Toril and Malena barely complete wedding vows before their future crumbles. War ignites the borderlands; conspiracy stalks the young clan chief. Attackers raze their town, assaulting Malena and leaving her near death. Whoever commissioned the violence kidnaps dozens of children, with plans to sacrifice them in taboo acts of blood magic. Legend says an ordeal might give the couple power to fight back--but its price is as mythic as its potency... Can they battle real and inner demons, sacrif...

Harold Cruse was right. The Crisis of the Negro (Black/African American) Intellectual is real. But if doesn't have to be. There are solutions to be had. If only Black leaders were looking in the right places.

Hear My Voice: Stories of Coming Out. An anthology of 'coming out' stories.

Are human beings doomed to muddle through a dreary existence, bereft of hope? Can we do better than put a brave face on it, as Camus recommended in "The Myth of Sysiphus"?In this one-act play--a classic response to existential favorites such as "Waiting for Godot" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"--two actors wrestle with science, religion, an unseen director, and their own choices about how they'll interpret the script they've been given.Snappy dialog, whimsy, an...

Regina Taylor never loved any of the other boys she'd dated the way she loved, Adam Jacobs. He was beautiful, smart, and charismatic. The type of guy most girls dreamed of having for a boyfriend. Except, he's not the type of guy she thought he was.There was something off about him. She knew it. But she didn't want to believe it. To her, living in denial was easier than facing the truth.Heart broken and betrayed by the boy she loves, Regina has to come to terms with the fact...

When one door closes, another opens, or so they say. So why am I sitting behind a locked door in the laundry room, wondering how I got here? When is that other door going to open? And what will I find behind it?

Big promotion, complete with $300 pen? Check.A hot man who cuddles, spends the night and makes breakfast? Check.Waiting for the other shoe to fall? Check."If it feels too good to be true, it probably is."Five years of obsessing over her career pays off when Melanie Gordon gets a promotion that could make or break her. But the new job takes her back to her hometown to face the family she's distanced herself from, and forces her to leave behind...

Athena is a small city stylist who has recently opened her very own chic boutique, Rella's Closet. She hasn't been the luckiest in love and has yet to learn that her worth isn't determined by the success of her love life. She needs to slow down in love while turning up her passion for fashion.The outspoken, ghetto-fabulous, Zendaya is unsure of her place in this world. Love and happiness are a fantasy a lifetime away, which she doesn't have the desire to sit around waiting for. Her...

A dream of desolation and death. A nightmare vision of a looming end, surrounded by hidden enemies and desperate strangers.His love taken. His hope lost. His life forfeit because of his failures, his inadequacies.How can this end be a beginning? And how can a dream seem so real?

God once gave His best secret to a cook! His name was Brother Lawrence – a monk who lived in the 17th century.. God was his best friend. His book, The Practice of the Presence of God has sold millions of copies, in many different languages, all over the world. For many, it has been one of the key books in their Christian faith. How to Enjoy God All the Time is the children's version of this now famous book. It tells Brother Lawrence's story in words that are easy for a child to read and un...

Nyx's little brother Atalo is a monster. After he assaults her with a banana, pages from her most precious book are ruined. The book is all the girl has left of her estranged father. Upset at how her feelings are disregarded by her family, the eleven-year-old tries to repair the damage, only to realize that perhaps it isn't the book she's really so upset about...An Eikasia prelude about love and family.

A woman who lies dying in a hospital room on Christmas Eve gets an unusual visitor.