tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58030859317600322022024-03-24T10:46:32.899-07:00my name is SageSage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.comBlogger633125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-86651055575567933842022-01-21T09:12:00.003-08:002022-01-21T09:13:41.616-08:00Book Spotlight: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith #YA #Thriller<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioSWSc9S9BGsdY5SInrFure9PsPxft4Th8XTB17ZjwO76a384Tg4CHmeiH5FUEpxGC_TZmfJatdIkn1U3E7y8b7HWpJ7ZRShTSQ_s30JqZqdothG368mUlxgPyQQseQqlQXJLk_HiT42npCKWse0IApXc-ScGfCzf_rmGoe77S9P280M4Xl-V1JHIN=s2050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="2050" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioSWSc9S9BGsdY5SInrFure9PsPxft4Th8XTB17ZjwO76a384Tg4CHmeiH5FUEpxGC_TZmfJatdIkn1U3E7y8b7HWpJ7ZRShTSQ_s30JqZqdothG368mUlxgPyQQseQqlQXJLk_HiT42npCKWse0IApXc-ScGfCzf_rmGoe77S9P280M4Xl-V1JHIN=w352-h134" width="352" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv6DSZWbTkO3RRC9YdJdHmNDTxhWP-nBDVeOP0Xmbv3mX317R95k2YpJIPwfIc-roWNT7uu0IFe3D5EU5q_4-o8Unifynth4swMxlUwhq1nUCluGvobGYavRl-DsxXnxKh1Hf4IwS4nOS2zYy35Vs9Op5gRcFH9ORRJymMsKdDVT9lCKZ0R4bZrWcu=s2850" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="1878" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv6DSZWbTkO3RRC9YdJdHmNDTxhWP-nBDVeOP0Xmbv3mX317R95k2YpJIPwfIc-roWNT7uu0IFe3D5EU5q_4-o8Unifynth4swMxlUwhq1nUCluGvobGYavRl-DsxXnxKh1Hf4IwS4nOS2zYy35Vs9Op5gRcFH9ORRJymMsKdDVT9lCKZ0R4bZrWcu=s320" width="211" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6f3d3ff-7fff-2826-77f4-3fe1ef4d82e0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Discovery of the Five Senses</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Book One - The Urban Boys Series</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">By K.N. Smith</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Genre: YA Adventure, Thriller, Urban Fantasy</span></span></p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">About the Book</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With light beings and mysterious strangers complicating their plight, will the boys be able to defeat the evil Druth before it’s too late? Get prepared for the twisting and grinding of this award-winning, action-adventure story — an edge-of-your-seat narrative for young and mature readers alike.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and reality tied together by action!” 5-stars, Lars Jackson, Amazon Customer</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">About the Author </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjwaMRVEghTYbi2gQQOk-UeVNhlcXHS-XZ0Q72QBGFOA-xzdQ-EFhynK4It3KZj_dxwgbhs-z9zlxkaYyqFQQ4FlnTd6kc_v2cuJGKTSbAabewTlOTSnFCgxXBz9rJ6dTu9IaLKPTPC39JSJ1BfwPrcUlxPjFB-NiWZG_H5cm-OGNZTz7jBW-BBV1n=s1500" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjwaMRVEghTYbi2gQQOk-UeVNhlcXHS-XZ0Q72QBGFOA-xzdQ-EFhynK4It3KZj_dxwgbhs-z9zlxkaYyqFQQ4FlnTd6kc_v2cuJGKTSbAabewTlOTSnFCgxXBz9rJ6dTu9IaLKPTPC39JSJ1BfwPrcUlxPjFB-NiWZG_H5cm-OGNZTz7jBW-BBV1n=s320" width="256" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">K.N. Smith, winner of the “Best of” in the category of “Outstanding Young Adult Novel” at the Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Awards, is an author, screenwriter, and passionate advocate of literacy and arts programs throughout the world. She inspires people of all ages to reach their highest potential in their creative, educational, and life pursuits. She lives in California with her family. Visit K.N. Smith at </span><a href="http://www.knsmith.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.knsmith.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Social Links</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; 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line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://getbook.at/theurbanboys" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">getbook.at/theurbanboys</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodreads</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58655684-discovery-of-the-five-senses" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58655684-discovery-of-the-five-senses</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barnes and Noble/ Nook</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/discovery-of-the-five-senses-kn-smith/1139618809;jsessionid=D48E7EAB97403158786ABCC03C6B258A.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9780989474757" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/discovery-of-the-five-senses-kn-smith/1139618809;jsessionid=D48E7EAB97403158786ABCC03C6B258A.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9780989474757</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">An Excerpt</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AS ONE WOULD IMAGINE, a mysterious forest might offer deep, eerie chills, especially at night. Instead, the forest cast a rich glow, and the environment was beautiful and serene. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walking slowly with their eyes absolutely feasting on the horticultural delights, the boys were approached by something they weren’t sure was real. It floated effortlessly, lighting up in a sporadic pattern, but had neither sound nor discernible shape, other than being somewhat clear and round. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Its fluttering wings suspended it in the center of their disbelieving huddle. All eyes were on it, but what it was provoked more mystery than the forest itself. It bounced in a cheery, beckoning fashion, flashing its stunning wings, drawing the boys into a never-ending waltz. They were transfixed, unable to glance at each other, prevented by the daze each silently battled. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The little glowing being carried about, moving closer to their faces. It moved in and out of trees, spewing sparkle and splendor, then floated away from the boys, yet stayed close enough to continue the enticement. Contributing to the amazing glow ricocheting from sprawling fronds to soaring trees and fallen leaves, the being’s creativity advanced in a display of twirls and spins, astonishing the boys. And they followed their little friend further and further into the forest. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deeper ahead, the visual spectacle beautifully intertwined with the clicking noise, which grew louder and more defined, moving up the scale into high notes. The repetition of the noise mesmerized the boys, equating to an invisible lasso. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The friends grouped together, looking ahead and behind. Their stomachs tightened as the tension grew. What they saw next would pale in comparison to their little, wondrous friend, who steadily bounced around several curvy pathways. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The small creature led them into an area deep within the preserve housing two large, floating, clicking balls of light. The boys instinctively covered their eyes, yet still tried to peep through their fingers. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The light balls began spinning wildly and grew louder, with their tops spitting out free-falling shavings of light like fireworks. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The sputtering light bounced off the dirt only to end up against a tree or one of the boys, then back down and up again. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slowing down, the beings moved in between the boys. Too scared to move and struggling with reality, the boys’ eyes locked onto the radiant balls. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And with a striking force, the five friends were encased by a bright, piercing light as the balls exploded, emitting their energy onto the boys. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mixing and mashing north, south, east, and west, bright waves covered the soil, spreading across trees, rock, and all plant life. The forest fell silent, frozen like an inhale without an exhale. It was dark and quiet, except for the liquid energy dripping from the huge, wavy leaves. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being subjected to drifts both in and out of reality, the boys succumbed to the lure of a vacant black space within the deepest parts of their minds. They fell to the ground unconscious, laying in this forbidden domain in the center of a place they had been warned not to approach. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And from some distance toward the other side of the preserve, a draped shadow had been looking inward and saw this mysterious incident. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The curve of his black hood was loose enough for him to witness the unthinkable. But it also shrouded his expression, which was impassive. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This figure, a dark stranger, had been watching the boys for a period of time and saw the explosion of light. He knew it had exposed them to a grave risk in this place of both awe and fear. He realized time would now take the reins as a master guide for these stricken young men, all of whom would need hope as a rod and stamina as a spear on the long journey ahead. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knowing the veil of normalcy would need to be maintained in order for this inconceivable episode to be minimized, the Dark Stranger drew upon his strength to physically move each of the boys to Rhee’s house. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He knew familiar surroundings would ease them as they roused, barely able to comprehend their predicament. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For he knew much, and every step, every footprint left an indelible impression on the path leading to the studio in Rhee’s backyard. Indeed, footprints providing a window to the past meshed with hope for the future. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And like a laser, the Dark Stranger steadied his gait, hurling each one up and over his powerful shoulders. As he absorbed the totality of the scene, he breathed deeply. His head hung in a manner to which only trauma could relate. But in a sign of resilience it swiftly sprung back. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Under the circumstances, he knew time would not be patient nor friendly. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome or unwelcome. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 49.41pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fate had arrived.</span></p><br /><p><br /> </p>Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-16047386579786798942021-09-24T00:00:00.001-07:002021-09-24T00:00:00.175-07:00Book Spotlight: Finding Feral (A Spacious Reclaiming of Life) by Andrea Pardue<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkTpPQmeUsQzadjdfeoWQWhSYR0Kq3ZZbBUqKnU_LZ40cBMx8vSsMqfav6wK8_TPuBEGxG7ah-PDuL4Ueqa7zc9WRT1gIKhy9rCCDHugGC726uufnTZyenHUQTRZ3LTpYIvXHYfZ7DUU/s2048/Copy+of+feral-epub3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1461" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkTpPQmeUsQzadjdfeoWQWhSYR0Kq3ZZbBUqKnU_LZ40cBMx8vSsMqfav6wK8_TPuBEGxG7ah-PDuL4Ueqa7zc9WRT1gIKhy9rCCDHugGC726uufnTZyenHUQTRZ3LTpYIvXHYfZ7DUU/w284-h399/Copy+of+feral-epub3.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finding Feral</span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-752a83a0-7fff-171d-5431-3d592814feed"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Spacious Reclaiming of Life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Andrea Pardue</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: Memoir</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book Description</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the death of my mother, I started to take stock of my life. I was in midlife and it had been a hard, traumatic road. This is my story of finding hope and myself in the tiny green of a sprout, the soaring austere of an eagle, color dripping from a paintbrush, and the possibility of a loving Creator. This is a journey into my willfulness to embrace life at its essence and feel very much on purpose in this world.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I love the emotion you have when you speak. You have such a melodious way of communicating. It is flowing, calming, and infused with warmth." - Amber Murphy</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I love feeling the desire you have to live in immense ways. You inspire me." - Julianna Ehlert</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Author </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDlj8Ju4oBFEAigEtSEj_VYHNMUbbAvvR9MRaACgCw87pK1mH6AIo9L4xd3rSon7afI8XL8Q1tTF7k2WpyZkqJlgU9KuxGn7dkmtNnk622Notq1I-Z4f84Yu9IKNUdvkc4eh1xTdvTnI/s2048/andrea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDlj8Ju4oBFEAigEtSEj_VYHNMUbbAvvR9MRaACgCw87pK1mH6AIo9L4xd3rSon7afI8XL8Q1tTF7k2WpyZkqJlgU9KuxGn7dkmtNnk622Notq1I-Z4f84Yu9IKNUdvkc4eh1xTdvTnI/s320/andrea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andrea Pardue is a simple soul who has meekly braved each step of her life’s joys and hardships. She discovered the expressive arts as therapy in her darkest moment, studied her guts and soul out to find her way to a liberating, feral freedom to participate in life again. This is her first book. She lives with her husband and three boys in Texas. A piece of her heart remains on Whidbey Island. She leads small groups in expressive arts and loves to hear the soul stories of others. You can contact her at </span><a href="mailto:andreapardue44@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">andreapardue44@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow the author:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Website:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.strongwhisperer.