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Let your fingers do the walking as you flip through the pages on this journey with Tabitha and her Louisiana family through their many trials and tribulations with and without the presence of God.

Henry’s story is one many can relate to. He’s a young boy who feels like he himself is a mistake. His troubled experience of life quickly changes as he is transported into another world and comes back with a new perspective and hope for his future. This adventure fantasy gives young readers the opportunity to see themselves in a new way and have a new hope of their own.

Natalie was a girl that just needed attention. Seeking out attention landed her in a place that brought her money and a reputation. Both of which would be her downfall. The journey from Natalie to Diamond would be her demise. All due to greed and envy.

A chance encounter Sam Tillman has with Rutabaga McGee changes his life. The encounter leads his friend to Great Plains, Nebraska, in an effort to discover more about McGee. What he discovers will change him forever.

Dr. Patrician Ann Mulligan shares her experiences, knowledge, and wisdom with three couples that are having trouble re-kindling their fire and passion that they once had for each other. Dr. P.A.M. also shares with them her own personal "Come to Jesus Moment."

Dragon tales is a relatable journey for anyone that has ever experienced the roller coaster ride of love, the pitfalls and triumphs of life, and the lasting impression of trauma. Red Dragon gives a voice to those that cannot speak up for their pain, or too fearful to walk in their truth and embrace themselves with acceptance of self and knowledge of self worth. In life we all go through phases and Phase One of Dragon Psalms is sure to leave you wanting more!

Medal of Honor winner Col. Olivia South, after recovering from injuries received during an insurgent attack on her support unit comes up with a plan to degrade ISIL through the imaginative and creative use of drones and of stealth warfare. She submits her ideas to the Department of Defense. The President of the United States reviews and accepts her plans and they are put into effect with dramatic results in terms of degrading ISIL in Iraq. Thus, a heroine become an ever greater heroine.

This vivid anthology of the students of The College of the Florida Keys features poems, stories, and essays, as well as underwater photography features. In addition, the winners of the annual Elizabeth Bishop Poetry Prize are included in each annual issue. Find works centered on music, history, relationships, and the landscape of The Florida Keys.

The stories in this collection range from a couple of strangers clinging to a lafe raft on the high seas, to a couple of strangers thrown together in a plot to scare the bejesus out of their ex spouses, to an artist and a writer striving to deal with the reality of the dispair caused by a tyranical, idiot president who is making artistic life or even ordinary day to day life nearly impossible in a world he has turned upside down.