The warm lighting from the green, blue and beige lamps casts a gentle glow across the spines of books nestled safely on cypress shelves.
A teal curtain is pulled back by a gold rope over a small window. Cool lighting from the snowy space outside filters in to the cozy space inside. The smell of rose and freshly cut wood hangs in the air.
“We are the first and only (exclusively) Japanese book store in Calgary,” says Antonella Ella, owner of Nekoto Books. “The space is designed like a small Hokkai...

The adventurers bound across the snow covered hill and they quickly dive into the thick bramble of the wood for shelter. They pant heavily as they throw their backs against the trees to take cover from their persecutors. A guttural screech rips through the air and the five party members cover their ears, and crumple to the ground. The heavily armoured paladin glanced back as the ground shook and snow was blasted away in massive clumps of dirt and grass.Through the sheen of snow falling, time see...

When you walk into The Sentry Box, if the Egyptian hieroglyph mural doesn’t capture your attention, the dungeon styled mezzanine certainly will. Perhaps the armies of miniatures that have been carefully sculpted and painted on display will draw you in. Ranging from Warhammer, to Dungeons and Dragons, to Gundam, Battletech, World of Warcraft, Pathfinder, and so much more. They sit poised in their carefully crafted scenes, inviting visitors in to have a look and marvel at the tiny details. Their s...

The stalactites fall from the ceiling and collide with the thin volcanic crust. The terrain shifts as the rock parts and the sea of molten lava spills forth through the cracks of stone. The rumbling of the volcano, a once quiet murmur, is now a roaring quake that shakes the walls, the floor, and the beings that have found themselves trapped within the stirring volcano. One by one, the adventurers are separated by plates of volcanic stone that are parted by the overflowing scalding waves of lava....