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.strongwhisperer.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Feral-Andrea-Pardue/dp/173721590X" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Feral-Andrea-Pardue/dp/173721590X</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instagram:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/finding_feral" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/finding_feral</span></a></p><div><br /></div>Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-10012182744411662752021-08-23T03:00:00.001-07:002021-08-23T03:00:00.201-07:00Cover Reveal: Preying on the Church by Kimberley B. Jones<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwROm3VrTcRCfeogVNFB07bKTar89zideZs4T7QEOM10fgNwVpNSsSTnopzxTptk7eQFbVxViEAvH0TAA3rB3mJd608swkkDL_6AdfyhyJozlzNqL66VGW41fjZ4HPo1QNdqOrhCfGr0/s960/image_6483441+%25281%2529.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwROm3VrTcRCfeogVNFB07bKTar89zideZs4T7QEOM10fgNwVpNSsSTnopzxTptk7eQFbVxViEAvH0TAA3rB3mJd608swkkDL_6AdfyhyJozlzNqL66VGW41fjZ4HPo1QNdqOrhCfGr0/s320/image_6483441+%25281%2529.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Preying on the Church</span></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-868b22bd-7fff-6744-a140-82c76ff06a70"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 6pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">By Kimberley B. Jones</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 6pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Genre: Fiction</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 6pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 6pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">About the Book</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 6pt 0pt 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preying On The Church, is an inspiring novel about an African American middle-age woman Margie, who is well-known in her community through her job as a Realtor, serving as a representative on the Rockford Town Council, and giving her portion of life at Rockford Baptist Church.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 6pt 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A tragic accident happens that no one could ever believe. After a church shooting, Margie loses faith as her life is shattered into pieces losing someone close to her that causes her to journey through the five stages of grief.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 6pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; none: pre-wrap;">It takes her to the lowest possible point of survival: isolating herself from friends and family, losing faith, drinking alcohol, almost getting arrested, and losing her job to realize she is on a path of destruction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 6pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 6pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">About the Author</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 6pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kimberley is a professional early childhood educator and entrepreneur. She was born in the small town of Saint George, South Carolina, on September 12, 1982. Graduated from Woodland High School in 2000, Benedict College in 2004 with B.S., Child & Family Development, and from Ashford University in 2013 with a Masters in Early Childhood Education. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF3Ux3ku_Z1q79Pm5GwGqoDDLaJRindXrHO-vJ4A4JeQHNd01QN9DJP9mPlmJaH1COb17u9w3UCr7Xw9GlP_x_DuLsVdon-D6-tCEjvWYNXpTEqgk3qPqGPQ6yRfhQyOEqteBsHwU1L0/s750/Professional+Photo+2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="750" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF3Ux3ku_Z1q79Pm5GwGqoDDLaJRindXrHO-vJ4A4JeQHNd01QN9DJP9mPlmJaH1COb17u9w3UCr7Xw9GlP_x_DuLsVdon-D6-tCEjvWYNXpTEqgk3qPqGPQ6yRfhQyOEqteBsHwU1L0/w200-h199/Professional+Photo+2.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 6pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After receiving her education and being a military spouse, she held several jobs as a preschool teacher and a preschool director, but she wanted her education to be used by writing children’s books. She wrote her first book in college for her children’s literature course. She has self-published several children's books on Amazon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 6pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, she is branching off into writing fiction YA, NA, and A novels on issues in society. She loves writing and would not change it for nothing in this world She is now published by Rhetoric Askew. Kimberley is the author of Our Friendship Matters and Preying On The Church.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: none; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://kimberleybjones.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://kimberleybjones.com</span></a></p><div><br /></div>Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-78173127546478105872021-01-27T08:31:00.017-08:002021-01-27T08:40:35.398-08:00BOOK REVIEW: Against Such Things by Rachel K. Baldwin<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PG2VrRld7_0VrEYfttR3jwVL0aRgRf0rPFkdgx4el3kkJhKXEauNXnHO2oTd-hIFvgvYTVighNKYYIb-gSQadMoDbAuUS01Dh_vCMQDrcR18VMy48P7t4FHM8qWYTwyEphqTU1E-efw/s1025/Against.png" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="1025" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PG2VrRld7_0VrEYfttR3jwVL0aRgRf0rPFkdgx4el3kkJhKXEauNXnHO2oTd-hIFvgvYTVighNKYYIb-gSQadMoDbAuUS01Dh_vCMQDrcR18VMy48P7t4FHM8qWYTwyEphqTU1E-efw/w637-h243/Against.png" width="637" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyU9e5jqJwrTjikkO8UMONaTvfY_qWr3pgDKN5sb7r6HcOTw80SKyqybRinuUpCMMPRnesTKAbBTGLmbHEi3ntfpglAL2JrcYHQukfHxSMY8x07t5dOTjoke9ERdJe4OFrnmxG2RmZAw/s2048/Final+Cover+10.29.20c+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyU9e5jqJwrTjikkO8UMONaTvfY_qWr3pgDKN5sb7r6HcOTw80SKyqybRinuUpCMMPRnesTKAbBTGLmbHEi3ntfpglAL2JrcYHQukfHxSMY8x07t5dOTjoke9ERdJe4OFrnmxG2RmZAw/w250-h400/Final+Cover+10.29.20c+%25281%2529.jpg" width="250" /></a></b></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Against Such Things<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Rachel K. Baldwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Genre: Memoir, Substance Abuse
Recovery</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Book Description</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background: none; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If
you are born into ineffable darkness, could you even comprehend the light?</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: none;">Take one-part volatile home life, two-parts
haphazard nomadic existence, zero-parts social connection, and shake well. Our
protagonist's only constant is unpredictability: that, and the charismatic,
fundamentalist hammerings from the pulpit.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: none;">But when a sheltered child goes nuclear? Just
pray you are FAR from the exclusion zone.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: none;">Can a toxic cocktail of compounded trauma,
spiritual warfare, and an unfettered nosedive into addiction be overcome? Join
Rachel on her passage through the underworld as she searches for the means to
reassemble her splintered psyche while wrestling <i>Against Such Things</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">My Review</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Addiction and recovery is a subject matter that is very dear to my heart. Substance abuse is something my family members and friends have struggled with throughout my life. Some are in recovery, some still abuse drugs and alcohol, and others have died from addiction. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Against Such Things</i> is a powerful read. In full transparency, I know Rachel but didn't know her while she was using or struggling. I found myself forgetting it was Rachel who I was reading about as I turned page after page. Her story is a relatable one: wanting to be loved, wanting to be a part of something, wanting to belong, and turning to something darker to ease the pain.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This book covers the beginning of Rachel's addiction, takes readers on a wild ride of what it could like, and finally, the bottom where Rachel decided to walk a different path. It's heart wrenching and beautiful.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Against Such Things</i> is a testament that it takes one choice to shift your entire life. Rachel's story is about resilience, not giving up on yourself or others, and taking a chance. I'm forever grateful for her vulnerability.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About the Author </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvJOVDfdA1pbV9h-LGerlsgZvP0kG6rOEIkyR4FmHIg8vEYtpvfX6LHap0_ftLRUC9Cb_zmcs37fwMn3dm-mt8FdXjOUsylQkUPBabkOHCfzkayU9j-pqlSG9FX50PLZ0uyeOiRUe0bM/s720/RKB_Headshot.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvJOVDfdA1pbV9h-LGerlsgZvP0kG6rOEIkyR4FmHIg8vEYtpvfX6LHap0_ftLRUC9Cb_zmcs37fwMn3dm-mt8FdXjOUsylQkUPBabkOHCfzkayU9j-pqlSG9FX50PLZ0uyeOiRUe0bM/s320/RKB_Headshot.png" width="320" /></span></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The long and short of it is this: I'm a recovering black-out
artist, stay-at-home-dog-mom, and serial overcomer, but you can just call me
Rachel.<br />
<br />
Life's been crazy, intense, messy, ugly, surreal, and BEAUTIFUL.<br />
<br />
In-between hunting for estate sales, compulsively redecorating my historic
home, and hanging out with my favorite people (aka, my fam), I write. It's my
bridge to serenity. The place where I am centered and whole.<br />
<br />
I'm a second-chance enthusiast at heart and the most fallible of any human I've
met.<br />
<br />
Gratitude. That's where I abide, man. All the time. No matter what.<br />
<br />
<i>Against Such Things</i> is my first book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: nonee; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Social Media Links</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facebook: </span><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://facebook.com/againstsuchthings" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/againstsuchthings</a></span></u></span></p></div><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: nonee; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instagram: </span><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://instagram.com/calmbeforetherach" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://instagram.com/calmbeforetherach</span></a></span></u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: nonee; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Website: </span><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://rachelkbaldwin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://rachelkbaldwin.com</span></a></span></u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Book Purchase Link</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(available in paperback & Kindle versions; audiobook in
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</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><br />Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-63359847237816039102020-11-20T00:00:00.015-08:002020-11-20T00:00:00.280-08:00Author Interview with Cy Young (Deathload)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8QdqNnC9ZhdTgib0F4K83-EWhmCZLYLZ72qWgANBEGQ7hZd6aeJzurXjxz_A7GDk1IZ4Q3jjfYT02JVsKNTGsNy1wsWJdclKNY_43haX5iyFIfgvJ3cI2V0vTJkJhwyT9cmpPKi1Fc8/s1025/Death+banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="1025" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8QdqNnC9ZhdTgib0F4K83-EWhmCZLYLZ72qWgANBEGQ7hZd6aeJzurXjxz_A7GDk1IZ4Q3jjfYT02JVsKNTGsNy1wsWJdclKNY_43haX5iyFIfgvJ3cI2V0vTJkJhwyT9cmpPKi1Fc8/w597-h227/Death+banner.png" width="597" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphAQa5FbxqMleRZDze9FniuAHoSnVm_CDLnDbMk-9K7-uhp2oL9FKFAEl4m3MoRTu8U1_YHyzQ7N0bGilFHYO0ZUNVub5mx_OaD_o3KJD0r1aa2VAVQJZ4sa9tbtMI9s-6fTnJFBSNn0/s320/deathcovpeter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphAQa5FbxqMleRZDze9FniuAHoSnVm_CDLnDbMk-9K7-uhp2oL9FKFAEl4m3MoRTu8U1_YHyzQ7N0bGilFHYO0ZUNVub5mx_OaD_o3KJD0r1aa2VAVQJZ4sa9tbtMI9s-6fTnJFBSNn0/s0/deathcovpeter.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN">Deathload<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN">By Cy
Young<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN">Genre:
Thriller</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">When his Marine son is killed by friendly fire
in Desert Storm, ex-CIA agent and truck tycoon Vincent Fazio constructs two
trucks and out of revenge, sends them on a destructive rampage across the
country blowing up air force bases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tracking the behemoths is Phoenix P.D. detective and karate champion
Manny Breen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breen teams up with Phoenix
P.D. chopper pilot Sharon Kramer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Together they follow the trucks and end up at the White House for a
powerful ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>What do you find most challenging about the writing process,
and how do you deal with it?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Most challenging: striving for a schedule
