of the schemes and scams he's run on other planets, and how he barely escaped with his tentacles intact.