For generations, the skull in art and jewelry has been dominated by a single, powerful image: our own. The human skull, a ...

Skull rings are gaining significance as jewelry for men and are normally associated with subcultures like the bikers, metal bands, rock musicians, and other individuals with a rebellious spirit.

The Spirit and the Skull J.M. Hayes. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (194p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0284-1. This thought-provoking standalone from Hayes (The Grey Pilgrim) takes the reader back to Paleolithic times.

A Paleolithic tribe is trekking across the Alaskan tundra in search of a promised land of plenty. Raven, an elder of the band and its Spirit Man has been out scouting ahead, and when he returns to ...