needed consistent with the amount of writing I’ve taken on. Writing is the
fun part; finding the time when there are family obligations that often take
precedence is sometimes like threading a needle. But the desire to write
always prevails and the time needed magically appears. How do I deal with
it? Through patience, planning, and improvisation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="background: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>When and where do you do your writing?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My favorite time to write is early a.m.;
however, this has become increasingly impossible; therefore I grab hours when I
can. I write in my office; I have a desk that surrounds me making it
possible to see different projects right at hand.</span></p>
<p style="background: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>What have you learned about promoting your books?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The necessity of riding the Learning Curve as
quickly as possible. Amazon/Bookbub ads demand a knowledge of bidding,
CPR, CPM, joggling images, A and B ads to determine which one works; gathering
key words; constant revisiting of ads to determine their effectiveness; seeking
out promotional sites and using as many of them as possible. I need a website
which I’ll have in a few weeks; and I have to grow my subscriber list. Also I’m
writing a trilogy, soon to finish the second book.</span></p>
<p style="background: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>What are you most proud of as a writer?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I try to stay away from pride. I’m
grateful that in writing for many, many years in many different mediums, I’ve
learned how different genres interconnect; this helps my writing in terms of
tying ideas into comprehensive concepts. My basic goal as a writer: to
create order out of chaos.</span></p>
<p style="background: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>If you could have dinner with any writer, living or dead, who
would it be and what would you talk about?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Paul: his conversion on the Road to Damascus.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54oepwRRFxLLdooIITf95-MkfpCvaaAMAVtBKKIT9kG3e2-MUBBlZlKVtoCP-tUFtVUrA4us6iaxR8l_6hLDuRa-2sEKW2YUpkEuT8d7xEWtUdFumV49ic9wwBnUBiutQ_eq0b55F9_c/s579/Cy-turtleneck_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54oepwRRFxLLdooIITf95-MkfpCvaaAMAVtBKKIT9kG3e2-MUBBlZlKVtoCP-tUFtVUrA4us6iaxR8l_6hLDuRa-2sEKW2YUpkEuT8d7xEWtUdFumV49ic9wwBnUBiutQ_eq0b55F9_c/s320/Cy-turtleneck_cropped.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN">About
the Author</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Cy Young performed as a dancer/singer on
Broadway and co-starred at the Globe Theater in London in Divorce Me
Darling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He worked with Howard Keel (On
A Clear Day) and Buster Keaton (Once Upon A Mattress) as a featured player with
great reviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Young has many recordings
on the Painted Smiles Records, performed a night club act at New York's famous
Number One Fifth Avenue, and has done numerous commercials and voice
overs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also a writer, Cy has written
three published (French) plays, three musicals, and has a song on the Streisand
Third album, Draw Me A Circle, which Barbra used to open one of her early TV
Specials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cy's short story, The Schitzle
Connection, has been published by Twit Publishing (Winter/Spring. 2011 edition)
and won Best Short Story in an Oklahoma City Writer's Group contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;">Facebook:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;"> <u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/indie.lector"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.facebook.com/indie.lector</span></a></span></u>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;">Twitter:<span style="color: #0c559d;"> </span><u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CyrilCCC"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://twitter.com/CyrilCCC</span></a></span></u></span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #80017f; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0c559d; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Reluctant Bandit: lawlessness and the law Book 1<span face="" style="font-family: cambria, serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Historical fiction (western & romance elements)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa97LL7Dwy5DjJ5ES0yNzbiTEfDajb_isdd5OqUZzFK2YT4bN0dCHsJ6zdCnYXf9PNPNvQ7Wdhamiaj8ANzxmbMUdyGoQ5twvuHsrCOnVCn2_0m2NGqkoeHgx936GnAtSdGoQzpeaTVU/s2048/ReluctantCoverDigital.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1409" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa97LL7Dwy5DjJ5ES0yNzbiTEfDajb_isdd5OqUZzFK2YT4bN0dCHsJ6zdCnYXf9PNPNvQ7Wdhamiaj8ANzxmbMUdyGoQ5twvuHsrCOnVCn2_0m2NGqkoeHgx936GnAtSdGoQzpeaTVU/s640/ReluctantCoverDigital.jpg" /></a></b></div><p></p>
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one dilemma—rob the mercantile in a booming mining town or his brother Jimmy
dies–ending the morning with another–kidnapping the sheriff’s daughter.
Conscientious and guilt-ridden, he’s now responsible for Jimmy and Annabelle,
against their wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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up sheltered for reasons beyond her understanding. Chafing at the
restrictions placed on her by her single father and unwilling to be courted by
her father’s deputy, she begins planning a “trip.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Annabelle into a long-standing chain of events so intertwined they blur the
lines between law and disorder, and right and wrong. In the battle
between the law, lawlessness, and corrupt business, who will be willing to
sacrifice their goals and principles to gain resolution?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="" style="color: none; font-family: cambria, serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve
always been curious as well as a verbal processor who thinks about <i>things</i>,
a lot. This behavior also happens to drive my family a little batty. What may
seem like random thoughts and words sprouting out of seemingly nowhere has a
method in my mind—this includes the mid-sentence pauses, over-thinking, and a
variety pack of humor. It can be entertaining and confusing, but never dull.
Amongst the entertained: two male, rescue mutts—Yes, I talk to my dogs (I’m
sure I’m not alone in that). </span><span face="" style="font-family: cambria, serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="" style="color: none; font-family: cambria, serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While I
love wandering, wondering, and cloud watching, I also enjoy learning and</span><span face="" style="font-family: cambria, serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: none;">connecting
the dots in my inner and outer worlds. I’ve always been a voracious reader,
fountain pen and paper product enthusiast, as well as lover of wax seal jewelry
and pretty, shiny objects. I love a good story and analogies—written and
spoken. Tell me your story, my spirit will listen. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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frequently stand on the precipice, watching and observing, but when I’m in, I’m
all in. I’m your ride or die girl, or the Thelma to your Louise (or Louie,
whichever the case may be). Coffee or tea? Yes, please. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: none;">By </span><span style="background: none;">Kimberley B. Jones</span><span style="background: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Leah are living the good life. They have money, good looks, great
boyfriends, loving families, supportive friends, good grades, and, most
importantly, they have each other. They do everything together, from playing
sports to planning for their big prom night, and they share a bond of trust and
loyalty almost as if they were sisters. However, beneath the surface neither
their lives nor their friendship are as untroubled as they seem. When a friend
from Sasha’s past becomes the victim of police brutality, their friendship is
put to the test as both girls are forced to confront their values and what it
means to be privileged in American society.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a professional early childhood educator. She was born in the small town of
Saint George, South Carolina, on September 12, 1982. She graduated from
Woodland High School in 2000, Benedict College in 2004 with B.S., Child &
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Childhood Education. After receiving her education and being a military spouse,
she held several jobs as a preschool teacher and a preschool director, but she
wanted to use her education by writing children’s books. She wrote her first
book in college for a children’s literature course. She has since
self-published several books that can be found on Amazon. Currently, she is
branching off into writing fiction YA, NA, and A novels on issues in society.
She loves writing and would change it for nothing in this world. She is now
representing Rhetoric Askew, a great publishing company. Kimberley is the
author of “Our Friendship Matters,” soon to be released and so much more coming
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When outlaw Suzy Spitfire flies to Venus in search of a vicious serial killer, she’s looking for the road to redemption—but instead, she quickly becomes involved in a gang war, a revolution, and a desperate attempt to protect a young girl from a violent future.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Joe Canzano's writing. I jumped at the chance of reading <i>Suzy Spitfire and the Snake Eyes of Venus</i>. It's my favorite Canzano book yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Suzy is a queen - queen of badassery. She is strong and funny. I see more of her in this book, and I appreciate that. I love the friendship she built with Kiara and her relationship with Ricardo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Joe Canzano is a writer and musician who lives in New
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: none;">How do you dream? Are your dreams in color or
black 'n white? Do they feel surreal or all too real? Well, I'd like to
introduce you to my little slice of bittersweet. These subconscious woods hold
every fear and my anxieties masked as wolves. Nightmares that play on a
loop for weeks, even months at a time. Symptoms of waking in cold sweats and
shaking. The only moments of peace are found in the sporadically studded dreams
that happen every now and again. These woods house every past demon as well as
certain past versions of who I once was. This place is worse than death, yet it
inspires. So......Before my alarm goes off, before I take the last train out of
here, I take one last glance back, one last glance at all of the Polaroids,
pinned to every tree branch, Polaroids of every dream and nightmare that have
stolen my nights since '95......These dreams...these woods...this place...it's
my upside-down. This is my Slumberland...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Derra captured my attention with her diary-style recollections of some dreams she's experienced over the past few decades. She takes the reader on a ride through lush environments and dreamy scenes, as well the dark realms that we hesitate to navigate. It's clear that music is a big influence on her, and I love that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Derra Sabo. I am California born and raised. I spend
my days writing, sipping on coffee and listening to music. When I'm not busy
typing away, I love spending time with my family and friends. Days spent at the
beach ended by burgers at In-N-Out. Growing up I wanted to become a fashion
designer/drummer, but somewhere along the way writing grabbed ahold of me and
I've never looked back. Over the years writing has aided in healing from my
past. Being born and living with a rare disorder led to being bullied
throughout life as well as surgeries growing up. Writing and music are my
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<br />Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-66184471711408589042020-04-03T00:00:00.000-07:002020-04-03T16:07:47.974-07:00Book Blitz: DORK by Will Winkle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By Will Winkle<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: none;">Ray Cooper is graduating from college and doesn’t know what he
wants to do with his life – stop me if you’ve heard this before. Besides his
impending graduation, Coop also has the problem of trying to start a new
relationship in the shadow of his last one. Plus, his term project is due in
two weeks. He’s also losing his hair. Alright, he has a few problems. Over a
weekend, Ray attends the birthday party of a girl he isn't sure if he knows,
meets odd people at bars, and looks forward to the last hurrah he and his
friends have planned for Saturday when the local bars are offering discounts to
anyone with wristbands sold for charity. There’s no way any of this could go
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Winkle graduated from the University of Idaho with both a bachelor’s and a
master’s degree in economics, so naturally, he’s decided to become a novelist.
While in college Will wrote comedy segments for the show he hosted on the
university’s radio station, KUOI 89.3 FM Moscow, Idaho. Currently, he is
writing short stories and co-writing a one-man-show with a graduate theater
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the street lacked a sidewalk for that particular section of my route. Instead,
there was a dirt trail lined on both sides by patches of tall grass. Whenever I
ran on that side a clutch of small rocks would magically appear inside of my
shoes, and it was the time of year when snakes and lizards were starting to be
out and about. I’m not afraid of snakes, I’ve been startled more times by
sticks that looked like snakes than actual snakes. As long as I see one soon
enough I’m fine with it, but I’m markedly less fine with unexpectedly colliding
with a living creature that has so much in common with a rope. It’s not like
they can deftly avoid an impending running shoe, so if I spot it too late
there’s nothing either of us can do. Snakes can become tangled around your legs,
their only choice of action being to writhe around, which wouldn’t make matters
better for either of us. I don’t like octopi for the same reason, them being
the small net to the snakes' rope. My world changed the first time I saw a bird
carrying a snake while flying. Implying that at any moment my day can be ruined
in a way that I hadn’t even considered possible. I’m happy that I don’t live by
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<span style="background: none; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By Leslie A. Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: none; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Genre: Romantic
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: none;">She can trust him with her heart, but can she trust him with her
life?</span></b><span style="color: none;"><br />
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Growing up as a foster kid, Jessica Jensen found her escape in
movies-especially those starring teen heartthrob Reece Winchester. When she
meets him as an adult, he's just as charming, fascinating, and devastatingly
handsome as she'd imagined. Before she knows it, Jessica is falling hard. But
her real-life Cinderella story is about to take a deadly turn...<br />
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Jessica has completely upended everything about Reece's carefully ordered life.
There's a reason he's never allowed anyone to get so close to him before. But
now that she has, there's a target on her back. Because someone knows that the
Winchesters have been hiding some dark family secrets. Someone who is out there
waiting to strike. Waiting...and always watching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Throughout this charged, fast-paced love story, Kelly
expertly balances sensuality and intrigue. This will be a hit with readers
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">spicy contemporary romance." - Publisher's Weekly<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Leslie A. Kelly is a New York Times, USA Today
Bestselling Author of dark romantic thrillers and sexy romance (as Leslie
Kelly.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Known for their dark, edgy plots, strong
characters, intense action, and powerful worldbuilding, Leslie's romantic
thrillers have won great acclaim, including the National Reader's Choice Award,
the Aspen Gold Award, the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, and a Romantic
Times Magazine Award nomination. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of 34 years and two spoiled dogs. </span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: none; padding: 0in;">Visit her "alter ego"
site--www.lesliekelly.com--to learn more about her sexy contemporary
romances. </span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a film
director, Reece Winchester was used to watching life through a camera lens,
picturing angles, depth, color, and texture. He lived as a voyeur, removed from
the action he oversaw, the unseen god of the worlds he created for moviegoers
everywhere. Some people might see him as being aloof or uncaring. Hell, maybe
he was. But he’d learned hard lessons throughout his life about trust, about
grief, about tragedy and loss. Better to put a layer between yourself and the
outside world, as far as he was concerned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Maybe
that’s why he was able to remain calm during this latest catastrophe. He only
sighed as he stared at the charred remnants of his house, eying the wisps of
smoke still rising from the ruin in the early morning light, was number one on
that list.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> “Damn,
Reece, I’m so sorry,” said his brother Rowan, who’d been the one to call him at
two a.m. to tell him about the fire. He’d repeated the phrase about a dozen
times.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reece had been
shooting in the New Mexico desert, so his Beverly Hills home had been empty
when it went up in flames last night. He’d spent most of the flight back being
thankful he’d left his dog with his and had given the couple who looked after
the place two weeks off. During other trips, he’d left Cecil B., his golden
retriever, at home with the Scotts. He didn’t even want to think about what
could have happened if they’d been there. Shit could be replaced. Lives could
not. The loss of a couple of statues of a guy named Oscar was nothing compared to
the singeing of one hair on the heads of his employees or his dog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> “Any idea
yet what started it?” he bit out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I talked to the
fire investigator. He already found accelerant.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Arson? Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Somebody hates
me enough to burn down my house?” Reece murmured, a little more stunned by that
fact than by the fire itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It could have
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“And when I
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> “You know
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, it probably
was. He’d had overzealous fans before, mostly during his acting days. They
occasionally slipped from pushy into obsessive. He’d been dealing with a
particularly bad one lately, who’d found out where he lived and had been
leaving notes stuffed into the security gate. Perhaps that was who had gotten
past the fence last night and decided to send his home up in a giant ball of
flame that had, reportedly, been seen by people miles away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Do you ever
wonder if we’re damned?” he asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He’d had this
thought many times over the years but had never shared it with his twin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Don’t say that.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> He didn’t
push, knowing Rowan had done a better job moving beyond all the dark episodes
of the past. Reece, though, had found letting that go extremely difficult to
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“You know you can
stay with me for a while. At least until you find another place,” Rowan
offered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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“Dad has a spare room, too.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reece, his twin
Rowan, and their baby brother, Raine, had bought their hardworking father, who’d
supported them all his life, a big place on the beach a few months ago. His dad
would hate to hear about the fire but would probably love some company.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reece watched
silently as firefighters walked the site. They carefully looked for any
sputtering embers trying to reignite. With the drought, they also had to be
sure no sparks landed on a nearby roof, spreading the conflagration to the
entire neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Why don’t we get
outta here?” Rowan asked. “You’ve given your statement. You don’t have to stay.
Want some breakfast? We can pick up Cecil B. and take him out for pancakes.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Seeing his
dog sounded like a great idea to Reece. “Sure.” He was hungry, as, he
suspected, were the sweaty, exhausted firefighters. He’d already put in an
order for cold drinks and food for the guys who’d tried so hard to rescue his
six-thousand-square-foot house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just a house.
Just a building. Right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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worst part wasn’t the fire, but the realization that someone had set it. He was
in somebody’s crosshairs. The knowledge unsettled him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Surfing after?”
They hadn’t surfed together in months, both of them having busy schedules, and
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Between the Cracks: one woman's journey from
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Angela Lanza as she experiences the tumultuous world of early 20th century
Sicily and New York. Orphaned by the earthquake and powerful eruption of Mt.
Etna in 1908, Angela is raised in the strict confines of an Italian convent.
Through various twists of fate, she is married to a young Italian man whom she
barely knows, then together with her spouse, immigrates to the U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carmela Cattuti started her writing career as a writer for the
Somerville News in Boston, MA. She is a writer, painter, and yoga instructor in
Boston. After she finished her graduate work in English Literature at Boston
College, she began to writer creatively. As fate would have it, She felt
compelled to writer her great aunt’s story. Between the Cracks and The Ascent
have gone through many incarnations and will become a trilogy. The Ascent is
the second novel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A cross from Italy’s mainland sat the city of Messina like an
indomitable fortress. Proud of its solid presence, Messina was the travelers’
first encounter with the island of Sicily. The earthy colors of the buildings
and landscape signaled to the visitor or returning Sicilian that Messina and
its people belonged to the island, not to any outside political force or
cultural tradition. The clang of the donkey-drawn carts and the voices calling
out to customers to buy wares in the market added to the music of the city’s
sounds. Visitors marveled out loud at the cathedrals and ancient art work
throughout the city, but the locals walked and spoke softly, especially near
the narrow slits between the buildings. Visitors delighted in the snake-like
movement of the streets. The streets seemed to lead directly to a famous church
or street market but then would slowly veer off in a different direction. They
seemed to be designed to intentionally confuse. The city offered no help in
arriving at a specific destination. Ancient buildings were so close together
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to the openings, there seemed to be a whisper, not a sound you could hear with
your physical ears but heard in your mind. The whisper seemed to convey a
yearning that had been imprisoned for hundreds of years. When this happened,
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screamed a long scream that echoed off the ruins of the ancient churches. A
timeless scream that would always and forever be heard. Her city, Messina, was
a massive graveyard. She searched for her family—her mother, sister and
brother. She yelled their names into the air, into demolished houses. She
screamed at bodies crushed or run through by fallen beams. Other bodies were
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Strange
symptoms. Bloody secrets. Can one reporter solve a medical mystery before she
ends up in a body bag?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jordan
Reed put her world on hold to hunt down corruption. So when the gutsy journalist
gets tipped off about blood money changing hands at a pharmaceutical factory,
she dives into the story. With an otherwise healthy worker dropping dead of
multiple organ failure, Jordan suspects something far more sinister than a
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friends to join the investigation. But after a string of false leads and
tight-lipped witnesses, she ties her case to disturbingly similar evidence in a
medical trial on the other side of the globe. And if she doesn’t expose the
lethal conspiracy soon, Jordan is terrified she and her team could be the next
victims of the lethal cover-up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Deception</span></i><span style="line-height: 107%;">
is the first book in the gripping Jordan Reed thriller series. If you like
tenacious heroines, underdog stories, and edge-of-your-seat action, then you’ll
love K.C. Gillis’s page-turning tale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">K.C. (Kevin) Gillis
is the author of the Jordan Reed mystery series. Despite being a lifelong lover
of stories and books, writing took a distant back seat as his professional
career travelled through the Canadian Air Force, a decade as a chemist,
followed by a long and continuing run in corporate America. With writing no
longer in the back seat (but not quite yet in the front seat), Kevin has the
initial novels (plus one novella) for the Jordan Reed series well under way.
His personal interests focus on endurance and water sports. Having grown up in
the Canadian Maritimes, he now lives in the US northeast with his wife,
teenagers and a pair of black cats.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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online at www.kcgillis.com. You can connect with him on Twitter at
@kcgilliswriter, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kcgilliswriter and on </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19324657.K_C_Gillis">Goodreads.</a></span></span><span style="color: none; line-height: 150%;"> You can even email him directly at <a href="mailto:kevin@kcgillis.com"><span style="color: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">kevin@kcgillis.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of his books can be found at</span></a> <a href="http://kcgillis.com/"><span style="color: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">kcgillis.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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won’t think of Todd M. Thiede. He’s been a finance manager at a car dealership
in Illinois for over 15 years. He’s a father of 4 and now a grandfather of 3.
When he’s not working or spending time with his family, he’s writing books. His
Max Larkin Detective series has been on Amazon’s Bestsellers list for multiple
books in the series. He’s also written Political Thrillers under the pseudonym
T.T. Michael, and those books have won multiple awards from Readers’ Favorite
and Book Excellence Awards. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: none; line-height: 107%;">By </span><span style="background: none; line-height: 107%;">Melanie Forde</span><span style="background: none; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For Irish immigrant families like the Harrigans
and Gavagans, struggle has been the name of the game since they arrived in
Boston in the nineteenth century. For twice-orphaned Leah Gavagan, who comes of
age in the Depression, the struggle is compounded by bizarre visions that
disrupt her daily life -- and sometimes come true. She has difficulty fitting
in with her surroundings: whether the lace-curtain Dorchester apartment
overseen by her judgmental Aunt Margaret or the wild Manomet bluff shared with
her no-nonsense Aunt Theo and brain-damaged Uncle Liam. A death in the family
disrupts the tepid life path chosen for Leah and sets her on a journey of
discovery. That journey goes back to the misadventures shaping the earlier
generation, eager to prove its hard-won American credentials in the Alaskan
gold rush, the Spanish-American War, and The Great War. She learns of the
secrets that have bound Theo and Margaret together. Ultimately, Leah learns she
is not who she thought she was. Her new truth both blinds and dazzles her, much
like the Waterford decanter at the center of her oldest dreams -- an artifact
linking three Irish-American families stumbling after the American Dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Raised in a Boston Irish family, Melanie Forde knew her life
was infinitely easier than that of her ancestors, refugees from the Potato
Famine. The storytelling skills of her elders kept ancestral triumphs and
tragedies alive, so that the Potato Famine and the Easter Rebellion felt as
real as the Cold War. Inheriting the storyteller gene, Ms. Forde is the author
of three earlier novels, her <i>Hillwilla </i>trilogy<i>. </i>She now lives far from her roots, on a
West Virginia farm. She still maintains a potato patch—just in case.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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interpretation. A toddler … has no way of understanding the sensory input from
deep within a sailing vessel. It took years of dreaming, reading, and schooling
to identify the venue, to understand that great linen sails would snap in the
wind, that the wind itself often assumed a tormented human voice, that a wooden
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Dream didn’t have much of a plot but offered vignettes of
life in steerage, from the perspective of one specific passenger. Through his
eyes, Leah saw care-worn faces of all ages.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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and covered in shabby, soiled clothing. The garments suggested a different era.
Leah witnessed snippets of diverse human dramas: incipient love affairs,
marriages fraying under the stress of the ocean odyssey, the imminence of death
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The passenger sharing visions with the dreamer would retreat
to a recess tucked behind a hanging lantern. Leah eventually realized her guide
was a boy. She never saw his face, any more than she could see her own face
without benefit of a mirror. But she could see his short, thin limbs. Moreover,
that recess appeared too restricted to accommodate an adult. And from the
dreamer’s early twentieth-century perspective, the passenger’s odd-looking
pants were a reliable indicator of a male body underneath the cloth. Nor could
Leah imagine any female, even the most impoverished, putting up with such
spectacularly ugly shoes. In the privacy of his hidey hole, the boy would
invariably remove his boots briefly and rub his feet as if in pain. Naked, the
right foot twisted horribly inward. The deformity so repelled the young dreamer
that she sometimes would shake herself awake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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After the boy finished rubbing his feet, his grubby fingers would reach for a
burlap bag tucked even more deeply into the recess. His hands would then
extract something swathed in oilcloth. Once unwrapped, the contents exploded
with shards of lantern light in a dizzying array of colors. Looking down at the
object in the boy’s lap, Leah could see his chest and belly expand briefly.
Then those small hands would rewrap the light-filled wonder in the filthy
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<span style="background: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Genre: Middle Grade, Adventure, Friendship</span><b style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After
Alison Liv Isner is sucked into an old globe that sat on her father’s desk, she
wakes beside a campfire in a lush jungle, surrounded by five talking animals.
She quickly realizes these are the same friends her mom wrote about in her
expedition journal. Now, at only eleven-years-old, she has the opportunity to
complete her deceased mother’s unfinished expedition in the Temple of the
Monkey God. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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new found friends, a monkey, a fat rat, a bat, a burro with a piranha in a
mason jar tied around his neck, Ali decides to face the treacherous booby traps
inside of the temple and save the monkey idol from an evil group called The G</span><span lang="NL" style="color: white;">eese. </span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">As she
learns more about her deceased mom through her adventure journal, Ali and her
friends realize the book is the key to lead them through the tunnels of the
dreaded Temple of the Monkey </span><span lang="NL" style="color: white;">God</span><span style="color: white;">. If not, their lives are at stake and Ali will be trapped in the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: none; color: white;">Tyler H. Jolley is five-foot sixteen inches. By day he is an
orthodontist, and by night he is a sci-fi/fantasy author. He carries a curse
with him each day, too many fun book ideas and too little time to write them.
There isn't a place or time that ideas don't slam into the creative squishy
part of his brain. Fun facts: he hasn't puked since 1996, he loves pencils and
mountain biking. Writing and riding are a big part of his life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background: none;">His debut novel, EXTRACTED came out in 2013 with
Spencer Hill Press, and has been a Spencer Hill Press Best Seller, as well as
an Amazon Best Seller. PRODIGAL and RIVEN, the second and third books in The
Lost Imperials series were released in May of 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Here we go.” Ali stepped into the dark
opening. Cool, damp air tickled her nose. It reminded her of the inside of a
trunk her dad had accidently left in the rain. The next week when they’d opened
it, the moldy smell was pungent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just a few feet in, light from the entrance
cast itself at an angle on the opposite wall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Everyone had sidled up next to Ali.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“What are you thinking, human?” Figgy
asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ali shrugged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chicaletta rummaged through the pack on
Figgy’s rump and produced a metal-handled flashlight. Ali tripped just as
Chicaletta flicked on the light. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ali looked down at what she’d fallen over.
A skeleton with rotted clothes. She screamed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Suddenly, a huge, square stone as wide as
her father was tall and at least two times her height crashed from the ceiling
and blocked the entrance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trapped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Glenda’s high-pitched scream nearly
deafened Alison Liv Isner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chicaletta whipped around and pointed the
flashlight at the stone blocking the door. Ali tried to speak but couldn’t find
her voice. Adrenaline surged through her veins. The stone wasn’t just blocking
the door, but it was also a weapon. Spikes of varying lengths jutted out at
them from the rock. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ali shook her hands, trying to calm her
nerves. “What now?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“We’re trapped,” Tristan said. “We’re going
to die.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Never mind him,” Bait said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Ignore me all you want,” Tristan said.
“But one day I’ll be right. Probably.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Chicaletta?” Ali walked toward Figgy’s
pack. “Do you have another flashlight in there?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Yes,” Chicaletta said. “But we should save
the batteries.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Just light one of those bones on fire,”
Tristan yawned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“What?” Ali nearly yelled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It’ll be fine, watch,” Tristan said. He
scurried over to the bones. “Hey, skeleton, do you mind if we use your femur?”
He held his pink hand up to his ear. “Skeleton, if you don’t want us to use
your leg and clothes, speak now.” The skeleton didn’t move. Tristan turned back
to the group. “See? He doesn’t care.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ali looked to the others for guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I’ll fish out the flint,” Tristan said.
“No offense, Bait.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ali walked toward the skeleton with
trepidation. But, Tristan was right, after all. Any adventurer would wish to be
useful, even in death. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I guess,” Glenda swallowed hard, “it
should be okay.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chicaletta blinked and nodded at Ali.
“Hurry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ali knelt next to the skeleton and wrapped
her hands around its leg; she closed her eyes and cringed. The femur was the
largest bone and came free easily from the hip joint. She wrapped the tattered
clothes around the end just as Tristan scurried back with a flint and steel. Ali
struck the U-shaped steel against the flint, and sparks fell toward the old
cloth. It smoldered, and she blew on the embers. Flames encompassed the cloth.
It cackled to life, illuminating a modest space in front of her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Between Ali’s torch and Chicaletta’s
flashlight, the tunnel was still fairly dark. The temple felt more like a cave.
Musty air permeated the ten foot high stone tunnel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A hideous scraping sound of stone on stone
grabbed their attention. The large block with spikes slid toward them. Slowly,
at first. Then with momentum. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Run!” Ali waved her torch toward a tunnel.
“This way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The block slid forward with spikes inching
closer to Ali and her friends. But then it momentarily stopped, caught on the
dry skeleton. Bones crunched and twisted. The skull had become wedged. The
spiked stone lurched, and the skull exploded, filling the room with white dust
behind them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alison Liv Eisner ran down the tunnel, her
friends in tow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was no stopping the boulder. Filled
with terror, Ali pushed forward. The torch’s weak light made it difficult to
see far in front of them. The barbed block was a bulldozer, pushing aside dirt
and leaves, combined with the dead adventurer’s clothes and bones. A loud
banging and clanking noise drew Ali’s attention to what was ahead of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“What on earth is that ruckus?” Bait asked.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I don’t know,” Glenda said. “But it sounds
dangerous.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Glenda,” Ali said. “Fly ahead and
use your echolocation to figure out what it is.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Ali, that is a spectacular idea. I
can totally do that.” Glenda fluttered away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Be careful,” Ali yelled after her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The group carefully trudged forward,
but the spiked stone didn’t stop. Chicaletta’s flashlight cast a dull-yellow
cone just a few feet ahead. The hallway narrowed the deeper they walked. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-19996684059243400302019-08-28T11:14:00.000-07:002019-08-28T11:14:01.713-07:00Book Blitz: Victoria by John Molik<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="background: none;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By John Molik<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="background: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Genre: Technothriller, Science Fiction, Action and Adventure</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's the year AD 2430. Almost four hundred years earlier,
humanity had barely survived a horrific near-extinction-level event: a solar
micronova. Survivorship colonies set up by a cabal with advanced technologies
eventually evolve into a global Perfect Society called the United Federation of
Connectedness (UFC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Initially based on co-ops, barter and trade, and equal access
for all, a model that rose out of the ashes of the authoritarian governments of
the past, humanity, bored and striving for more, eventually steers the planet
to a balanced authoritarian model run by Victoria, a genetically engineered
Master Server, implanted with artificial intelligence. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When the Animal Rights Act is introduced, the backward-looking
religionists and many others think that Victoria has finally gone too far.
Artificial love is the glue that keeps the heavily networked society together,
but a radicalized religious cult, the MHs, who yearn for a natural connection
to their God, reject technology and the electronic beasts who govern. Protected
by the blood of their human messiah, they launch a terrorist attack to take
down the Perfect Society and replace it with their own. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A top scientist, Claressa, who is loyal to Victoria, and her
boyfriend, Pierre Lewalski, are summoned to UFC Capital City to thwart the
attack. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Will they be successful? <i>Should</i> they be? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">About the Author</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John
grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, graduated from UC Davis with a
bachelor's degree in economics, and has worked in numerous corporate finance
and project management positions in the consumer electronics and IT industries.
In 1990, he took an extended backpacking trip of the South Pacific before
attending graduate school. He met his future wife in New Zealand, and they were
married in 1991. They settled in Laguna Niguel, California. In 2003, John and
his family (now with two kids in tow) relocated to Christchurch, New Zealand. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John's
passion for writing began when he was a student at UC Davis and worked as a
feature writer for the California Aggie newspaper. Having been nominated for a
Hearst Journalism Award (1986) for a feature on genetic engineering, John later
found the inspiration to write again. In 2013, he began outlining his first
thriller, The Fiduciary Delusion, which became the first novel in the Horsemen
trilogy. John loves to read techno-thrillers, science fiction, murder mysteries
and action and suspense novels. Some of his favorite authors include: Philip K.
Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Lawrence Sanders, Isaac Asimov, Michael Faber and Clive
Cussler.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John's
interests also include science, existential philosophy, health, and both
Western and Eastern holistic medicine. John also plays guitar, piano, sings,
and writes music. In addition, a self-confessed “gym rat,” John can be
regularly found lifting weights, trudging up hills, sea kayaking, and getting
out and about enjoying the beautiful wild outdoors. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-John-Molik-ebook/dp/B07WVRNMJB" target="_blank"><span style="background: none; color: #1155cc;">https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-John-Molik-ebook/dp/B07WVRNMJB</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15168291.John_Molik" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15168291.John_Molik</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Boniface Rotner faltered, shook his head,
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from the sect, leaned against the stainless steel railing which encircled the
metal alloy chamber. Peering down, he glimpsed the top of Boniface’s mat of
black hair. Cornell wiped sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. He
pleaded. “Come on! You can <i>do </i>this!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ahead of anyone in their sect in intelligence, creativity, and focus. Earlier,
it was decided by sect leaders that he was the only one that could accomplish
this critical mission. Not only was Boniface the only one who understood the
technical complexity of this 398-year-old technology, he also had very small
hands due to his age, which was a crucial job requirement for this particular
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carefully inserted it into the capacitance resonator of the high-voltage
transformer. <i>Mr. Elam is right. This goes wrong and this entire community
will be enveloped in a ball of super-heated plasma. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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were clammy. Fidgeting, he mindlessly looked right then left, and replied,
“Alright, then! But, you got to hurry, lad! You got to hurry!” Cornell
nervously glanced over his shoulder as if the empty ten-by-ten-foot, fully
contained and impenetrable control room was suddenly being breached by a pack
of rabid wolverines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Boniface’s neck, but he paid little attention to it. Busy concentrating on the
task at hand, he knew that the magneto wand must not touch the quantum harmonic
oscillator. The Moray generators were at full bore, producing over 5,000
kilowatts of raw electrical power, and were just one step away from being
connected to the Tesla scalar interferometer which, when ignited, would produce
a thin, impenetrable shell of electromagnetic energy hovering over the sect’s
temple and surrounding area. No weapon, or even gamma radiation from an
electromagnetic pulse, would be able to touch those living under it. But, if Boniface
screwed this up and touched the oscillator, it was lights out for every living
thing in a ten-mile radius.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of a squirrel, Cornell jerked his head in the direction of the sound. “Shit!
Those are fucking incomings!” He pounded the steel railing with both fists.
“Hurry!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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assuage the anxiety and regain focus. Opening them slowly, he made sure his
steady hand did not waver. The magneto wand just had to pass by the hidden
oscillator and make contact with the bridging terminal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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all nuclear-tipped, grew louder and louder as their perilous cargos came closer
to their target.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“For fuck’s sake, Rotner! It’s now or
never!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Boniface didn’t like swearing, as it was
against their religion. Besides, it was Mr. Elam who had taught him acceptable
words from the past to use as substitutes. Yet, he also realized that when your
life and the lives of all your community looked like it was nearing their end,
man’s evil tongue could sometimes release vulgarities, so he forgave Mr. Elam. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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quickened his pace. Biting his lip, he edged his hand forward through the small
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A thin, shrill voice, like the cry of a
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guided the wand upward. The sonic roar of the incoming missiles was now
vibrating the entire control room. It was now or never. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ear-shattering electronic clang and hum assaulted their ears. The hair on his
head stood on end as if he was grabbing the top of a Van de Graaff generator.
The banks of LED lights on the control panels illuminated just before the
entire room shook violently. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Sage Adderley-Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728510507129007897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803085931760032202.post-9190009484509706442019-07-24T00:00:00.000-07:002019-07-24T00:00:03.378-07:00BOOK BLITZ: Becoming Grim by Ashley Tomlinson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By Ashley Tomlinson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Piper is running away from a cheating boyfriend and New York
City when something terrible happens, her plane crashes. Instead of going to
Heaven or even to Hell she goes to a whole other plane of existence. Now not
only is she dead but she is a reaper learning the ropes to collecting souls
from the handsome, Zeke. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Everything is going great until Piper sees something that she's
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the Author </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ashley Tomlinson was born in a very small town in South Carolina
and now she lives in a slightly larger city in South Carolina with her husband.
Most days you can find her writing in her home office that is filled to the
brim with books and candles. When she isn’t writing she’s spending time with
her plethora of animals, curled up reading on her couch, painting, or
crocheting a blanket that she will probably never finish. She also loves being
apart of the bookstagram world, especially taking photos of books. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She knew she wanted to be a writer in high school but didn’t
pursue it fully until she was in her twenties. Now not a day goes by when she
isn’t in front of her laptop typing away. Her head is always in the clouds
thinking up new scenes or coming up with a new book idea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a short period in a lifetime; strung together by one intensely charged event
after another. It is the humor of life, marriage, and motherhood surrounded by
the challenges of fighting the onslaught of an unknown disease, broken societal
systems, and the suffering of broken hearts. It is the story of the average
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Michael Conant is the
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Publishing Press. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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world of book publishing, Michael spent over twenty years in b2b publishing. He
served as a circulation, sales, and marketing executive, managing products
across several industries, with a concentration in financial publications.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to</span><span style="color: none;"> his foray into publishing, Michael pursued
his love of theater as an actor, singer, director, and producer at
regional theaters, dinner theaters, and at several <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Off-Off Broadway</span> theaters. Michael introduced New York audiences to
the American <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">premier</span> of Hal Shaper’s
musical adaptation of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jane Eyre</i>,
which featured Michael as Rochester along with a very young Alyssa Milano as
his ward, Adelle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shortly after moving
to Pasadena, CA, Mr. Conant <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was introduced</span>
to Cure Mito, an organization of “Mito Moms” dedicated to funding Mitochondrial
Disease research in support of Dr. Richard Boles at Los Angeles Children's
Hospital. Michael helped the group secure <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">non-profit</span>
status and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was elected</span> as the
organization’s first president. </span></span></div>
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publishing duties and new writing efforts, Michael plays a lot of tennis with
his South Pasadena, Arroyo Secco teammates. He also spends free time visiting
with family and getting "puppy" kisses from his niece's lovable,
crazy Bernedoodle, Bentley. (b3ntley_zefluff on Instagram)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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co-author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">David Margrave: The plumber
who outwitted the IRS</i>. He may <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">be contacted</span>
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<span style="line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Justice Gone, a mystery/legal thriller which publishes February 22, 2019, touches upon many topical, controversial issues in today's society as well as being a thrilling and engaging read. The story encapsulates current social issues: police brutality, homelessness, the plight of returning war veterans, the frenzy of the press, and the mechanics of the US judicial system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Bruntfield</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Ne</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Jersey</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">jus</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">anothe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bana</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tow</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">par</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the countr</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">nobod</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">think</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">about</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">abou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">becom</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">famous; o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rather</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">mor</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">aptl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">put</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">infamous</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">P</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">eopl</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sauntere</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">past lackluste</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">shop</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">una</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ar</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fe</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">days</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">lackadaisical street</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">woul</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bea</span>r <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rabi</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">frustration</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">divide</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">nation; </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">pus-lik</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 2.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bitternes</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hel</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">chec</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">b</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">demands o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">eryda</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">survi</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">distraction</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">offere</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">b</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">obsessi</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span>e <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">consumeris</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">braze</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">media.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Som</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">woul</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">inevitabl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">blam</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">cascad</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ent</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">eather</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sinc</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">origin</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">coul</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">foun</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ho</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">summe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">day i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">2006</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Sure</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">jus</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">abou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">al</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">summe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">day</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ar</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hot</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bu</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">thi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">one </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">clos</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">record</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">humi</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">boot</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">B</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">en</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">July, th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Northeas</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">coas</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sufferin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">unde</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">elterin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hea</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span>. <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Despit</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">humidity</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">n</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">on</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">coul</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">remembe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">las</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tim</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it ha</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rained</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hundred-</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ea</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">drough</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">predicted</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;">’</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">said.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Bruntfield</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">,<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">amon</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">man</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">place</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">unde</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">thi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">curse</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ha</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">its </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ate</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">suppl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">s</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">se</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">erel</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">depresse</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">cit</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">authoritie</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ere force</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">impos</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ate</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rationing</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">A</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">asn’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">enough</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the excessi</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">loa</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ai</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">conditioner</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">le</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">incessan</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">brownouts. </span>W<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">eathe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">nothin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">les</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tha</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">insufferable</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">suffocating, oppressi</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">provoking</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">temper</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">flare</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">alon</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">wit</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the temperature</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Bu</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">loca</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">situation</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ba</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">as</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">about t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ge</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">worse.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">I</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">n<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hear</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">thi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">smal</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">town</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">jus</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bloc</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">u</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fro</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bus depot</span>, <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sa</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Sliders</span>, a<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rathe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">successfu</span>l <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">drinkin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">establishment caterin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">youn</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">adults</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">note</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fo</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ecstasy-fuele</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ra</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span>e <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">parties</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">A</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fou</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">afternoon</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">owner</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Jo</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Poppet</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">burly ma</span>n <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">wit</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">thic</span>k <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">re</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bear</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ell-de</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">elope</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bee</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">belly</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">starin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">larg</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glas</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">facad</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bar.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">“Scre</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">thi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">heat</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> man.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">Jo</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">eatin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">becaus</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">didn’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tur</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">air-conditioning</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rule</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">didn’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">pu</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">unti</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hal</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hou</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">before opening</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">H</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">possesse</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rathe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">cynica</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">personality</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">considering himsel</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">continuall</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">persecute</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">b</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">life’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">littl</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">aggra</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ations</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Now i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hea</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rampin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">u</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">electricit</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bill</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">soo</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">would b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">freezin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">temperature</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">inflatin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">heatin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bill…al</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ays something</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">worrie</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">constantl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">exceede</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hopes</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">H</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">sor</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">“glass-half-empty</span>”<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">man.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Rud</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">y<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Glum</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sha</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">en-heade</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bartender</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">easygoing optimist</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">“glass-half-full</span>”<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">kin</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">guy</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">H</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">whistlin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">he </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ashe</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glasse</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sin</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">behin</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bar</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">“</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">T</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">el</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">abou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it,” h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">chuckled</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">“</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hea</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">buddy.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Bu</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Rudy’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sanguinit</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">di</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">no</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ru</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">of</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Joe</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">“There’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">that gu</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">again.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">“Wha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">guy?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">“Tha</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fuckin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">gu</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sa</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">esterday.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">“Oh</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">,<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">eah</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">he’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">probabl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fro</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bu</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">depot</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Lott</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">homeless han</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">there.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Jo</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">continue</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">star</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glas</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">facade</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">feelin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">helpless. “Fo</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Chrissakes</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">wh</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">can’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">cit</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">d</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">somethin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ge</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ri</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">of thos</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> bastards</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">They</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">’</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fuckin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">esore…it’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">ba</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fo</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">business. Probabl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> go</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> disease</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">too.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Rud</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">finishe</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">dryin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glas</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">han</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hun</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">up o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bee</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">mu</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">rack</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">“</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">Y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">eah</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">goddam</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">shame,</span>”<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">said noncommittally</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tryin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ge</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">thes</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glasse</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">don</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">befor</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">enin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">crow</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> surge</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">in.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">“H</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">doesn’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ha</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">shir</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">on.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">“</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.65pt; line-height: 110%;">Y</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">eah</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">,<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">el</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hot</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">ain’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">it</span>?<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>W<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">is</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">coul</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tak</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">min</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">off."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">"An</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">d<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">’</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">openin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hour</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Ladie</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">Nigh</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tonight.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Rud</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">y<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">sai</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">nothin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">whil</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">reachin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fo</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">anothe</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glas</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fro</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">the sin</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">behin</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bar.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">“Cal</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">cops.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;">Th</span><span style="line-height: 110%;">e<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">bartende</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">froz</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">wit</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">glas</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">stil</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hand</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">“</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">An</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tell the</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">what?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">“</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">don’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">know</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">tel</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">‘e</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">there’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">someon</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">suspiciou</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">hangin ou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">corner…tryin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">brea</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">int</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">car</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">something</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">That </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">a</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">they</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">’</span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">l</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">com</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">fast.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reluctantly</span></span><span style="line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">Rud</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">pu</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">dow</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">hi</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">dishrag</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">picke</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">u</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">the phone</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">an</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">diale</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">911</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">no</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">feelin</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">goo</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">abou</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">all.</span></span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By Giuseppe Cafiero<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My main interest in the life of Vincent Van Gogh is in his humanity. In attempting to understand the man and his art, I have focused on the women and the places which played an essential part in his development. In my opinion, no previous biography has concentrated so specifically on these two factors, which I have used to provide the framework for my account. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The women are presented as women of flesh and blood, certainly, but also in the roles of spiritual guides (Mrs Jones), mother figures (Kee Voss, Sien Hornik, Margot Begemann), or subjects for portraits (Mme Roulin and Mme Ginoux). Places, too, played a decisive part in the development of his character and art. Isleworth, Amsterdam, the Borinange, Arles, St. Remy, Auvers-sur-Oise witnessed and influenced Vincent’s attempts to capture colours, atmosphere and the effects of light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyone interested in the tormented life of this extraordinary man is therefore bound to be fascinated by this account, which also draws out a further vital factor: Vincent’s obsessive determination to become a painter. It is impossible to understand the man without investigating the nature of his obessions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Obsession was the subtle, tragic malady which slowly but inexorably consumed the man: the obsessive determination to express himself in colour and symbol; an obsession with redemption (seen in his mission to the Belgian miners of the Borinage and his relationship with Sien), an obsession with friendship (the failure of his relationship with Gauguin), his obsession with a self-tormenting spirituality (the relationship with his pastor father), with brotherly love (his relationship with Theo, which touches on the morbid), with the sun of the southern France (Arles and Auvers), and with death itself.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Powerless to intervene, we witness the long and painful progress towards his final suicide, heralded by the longing for extinction once madness (undoubtedly desired and loved as a means to silence his anguish) had proved a grievous companion and certainly not the source of hoped-for peace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="IT"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The work consists of ten chapters, each featuring a place and a woman who played an important part in Vincent’s life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Giuseppe Cafiero lives in the Tuscan countryside, in Lucignano, in the province of Arezzo, Italy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Born in Naples, he spent his childhood in several Italian cities. In Bologna he began to attend intellectual circles at Roberto Roversi ‘s renowned bookstore, “Palma Verde”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was in one of the magazines published by this cultural center, that the first part of “James Joyce – Rome and other stories” was first published.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He later worked for various radio producers, especially Radio Capodistria and the Italian Swiss Radio so he moved to Tuscany. Finally he was able to devote himself to reading and to pursue his literary work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His main literary influence was Calvin, author of extraordinary literary intellectual subtlety and intelligence. Giuseppe Cafiero continuously reads Borges, another great sublime, inimitable author who also worshiped Joyce.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Giuseppe Cafiero has written renditions, free adaptations, reductions for the radio, translations from French. The spectrum of names is extensive, from Shakespeare to O’Neill, from Raspe to Daudet, from Toller to Brecht. He has written for thaetre and radio, collaborating also with the RAI, Radio Sveringes and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But his strongest point is the “bio-fiction” as his book about Joyce in Rome, another published in 2008 about Vincent van Gogh, and one about Monsieur Gustave Flaubert in 2010. The three characters were revolutionary in their own field. Van Gogh, with his extraordinarily beautiful explosion of colors. Joyce, who broke with the literary realism of the 1800′s.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Due to his experience writing for radio, his books have a great handling of the language of his characters. This is the case of the program Giuseppe Cafiero wrote called ‘James Joyce in una notte in Valpurga’, in 1990, after which he ended the narrative fiction of Joyce’s stay in Rome in 1906 and 1907.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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really is a God, then let the roof of the mine collapse on Daddy today and send
him to hell, where he belongs.</i><span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Coreen
plucked a chenille thread from the faded bedspread and flung it into the dark
space behind her cot. Tears blended with sweat and slid across her face.
Stained curtains fluttered as a steamy breeze blew down the holler, through the
coal camp, and into the dining room that served as her sleeping quarters.<span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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room seemed gloomier than usual. Dark shadows lurked in the corners and
threatened to swallow up the buffet, discarded by a family who could afford
something better. Its sagging drawers and chipped paint made her sad. The
shadows closed in on her too as she lay on the metal cot, tucked into the
corner like the Christmas gift nobody wanted.<span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Springs
squeaked as Coreen turned away from the room and stared out the window.
Mountains rose in every direction, like prison walls around the mining camp.
She ran her fingers across a fresh bruise. If only she could escape. Especially
today. Especially after what he did this morning—and what he said he planned to
do tomorrow. But no matter how hard she tried, no answer came to mind.<span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A
low rumble echoed through the hollers. The odor of dirt mixed with coal dust
seeped through the window. A storm was coming. Coreen twirled her ponytail,
nearly the color of the faded-yellow chenille bedspread beneath her, and
wrapped it into a bun. A gust of wind whipped the curtains into the air,
slapping her damp skin in a torturous dance.<span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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raindrop plopped onto the tin roof, then another and another until the sound
resembled an approaching coal train. The intensity mirrored Coreen’s anxiety.
She lay there listening, thinking about a solution to her problem, dreaming of
a happy ending—until her eyes flickered and closed.<span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A boom exploded.
Windows rattled and the cot shook. Coreen shot up with a gasp. An eerie yellow
tint filled the room. Her heart pounded. “Mama? Mama? Where you at?”<span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was silent except for the rumbles of thunder and the concussive pounding of
rain on the roof. Across the room, light framed the door to her parents’ room.
She listened. No sounds inside the house. Did it mean he wasn’t home yet? Was
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sizzled outside her window and filled the house with pulsing flashes. A gust of
wind picked up the rain-soaked curtains and slapped Coreen across the face. The
thunder cracked with such violence, it seemed to lift the house into the air
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Mama!”
she screamed as terror wrapped itself around her.</span><span style="color: #none;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An ancient evil has returned... and it comes for the children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A battle between good and evil rages across otherworldly dimensions. Caretakers protect earthly souls--jumpers hunt them as prey. RG and Kacey Granville have made it their life's mission to intercept and defeat these dark forces, but nothing could prepare them for the malevolent spirit they're facing--a deadly jumper, plucking children from their homes, taking them back in time to a hidden corner of the past...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">... adding them to his collection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In a heart-stopping trek across time, the team must risk it all and jump seventy years into the past to rescue the innocent--and hope their mission isn't a one-way ticket into history. And if they're to save the children, they must halt an unspeakable evil that will stop at nothing to protect its 'precious' souls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The second installment in the Caretakers Series, The Soul Dweller brings every child's nightmare to life and puts a face to that monster in the closet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: none; color: #none; line-height: 107%;">Stephen Paul Sayers is a college professor and best selling author of supernatural thriller and horror fiction. His debut novel, <i>A Taker of Morrows</i>, was published by Hydra Publications in June 2018. The second book in the Caretakers series, <i>The Soul Dweller</i>, is set to launch TODAY, November 26. His short fiction has appeared in <i>Unfading Daydream</i> and <i>Well-Versed</i>. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br />
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<span style="background: none; color: #none;">As a research scientist, Stephen yields to the left-brain world of data analysis and statistics by day, but releases the demons in his slightly twisted right-brain by night. It gets strange around dusk when neither side is fully in control. He makes his home in Columbia, MO and Plymouth, MA—not far from the Cape Cod locations he writes about in the Caretakers novels. Throughout his journey, he has accumulated five guitars, four herniated discs, three academic degrees, two dogs, and one wife, son, and daughter. But not necessarily in that order. </span><br />
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<span style="background: none;"><span style="color: orange;">For more about the author</span></span><span style="background: none; color: none;">, visit <a href="https://www.stephenpaulsayers.com/">https://www.stephenpaulsayers.com</a> or reach out on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephenpaulsayers">https://www.facebook.com/stephenpaulsayers</a>; Twitter: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/SayersAuthor">https://www.twitter.com/SayersAuthor</a>; or Instagram: </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stephenpaulsayers">https://www.instagram.com/stephenpaulsayers</a></span></span><u><span style="background: none; color: blue; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So many different ones, with welcoming eyes, maybe an intimidating scowl…or a false smile, a distracted glance, a courteous nod, a lustful once-over. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A face can communicate some things…but not everything. No face reveals the true world lurking behind it. It hides things no one could ever see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The thoughts of unsuspecting strangers streamed through their well-constructed facades and into RG’s mind like blinding sleet in a winter storm. Their truths…<i>well, don’t you look like shit today, honey</i>…their sins…<i>you still have time to hide the body where no one will ever find it</i>…their pleas for help…<i>don’t let him track me down again. Don’t let him find me here, please God</i>…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Who would have guessed looking into RG’s face that he sheltered some of the darkest secrets of the universe behind his brown eyes and kind smile, secrets nobody could possibly fathom. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Who would have guessed that he had discovered a battle between good and evil raging outside life’s boundaries, one determining the fate of earthly souls, where ‘caretakers’ protect the living and ‘jumpers’ hunt them as prey; that his loving wife, Kacey, could glimpse the future in her dreams and change it, and transport herself into otherworldly dimensions; that his long-dead father and caretaker, Morrow, had saved him from a collision course with a ruthless and vengeful jumper from the afterlife.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">RG stared at the familiar curves and lines reflecting in the bathroom mirror as he braved another day, another chance to mull over the abrupt, life-altering events that had upset his world, turned him upside down and inside out, and redefined his life. And he was nowhere near wrapping his head around it. Life had tried to settle back into some variance of normal, the entire last year shifting him back to a steady acceptance of lost ground, unfavorable notoriety, and the need to claw his way back out of the trenches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shuffling into the bedroom, RG ran a hand through his thick hair to flatten it down, what Kacey lovingly called his wavy brown garden of weeds, then stretched through a silent yawn. He <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">paused a moment and traced his wife’s face and body contours with an appreciative gaze, part of his waking ritual he had yet to kick. With a spate of freckles across her nose and a river of near-auburn hair spilling over tan shoulders, Kacey Granville could send his heartbeat rocketing with a simple glance, or laugh, or a million other things she drew from her arsenal to paralyze his senses. And each passing day brought with it something different, something else to trip the switch and increase the palpitations. If a cardiologist wired him up and monitored him throughout the day, the wild swings in rhythm would force the doc to send for an ambulance before he had finished his first cup of morning coffee. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">The wine business is one of the world’s most fascinating industries and China is considered the rising star. A hidden secret, the Chinese wine industry continues to grow at an amazing pace and is projected to soon enter the top five producing nations, supplanting long established countries such as Australia. </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">Inside the Chinese Wine Industry: The Past, Present, and Future of Wine in China </i>takes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> you through the growing Chinese wine scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Wine has had a meteoric rise in China over the past two decades. The nation is projected to become the second most valuable market for wine in the world by 2020. One recent study concluded that 96% of young Chinese adults consider wine their alcoholic drink of choice. Not only does <i>Inside the Chinese Wine Industry</i> explore current expansion and business models, it journeys back to the past to see where it all began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">here are more than seven hundred wineries in China today. Although it’s bit of an oversimplification, the vast majority of the wineries fit into one of two categories: the larger established producers who churn out mostly plonk to meet the growing demand for inexpensive wine and the newer wineries that try to cater to the tastes of the wealthy Chinese with money to spend on luxury goods like fine wine. In the words of wine guru Karen MacNeil, author of <i>The Wine Bible</i>, “The cheap wines from the very large producers have mostly verged on dismal.” However, this should not be considered a blanket statement regarding every wine from large producers. Also, she has positive reflections regarding the level of wine produced by “cutting-edge wineries” which she finds “far better.” How good are they? MacNeil asserts: “Some of these wines are so good they could easily pass for a California or Bordeaux wine in a blind tasting.” </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Loren Mayshark studied Chinese art, religion, philosophy, and history while earning a B.A. in history from Manhattanville College in New York. After graduation, he attended The Gotham Writers Workshop and the prestigious New York Writers Workshop. He has written about the Chinese wine industry for <i>The Jovial Journey</i> and <i>Sublime China</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After college, he supported his itinerant lifestyle by working dozens of jobs, including golf caddy, travel writer, construction worker, fireworks salesman, substitute teacher, and vineyard laborer. Predominantly his jobs have been in the restaurant industry. He cut his teeth as a server, maître d’, and bartender at San Francisco’s historic Fisherman’s Grotto #9, the original restaurant on the Fisherman’s Wharf. While working with a colorful crew of primarily Mexican and Chinese co-workers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">He spent much of his young adult life exploring the wine industry </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif;">from Sonoma Valley to the North Fork of Long Island, immersing himself in vineyards and learning valuable lessons. He</span><span style="font-family: "verdanaa" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> has traveled extensively in South America, Europe, and Asia. He presently splits his time between Western New York and Sweden.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif;">His first book, <i>Death: An Exploration</i>, won the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Award in the category of Death and Dying and was a finalist for book of the year in the 2016 Foreword INDIES Awards in the category of Grief/Grieving (Adult Nonfiction). <i>Inside </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the Chinese Wine Industry</span></i><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> is his third book.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For more information visit his website: lorenmayshark.com.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Keep up with him on Twitter: @LorenMayshark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: none; color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By Loren Mayshark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">The wine business is one of the world’s most fascinating industries and China is considered the rising star. A hidden secret, the Chinese wine industry continues to grow at an amazing pace and is projected to soon enter the top five producing nations, supplanting long established countries such as Australia. <i>Inside the Chinese Wine Industry: The Past, Present, and Future of Wine in China </i>takes you through the growing Chinese wine scene.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />Wine has had a meteoric rise in China over the past two decades. The nation is projected to become the second most valuable market for wine in the world by 2020. One recent study concluded that 96% of young Chinese adults consider wine their alcoholic drink of choice. Not only does <i>Inside the Chinese Wine Industry</i> explore current expansion and business models, it journeys back to the past to see where it all began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">here are more than seven hundred wineries in China today. Although it’s bit of an oversimplification, the vast majority of the wineries fit into one of two categories: the larger established producers who churn out mostly plonk to meet the growing demand for inexpensive wine and the newer wineries that try to cater to the tastes of the wealthy Chinese with money to spend on luxury goods like fine wine. In the words of wine guru Karen MacNeil, author of <i>The Wine Bible</i>, “The cheap wines from the very large producers have mostly verged on dismal.” However, this should not be considered a blanket statement regarding every wine from large producers. Also, she has positive reflections regarding the level of wine produced by “cutting-edge wineries” which she finds “far better.” How good are they? MacNeil asserts: “Some of these wines are so good they could easily pass for a California or Bordeaux wine in a blind tasting.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: none; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Loren Mayshark studied Chinese art, religion, philosophy, and history while earning a B.A. in history from Manhattanville College in New York. After graduation, he attended The Gotham Writers Workshop and the prestigious New York Writers Workshop. He has written about the Chinese wine industry for <i>The Jovial Journey</i> and <i>Sublime China</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">After college, he supported his itinerant lifestyle by working dozens of jobs, including golf caddy, travel writer, construction worker, fireworks salesman, substitute teacher, and vineyard laborer. Predominantly his jobs have been in the restaurant industry. He cut his teeth as a server, maître d’, and bartender at San Francisco’s historic Fisherman’s Grotto #9, the original restaurant on the Fisherman’s Wharf. While working with a colorful crew of primarily Mexican and Chinese co-workers. </span><span style="background: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: none;">He spent much of his young adult life exploring the wine industry </span><span style="background: none;">from Sonoma Valley to the North Fork of Long Island, immersing himself in vineyards and learning valuable lessons. He</span><span style="background: none;"> has traveled extensively in South America, Europe, and Asia. He presently splits his time between Western New York and Sweden.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">His first book, <i>Death: An Exploration</i>, won the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Award in the category of Death and Dying and was a finalist for book of the year in the 2016 Foreword INDIES Awards in the category of Grief/Grieving (Adult Nonfiction). <i>Inside </i></span><i><span style="background: none; color: #222222;">the Chinese Wine Industry</span></i><span style="background: none; color: #222222;"> is his third book.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For more information visit his website: lorenmayshark.com.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ew things signal civilization and sophistication more than enjoying a fine wine with an excellent meal. It may be asserted that China is the world’s oldest continuous civilization. One of the features of its culture is that Chinese cuisine serves up superb meals. Until recently, however, fine wines have been absent there, at least wine made from the noble grape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In many ways, we live in a golden age for wine. The wine world has many exciting new wrinkles from fancy new mobile applications to devices that allow us to extract a glass of wine from a bottle and then return it to the cellar to rest for a couple of years without changing the character of the wine. With all the current trends and innovations, it is the best time to enjoy wine. This is certainly a special age, in the words of renowned wine critic Jancis Robinson: “The irony is that just as the difference in price between the best and worst wines is greater than it has ever been, the difference in quality is narrower than ever before.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sage/Desktop/Inside%20the%20Chinese/Inside%20the%20Chinese.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 135%;">[1]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> Perhaps one of the most pervasive reasons for this truism, which Robinson so eloquently captured, is the globalization of the wine industry. One cannot fully understand the global wine industry of today without developing a deeper understanding of its largest and fastest growing player: China.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Though starting relatively late historically with grape wine production and consumption, China has been catching up quickly. China’s role in the global wine industry continues to grow at an astonishing pace. Wine consumption in China doubled between 2008 and 2013 when China became the fifth largest consumer of wine in the world. At the end of 2013, China became the world’s largest market for red wine, and China is projected to become the second most valuable market for wine in the world by 2020 (behind the U.S.), which will have a profound impact on various aspects of the global wine industry.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sage/Desktop/Inside%20the%20Chinese/Inside%20the%20Chinese.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 135%;">[2]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> These are significant statistics for anyone who has a serious interest in the global wine industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To feed the rapidly rising consumption, the domestic production in China has also increased at an amazing rate. China now has more than seven hundred vineyards, compared to 240 in 1995.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sage/Desktop/Inside%20the%20Chinese/Inside%20the%20Chinese.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 135%;">[3]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> As of 2018, China is projected to have the second largest area of wine grapes planted in the world and to be the seventh largest producer of wine.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sage/Desktop/Inside%20the%20Chinese/Inside%20the%20Chinese.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 135%;">[4]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While wine has deep roots in Western culture, China has a rich history of wine production which dates back to millennia before Christ. However, it must be stressed that this tradition is almost exclusively rice wine. The production and mass consumption of grape wine is a recent phenomenon in China. A 2015 poll found that 96 percent of young adults in China select wine as their favored alcoholic beverage.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sage/Desktop/Inside%20the%20Chinese/Inside%20the%20Chinese.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 135%;">[5]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> This book examines the development of the Chinese wine industry in a historical context and explains how the Chinese grape wine industry has exploded in the last two decades. We will explore the fascination with European Grapes in China and the explosion of the import and consumption of <i>Vitis vinifera</i> (the most important wine-grape species in the world) in China and the historical precedent for that. We will attempt to answer burning questions such as: What changed to make China wine-crazy? How can a tourist enjoy unique wine experiences in China? Why is mass wine production and consumption a modern phenomenon? Why are there not a lot of Chinese wines exported to the United States and Europe?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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